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Dangerous Food Deceptions Exposed; You Wont Believe Your Eyes
Those unaware of being unaware
If there's one thing in the world the food industryis dead set
against, it's allowing you to actually maintain some level of control
over what you eat. See, they have this whole warehouse full of whatever
they bought last week when they were drunk that they need to get rid of
-- and they will do so by feeding it all to you. And it doesn't matter
how many pesky "lists of ingredients" and consumer protections stand
between you and them.
The Secret Ingredient: Wood
You know what's awesome? Newspaper. Or, to be precise, the lackthereof. The Internet and other electric media have all but eaten up
classic print media, with the circulations of almost all papers on the
wane. Say, do you ever wonder what they do with all that surplus wood
pulp?
"But what" you inquire, "does this have to do with food ingredients?"
We look at you squarely in the eye, then slowly bring our gaze upon the
half-eaten bagel in your hand.
Oh, @#$@# ...
The Horror:
What do they do with all the cellulosewood pulp? They hide it behind a
fake name and make you eat it, that's what.
The best part of waking up, is wood pulp in your face! And everybody's
doing it. Aunt Jemima's pancake syrup? Cellulose. Pillsbury Pastry
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Puffs? Cellulose. Kraft Bagel-Fuls? Fast-food cheese? Sara Lee's
breakfast bowls? Cellulose, cellulose, and more cellulose.
Et tu, Hot Pockets?
It turns out that cellulose can provide texture to processed foods, so
food companies have taken to happily using it as a replacement for such
unnecessary and inconveniently expensive ingredients as flourand oil.
As the 30 percent cheapercellulose is edible and non-poisonous, the
FDA has no interest for restricting its use-- or, for that matter, the
maximum amount of it that food companies can use in a product. It is
pretty much everywhere, and even organic foods are no salvation --
after all, cellulose used to be wood and can therefore be called
organic, at least to an extent.
But the worst thing about cellulose is not that it's everywhere. The
worst thing is that it is not food at all. Cellulose is, unlike the
actual, normal food items you thinkyou're paying for, completely
indigestible by human beings, and it has no nutritional value to speak
of. If a product contains enough of it, you can literally get more
nutrients from licking the sweet, sweet fingerprints off its wrapper.
That loaf and the chopping block have an equal wood content.
Zombie Orange Juice
Quick, name the most healthy drink your nearest store has to offer. You
said orange juice, didn't you? It's what everybody makes you drink whenyou get sick. That stuff must be like medicine or something. And the
labels are always about health benefits -- the cartons scream "100
percent natural!" "Not from concentrate!" and "No added sugar!"
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"Less than four thumbs per gallon!"
And why not believe them? When it comes to making the stuff, orange
juice isn't sausage. You take oranges, you squeeze oranges, you put the
result in a carton, with or without pulp. End of story, beginning
of deliciousness.
But what if we told you that "freshly squeezed" juice of yours can very
well be a year old, and has been subjected to stuffthat would make the
Re-Animator puke?
Packaging Gateway
Tropicana's bottling room. Not pictured: Anything orange.
The Horror:
Ever wonder why every carton of natural, healthy, 100 percent, not-
from-concentrate orange juice manages to taste exactly the same, yetever so slightly different depending on the brand, despite containing
no additives or preservatives whatsoever?
The process indeed starts with the oranges being squeezed, but that's
the first and last normal step in the process. The juice is then
immediately sealed in giant holding tanks and all the oxygen is
removed. That allows the liquid to keep without spoiling for up to a
year. That's why they can distribute it year-round, even when oranges
aren't in season?
Amazon Fresh
Thanks to science, we can enjoy screwdrivers from Christmas to the 4th
of July.
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There is just one downside to the process (from the manufacturers'
point of view, that is) -- it removes all the taste from the liquid.
So, now they're stuck with vats of extremelyvintage watery fruit muck
that tastes of paper and little else. What's a poor giant beverage
company to do?
Why, they re-flavor that stuff with a carefully constructed mix of
chemicals called a flavor pack, which are manufactured by the same
fragrance companies that formulate CK1 and other perfumes. Then they
bottle the orange scented paper water and sell it to you.
And, thanks to a loophole in regulations, they often don't even bother
mentioningthe flavor pack chemicals in the list of ingredients. Hear
that low moan from the kitchen? That's the Minute Maid you bought
yesterday. It knows you know.
