Would you eat your favorite breakfast cereal if you knew that it contained Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT), a product also used in jet fuel and embalming fluid? Can you imagine grilling your low fat veggie burger if you found out that its main ingredient is Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)?
Watch out, because foods that are considered “healthy” and labeled as “natural” contain many harmful chemicals used as food preservatives and flavor enhancers – and these chemicals are often disguised under unrecognizable names.
Today, I’ll expose the hidden dangerous food additives that are lurking in so-called “healthy” foods, how you can easily spot them and the simple and delicious alternatives that won’t sabotage your bone and overall health.
Unhealthy processed foods greatly outnumber unadulterated healthy foods
In the last 100 years the food industry has advanced by leaps and bounds. Today, more than three quarters of supermarket shelves are stocked with packaged and processed foods. These boxed, canned, and frozen concoctions in most cases only require boiling or microwaving to become edible.
In total, there are more than 3,000 food chemicals purposely added to our food supply, yet avoiding them is a lot easier and more economical than you might think.
You probably already know this, but the rule of thumb is that the best foods to conquer osteoporosis and to stay healthy are unprocessed natural foods. That’s because man-made chemicals acidify your body pH which in turn accelerates bone loss.
Back to basics is best for your bone health
We can all agree that scientific progress is a good thing, especially when it comes to innovations that make our life easier and more enjoyable. But advances in the food industry are hindering our efforts to stay healthy because thousands of chemicals have entered the food supply.
At the beginning of the food processing revolution, which began soon after World War II, manufacturers did not bother to hide the newly added synthetically made food additives. After all, the perception was that as women joined the workforce, their available time for cooking would be greatly diminished, and that most everyone would quickly adopt the newly invented convenience foods. So like a tsunami thunderously ravaging the shoreline, the convenience food industry has flooded grocery stores with their processed products.
As a result, foods have become so industrially processed that in some cases they could be easily labeled as “edible food-like substances” – a synthetic man-made product – rather than actual nourishing food.
Adding insult to injury, many staple foods such as potatoes and corn – often used as basic ingredients in a host of products – have their genetic makeup purposely tampered with and may be dangerous to your health.
Convenience foods hurt more than help
Ample research on the evolutionary process of humans and their nutritional requirements point to the clear fact that while our nutrition has radically changed since Paleolithic times, our biology really hasn’t. But along came agriculture and later on the Industrial Revolution and with it, man-made chemicals made their way into our dining rooms.
Fortunately, as is the case with most deceptions, educated consumers are now seeking alternatives to these chemical laden products in turn forcing food producers to get creative… That is why more often than not, food chemicals are renamed with less “synthetic names” than their older original ones.
I want you to be aware of this very important health issue, so we’ll explore together the 12 most dangerous commonly used food additives that can sabotage both your bone health and your general health. One important comment here: remember that ingredients on product packaging are listed according to quantity; the ingredient making up the largest quantity is listed first, and so on.
So now…
Let’s analyze a “healthy” breakfast cereal
Antioxidants protect cells from oxidative damage and some of them are proven potent bone protectors as well. So isn’t it a great idea to have your morning breakfast cereal with healthy antioxidants? Not so fast… Let’s take a look at the ingredients of Kellogg's® Smart Start® Strong Heart Antioxidants:
Rice, whole grain wheat, sugar, oat clusters, sugar, toasted oats [rolled oats, sugar, canola oil with tbhq and citric acid to preserve freshness, molasses, honey, bht for freshness, soy lecithin], wheat flakes, crisp rice [rice, sugar, malt, salt], corn syrup, polydextrose, honey, cinnamon, BHT [preservative], artificial vanilla flavor, high fructose corn syrup, salt, honey, malt flavoring, alpha tocopherol acetate [vitamin E], niacinamide, zinc oxide, reduced iron, sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid (vitamin C), calcium pantothenate, Yellow #5, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin B1), BHT (preservative), vitamin A palmitate, folic acid, beta carotene (a source of vitamin A), vitamin B12 and vitamin D.
Worst offenders:
BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene): this common additive used to prevent oxidation in a wide variety of foods and cosmetics is listed by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) in 2005 as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen” on the basis of experimental findings in animals. It is also used in jet fuels, rubber petroleum products, transformer oil and embalming fluid. As if this were not enough, the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) warns that BHT should not be allowed to enter the environment, can cause liver damage, and is harmful to aquatic organisms.
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS): Loaded with “unbound” fructose and glucose molecules, studies have shown that the reactive carbonyl molecules can cause tissue damage that may lead to obesity, diabetes, and also heart disease. So much for this “Strong Heart Antioxidants” cereal recipe! HFCS is made from genetically modified corn and processed with genetically modified enzymes. To make matters worse, studies have recently revealed that nearly half of tested samples of HFCS contained mercury.
Yellow #5: Almost all colorants approved for use in food are derived from coal tar and may contain up tp 10ppm of lead and arsenic. Also, and not surprisingly, most coal tar colors could potentially cause cancer.
Healthy replacements
I love starting my day with an antioxidant-rich breakfast complete with natural granola and fresh fruits sprinkled with slivered almonds, flax, and pumpkin seeds for extra crunch. Try it with your favorite milk substitute, and if you have a sweet tooth, use a little honey. I’m quite sure you’ll love it too. There are also many tasty varieties of boxed cereals that truly contain all-natural ingredients – just read the label and avoid synthetic ingredients including the ones listed above.
Are you ready for lunch?
You know that you can never go wrong with a salad to start your lunch with, so you pick your favorite bone-healthy alkalizing vegetables and all you have to do is pour some delicious dressing. Add a few crispy nuts and seeds and voila! You’ve got yourself a healthy lunch. But your choice of salad dressing can ruin your intentions… Let’s take a look at one of the most popular salad dressings, Kraft’s Creamy Italian dressing:
Water, soybean oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, contains less than 2% of garlic*, xanthan gum, citric acid, propylene glycol alginate, onions*, polysorbate 60, spice, red bell peppers*, garlic, phosphoric acid, parsley*, vitamin E, natural flavor. *dried
Worst offenders:
Soybean oil: More than half of all soybeans crops grown in the US are genetically-modified (GMO) representing a meteoric rise since 1996, when only 7% were GMO soybeans. Genetically modified crops not only pose environmental dangers. There is a growing concern (and mounting scientific evidence) that genetic engineering of food plant seeds may have an unexpected and negative impact on human health.
Propylene glycol alginate (E405): this food thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier is derived from alginic acid esterified and combined with propylene glycol. Bear in mind that even though propylene glycol is used as a food additive, it has many industrial uses including automotive antifreezes and airport runway de-icers.
Polysorbate 60: short for polyoxyethylene-(20)- sorbitan monostearate this emulsifier is widely used in the food industry. Made of made of corn, palm oil and petroleum, this gooey mix can’t spoil, so it often replaces dairy products in baked goods and other liquid products.
Healthy replacements
While some commercially made salad dressings really may have natural ingredients (make sure you read the labels), try to stick to basics and use olive oil with lemon juice as often as possible. Olive oil, is in fact a fruit juice and contains long chain unsaturated fatty acids that alkalize your body’s pH. You can also make your own salad dressing at home using wholesome natural ingredients.
An afternoon snack to energize your day
A couple of hours after lunch, you might crave a little pick-me-up snack. A few pretzels might just hit the spot, right? But not so fast… Take a look at the list of ingredients in a bag of fat free Rold Gold® Pretzels, the number one brand in the US:
Worst offenders:
Enriched flour: these pretzels are made with enriched flour. But don’t let the attractive description mislead you: like most highly processed foods, enriched flour is devoid of nutrients and more often than not it is also bleached. Since the wheat germ and bran are removed from this type of flour, the body treats it as a refined starch.
