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In the United States today, we are all being constantly bombarded by chemicals, poisons and toxins. Virtually everything that we eat or drink makes us less healthy. The vast majority of Americans gladly consume aspartame, fluoride, BPA, genetically-modified food, pesticides, high fructose corn syrup, pharmaceutical drugs and toxic vaccines without any concern that those substances may ruin their health. But the truth is that we are getting sicker and sicker and sicker as a nation. According to one recent report, the United States has dropped to 49th place in the world in overall life expectancy. Diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes are absolutely exploding. Thousands of toxins, carcinogens and chemicals are being put into what we eat and what we drink, courtesy of the FDA and the USDA. Shamefully these chemicals were tested on helpless animals who were injected, poisoned and died from their exposure. Still in spite of the obvious dangerous side effects collectedfrom countless data, first to animals and to humans, the corporate food giants, Kelloggs, General Mills, Nestle, Coca Cola, etc… along with the powerful pharmaceutical and chemical lobby push and sell their unhealthy business practices to our sold out government agencies. Start reading labels and do not buy food with additives and chemicals. True, there may not be much left. Then find alternatives, start protesting to your supermarket, to your representatives, find a food co-op in your area. It is your health and your life that is at stake. The next time you go to the supermarket, pick up a few products and read the labels. You will be shocked by what you find.
Words like “improved”, “enriched” foods have actually been stripped of their original nutrients, so the manufacturers add a few synthetic vitamins and minerals to artificially give it some nutritional value.The final products have fewer nutrients than the starting product and they are not well received by our bodies as they would have been in their natural state.
Preservatives allow food to sit on shelves for a very long time, but while it may be beneficial for the corporation and their profit quotas, they are very bad for your health.
There are many chemicals to change the texture of food and instant mashed potatoes is even lighter and fluffier than anything you could ever make at home, but it also has no nutritional value left in it, just bad carbs and fats (usually from an animal source).
Artificial flavors exist for the sole purpose of adding something extra to the taste of denatured foods which after they have been so processed would not otherwise taste anything like expected: Fake lemon flavor, fake butter flavor, fake berry flavor, to make up for the fact that none of these ingredients were actually used to make the item.
Food companies pick oranges that are green and unripe, and simply add some dyes to make them look like what you wish them to look like. Dyes and salts are added to meat, colorants, artificial flavors, considerable amounts of unhealthy sugars and thickeners are tampering with traditionally healthy foods, staples in a child’s diet, such as yogurt and juice drinks.
Acesulfame K is a relatively new calorie-free artificial sweetener. It is many times sweeter than table sugar but has a slightly bitter aftertaste. It is marketed as DiabetiSweet and Sweet One. It is used in chewing gum, baked goods, and gelatin desserts
Possible side effects: In some research studies, this sweetener caused lung, cancer, and thymus gland tumors in rats. It also caused leukemia and chronic respiratory disease and has now been linked to breast cancer. In humans, it can cause low blood sugar attacks (reactive hypoglycemia).
Alginic acid is used as gelling agent to thicken drinks and foods, salad dressings, soups, jellies, cheese spreads and dips, ice cream and other frozen desserts
Possible side effects: birth defects, complications in pregnancy
The form of vitamin E most commonly added to foods and most readily absorbed and stored in the body. An essential nutrient, it helps prevent oxidative damage to the cells and plays a crucial role in skin health and disease prevention. Found in Meats, foods with added fats, and foods that boast vitamin E health claims; also occurs naturally in seeds, nuts, leafy vegetables, and vegetable oils, V8 .
Possible side effects:In the amount added to foods, tocopherols pose no apparent health risks, but because it is added to so many things. Concentrated supplements might bring on toxicity symptoms such as cramps, weakness, and double vision.
Denotes any of hundreds of allowable chemicals such as butyl alcohol and phenylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal. The exact chemicals used in flavoring are the proprietary information of food processors, used to imitate specific fruits, butter, spices, and so on. Food flavorings are found thousands of highly processed foods such as cereals, beverages, and cookies, juices, candies, etc…The FDA has approved every item on the list of allowable chemicals, but because flavorings can hide behind a blanket term, there is no way for consumers to pinpoint the cause of a reaction they might have had. Most artificial flavorings are banned in food production in EU.
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener. It is marketed under the brand names of NutraSweet and Equal. Many people with diabetes use aspartame instead of table sugar.You’ll find it in sugar-free beverages, gum, candy, instant desserts, low-calorie desserts, gelatin, drink mixes,” lite” and “diet” labels, power bars, soft drinks, and some brands of chewable vitamin supplements.Today, aspartame is an ingredient in literally thousands of different food and drink products. In fact, it is often marketed in “health products” such as diet sodas.
Serious side effects: headaches, nausea, depression, rashes, seizures, dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia, ringing in the ears, and hallucinations. Some studies show that it may even cause cancer. Learn more about the dangers of aspartame. According to an article on Mercola.com, aspartame is one of the most toxic substances being added to our foods….Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death. A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: Headaches/migraines, serious vision and eye disorder dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.