"Braaaaaaaains!"
Ammonia-Infused Hamburger
Any restaurant that serves hamburger goes out of its way to reassure
you how pure and natural it is. Restaurant chains like McDonald's("Allour burgers are made from 100 percent beef, supplied by farms
accredited by nationally recognized farm assurance schemes") and Taco
Bell("Like all U.S. beef, our 100 percent premium beef is USDA
inspected, then passes our 20 quality checkpoints") happily vouch for
the authenticity of their animal bits.
Their testaments to the healthiness and fullness of their meat read out
like they were talking about freaking filet mignon.
McDonalds
Above: Gourmet as balls.
And aside from the rare E.coli outbreak, the meat is clean. It's how
they get it clean that's unsettling.
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The Horror:
Ammonia. You know, the harsh chemical they use in fertilizers and oven
cleaners? It kills E.coli really well. So, they invented a process
where they pass the hamburger through a pipe where it is doused in
ammonia gas. And you probably never heard about it, other than those
times that batches of meat stink of ammonia so bad that the buyer
returns it.
If your Big Mac ever tastes like pee, this is why.
The ammonia process is an invention of a single company called Beef
Products Inc., which originally developed it as a way to use the
absolute cheapest parts of the animal, instead of that silly "primecuts" stuff the competitors were offering (and the restaurant chains
swear we're still getting). Consequently, Beef Products Inc. has pretty
much cornered the burger patty market in the U.S. to the point that 70
percent of all burger patties out there are made by them. Thanks,
ammonia!
Fake Berries
Imagine a blueberry muffin.
Onemuffin please, lets not be greedy.
Even with your freshly gained knowledge that there may or may not be
some cellulose in the cake mix, it's pretty impossible not to start
salivating at the thought. This is largely because of the berries
themselves. What's better -- they're so very, very healthythat it's
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almost wrong for them to taste so good.
We could taste delicious if we wanted to. Stupid show-off berries.
Everything is better with blueberries -- that's why they put them in so
many foods. Now that we think of it, there sure seems to be a lot of
blueberries in a lotof products. You'd think we'd see more blueberry
fields around ...
The Horror:
... not that it would do any good, as the number of blueberries you've
eaten within the last year that have actually come from such a field is
likely pretty close to zero.
We can almost hear the muffins mocking us.
Studies of products that supposedly contain blueberries indicate that
many of them didn't originate in nature. All those dangly and chewy and
juicy bits of berry are completely artificial, made with different
combinations of corn syrup and a little chemist's set worth of food
colorings and other chemicals with a whole bunch of numbers and letters
in their names.
They do a darn good job of faking it, too -- you need a chemist's set
of your own to be able to call it bull@#$$. You can sortof tell them
from the ingredient lists, too, if you know what to look for, although
the manufacturers tend to camouflage them under bull@#$@ terms like
"blueberry flakes" or "blueberry crunchlets."
Nothing says "nature" like petrochemical-derived food coloring.
There are a number of major differences between the real thing and the
Abomination Blueberry: The fake blueberries have the advantages of a
longer shelf life and, of course, being cheaper to produce. But
they have absolutely none ofthe health benefits and nutrients of the
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Find The Best
In reality, not only are the blueberries fake, but also they've forged
the freaking pomegranates as well.
"Free Range" Chickens That Are Crammed Into a Giant Room
Buying "free range" eggs is one of the easiest ways to feel good as a
consumer -- they are at least as readily available as "normal," mass
produced eggs from those horrible giant chicken prisons Big Egg
maintains. Hell, they even cost pretty much the same. There's literally
no reason not to buy free range even though, now that we think about
it, we're not actually sure what that means. But the animals mustlive
in pretty good conditions. In fact, let's buy our meat and poultry free
range, too!
Fresh air, green grass, plenty of cocks ... free range chickens have
it good.
Well, according to law, the definitionof "free range" is that chickens
raised for their meat "have access to the outside." OK ... so that's
not quite as free as we assumed, and it appears to only apply to
chickens raised for their meat. But at least they still have some
freedom, what with the outsideand all that.
The Horror:Words have power, and "free range" in its original sense means unfenced
and unrestrained. That makes it a powerful phrase that, no matter how
smart we are, conjures subconscious images of freedomhens, riding tiny
little freedom horses out on the plains, wearing hen-sized cowboy hats
and leaving a happy little trail of delicious freedom eggs in their
wake. There may be mandolin music.