But it doesn’t end here. The “enrichment” itself is made using toxic ingredients. For example, iron is added back into enriched flour. Unfortunately, food makers use a metallic form of iron that your body can barely absorb and should not be ingested. Watch the shocking video below:
Healthy Replacements
It has fortunately become quite easy to replace enriched flour with healthy alternatives, especially with whole wheat flour. But don’t forget that there are other options that can add variety to your meals such as rye, quinoa, millet, and brown rice flour and sprouted grain products.
I like to snack on alkalizing fruits, whether dried or fresh, and sometimes add a few nuts such as almonds or walnuts and some sesame seeds that are naturally high in calcium. Dried fruits mixed with nuts are easy to carry around so you can have a bone-healthy snack anytime of the day.
It’s time for dinner now
As the day is winding down, you are looking forward to a nutritious and substantial dinner. You might choose what you think is a healthier lower fat alternative to beef, such as the Morningstar Farms® Grillers® Vegan Veggie Burgers. Take a look at the ingredients:
Water, textured soy protein concentrate, corn oil, contains two percent or less of autolyzed yeast extract, vegetable gum, natural flavors from vegetable sources, maltodextrin, soy fiber, salt, carrageenan, potato starch, onion powder, caramel color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, konjac flour, sunflower oil, sesame seed oil, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), concentrated onion juice, ascorbic acid, vinegar powder, citric acid, aspartic acid, modified corn starch, malic acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, wheat flour, soy lecithin.
Worst Offenders:
Textured soy protein concentrate, carrageenan, maltodextrin, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, modified cornstarch: All of these are basically different names to hide ingredients that either contain Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) or form MSG during processing.
It is very important for your bone health and your overall health that you avoid these acidifying chemicals that can cause a variety of undesirable side effects, besides accelerate your bone loss. MSG and its related products have been linked skin rashes, nausea, migraine headaches, heart irregularities, and even seizures.
Healthy Replacements:
If you are following the Osteoporosis Reversal Program you know that you have a very wide choice of foods to create delicious and bone-smart meals. The Program reveals an easy to follow pH balanced nutrition plan among many other things, and the best part is that you are in complete control of the huge number of combinations possible from the alkalizing and acidifying lists.
While beef is acidifying, you can build your dinner around a beef hamburger instead of the chemical meat replacement example above. I recommend you combine it with bone-healthy alkalizing vegetables and other alkalizing foods to balance your dinner.
If you opt not have meat, the good news is that many grocery stores carry all natural vegetable imitation meat patties – just make sure they don't contain the aforementioned ingredients.
Your health is in your hands
As you can see, it is easy to make the healthy food choices that will bring back or retain your bone density and your general health. I hope that after you read this article you will pay even more attention to the ingredient labels in the foods you buy. This may sound daunting, but it’s really a lot easier than it sounds.
Simply try to eat foods in the most unadulterated “original” format as often as possible. And here’s a shortcut, any food packaging that has a long list of ingredients with names that sound like they’re from a distant planet is not the kind of food you want to eat. For strong and healthy bones, eat foods with a short and easy to recognize list of ingredients.
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Don’t forget all of those artificial sweetner’s too, especially Saccharine. If you don’t believe me cut it out of your diet for a few months then go back to it and see what it does to you. It’s in pretty much every diet drink and sugar free drink going. It is a derivative of coal tar. If I have anything with it in I almost instantly get a headache I feel very weak and very sick. It’s like I’ve been Poisoned. I don’t even need to see the label to know if i have consumed a product with this awful substance in it. I understand a lot of people on here will be sceptical because they don’t know any other way. A lot of people have been weaned onto this stuff as young children so they may be used to it by now and show no ill effects but what is it doing inside the body that you don’t know about. Anyone suffering with migraines should consider looking at how many soft sugar free drink they are consuming, before trying medication.
This piece is just as full of misinformation and scaremongery as our food is full of “toxic substances”. There are some very good points in here but it’s hard to take it seriously with some of the other comments.
1. Maltodextrin is not a form of MSG. Period. It’s a carbohydrate. MSG is a mixture of glutamate (amino acid) and sodium. Neither are even close to a carbohydrate.
2. MSG is not dangerous for you. NO quality scientific research on humans has found ANY reason or results for MSG being bad for you. Research that has found these results has usually been done with rats where they were either injected MSG or in most cases, given huge amounts of MSG. The kind of amounts that humans would struggle to consume even if they tried to. ANYTHING is dangerous in too much quantity. Glutamate is a vital amino acid that works towards building proteins. Sodium is the first half of salt. Individually they don’t cause any problems. They don’t when they’re bonded.
3. Highlighting something is GMO does nothing but state it’s been modified. Most GMO products have positively benefited, usually crops, from modification. Spreading this scaremongery amongst people, that GMO is something they should be worried about is not only void of scientific logic, common sense but also just downright incorrect. GMO absolutely 100% does not mean a product is unhealthy. Often quite the opposite.
4. Saying that foods with long lists of long names should be avoided is complete and utter crap. Any good product should be abundant in vitamins right? Usually listed on products. Cyanocobalamin is a form of Vitamin B12, dangerous ey? Alpha-Tocopherol is a form of Vitamin E. This kind of poor wording and uneducation is almost as detrimental to our health and the food companies ploughing products full of unhealthy ingredients.
Unfortunately George, you need to do just a bit more research. MSG is dangerous. Glutamate “excites” the brain until it ‘explodes’ neurons leading to dementia and Alzheimer’s. Still think there isn’t anything wrong with MSG? Dr. Russell Blaylock is a renowned neurologist who has studied MSG EXTENSIVELY. It happens to be neurotoxic. if it weren’t, so many people would not be having seizures, heart palpitations, etc. while ingesting it. Many do not, of course, but that just means that there are not hypersensitive to it. It however, does not mean that it is not doing damage in their bodies. B12 cyanocobalamin is poorly absorbed in the body. It has to pass through the liver to convert to methylcobalamin. Therefore, B12 methylcobalamin is recommended. Vitamin E can be manufactured from soy (GMO) or coal tar. How appetizing is that? Eh? I’m a researcher with many years and hours behind me. I suggest you dig deeper and learn about GMO’S. They have shown rats fed GMOS that developed tumors and other health issues including gut impermeability (leaky gut syndrome) GMOS are heavily sprayed with glyphosate (RoundUp). Does this sound appetizing? I think I’ll pass. No fear mongering here – Just solid facts from researchers who have Ph.D.’s and M.D.’s after their names.
explodes neurons into having dementia and alzheimers huh? hey anything with cyano is a cyanide derivative huh? damn. all you died before you even finished reading this I WIN
I have lost faith in the FDA and many others in the food industry. Try these ingredients out for yourself before telling us they don’t harm us. We have the right to eat healthy. Where’s the guilt of causing one person’s death because they did not know what they ate?
GMO is not good because they are only using it because if they didn’t noting would grow in the soil because the soil depletion in America is so bad that the soil is about 85% depleted of essential minerals to grow food.
Are you a troll for the food industry, or what? Many GMO’s have been proven dangerous. If some research has manipulated MSG results, so what. I am a retired science writer. I KNOW the food industry (including the Department of Agriculture), Big Pharma, and many other industries manipulate research results on a regular basis. In fact, I’ve written misleading articles and reports. If you don’t want to get sick, struggle with pain and inflammation, and die early, stay away from ALL processed foods!
I agree that this is the perfect example of fear-mongering. People act like all of these things are poison when really they are not! Do your own research, people, and don’t base your beliefs on just a few random articles you found on the internet.
Speaking of, did you know that SUGAR is sometimes used to produce jet fuel, too? Does that mean you should avoid every single product that contains sugar (processed or not)?