Researchers and physicians like Dr Janet Hull studying the adverse effects of aspartame, found that the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.
Benzoic acid is used as a food preservative. It prevents the growth of mold, yeast, and some bacteria.You’ll find it in jams, jelly, fruit juice, margarine, beer, pickled vegetables, soft drinks, mincemeat, and barbecue sauce
Possible side effects: asthma attacks, rashes, irritation of the eyes and mucous membranes, hyperactivity in children, neurological disorders
BHA and BHT are Petroleum-derived antioxidants that are used as preservatives used to preserve fats and oils. They prevent foods from oxidizing and spoiling too quickly.You’ll find it in breakfast cereals, chewy granola bars, desserts, candy, chewing gum, potato chips, vegetable oils, shortening, butter and sausage. Petroleum-derived antioxidants used to preserve fats and oils.
Side effects: BHA and BHT are oxidants which form potentially cancer-causing reactive compounds in your body. Other side effects of these food additives include elevated cholesterol, liver and kidney damage, infertility, sterility, immune disorders, increased susceptibility to carcinogens, and behavioral problems. The Department of Health and Human Services classifies the preservative as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.”
BPA is one of the most widely used chemicals in the entire world. If you eat canned food or you drink bottled water you most likely have BPA in your home and you don’t even know it.
According toBPA is not only in virtually every American home and has been linked to some very serious health problems….
It is used to harden plastic in everything from infant and water bottles to mobile phone and computer casings, and also to make linings for cans of food, beverages and infant formula. Yet a growing body of research has implicated the chemical as an endocrine (hormone) disruptor that can lead to cancer, birth defects, behavioral problems and other diseases.
Synthetic dyes that can be used alone or combined with other dyes to make different colors.Found in: Blue, purple, and green foods like beverages, cereals, ice creams candy, icing.
Possible side effects: Both dyes have been linked to cancers in animal studies, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest recommends that they be avoided. They are banned in the EU.
Brominated vegetable oil is used as an emulsifier in citrus-flavored soft drinks. It prevents the oil and other liquids from separating.You’ll find it in soft drinks such as Gatorade, Powerade, Mountain Dew, Fanta, Fresca, and others
Possible side effects: memory loss, loss of muscle coordination, tremors, fatigue, headaches, drooping eyelids. Bromate, the main ingredient is BVO is a deadly poison, especially for children
A thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier extracted from red seaweed.Found in Jellies and jams, ice cream, yogurt, and whipped topping.
Possible side effects: In animal studies, carrageenan has been shown to cause ulcers, colon inflammation, and digestive cancers. While these results seem limited to degraded carrageenan – a class that has been treated with heat and chemicals – a University of Iowa study concluded that even undegraded carrageenan could become degraded in the human digestive system.
A pigment extracted from the dried eggs and bodies of the female Dactylopius coccus, a beetle like insect that preys on cactus plants. It is added to food for its dark-crimson color.Found in Artificial crabmeat, fruit juices, frozen-fruit snacks, candy, and yogurt
What You Need to Know: Cochineal extract is comprised of about 90 percent insect-body fragments. Although the FDA receives very few complaints, some organizations are asking for a mandatory warning label to accompany cochineal-colored foods.
Authorities all over the United States are putting one very toxic chemical, called Fluoride, into our water because it is good for our teeth. In spite of recent warning of the dangers of Fluoride, governments have no intention to tell you and even less stop using the chemical in the water supply. People who can afford it only drink good bottle water or have a full house filtering system. And since most community disallow the use of a private drinking water well, you only choice is to get a filter system to keep out fluoride.
says that Even small amounts of fluoride consumed from tap water can damage your bones, teeth, brain, disrupt your thyroid function, lower IQ and/or cause cancer, according to evidence revealed in a groundbreaking 2006 National Research Council (NRC) fluoride report produced by a panel of experts who reviewed hundreds of published fluoride studies.
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1. Fluoride exposure disrupts the synthesis of collagen and leads to the breakdown of collagen in bone, tendon, muscle, skin, cartilage, lungs, kidney and trachea.
2. Fluoride stimulates granule formation and oxygen consumption in white blood cells, but inhibits these processes when the white blood cell is challenged by a foreign agent in the blood.
3. Fluoride depletes the energy reserves and the ability of white blood cells to properly destroy foreign agents by the process of phagocytosis. As little as 0.2 ppm fluoride stimulates superoxide production in resting white blood cells, virtually abolishing phagocytosis. Even micro-molar amounts of fluoride, below 0.1 ppm, may seriously depress the ability of white blood cells to destroy pathogenic agents.
4. Fluoride confuses the immune system and causes it to attack the body’s own tissues, and increases the tumor growth rate in cancer prone individuals.
5. Fluoride inhibits antibody formation in the blood.
6. Fluoride depresses thyroid activity.
What you need to know: is that at least 12000 animals died for the developer, Johnson and Johnson while the horrific experiments were not mandatory and that all animals of sucralose after being force fed extremely large amount, most sustained irreparable brain damaged. Though we are not likely to ingest such huge quantities, a life time of use in several different items per day can have avery negative impact.
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