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Although we have it on good authority that chickens prefer Jay-Z.
But the reality is there are absolutely no regulations whatsoeverfor
the use of the term "free range" on anything other than chickens raised
for their meat. Your Snickers bar could be free range for all the
government cares.
The industry knows this full well and happily makes us lap up the free
range myth, even though in reality a free range henlives in pretty
much the same prison as a battery cage hen -- except its whole life
takes place in the prison shower, rather than a cell.
Look, they're free!
Awareness of the free range myth is slowly increasing, but although a
manufacturer that has been pushing his luck a bit too much does get
jailed every once in a while, that doesn't do much to the overall
phenomenon. In fact, Europe is set to ban egg production in cage
systems come 2012. Guess what the replacement is going to be?
Bull#@#$ Health Claims
Nuts that reduce risk of heart disease. Yogurts that improve digestion
and keep you from getting sick.
Baby foodthat saves your kid from atopic dermatitis, whatever the hell
that may be. Products like that are everywhere these days, and we do
have to admit it's hard to see any drawbacks to them. We eat yogurt
anyway, so why not make it good for our tummy while we're at it?
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"This brand treats syphilis anddiabetes."
It's just that we can't keep wondering where all these magic groceries
suddenly appeared from. One day your peanuts were peanuts, and then,
all of a sudden, it was all coronary disease this and reduce heart
attack risks that. Maybe Food Science just had a
really, reallyproductive field day a while back?
Or, of course, it could be that we're being fooled yet again.
Amazon Fresh
We don't know if we could handle Mr. Peanut lying to us.
The Horror:The vast majority of product health claims use somewhat older
technology than most of us realize: the ancient art of bullshitting.
The "health effects" of wonder yogurtsand most other products with
supposed medical-level health benefits can be debunked completely,
thoroughly and easily. So why are they able to keep marketing this
stuff?
It all started in 2002, when many ordinary foods found themselves
suddenly gaining surprising, hitherto unseen superpowers. This is when
the FDA introduced us to a new categoryof pre-approved product claims.
It was called "qualified health claims," and it was basically just
another list of marketing bullshit the company can use if their product
meets certain qualifications. This was nothing new. What wasnew,
however, was that the list said no consensus for the scientific
evidence for the product's health claims was needed.
"That pepper will keep you hard for hours, and eggplant works in lieu
of chemotherapy."
Since "no consensus needed" is law-talk for "pay a dude in a lab coatenough to say your product is magic and we'll take his word for it no
matter what everyone else says," companies immediately went apestit.
Suddenly, everyone had a respected scientist or six in their corner,
and the papers they published enabled basically whatever they wanted to
use in their marketing and packaging.
We're not saying that none of the products boasting health properties
work. There are plenty out there, but they're kind of difficult to find
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under the constant stream of bullshit supplementary claims. Come
on, food industry-- just tell us the truth. Don't you realize
that we'll just eat it anyway? Shit, people still buy cigarettes, don't
they?
"There's a doctor who says these can cure my gout."
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The Unsavory Truth of the McRib and Other Fake Foods, and Why Russia
Banned US-Raised Meat
Over the past couple of years, weve learned the unsavory truth about
pink slime,reconstituted meat, and how the use of meat gluecheats
you out of your hard-earned money at the grocery store and threatens
your health.
Weve also learned that fast food fare such as McDonalds hamburgers
contain so many chemicals and so few real food ingredients that
a burger fails to show signs of decompositionafter more than a decade
The famous McDonalds McRib also came under closer scrutiny, and turnedout to be something less than mouthwatering. The McRib sandwich is a
non-standard item on the fast food restaurants menu;1its annual return
is always advertised with great fanfare last year it even made the
headlines on ABC News.2
The pork sandwich is described as a tasty fan favorite slathered in
tangy barbecue sauce, slivered onions and tart pickles, served on a
hoagie style bun. Sounds perfectly normal, but whats it made
of, really? In a November 2011 article, CBS Chicago news3spilled the
beans on this seasonal favorite:
More than 70 ingredients make up the McRib and, yes, one of them is
pork. But as CBS 2s Vince Gerasole reports, theres also an ingredientthat can be found in shoes [Registered dietician Cassie] Vanderwall
gave the McRib a closer look and found the McRib has azodicarbonamide,
which is used to bleach the flour in bread. It has other uses. It
could be on your yoga mat, in your gym shoes, in your anything thats
rubbery, Vanderwall said
Then theres the pork which is really restructured meat product. In
other words, its made from all the less expensive innards and castoffs
from the pig Vanderwall said the McRib ingredient list reminds me of
a chemistry lab.