Are you seriously using this as your argument? The logic of saying sugar goes in fuel SO THEREFORE fuel surely can be used in food we eat is the most illogical thing I have heard. Oh my god.
in the last 30 or so years, diabetes and obesity have been on the rise…..due to what the food and medical industry have become……man made crap in our foods send us to the doctors and the doctors give us meds to combat the symptoms not the root of the problem…..when the root of the problem is what we put in our mouths……the cycle repeats and its all about making more money at our expense……just ask Hillary, she knows!
Thank you George for some clear objective information. i’m a food scientist and pro healthy foods, there is bad stuff out there but the scaremongering, misinformation and pseudo science in the original article does not help the campaign.
Should we lump tomatoes, broccoli and walnuts in the evil camp because they all naturally contain a significant amount of MSG (Walnuts are 658mg per 100g), yes nature makes MSG.
Also everyone seems to have forgotten that foods have an ingredient label on so avoid the heavily processed foods and eat more fruit and veg.
You live in a civilised country with a comprehensive education system, you have a brain. Use it and make informed choices based on sound scientific advice not the “I’m a victim, its all their fault” misinformation in the original article.
If you truly want to help promote healthy food please help us by not spouting rubbish and inflammatory misinformation.
1. Maltodextrin is not MSG, you are right about that. However, when used as a food additive, it typically contains (manufactured) MSG. You see, they are able to do this clever name switch-a-roo because legally they only have to list the ingredients, NOT the ingredients IN the ingredients.
2. You have been misinformed. The ONLY “scientists” that claim the safety of MSG have been funded
1. Maltodextrin is not MSG, you are right about that. However, when used as a food additive, it typically contains (manufactured) MSG. They can do that, because legally they only have to list the ingredients, NOT the ingredients IN the ingredients.
2. Either you are a corporate troll sent here by Monsanto to spread disinformation, OR, you have been grossly misinformed.
The ONLY “studies” that claim to have proven the safety of MSG, have been funded by the CHEMICAL COMPANIES producing it.
These “for hire” “scientists” are paid to figure out a way to get the results the company wants.
3. GMO’s are most certainly not “good” for you…
When you start monkeying around.. thinking It’s ok to play GOD… tra la la… and changing a things genetic makeup, our bodies no longer recognize it as the thing it used to be.
Notice the increase of immune related medical issues. in the last few years?
Most people don’t think about it as they’ve been busy being conditioned to scoff at any and all ideas/opinions that aren’t the governments ideas/opinions and use big scary words like “fear mongering” and “misinformation” to try and convince people that truth is their enemy. It’s unreal. I will NEVER understand this.
4. ABSOLUTELY NOBODY IN HERE is telling YOU that YOU cant eat whatever the fuck YOU want to eat. That is YOUR RIGHT. We are simply trying to warn people that they are being lied to. The only thing THIS truth is the enemy of is PROFIT. They will stop at nothing to acquire every last idiots dollar they can get their hands on.
They already claim that labeling GMOs will interfere with “freedom of choice.” How so exactly? Seems to me that an informed choice is real freedom of choice… Here’s my choice…
MY choice is to know what the fuck I’m eating… Because, LIKE YOU, It’s MY right to choose what I put in MY body.
::SIGH::
If you haven’t deduced by now that Monsanto, in order to patent various strains of plants and attempt to “own” them, are altering the food, which our bodies react to as foreign, causing our immune systems to go haywire (& that’s just one of the ways it affects us) which then results in a myriad of illnesses, which need to be treated, of course.
SO… we go to our friendly trusted M.D. (who is likely on their payroll) and we pay them AGAIN for the “medicine” which they also manufacture. Hmmmmm….
Open your eyes, FFS
Sense at last MONDEGREEN. People appear happy by choosing to go through life blindfolded and deaf to what is really happening to them and around them. These people are HEAVEN SENT to those invested in food and pharmaceutical industries,unless as you state they are in cahoots with said people. Money is their god.
scaremongering? Do you work for Monsanto? You’re an idiot.
Here is an idea. Drink that ICE drink for a couple years and hopefully Darwinism will eliminate you. Bye!
It does not help your argument to an opposing view when all you have is a defensive and passive aggressive tone with no counter evidence or even slightly intelligent point. Well done, I’m sure you’ll win over all of the other sheep with your come-back. Not me though. I’m going with the well thought out science based comment.
It is a known fact that most store bought breads contain Azodicarbonamide.
That compound found in commercially baked bread as a bleaching agent, the one that’s in yoga mats.
Most fast food breads contain it, McDonald,s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Chick Filet, Bojangles and many more. Subway has discontinued this as of resent, Azodicarbonamide is band in all western nations except the US. Even in China they fine anyone that use it in food $250,00.00 and 15 year’s in prison.
Yet here in the US they pump it into people. Our bodies are not meant to digest these made made chemicals. It is none digestible.
FDA considers small amounts of azodicarbonamide to be safe. It is a known fact it can destroy your insides over time and causes cancer in rats and mice, yet they allow it in our foods. How sick it that. Just use ascorbic acid its safe and does the same thing. Even Tofu has the same compound (calcium sulfate) as Dry-Wall
Sad the government (FDA) wants you sick, more insurance and more money for doctors and hospitals, why else would they allow petroleum in FOOD. Just look at the obesity and sickness around up.
Typically, I don’t pay any attention to articles like these. I’m not one to buy into clickbait articles touting “Dangerous Stuff To Avoid”
“Textured soy protein concentrate, carrageenan, maltodextrin, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, modified cornstarch: All of these are basically different names to hide ingredients that either contain Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) or form MSG during processing.”
I don’t know all of these but I can assure you that Maltodextrin is not MSG, nor is it related to the processing of MSG. Maltodextrin is a complex, non-fermentable, carbohydrate. It does not taste sweet, however it adds body to whatever you are eating. It is a natural byproduct in the brewing, and it is also added in in the brewing process if the beer is too thin. I’m sure the write was wrong about the other ingredients as well, as I can recognize two of them as thickeners and emulsifiers.
The lesson here is that you readers need to do research on your own. Don’t buy into clickbait, cutting these 12 out of your life is not going to save you. Proper diet, balanced and portioned, combined with exercise is all you need.
How is it that every website on hidden MSG mentions Maltodextrin? Are they all wrong, and you are right? It doesn’t say maltodextrin is MSG. It says that through processing, it ‘can’ generate MSG. MALTODEXRIN is a corn derived ingredient. Corn is GMO or “Roundup ready”, if you will. I think I’ll pass on GMO, thank you for obvious reasons. You must understand that added preservatives is what kills gut health. Good gut health is related to brain health. This will “save” you contrary to what you state because if your gut health is destroyed, your health will be compromised. Over 50% of illness begins in the gut. Check out Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. Jockers if you wish to further study this fascinating research.
this article is nonsense, the facts (assuming that they are all from reliable peer reviewed sources) are clearly cherry picked.
I am a 2nd year medicinal chemist, I study how to synthesise and design small drug molecules and their effects on the relevant parts of the body.
I can tell you that hydrogen cyanide contains nitrogen, this is a irrefutable fact. I can tell you that nitrogen is also in ammonia, nitric acid, strychnine, heroin, cocaine and nitroglycerin. Would you now like to consume some nitrogen? carbon is also in all of these substances barr ammonia, would you consume carbon? if you answer no to either you are an official idiot. both are essential for life – life is in fact carbon based.
The reason I study what I study is because of how intricate and complicated it is, the person who wrote the above article has little if any knowledge and training in any science. I am quite happy eating processed foods, taking medications/vaccinations and working in a lab with some really nasty chemicals; why? I understand how these things work, and am happy with what goes inside my body. If the fact that a professional medicinal chemist in training is willing to eat MSG and other processed food additives based on scientific reasoning still doesn’t convince you then I don’t know what will.
