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The Food Industry's A to Z of Toxic Ingredients to Avoid

The Food Industry's A to Z of Toxic Ingredients to Avoid
(By Natural News) Ever wonder what’s really in the food sold at grocery stores around the world? People keep asking, “What ingredients should I avoid?” So here is a short list that covers all the most toxic and disease-promoting ingredients in the food supply. If you want to stay healthy and out of the hospital, read ingredients labels and make sure you avoid all these ingredients: Acrylamides Toxic, cancer-causing chemicals formed in foods when carbohydrates are exposed to high heat (baking, frying, grilling). Aspartame Chemical sweetener that causes neurological disorders, seizures, blurred vision and migraine headaches. ( Autolyzed Proteins Highly processed form of protein containing free glutamate and used to mimic the taste-enhancer chemical MSG. BPA (Bisphenol-A) A hormone mimicking chemical found in nearly all food packaging plastics. Casein Milk proteins. Food Colors FD&C Red #40, for example, is linked to behavioral disorders in children. Soy Protein

Can You Guess What McDonald’s Food Item This Is? Can You Guess What McDonald’s Food Item This Is? By Bruce Hampton You have been served…………with mechanically separated chicken! Over a billion sold! This is what fast-food chicken nuggets, processed frozen chicken meat, and patties are made of. BARF!!!!! Here’s the creation process. Since this meat is infested with bacteria, it will be soaked in ammonia in order to kill those little critters. Right about now, I know what you’re gonna ask. Dude? Mmmmm! Here’s the deal with mechanically separated meat. HA! **Dudes? Ok, where was I? So this is what you get in the end. But they’re not done folks. I don’t know about you but my stomach is turning inside and out just typing about this stuff. This is what I like with my dipping sauce It’s not only chicken nuggets that have been MSMed!!!! Who cares if it’s shaped like a turd. Now you’re probably asking yourself, “How can they get away with this? The answer? You see, according to the U.S. However, the United Kingdom decided to take a different route.

Hormone Altering Chemicals Found in Brand Name Clothing 25th August 2011 By VancoverSun.com Traces of toxic chemicals harmful to the environment and to human health have been detected in products made by 14 top clothing manufacturers, Greenpeace said Tuesday 23rd August 2011. Samples of clothing from top brands including Adidas, Uniqlo, Calvin Klein, H&M, Abercrombie & Fitch, Lacoste, Converse and Ralph Lauren were found to be tainted with the chemicals, known as nonylphenol ethoxylates, the watchdog said at the launch of its report “Dirty Laundry 2“. Greenpeace campaigner Li Yifang said that nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), commonly used as detergents in industries including the production of natural and synthetic textiles, were detected in two-thirds of the samples the group tested. “NPEs break down to form nonylphenol, which has toxic, persistent and hormone-disrupting properties,” Li told journalists in Beijing. “It mimics female hormones, alters sexual development and affects reproductive systems.” To download the full report click here

Bye-Bye, BPA BPA/ Phthalate-Free Shopping List Part One: Drinking Bottles It’s hot! Time to hydrate. Choose the right reusable bottle, and you won’t get bit by the chemicals that can leach from some plastics in these sizzling dog days. Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been found to cause developmental harm in animals, and there’s preliminary evidence of reproductive harm in women. A good question, as many clear plastic baby bottles, along with some of those pretty Nalgene Lexan bottles in transparent jellybean colors, are made of polycarbonate (recycling code #7) plastic, which has been found to leach BPA when heated, worn or scratched. While it doesn’t accumulate in our bodies,“with BPA detected in about 95% of people in a recent CDC [U.S. Below are the safest, greenest and most affordable reusable bottles we could find. Slightly cheaper stainless bottles are $11.95 for 27 oz or $19.95 for 40 oz from which also sells Klean Kanteens. Preferable Plastics Top Plastic Picks: Glass Thanks,

The Dangers of Aluminum Toxicity - Alternative Medicine Guest Author - Linda Paul Even though aluminum is not considered to be a heavy metal like lead, it can be toxic in excessive amounts and even in small amounts if it is deposited in the brain. Many of the symptoms of aluminum toxicity mimic those of Alzheimer’s disease and osteoporosis. Colic, rickets, gastrointestinal problems, interference with the metabolism of calcium, extreme nervousness, anemia, headaches, decreased liver and kidney function, memory loss, speech problems, softening of the bones, and aching muscles can all be caused by aluminum toxicity. Aluminum is excreted by the kidneys, therefore toxic amounts can impair kidney function. When there is a high level of absorption of aluminum and silicon, the combination can result in an accumulation of certain compounds in the cerebral cortex and can prevent nerve impulses being carried to and from the brain properly. It is estimated that the normal person takes in between 3 and 10 milligrams of aluminum per day. 1.

What Can You Do To Avoid Monsanto's New, Deadlier Neurotoxic Sweetener? Very Little Short of completely avoiding processed food, growing your own, and getting to know your local farmer, there is very little you can realistically do to avoid ingesting Neotame, the new and improved version of the neurotoxic artificial sweetner Aspartame. Get it - Neo - new Aspartame? Not even buying certified organic is a reliable way to avoid it, not only in beverages but in all the food you eat, because no labeling of its presence is required. Aspartame can step aside. There's a new sweetener in town and it isn't saddled with the inconvenience of having to be listed on labels, so it can be sneaked into any prepared food, even USDA so-called Organic. So sayeth the FDA. If you thought that you could find it on a food label, or that it would have to be listed on food that is certified organic, you would be wrong. The food labeling requirements required for aspartame have now been dropped for Neotame, and no one is clearwhy this was allowed to happen.

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