To see pictures of a deconstructed McRib sandwich, check out
foodfacts.infos McRib page.4It sure doesnt look so appetizing anymore
once the sauce is washed off and the meat sliced in half. In fact, it
can barely pass meat, which was the point CBS news tried to make in the
first place.
What is Food Anyway?
Two years ago, the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicinesingled out McDonalds in their advertisement against obesity-
related deaths. As the ad claimed, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol,
hypertension and heart attacks are hallmark diseases associated with a
fast food diet a clear indication that it does not provide the
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appropriate nutrition for your body.
So, is McDonalds fare really food?
When you consider the fact that a large number of the ingredients in a
fast food meal exist nowhere in nature, but are rather concocted in a
lab, the answer would have to be no. Unfortunately, and to our severe
detriment, ever since the advent of the so-called TV dinner back in the
1950 s, the concept of food has expanded from meat, vegetables, raw
dairy products, fruit and other such natural items to include the
highly processed, preserved, artificially flavored and often brightly
colored chemical concoctions. But man simply was NOT designed to thrive
on man-made chemicals.
Sadly, store-bought foods you might not recognize as processed, such as
ground beef, are oftentimes no better. As reported last year,
approximately 70 percent of the ground beef sold in U.S. supermarkets
contains pink slime added in as a cheap filler.
The Pepto-Bismol-colored concoction consists of beef scraps and cow
connective tissues, which has been treated with ammonium hydroxide
(basically a solution of ammonia in water). It can legally make up 15
percent of any given beef product, which shaves about three cents offthe cost for a pound of ground beef. The trimmings used come from parts
of the cow that are most likely to be contaminated with dangerous
bacteria like E. coli which is why it must be treated with ammonia to
kill off the pathogens in the first place. Its really industrial food
practices like this that pose very real threats to your health, not raw
unpasteurized dairy products and other non-processed whole foods
Russia Throws Poisonous Meat Back to U.S.
In related questionable food news, Russia has recently banned U.S.
meat supplies after discovering it contains ractopamine a beta
agonist drug that increases protein synthesis, thereby making the
animal more muscular. This reduces the fat content of the meat. As
reported by Pravda,5Russia is the fourth largest importer of US meats,
purchasing about $500 million-worth of beef and pork annually.
The drug is banned for use in 160 countries, including China and
Russia, but allowed in 24 countries, including Canada and the United
States. According to the New York Times,6the ban took effect as of
December 7, 2012, and Russian health regulators stated that while they
will initially conduct their own testing, foreign countries will soon
be required to certify their meat as ractopamine-free if they want to
export it to Russia. While the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
considers ractopamine safe and doesnt test for it, Russias chief
health inspector, Gennady Onishchenko, claims there are serious
questions about the safety of the drug. He told the New York Times:
For instance, use of ractopamine is accompanied by a reduction in body
mass, suppression of reproductive function, increase of mastitis in
dairy herds, which leads to a steep decline in the quality and safetyof milk.
Ractopamine is also known to affect the human cardiovascular system,
and may cause food poisoning, according to Pravda.7Its also thought to
be responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown, and increased death
and disability in livestock. While other drugs require a clearance
period of around two weeks to help ensure the compounds are flushed
from the meat prior to slaughter (and therefore reduce residues
leftover for human consumption), there is no clearance period for
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ractopamine. In fact, livestock growers intentionally use the drug in
the last days before slaughter in order to increase its effectiveness.
According to veterinarian Michael W. Fox, as much as 20 percent of
ractopamine remains in the meat you buy from the supermarket. Despite
potential health risks, the drug is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs, 30
percent of ration-fed cattle, and an unknown percentage of turkeys.
Mexico and Brazil have announced that they will comply with Russias
demand for ractopamine-free meats.8The US has shown no sign of coming
to an agreement, however. Instead the US has accused Russia of
violating World Trade Organization (WTO) rules an accusation Russian
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has dismissed as being part of
business as usual, since all WTO members break these rules.