I am all for fresh produce and support farmers etc. but scaremongering like the above article makes people think that chemists want to mix poisons to make other poisons to hurt people. the truth, we mix poisons to make other poisons like anti-cancer drugs, painkillers, even salt water can be made by mixing hydrochloric acid (brick cleaner) and sodium hydroxide (drain cleaner) both highly corrosive at high concentrations. If you don’t understand chemistry, fine, don’t assume that what you read is true. do some research. (bear in mind that even water has health and safety requirements as it can burn when hot, and kill if inhaled)
Well Brandon, I’m glad your gut is solid. My endoscopies show I’ve had ulcers in the past, but no other problems.
Everytime I eat any food w MSG IN IT, no matter how it’s listed in ingredients at the top or bottom (supposedly meaning less than other items), within 20 to 30 minutes, I’m in bathroom bent over double, severe stomach cramps, nausea, and crying in pain (like having a baby)! I immediately start taking XStrength 750 Tums in the next 30 to 40 minutes (up to 8 or 9). It’s the only thing that finally eases my stomach pain.
I end up w diaherra, 4 or 5 times for an hr. My stomach feels like a punching bag. And YOU want to tell me that, MSG is safe. I’m not allergic to gluten.
I have 2 other friends who have diaherra if they ate foods w/MSG!
JUST because u work in a lab, doesn’t make u an authority. You don’t have a clue!
Well Helen, I have a severe peanut allergy, and anytime I eat anything containing peanuts, whether listed or not, I swell up like a balloon in less than 30 minutes and nearly die without immediate medical attention. I’m also lactose intolerant, so I also can’t drink the substance that all mammals have evolved to produce and consume either without ending up with massive diarrhea.
My point here, Helen, is that just because a substance reacts poorly with me (or you) does not mean that it is a poison that all humans should avoid like the plague
Isn’t it funny how MSG has to be hidden at times and milk and peanuts are SO CLEARLY stated on the ingredient list?
I’ve learned more than I wouldwishtobeloeve I’ve been serving my family friends and self all these ignorant years. All should be grateful for whoever is so responsible to others as to trouble to inform us of the void of info out there. With gratefulness, J’TONE dacosta
with sites like these, they always said in some foods there was a risk of cancer. from then on, i’ve eaten healthier, ive run and become a lot more fit. every day for the past year i have ran and eaten nothing but organic foods. articles like these encouraged me to never eat bad food that could cause cancer. although, i feel a pang of regret for never eating all of those foods because…. your post gave me cancer anyway
You don’t need to be a chemist to arrive at these conclusions
Food is mass produced with one goal and one goal only
to maximize profits
And If some nutrition slips through in the process well great!
CORPORATIONS DO NOT CARE ABOUT PEOPLE
REMEMBER THE FORD PINTO
car needed fixing
but the car maker to save money decided to burn people instead
So I certainly can trust them with food production! NOT!
More people need to wake up
This article is full of misinformation about ingredients used in foods. This article is also based on mere opinion and little to no scientific facts or reasoning. The claims made that the ingredients used in our foods are also used in jet fuels or automotive antifreeze are not only incorrect but used as a scare tactic to persuade other consumers to not purchase these items. I highly encourage all consumers to educate themselves with true scientific facts before making wild claims about products. Food production in this country is one of the most highly regulated, safe food production systems in the world.
Bullshit!
Another voice from the corporate food industry rings out……
Erik is right.
This article is fine. I appreciate knowing what kind of crap is in my food. Sorry you feel like people should just dumb down and eat what they are told.
Really if we are one of the most highly regulated and safe food industries in the world, then why do we allow our eggs to have salmonella, our cows needing to be treated with heavy doses of antibiotics that seep into our milk, saline pumped into chicken before it is put on the styrofoam and covered in plastic to be sold, and why do we allow HFS (high fructose corn syrup) that has been banned in almost every other country on the planet???
Do you realize in England they do not have to refrigerate their eggs, because every chicken is vaccinated against salmonella?
Why do we feed cows full of hormones to keep producing milk?? Those hormones end up in our milk, they can be directly linked to the rising epidemic of girls in this nation starting their monthly cycles earlier and earlier in life. As well as the over use of antibiotics used to treat those same cows who are over milked, by machine, that causes their udders to be stretched until they reach the ground and drag. Across pavement, because these cows are not let out on grass, and the pavement scrapes their udders and when they drag their bloody udders over fecal matter in their little bitty cage they are kept in, standing upright, those udders get infected…then comes the huge doses of antibiotics.
Yeah the government does a GREAT job watching out for your health….
When I compare the food that was considered the dietary standard for school lunches in the 80’s and 90’s when I was a school goer to what is considered the standard now…it makes me sick. I pack my daughter’s lunch because everything is processed garbage. Full of chemicals and gmo’s and poisons.
Hopefully Abbey all the garbage you feel is safe to eat has rendered you sterile so you do not produce offspring with your keep the status quo and nothing to see here attitude.
Awesome response 🙂 Thank you.. It’s all organic for me, locally grown, grass fed etc… When you stop eating out, one can afford to buy better food at home.
Sandie, love your comment and sound advice put so succintly. I started to live this way only a year ago. What a pitty I was ignorant of this issue prior to that. I see with great pleasure how openminded we become despite some people trying to keep us in the dark.
Regards, Grace
Great response Jennifer…until the sterile comment. It was not needed. Why can’t we keep it civil?
It’s really sad to know there are so many ignorant people with this mentality! Just an excuse to keep eating CRAP….utter sadness.
Wow are you being paid by these big corporations to say that these ingredients aren’t bad for your health? You need to wake up and get informed!
What planet did u just come off of? The FDA knows MSG causes stomach problems for different individuals. They were going to take it off the market at one time & changed their mind. They don’t care if we get sick and quality of life is poor.
Read up about the crap in hamburger meat.
Don’t believe everything u read or google, but find/search for the truth about labels, ingredients, etc., from medical experts/resources. Our food is full of horrible ingredients. I know I can’t eat anything w MSG in it. Severe diaherra!
I subscribe to Nutrition Action and sev. other nonprofit publications,like Consumer Reports, on Health, who take no money from food/drug companies. Most subscriptions are tax deductible too. If the govt cared about us, they would stop all these harrassing scammers who telephone 4 & 5 times a day, and not allow even small particles of dirt/feces, etc., in our foods. But they do!! Don’t assume because the govt approved something, that it’s okay! Our govt doesn’t care. Look at everything in general & what a mess Am is in, but even so, it’s a lot better than anywhere else!!
“Don’t believe everything u read or google, but find/search for the truth about labels, ingredients, etc., from medical experts/resources.”
Translation: Don’t believe the articles/experts/medical studies you read or google that you don’t agree with, just believe the articles/experts/medical studies you google that you DO agree with with.
Oh dear!
dont trust anything that isnt organic, and even then dont trust it. Grow your own, be independent.
hippie
sounds like someone was picked on in high school so now he goes around being a cyber bully. congratulations sir, you are officially a cunt.
I couldn’t make up a page of sillier hooey if I tried.
I’m so sick of fake food and i am sick of the trolls who work for Monsanto and big grocery monopolies that are trashing people for exposing the truth!