How to Identify REAL Food
There are major incentives to center your diet on real foods as opposed
to food-like products, the primary one being that real food is
essential for optimal health. Real foods also taste delicious, and when
bought from sustainable sources help to protect the environment. But
with all the sneaky tricks being employed, how can you tell the
difference? Heres a listing of the characteristics and traits of real
food versus processed food products.
Real Food Processed Food-Like Products
Its grown, and sold
whole
Produced, manufactured in a factory, and sold in
neat, convenient packages
Variable quality Always the same (no quality or taste variance)
Spoils fast Stays fresh for extended periods of time
Requires preparation No preparation required, just heat and serve
Vibrant colors and rich
textures
Contains fillers, additives and preservatives to
make otherwise dull and bland mixtures
appetizing
Authentically flavorful Artificially flavorful
Strong connection to
land and culture
No connection to land or culture
Shopping Guidelines for Real, Health-Promoting Food
As the U.S. agriculture industry now stands, antibiotics, pesticides,
genetically engineered ingredients, hormones and countless drugs are
fair game for inclusion in your food. So if you purchase your food from
a typical supermarket, youre taking the chance that your food is
teeming with chemicals and drugs even those that have been banned in
other countries due to adverse health effects.
So please do your health a favor and support the small family farms in
your area. Youll receive nutritious food from a source that you can
trust, and youll be supporting the honest work of a real family farm.
It all boils down to this: if you want to optimize your health, you
must return to the basics of healthy food choices. Put your focus onWHOLE foods foods that have not been processed or altered from their
original state food that has been grown or raised as nature intended,
without the use of chemical additives, drugs, hormones, pesticides,
fertilizers, and mystery concoctions of discarded scrap parts.
Its really as simple as that!
And its not nearly as daunting a task as it may seem to find a local
farmer that can supply your family with healthy, humanely raised animal
products and produce. At LocalHarvest.org, for instance, you can enter
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your zip code and find farmers markets, family farms, and other
sources of sustainably grown food in your area, all with the click of a
button. Once you make the switch from supermarket to local farmer, the
choice will seem natural, and you can have peace of mind that the food
youre feeding your family is naturally wholesome. That said,
regardless of where you do your grocery shopping, these are the signs
of high-quality, health-promoting foods you want to look for:
1. Its grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers (organic
foods fit this description, but so do some non-organic foods)
2. Its not genetically modified
3. It contains no added growth hormones, antibiotics, or other drugs
4. It does not contain any artificial ingredients, including
chemical preservatives
5. It is fresh (keep in mind that if you have to choose between
wilted organic produce or fresh conventional produce, the latter
may actually be the better option)
6. It did not come from a factory farm
7. It is grown with the laws of nature in mind (meaning animals are
fed their native diets, not a mix of grains and animal
byproducts, and have free-range access to the outdoors)
8. It is grown in a sustainable way (using minimal amounts of water,
protecting the soil from burnout, and turning animal wastes into
natural fertilizers instead of environmental pollutants)
If the food meets these criteria, it is most likely a wise choice, and
would fall under the designation of real food. Keep in mind that
reclaiming your kitchen is part and parcel of healthful living, so you
know exactly what youre putting in your body. If you need help to get
started, see Colleen Hubers helpful tips on how to eat healthier
organic foodon a budget. And if youre hooked on fast food and other
processed foods, please review my article How to Wean Yourself Off
Processed Foods in 7 Steps. Its one of the absolute most positive life
changes you could make!
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Glazed and Confused...
It's Time To Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
Dollars to doughnuts, if you live in the U.S.A., some
of your hard-earned dollars are likely being spent on
this soulless treat. In 2011, Americans who rank
among the lowest of industrialized nations in terms
of life expectancy spent approximately $130 billion
on fast food; this figure is projected to skyrocket
for 2012.
And doughnuts aren't the only problem. The list of
terrible things we mindlessly ingest in the name of
nourishment is long. But just what are these dietary
culprits comprised of? What makes them so toxic? And,
most importantly, what are they doing to us?
The purpose of this article is not to frighten people
into eradicating all processed foods from their
diets, but simply to shed light on some of the dangerous ingredients wemay be unknowingly ingesting, and the way in which we might be
depriving ourselves of the most basic nutritional fundamentals.