Most people literally cannot handle the truth, you found a little nugget of information and now you think the whole system is out to get you because they are keeping people killing themselves with food and not each other but it seems like you want it the other way around
ridiculous scare mongering bullshit, people like you disgust me. brainwashing people into being scared of things that you clearly do not understand. maybe learn a little more about glutamic acid and inosinic acid before you start telling people that it’ll melt their bones (after the first few paragraphs i started skimming, there’s only so much nonsense i can read before my brain starts to drip from my nose)
If the person writing the comment about hog wash would do your work you will find that we have been brain washed to think that the foods that we are consuming is not affecting our healthy. My challenge to you would be to take yourself off of the bad stuff that is mentioned for 45 days, then resume eating like you did before. The proof will be in the pudding. I have done extensive research about foods that we eat and how our country allows companies to place on the shelves for us to buy foods and food products that are not fit for human consumption. Many of the additives and other toxins and chemicals are banned in other countries. The sad part is, these (additives, toxins, hormones, GMO foods) are known to cause major health problems. I am not a doctor nor am I a health care professional. I am a person with a desire to do my work, and assure that I have the best chance of maintaining good health by knowing what I am placing in my body. while I may or may not agree with some of the research, I am willing to do my work to make my own choices as to what is right for me. t I am suspicious- Perhaps you have stock in the companies that have been allowed to use us as guinea pigs. But this is not about attaching anyone, Its about education and knowledge. In the end we have the choice to decide as to whether we want to live and die by the sword of our own choosing. My thoughts- Look deep before you leap… Do your work.
Your information is for the select awakened people who appreciate your work. Those who attack you are either paid to do so or belong to the sheeple population.
Thumbs up! Well said 🙂 Yep….definitely the Sheeple population!! Love it
Put it out there. People will either read it and hate you for telling them the truth or they will thank you and start to look into things for themselves. Bottom line is that Americans are getting lazier then ever before and want everything handed to them at there finger tips. From fast food, processed food, to the smart phone in their hand. Use the tools against those who are making Americans sicker each year that goes by. When was the last time you said hello to someone walking within eye contact? Its a lot harder to do when everyone has their face in there phone these days. Think about it
The problem is that people can’t take the truth. In fact. they would rather you just go away because it is easier to die from whatever diseases you let the gov/CDC/military-medical industrial complex GAVE you than it is to think for yourselves.
The corporations just LOVE people like that. Which is why they can keep up their state sanctioned poison programs that harm children to the tune of millions of dollars a year while the drug makers walk away with fat pockets. At YOUR expense. And those who haven’t vetted their info want to put people in jail for not doing what the CORPORATIONS (who bribe our elected officials) TELL THEM to do.
Here is a great example:
Former Mooresville child compensated by federal ‘vaccine court’
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/article11620775.html
I third that.!!!!! I’m having problems with digestion and colon and its most likely from the food. Sad world that is full of greed and want profit at our expense. Its costing us our health. God help us.!!
You are so right. a little work and you will find the facts.
Excellent reply
“ridiculous scare mongering bullshit, people like you disgust me. brainwashing people into being scared of things that you clearly do not understand.”
I’d rather be scared and INFORMED, than an ignorant ostrich who keeps their head in the sand because they can’t take the truth about the fact taht our gov doesn’t give a shyte what we eat or how clean it is.
Tell Obama thanks for sending in more illegal immigrants, as well as letting Ebola patients in while he whines about people not getting their state sanctioned poison shots (vaccines).
I second that Lisa 🙂 Such ignorance….gluttons!
Its all true.
I recently stopped using shampoos and conditioners and shower gels. Now i have no more constant itch, dandruff. Dry skin.
I use natural stuff wont say what as tjose big pharmad will start tampering with those things as well.
They put sodium lauryl sulphate in all these products, which dries your skin, removes natural oils, hence itch, dandruff, and dry skin
Since using alternatives i am much better also wifes dandruff of years stopped in 1 day of using alternatives.
How sick is that, and i hate cancer research, the big liars, making money from cancer, as cancer is man made, food and hygiene products adulterated. Thats why i dont vote in uk anymore, all the parties are crooks and basically nobe of them can govern. All they do is spread terrorism everywhere for oil and resources. Wakeup England. Teaching kids evolution, bullshit. Id like to see the prime minister on an apprenticeship salary. Liars and cheats.
If the simple act of reading a website is causing your brain to drip from your nose, I suggest you consult a doctor as soon as possible. It sounds like a serious medical condition.
or maybe try changing your diet 😉
I normally would not mind getting iron in my diet, however, not this way. Thank you for your video.
Vivian,
I must apologize, but this article triggered one of my pet peeves. And that is bad journalism/science/reporting. Mainly the use of scare tactics that are easily disproven as something to worry about.
Please for the betterment of your readers and yourself please do not fall into the trap you did in this article of linking factoids to scare people. I will give my favorite factoid scare here:
Do you know there is a chemical that is found in every human due to its widespread use?
It is used in jet fuel, anti-freeze, deicers, insecticides, lethal injections, industrial solvents, styrofoam, fire suppressants, sanitizers, and more?
Organization like the KKK have used it trying to instill fear.
It is used in many of the US torture methods!
It is an acid that kills people every year!
Between 2005 and 2009 according to the CDC over 3,500 people a year were killed due to direct contact with DHMO. But that is just reported cases that were confirmed by the CDC.
DiHydrogen MonOxide or DHMO is in all of our foods and the FDA claims it is safe! They do not even require it to appear on the label!
Over 86% of people in the US when told about DHMO want it banned as it is a known carcinogen. But we still use it in everything!
In case you couldn’t figure it out:
DHMO is Water. DiHydrogen (2H) MonOxide (1O) H2O.
In all of your comparison factoids in this article WATER is also used. Why not scare your readers to stop drinking water? Here are some of your article’s weak points:
BHT is used in jet fuels. It is an anti-oxidation substance. It is used as a fuel preservative as the same exact reason it is used in food helps it in jet fuel. IT IS NOT AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT. All of the industrial uses you list use it as an oxidizer or preservative. What would you use an antioxidant/preservative for??? Oh wait, you would use it to PRESERVE things by fighting Oxidation. Seriously, these comparisons not only discredit the author as lacking intelligence, but do a disservice to their readers by using bad factoids as a scare tactic. Water is used in all of these also and by your comparisons should be avoided by your readers.
To make matters worse, studies have recently revealed that nearly half of tested samples of HFCS contained mercury. – Yeah, the mercury comes from polluted water. What are you doing other than a bad scare tactic? Where do you think the Mercury is coming from? Not the plants, but the water. Water pollution is causing the Mercury contamination. But it would require honesty from the author to state this. Water pollution appears to be your biggest concern here, but you omit that from your scare tactic.
Yellow #5: Almost all colorants approved for use in food are derived from coal tar and may contain up tp 10ppm of lead and arsenic. – Have you seen the allowable levels in water? Especially in fluoridated water? Fluoridated water allows higher amounts of those and also allows Uranium, Plutonium, and Radon. It makes your aversion to Yellow #5 seem like a laughable joke.
Propylene glycol alginate (E405): this food thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier is derived from alginic acid esterified and combined with propylene glycol. Bear in mind that even though propylene glycol is used as a food additive, it has many industrial uses including automotive antifreezes and airport runway de-icers. – Back to banning water again through scare tactics… Propylene glycol can be drunk straight up. Municipalities LIKE it when you dump straight propylene glycol into the sewers as it is food safe and can be drunk straight. The RUST INHIBITORS in the products you list are what causes it to be a poison, NOT the propylene or Ethylene glycols. Please learn about the products you compare to and stop using bad scare tactics. Do you know that Sodium Chloride, Table Salt, can be used as a de-icer, but is not used on runways because of the corrosive properties on metals? Or do you just like using unrelated factoids to try and make things sound scarier because you don’t have science backing you up so you must use misinformation? Potassium Chloride is another common salt that is used for -10 deg F plus weather to melt ice as it is better at those temperatures. And it is used in many supplements and foods. Should that also be avoided? Water is also a primary component of deicers… Did you know that brine from pickling is also used as a deicer? That is just water and salt… But due to its reaction in oxidizing (rust) metals is avoided in many areas…
Do you know that ALL corn on the planet is GMO? Corn started as a grass and was bred and genetically modified until it became Maize. The maize was further genetically selected and bred to form corn. Corn DOES NOT appear naturally in anywhere. It is a genetically modified food made by humans. Many of our domesticated fruits, vegetables, and animals are genetically modified from their natural condition to be useable in farming.