Processed, Junk, and Fake Foods
Processed foodis made from real food that has been put through
devitalizing chemical processes and is infused with chemicals and
preservatives. Beef jerky, canned tea, jam, hot dogs, and low-fat
yogurt with sugar or aspartame are a few examples of processed food.
Junk foodscontain very little real food. They're made of devitalized
processed food, hydrogenated fats, chemicals, and preservatives, and
include anything made with refined white flour. Canned breakfast
drinks, cold/sugary cereals, doughnuts, drive-through foods, and soda
are examples of junk foods.
Fake foodsare made primarily of chemicals, and often contain gums and
sugar fillers. Examples include bacon bits, bottled salad dressing,
dehydrated soups, and instant coffee.
Energy Output > Exceeds Nutritional Input
These non-foods have one thing in common; it costs your body a great
deal more to digest, absorb, and eliminate them than they offer your
body in nutritional value an extremely poor return on your investment
that leaves your body sluggish and depleted.
Toxins, Poisons, Processed Food, And The Body
Our ancestors preserved foods naturally, using salt, fermentation, and
sun drying. Food processing has evolved away from these simplepractices into more complicated and dubious methods. Today, nearly six
thousand additives and chemicals are used by food companies to process
our food. Many of them can have a devastating effect on our health.
It is important to note the fact that additives and preservatives
cannot always be painted with a negative brush. The addition of
vitamins to bread and milk has helped to stamp out diseases such as
pellagra and rickets.
Unfortunately, the good intentions that characterized the processed
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food industry during the early days have now de-evolved to finding ways
to cheaply process food and manipulate buyers, regardless of the
detrimental affects on the health of Americans.
Today, many additives and preservatives are harmful toxic chemicals as
problematic as the decay they are used to prevent.
Preservatives
Preservatives are a type of additive used to help stop food from
spoiling.
Nitrates and nitritesare used to preserve meats such as ham and bacon,
but are known to causeasthma, nausea, vomiting, and headaches in some
people. In addition to allergic reactions, the same is true
forsulfites (sulfur dioxide, metabisulfites,and others), which are
commonly used to prevent fungal spoilage, as well as the browning of
peeled fruits and vegetables.
Sodium nitritein some foods is capable of being converted to nitrous
acid when ingested by humans. While animal testing showed thatnitrous
acid caused high rates of cancer,it is still in use.
Benzoic acid aka sodium benzoateis added to margarine, fruit juices,
and carbonated beverages. It can produce severe allergic reaction and
even deathin some people.
Sulfur dioxideis a toxin used in dried fruits and molasses as well as
to prevent brown spots on peeled fresh foods such as potatoes and
apples.Sulfur dioxidebleaches out rot, hiding inferior fruits and
vegetables. In the process, itdestroys the vitamin B contained in
produce.
Antioxidants
While antioxidants such as alpha-carotene are recommended by health
specialists to prevent premature aging, some of the antioxidants used
as food preservatives may be unhealthy. Contained in nearly every
processed food on the market, antioxidants prevent fatty foods from
spoiling when exposed to oxygen.
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) and BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)are
two of the most widely used, yet controversial of all antioxidants. So
alarming were the results of BHT and BHA in animal testing, that a
number of countries have severely restricted their use.
Some people have difficulty metabolizing these chemicals, which is
thought to result in health andbehavioral problems,andhyperactivity.
They causeallergic reactions,may also contribute to the development
oftumors and cancer,as well as betoxic to the nervous system and
liver.
In spite of these findings, the use of BHT and BHA has increased,
rather than decreased, in the U.S.A.
Coloring
Each year, the American food industry uses three thousand tons of food
color. Many coloring agents are derived from coal tar,and nearly all
coloring is synthetic. Norway has a total ban on all products
containingcoal tar.
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Though some artificial food dyes have been banned because they
arebelieved to cause cancer,most dyes used today are of the
artificial variety. They are also linked toallergies, asthmas, and
hyperactivity.
The long list of foods and beverages in which color is altered includes
butter, margarine, the skins of oranges and potatoes, popcorn,
maraschino cherries, hot dogs, jellies, jellybeans, carbonated
beverages, and canned strawberries and peas.