I am sorry for the rant, but these are important misinformation steps that you are using to actually HARM your readers. If not physically, then at the very least mentally. Please think before you publish. Before you use bad factoids, think to yourself is water in there? Could I use this argument to ban water? Am I harming my readers by misleading them?
Thank you,
Brian
Brian I am interested in your theory all corn is GMO .Are you including hybridization as GM modified. Do you consider wheat GM modified too?
Brian, would you care to reveal your employer? The reason I ask is your diatribe smacks suspiciously like Big Food, Big Chem, and/or Big Pharma spin. What basically gives you away as an employee of one of the the axis of evil of Big Chems(Monsanto, Bayer, Dow, etc.) is your claim of corn(maize) being Genetically Modified from grass. This type of statement is typical of paid shills that troll the web and plant misleading half-truths in otherwise untainted offerings. The latest research and scientific analysis pegs the wild grass Teosinte as the source of modern maize crops, and was domesticated some 8,700 years ago by indigenous peoples in the lowland areas of southwestern Mexico. Many centuries of ARTIFICIAL SELECTION, not genetic modification(GMO) by these indigenous peoples resulted in the development of maize plants capable of growing several cobs per plant that were usually several inches long each.
I could continue and expose the rest of your “troll-truthing”, but I myself am a shill in the pro-bono service to seek and discredit the axe grinding egregious poltroons proliferating the free and open internet.
Way to go Sid.
You just pointed out the main issue I had with this article. Just because a substance is used in an industrial or non-purely heath conscious way, does not necessarily mean that substance is unhealthy, but rather that it has multiple uses beyond purely food consumption.
I think I have to disagree on your point about corn though. It seems less of an instance of early GMOs in ancient human history and more of an example of selective breeding/cultivation in agriculture.
I also have to comment as a teacher, watching kids who are modified from their parent’s genetic handmedowns. We are not only killing ourselves but our kids. Whoever heard of ADD, ADHD, Bipolar, Manic Depression, before these so-called convenience foods came into our lives. We did not have near the incidence of the pandemic we do now. And what about their procreation of grandkids? As the evolutionary scale tips further into the scary, how are we ever going to combat mental illness and physical illness? The insurance companies and food companies who use man-made chemicals we ingest to induce a cure only perpetuate power and greed, ultimately killing the middle class.
As a teacher, I’d be more concerned about having to teach an entire generation of brain damaged children who will probably be taking ADHD drugs to ‘manage’ their iatrogenically acquired brain damage….
Former Mooresville child compensated by federal ‘vaccine court’
By Karen Garloch-Charlotteobserver.com
02/28/2015
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/article11620775.html
if these products are so safe. BHT. MSG. NTB. MSDS. why did they ban them in Europe in their food they make
For example, I think the genetically modified foods debate is one worth being acquainted with for health reasons. But I hear from respectable scientific sources that GM foods do not pose greater risks to humans than do regular foods. This I also just read about in the wikipedia article about GM foods – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food.
This is the statement in the third paragraph of the article:
“There is broad scientific consensus that food on the market derived from GM crops poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food”, and several respectable organizations are quoted to support this claim.
I would like to be aware of evidence to the contrary which you mention in your article. And this is why, as in my previous comment, I think references in your article would be useful.
Thank you.
Petia, you might enjoy this post on GMOs and bone health:
https://saveourbones.com/the-gmo-foods-that-affect-bone-density/
It goes into more detail and dissects several studies about the potential harm of GMO foods. 🙂
WRONG …..Petia; GMO’s are Extremely Dangerous two ways:
1, the gmo moniker means “genetically modified” to tolerate pesticide Roundup. They are “Roundup Ready” to live through a drenching in carcinogenic weed killer “Roundup” from Monsanto. It is absorbed into the fruits and vegetables and gives horrible cancers to lab rats. Proof Positive…..you cannot wash it off….it is IN the fruit.
2. The “Frankenstein Effect”…..We have no idea genetically, what the consequences of modifying corn genes with beetle genes to tolerate the roundup and having people consume them will be. How will they interact with our gut flora and fauna….bacterium we need to survive?. They are playing Russian roulette with your gut if you eat this “Science Project for Profit”, as it will take potentially generations to see what THIS does to the human genome or …..it could mutate horribly and quickly or just takeover your gut and kill bacteria you need…..sound familiar with all the celiac disease out there and irritable gut and gluten intolerance…..last 18 years this crap is out there?—-Let the irresponsible MA above eat them…..DON’T YOU! Go 100% Organic……
I, for one, am hard pressed to read studies paid for by the same companies hiring the research so that it confirms their product’s “health benefits.”
I published a “Never Say, “I’m on a Diet” food book. The author who is a registered heart nurse and dietitian talks about food safety, common protein, carb and fat content in foods and recipes for healthy eating.
Former President Obama would not allow GMO foods into the White House. I guess he figured it was ok for the rest of America to eat poison food. I wrote to the FDA concerning this- got no reply- imagine that!!!!
Dear Ms. Goldschmidt,
Thank you for the article. Could you please provide references to quoted information so a reader can easily read more if interested?
For example, I went on the National Toxicology Program’s website to find out about BHT but have not been able to find the 2005 results which you quote.
Thank you.
It is hard for me to take all this seriously as most things presented in the article make some ingredients out to be boogeymen. Like the BHT. I’m not necessarily condoning its use but just because something is also used in other things we’d never eat like jet fuel, doesn’t mean by default it’s not safe. People use salt to de-ice roads, so I guess I shouldn’t use salt, and carbon is found in just about everything but we don’t just eat it as is. The use of the word chemicals in context of food is used to produce the thought of a green bubbly goo that the joker fell into when in reality every element is considered a chemical and all have chemical reactions it’s what makes life happen. The misquoted part about BHT is a stretch cause just like Petia I found it say nothing of the sort https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/results/pubs/longterm/reports/longterm/tr100199/abstracts/tr150/index.html
Only an idiot in this day and age will continue to eat most processed foods. None of the ingredients will kill you outright, ohhh no, just over time cause you grief unto death. People saying this ingredient and that ingredient are safe, do your research. If you can’t pronounce the name, stay away from it. Human beings have such disrespect for these fantastic machines we have been granted to be great with. Look around, cancer and obesity reign and why…its the food…lack of self control is killing us but we don’t care…
I couldn’t have said it any better Ed K. I totally agree with you.
That’s right Ed K parents who feed their children preservative laden food and snacks wonder why their children grow up to have serious mental and physical health issues. It’s like talking to a smoker. They will tell you who cares something is going to kill,you anyways. I don’t feel bad for the uneducated idiots out there. Just feel bad for their offspring.
Absolutely….no respect for human life.
Question. We use a product Clear Gel which is for canning. It is modified cornstarch. Might that be the same as the MSG you mention as bad for you?
I recently learned from my gastroenterologist that corn syrup is causing a near epidemic of sclerosis of the liver. Non alcoholic liver cirrhosis is on a rise and corn syrup is the main cause, with sugars as second and fats as third for the top 3 culprits. It begins with a fatty liver and progresses to scarring of tissue in the liver…fatty liver can be reversed with a good diet but scarring of the liver tissue can not be reversed. I am reversing my mild fatty liver by eating wiser and checking food labels. Corn syrup is in almost everything that is processed. How did we allow this to happen?
Thanks for posting your comment. Very helpful!
I stopped using corn syrup after I read this.
A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain
Princeton University
Posted March 22, 2010
A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the United States.
“Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn’t true, at least under the conditions of our tests,” said psychology professor Bart Hoebel, who specializes in the neuroscience of appetite, weight and sugar addiction. “When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they’re becoming obese — every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don’t see this; they don’t all gain extra weight.”
https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/
Merilyn, I hope many people will take your comment seriously. Processed food and fructose balooned my liver out of my stomach. One month on organic food and my stomach went back in. I did not expect such a quick response to healthy eating. I am happy to read so many great comments and see that big companies are not winning totally.
I agree with the previous comment. Many of the things listed are accepted as safe.
I would like to add that ethylene glycol is a component in antifreeze (not propylene glycol, as mentioned in the article). This is a common mix up I see on the web, and a demonstration that the author(s) have no understanding of even freshman level chemistry.
Your “facts” should be referenced so that you may check and correct the many incorrect statements and claims that you have posted publicly for the whole world to read.
And what a chemist you turned out to be Dan!! Propylene glycol is able to lower the freezing point of water, and so it is used as aircraft de-icing fluid. You’ve just been owned!!
Your “facts” should be referenced so that you may check and correct the many incorrect statements and claims that you have posted publicly for the whole world to read.
ethylene glycol is a toxic component found in many deicers. Propylene glycol is safe. The author’s claim that it’s among the “worst offenders” is false. The mention of deicers was intended by the author to link propylene glycol to ethylene glycol, a toxic compound used in deicers. It amounts to propaganda. And you fell for it.
Some of the ingredients listed are not harmful at all. I challenge you to look them up and see for yourself and not be sheeple. But some where so don’t think i am dis-ing this over at all. I like where you are going with this.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHICH ONES ON THIS LIST THAT ARE NOT HARMFUL? I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 🙂
“some”. What a useful word. It could mean one or thirteen in this case. Care to be a bit more specific? It would certainly make you a lot more believable, as all the ingredients listed here are listed as “toxic” somewhere. And be sure to include links to verifiable sites- nothing funded by a company that actually produces these or similar products, but also not funded by a company that produces alternatives. Both, I think we can agree, would be undoubtedly biased.
Propylene Glycol Alginate (sp) isn’t dangerous. Water is also used in many industrial processes and applications, so your reasoning is flawed
Not all water is safe to drink especially if the ph balance is off let alone ingesting this thing I can barely pronounce
Everything is toxic. Water, oxygen, …everything. (And yes, I’m being literal). It’s all a matter of “how much”, i.e. concentration.
why did they ban them in Europe
That is just ridiculous how are they going put that dangerous chemicals in the foods that we eat. It is like they are trying to shut our bodies down without us knowing it. does money mean that much to these people who food? how selfish can they be? They need to quite that lying to the very people look foward to buying from the store in exchange for the money to pay the price of the food item. Now i know I really have to stay away from foods that do damage to my body. This is a very sick these people are doing. They need to have a heart. Money is not everything.
Unfortunately it goes beyond money. The one world order puppeteers have claimed we need to reduce the world population by 90%. The goal IS to kill us off! They just intend to make billions off us while they do it. We lose health, prosperity and life. They gain control, power and ultimately, their utopian society.
No, I don’t have the link, but you can find it if you search. The agenda is no secret.
I feel like im going to cry! I just bought a whole lot of these products with this stuff in it! I cant believe ive been had! T_T i’m a new vegitarian because i discovered without meat my rashes go away but then i missed a burger and i ate a veggie burger instead and suddenly the rashes came back! I was so confused until i read this *hug kiss kiss* i thank you dearly for this information. Are there any HEALTHY veggie burgers out there?
perhaps you consider that meat consumption is NOT causing rashes and look at other factors that occurred – do some more extensive food elimination experiments – – allergies to meats are virtually unheard of, whereas allergies to dairy, eggs and many plant substances are common – especially if you are eating lots of grains and have compromised your gut (look up “leaky gut”) vegetarianism is hard to do right long term and veganism is simply a politically motivated bourgeois eating disorder.
no traditional cultures have ever been found that existed on plant matter alone – whilst there are many variations in the ratio of plant to animal products, 100% plant-eating cultures simply do not exist – we NEED animal and plants (we are omnivores, remember??) to be healthy.
Meat did not cause you a rash – unless the “meat” you are referring to was highly processed so-called “food” from some fast food joint –
Shaolin monks. vegetarians and some are vegan.
Disregard Andy….This article is spot on! Just make healthy stuff starting only with 100% USDA Organic…..everything….spices, eggs- everything! Just switch from boxes of stuff to the actual whole foods and COOK!
I ditto Richie! That’s the only answer. Grow your own food if you can…or support your local Farmers Market or buy organic. Processed food is a modern invention that goes against nature. You wouldn’t put sugar water in the gas tank of your car but we expect our bodies to perform on junk. We are intelligently designed, intricately complex, and supposedly intelligent beings. Our bodies and minds respond with health and vitality when we give them what nature provides. God gives freely and abundantly. Only man is motivated by money and power. You decide who you want to believe.
I’m vegetarian since i was 9. I’m 41 now and is so hard to find healthy foods for my kids. They are so picky and don’t eat veggies or fruits. I’m about to have a heart attack because it is killing me. Any help for good strong healthy snacks.? Thank you Simone.
If your kids don’t like vegetables have you tried juicing? for years that was the only way i could get my kids to get their veggies and then i made it fun for them by saying they had to make up different juices and i will have to judge them it worked. now they ask me if they can juice
Hi. I make smoothies and also am able to hide add in fruits and we also take a whole food based fruit and vegetable concentrate nutrition from a rainbow variety that has improved our whole family’s health. We don’t get viruses tha lastbl for ten days or ear infections or pneumonia…we all have a stronger immune system. It is very important to eat the recommended 7-13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day for disease prevention.
Hello Vivian,
I saw you listed Carrageen as an MSG producing ingredient. Unfortunately, that is incorrect. Carrageen Moss is a type of seaweed that can be found around the world. I use it in my cooking, as it is found on the Kerry seashore. It is a gelling agent. The only way I can think of Carrageen being dangerous is if it is contaminated on the production line.
Regards,
Fodhbla
Not so. Look up Ray Peat.
Look up the singular ramblings of one man? You goddit!
Ray Peat is actually an excellent and reputable source of info – often the truth that the mainstream does not tell you–
Carrageenan is a common food additive that is extracted from a red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, which is popularly known as Irish moss. Carrageenan, which has no nutritional value, has been used as a thickener and emulsifier to improve the texture of ice cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, soy milk and other processed foods. So it is not healthy at all.
Dr. Russell Blaylock, board certified neurosurgeon, now retired and running a private nutritional practice says this about carrageenan: “Experimentally, carrageenan is used as an agent to induce intense inflammation in experimental animals. A recent study found that when carrageenan was injected in animals along with a cancer-causing chemical, tumors appeared more rapidly, and in significantly higher numbers than in control animals injected with carcinogen alone. The same was seen when human breast cancers were implanted in animals along with carrageenan……As a result, carrageenan is classified as a tumor promoter.” (p.196, “Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life,” 2006)
Carrageenans or carrageenins are a family of linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. They are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties.
Edible seaweeds, like kelp and Nori, right?
The Problem
Not so much…
It is important to note that Carrageenan is not digestible and has no nutritional value. It is often used because it thickens and emulsifies products and it is often found even in organic and “natural” products.