Even the chicken feed on large-scale egg farms is colored so that
chickens will lay golden-yolked eggs similar to those laid by free-
range chickens. Talk about the goose that laid the golden egg!
Sweeteners
Most processed foods contain sweeteners, many of which are artificial
sugar substitutes containing no natural sugars, such assaccharine and
aspartame.
Artificial sweeteners are linked tobehavioral problems,
hyperactivity,andallergies.Because saccharin was shown toincrease
the incidence of bladder cancer in animal testing, all foods containingthis sugar substitute are required to carry a warning label.
Emulsifiers, Stabilizers, and Thickeners
These additives alter the texture of foods. Emulsifiers, for example,
prevent ingredients from separating into unappealing globs in food such
as mayonnaise and ice cream.
A first cousin to anti-freeze,propylene glycolis a synthetic solvent
used as an emulsifier in foods. Although it is recognized astoxic to
the skinand other senses, and is considered aneurological
toxicant,the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deemed it
generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
Flavorings
The most common food additive, flavorings of which there are over
2000 in use may be natural or artificial, and are usually comprised
of a large number of chemicals. Peruse theingredient list for the
strawberry flavoringin one popular fast food outlet's strawberry milk
shake.
Artificial flavors are linked toallergic and behavioral reactions,yet
these ingredients are not required to be listed in detail as they're
generally recognized as safe.
MSG (monosodium glutamate)is another popular flavor enhancer. Found to
cause damage in laboratory mice, it has been banned from use in baby
foods, but is still used in numerous others. It causes commonallergicand behavioral reactions including headaches, dizziness, chest pains,
depression, and mood swings,and is alsoa possible neurotoxin.
Refining
Refined flour has had the brown husk of the grain stripped away,
leaving the white, refined starch found in white bread, white rice,
pasta, cookies, and numerous other junk foods.
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Without the fibrous husk, refined starches are broken down quickly into
sugar and absorbed immediately into the bloodstreamcausing glucose
levels to rise, and increasing the risk of obesity.
In contrast, whole grains such as whole grain bread and cereals,
brown rice, and barley retain the bran surrounding the starch, so
they're absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream than refined
starches. This slows sugar absorption from the intestine, and reduces
the risk of obesity.
Refining Destroys and Devitalizes Most of Foods' Goodness:
Healthy unsaturated fatty acids high in food value are lost during
the milling process. Half the vitamin E is destroyed when the wheat
germ and bran are removed. Refining wheat into white flour removes
between 50 and 93 percent of wheat's magnesium, zinc, chromium,
manganese, and cobalt.2
Additionally, approximately 50 percent of calcium, 70 percent of
phosphorus, 80 percent iron, 50 percent potassium, 65 percent of
copper, 80 percent thiamin, 60 percent of riboflavin, 75 percent of
niacin, 50 percent of pantothenic acid, and about 50 percent ofpyridoxine is lost.3
Refining sugar cane into white sugar depletes it of 99 percent of its
magnesium and 93 percent of its chromium. Polishing rice removes 75
percent of its zinc and chromium.4Refined table salt has had most of
the trace minerals removed during processing. It contains no sodium
chloride, sugar as filler, and may even contain aluminum.5
Bleaching
Part of the process wheat undergoes to become the white flour in
popular baked goods involves bleaching. Various chemical bleaching
agents are used includingoxide of nitrogen, chlorine, chloride,
nitrosyl, and benzoyl peroxidemixed with a variety of chemical salts.
Chloride oxide which catalyzes a chemical reaction thatdestroys beta
cells in the pancreas is now beinglinked to diabetes.6This toxic
effect is common scientific knowledge in the research community. In
spite of this, the FDA still allows companies to use chloride oxide in
processed food.
For more about processed foods, read on.
A Healthier Lifestyle
Eradicating every guilty pleasure in life is not the end goal here, nor
is it a particularly realistic approach to making changes...we all
enjoy the occasional cheeseburger, order of fries, or bag of chips.
But if we understand the consequences of making what ought to be an
occasional treat into the mainstay of our diet, we can begin to makewise choices about how many of these things we are willing to eat.
When it comes to avoiding many of the questionable and possibly
deadly additives contained in processed foods, we're only human after
all, so taking baby steps toward change is usually the best approach.
If you can accomplish just one of these 10 steps, you're moving in the
right direction. Try implementing one change a month...
1. As a general rule, if you don't recognize or can't pronounce the
words on a label, don't buy it, or eat it. Opt instead for thereal
thing!
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2. Avoid products containing
Nitrates and nitrites (including sodium nitrite)
Sulfites (including metabisulfites)
Sulfur dioxide
Benzoic acid (aka sodium benzoate)
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
Coloring
Coal tar
Propylene glycol
MSG (monosodium glutamate)
Refined or bleached flour (i.e. whitened using chloride oxide)
3. Don't eat partially hydrogenated or hydrogenatedtrans fats
4. Don't eat products containing sugar substitutes such as saccharine
and aspartame.
5. Avoid products with a long shelf life the better they do on the
shelf, the worse they are for your body.
6. Avoid products that have been enriched. They have been completely
devitalized during processing.
7. Avoid food that has been genetically modified or engineered. Nearlyall processed food contains GMOs.
8. Avoid products made with ingredients euphemistically described as
"natural flavoring" or "natural coloring."
9. Avoid products with added sugar watch for words with "-ose"
endings such as glucose.
10. Incorporate a multi-vitamin into your health regimen.
If you've had a history of eating products high in sugar and are
concerned about diabetes, incorporate disease-fighting products such as
garlic, vitamin E, and aloe vera into your diet. Vitamin E supplements
can also protect your body from the harmful effects of eating refined
products that have been bleached with chloride oxide.
Learn moreFACTSabout processed foods.
As you begin to eliminate processed food from your diet, and start to
enjoy eating real food that has not been processed to death, you will
be on your way to optimizing your health, making an investment in your
body's future and, ultimately, feeling better.
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Whole Food Plant Based Diet
Our country has increasing amounts of environmental pollutants
(chemicals and heavy metals). We have shrinking quality of food in
standard grocery stores and processed food served in restaurants. The
following tips are general things to do and eat which will help you
stay healthier and live longer. All food should be 100% organic,
natural and whole.
Shop at stores that sell organic natural whole foods and read the food
labels
UP code: 9000 is organic; 8000 is genetically modified food
Studies show that a plant based diet rich in organically grown fruits,
vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts and seeds is the most effective
diet for maintaining health
Drink spring water or reverse osmosis water (8 glasses per day)
Eat breakfast (even if it is small)Eat several small meals per day rather than one large meal
Finish dinner three hours before bed
Avoid your delayed IgG food allergies (if you have not had these
tested, get the lab test done in clinic)
Eat organic salads with lunch and dinner
*Eat only small amounts of organic meat and dairy (or none at all)
*Eat only small amounts of organic range fed poultry and their eggs (or
none at all)
**Healthy people around the world eat less than 10% of their diet from
animal protein. The healthiest are vegan (no food derived from animals).
Use only small amounts of organic cold, expeller pressed oils (organic
extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil)
Use natural sweeteners: molasses, agave, etc.
The 8 Vegan Food Groups:
to be eaten in quantities with beans first and nuts & seeds last.
beans
rice
potatoes & yams
corn
vegetables
salad
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fruit
nuts & seeds
Sometimes, what you dont dois more important than what you do.
Avoid refined flour and sugar products
Limit alcohol and caffeine
Avoid trans fats, hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated oils
Avoid high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, sucrose, dextrose or malto
dextrose
Avoid artificial sweeteners, NutrSweet, Splenda, aspartame, sucrolos,
saccrin
Avoid monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Avoid nitrites (found in processed meats and bacon)
Limit animal based food to 10% or less of your intake (animals have the
highest concentration of environmental toxicants)
Avoid meats containing herbicides, hormones or antibiotics
Avoid meat and other food sold in Styrofoam trays and plates
Avoid farm-raised fish
Avoid microwaving
Avoid carbonated drinks or diet drinks (Limit club soda)
Avoid fast foods, processed foods, foods with additives andpreservatives
Avoid genetically modified food
Avoid lotions, creams, or cosmetics containing parabens
Minimize use of air conditioning
Avoid fluorescence lights (unless they are full spectrum)
Drug use is at its highest in the United States. We are experiencing
more poor health and chronic disease than ever.
Drugs: all non-prescription, over-the-counter and prescription drugs
and medication have side effects (even aspirin) and lead to secondary
illness and to weight gain
See: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/fat_sick_and_nearly_dead_2010/
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
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