It may seem that a simple product derived from seaweed should be non-menacing, and I wish it were. This article explains some of the potential problems:
Although derived from a natural source, it appears to be particularly destructive to the digestive system, triggering an immune response similar to that your body has when invaded by pathogens like Salmonella. The result: “It predictably causes inflammation, which can lead to ulcerations and bleeding,” explains veteran researcher Joanne Tobacman, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Illinois School of Medicine at Chicago. She says the food ingredient irritates by activating an immune response that dials up inflammation. Her previous work showed a concerning connection between carrageenan and gastrointestinal cancer in lab animals, and she’s involved with ongoing research funded through the National Institutes of Health that is investigating carrageenan’s effect on ulcerative colitis and other diseases like diabetes.
The concern over food-grade carrageenan isn’t new. Beginning in the 1960s, researchers started linking the ingredient to gastrointestinal disease in lab animals, including ulcerative colitis, intestinal lesions, and colon cancer.
Dear Vivian – I have read your book and try to follow the program as closely as possible. I eat as much fibre as I possibly can, lots of filtered water too, but I have found since starting on calcium supplements that I suffer from constipation no matter what I do. I am adding some inulin fibre to my diet and that seemed to help at first but its effects don’t seem to be as effective as they were when I first started taking it a couple of weeks ago. I was happy to find Total cereal while in Hawaii recently and I smuggled some home to Canada. It gave me all the vitamins and minerals I needed (pretty much) but now I find that it contains BHP so that is why it’s banned in Canada! I haven’t yet started on AlgaeCal and I’m hesitant to spend money on one more calcium supplement that I might not be able to continue with due to continued constipation AND the fact that I cannot swallow large pills (not sure how large the AlgaeCal pills are) – have you got any advice?? PS I eat only organic whenever humanly possible and my vitamin supplement (containing as much of the vitamins as I could find based on your list) and my calcium supplement are organic also. Thanks!
Taking too much fiber could also result in constipation if you do not take enough water. So it is better to reduce the amount of fiber intake. You have to know your body because not everyone’s body is the same.that could work for her but it might not work for you.
Anything processed is not a good choice.
Eat fresh fruits and veggies.
Prepare your own meals.
It not that difficult or time consuming.
I was surprised to hear that there are so many chemicals in our foods. Why does the united states let these companies using those chemicals in our foods. We are getting sick and mcdonalds is getting wealthy, is there a kickback some where? I am retired from the food business after 46 years and I did not pay attention to our problem. Some people will say that we live longer . Sure we do but it isn’t the chemicals we have better refrigeration and sanitation. The question is what can we do about the problem. When the next president arrives at the white house, maybe he will banned these chemicals in food. Some people say we can eat a little of these chemicals and we will be ok. I say we all live over a100 years old and never show our age. All I can say is for a pun: eat hearty!
” I am retired from the food business after 46 years and I did not pay attention to our problem.”
what? what?
how could someone be in the food business and not be aware of what was IN the food business?
like working for the mafia, managing to retire without the cement bots and being all surprised that they do illegal things —
Next president won’t ban them because the head people at food companies most likely backed his campaign.
Dear vivian, Cabbage is my favorite food. I love to eat it raw and with food coloring sometimes. I like to eat it with chocolate surup especially. What choco syrup is best on cabbage? Don’t get me wrong, it sounds disgusting but i love it and people should really try it if they like cabbage. Is it healthy for me though? Because i grow my own cabbage
Tori, that is quite an unusual combination! I don’t advocate chocolate syrup on anything, though; it’s loaded with sugar and most brands have some dubious ingredients in them. Also, while chocolate has some health benefits (see question #2: https://saveourbones.com/vivian-answers-day-5/), it is acidifying.
Cabbage is my favorite food. I love to eat it raw and with food coloring sometimes. I like to eat it with chocolate surup especially. What choco syrup is best on cabbage? Don’t get me wrong, it sounds disgusting but i love it and people should really try it if they like cabbage. Is it healthy for me though? Because i grow my own cabbage
What is wrong with Agave nectar… I thought it was a healthy alternative???
Teresa, agave is quite controversial because some brands contain high levels of fructose. But the typical organic agave nectar has approximately 50% fructose, which mimics table sugar (sucrose). And there is controversy about the nectar’s ash residue as well. Some claim it’s a low acid food, others claim it’s neutral to slightly alkaline-forming. Because of this, I recommend honey or stevia as alternatives. 🙂
wow…….I need to learn more and more! please help!!
If I’m lactose intolerant what are my milk options? I also have IBS so yes I’m screwed I cannot tolerant beans, cabbage, broccoli, greens, yams, sweet potato, cauliflower so what can I possible eat? Everything has something bad in it, my cereal has BHT, food I eat has yellow # 5 and 6 or oils that are bad for you slim sure this is why my stomach hurts every time I eat.
I have believed I was lactose intolerant for quite a few years and I almost always got diarrhea from grocery store milk products. I have just joined the Beyond Diet program and they recommend using as much organic as you can. I bought my first container of grass fed milk and believe it or not I have not had a problem. I even bought some ice cream from raw grass fed milk and no problem. I believe that what the cows are eating and are getting injected into them is what causes lactose intolerance. I have no proof, just what I have experienced.
Milk that is homogenized is also not good for you. It makes it harder for your body to digest.Thats probably why you can have dairy foods from raw milk…because it is not homogenized. There is also a way to pasteurize milk (different than commercial milk) that will kill that bad things but not the good. Pasteurizing it for 2 seconds at a super high temp…which is what most milk companies do will end up killing everything and then they have to put back in the vitamins and good things like that which makes it unnatural. Pasteurizing it at a lower degree for 30 minutes gets rid of that bad stuff, keeps in the good stuff. But who wants to pasteurize milk for 30 minutes when you can do it for 2 seconds? I know a company that does this certain type of pasteurization and does not homogenize their milk. They also feed their cows GMO free feed along with grass. Check out Spokane’s Family Farm on Facebook for more info.
i am too. But is your last name really drink water or is that just because you are lactose in tolerant? And fyi almond milk is the best choice. And rie milk tastes like poo.
Be careful about drinking dairy substitutes because everyone I have tried contains carrageenan. Read about it to see what’s wrong with it. Also you might try a good probiotic to help your stomach.
I completely understand where you are coming from and I am so luck that I found a solution for me. For me, the answer lied and continues to lie in raw food. I know that sounds weird, but trust me, it isn’t weird to be well. The learning curve was accepting 100 percent responsibility for every bite that goes into my mouth and not eating anything that was put into the mainstream marketplace. This require me to learn how to make meals that I could and would eat. I had to develop my food skills and I had to be patient. This works. Do a little research and learn all you can about Raw Food. It’s totally worth it. I promise.
The best way to get rid of allergies is to go vegetarian or vegan for a while. As a youth I was allergic to all kinds of nuts, cherries, had hay fever etc. The I ate no meat for about 5 years and now I am free of any allergy and able to eat anything. So the key is to cleanse your blood. some say these allergies are psychosomatic or inherited, so coming to a place of spiritual balance and inner peace is also part of it.
Don’t drink dairy milk, Its bad for your bones!
VIVIAN PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF “OSTEO BI-FLEX IS GOOD FOR YOUR BONES? IT CONTAINS 2400 MG GLUCOSAMINE CHONDROITINE MSM.
Forget milk substitutes and drink the real thing! RAW unpastuerized non-homoginized is one of the best nutrient dense foods available to man.Also lay off sugar including breads and starches including veggies&unseasonal fruits .Use Stevia.Eat tons of HEALthy fats found in nuts,oils and meats from grass-fed pastured animals.Eat eggs-massive protien there.Get your carb intake from sulfur rich veggies.Drink homemade bone broths.Wean from poisonous prescription drugs.Eat good /suppliments/ detox/exercise and LOVE!