10 Scary Ingredients In Your Food: What You Should Know Before Your Next Grocery Store Visit
Do you know what to look for when grocery shopping? Watch out for these 10 scary ingredients in your food and change your health and lifestyle today.
We all know the obvious, food is our main source of health and nourishment. What we are putting into our bodies is crucial. Our journeys to eat healthy seems as if it should be very easy and yet there is a great deal of dishonesty from food companies that it becomes difficult to know what is healthy and what is not.
When walking through the aisles at your grocery store, you get bombarded by lots of marketing ploys. The food companies want you to purchase their products and they always attempt to trick you into thinking that their particular product is healthier than it actually is.
You will stumble across products that blatantly proclaim such things as “Organic”, “All Natural”, “Gluten Free”, “No Trans Fats”, “Fat Free” along with a lot of other terms that seem to be healthy. Shoppers mostly don’t even realize that they are purchasing products that are bad for their health. It may appear to you that it is “organic”, therefore it must be considered healthy. The truth is, that this is not always the case.
Food Companies Don’t Care About You At All
The faster you understand that these food companies don’t care about you, the better off you will be. To get straight to the point, food companies simply have no interest in your health. Guess what? They are only interested in being profitable. The companies adjust their marketing campaigns to meet consumer trends and demands and they won’t actually change the ways in which they manufacture and process their products. They will also go out of their way to disguise the ingredients that are unhealthy for you.
The thing that makes this even worse is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) permits this to take place. They also allow a number of food additives which are shown to cause big health problems. Would you like to know something else that’s crazy? The FDA also does not require any chemical contaminants like rocket fuel to be listed.
It Is Hard To Believe
There are a ton of dangerous food additives whose names are deceptive to those consumers who are uninformed. Once you realize this, your grocery store all of the sudden turns into a danger zone instead of a supply of healthy nourishment. They make it so you are unaware of what you are putting into your body as well as feeding your family. It’s not a surprise that there are so many health problems in this world.
Now. even if you were to shop in the organic foods section, you still need to be aware and cautious. Certainly, there are lots of better options out there, but these so called organic sections contain a lot of highly processed foods as well that are not as healthy as you might think. You must be cautious with any packaged food products you buy. Make sure to read those labels carefully.
Here Are 10 Scary Ingredients In Your Food You Should look out For
#1) High Fructose Corn Syrup:
In spite of the corn industries intense campaign to convince us otherwise, high fructose corn syrup is not a natural food. It is highly processed. High Fructose Corn Syrup is also not the same as a natural sugar and it is not processed by our bodies the same way. Given that, in addition to the high amounts of fructose corn syrup hidden within our food, it leads to many different health risks. High fructose corn syrup is also connected to obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, liver disease and heart disease. Food manufacturers are aware that consumers are searching for it on ingredient labels, therefore a lot of them are now listing it as simply fructose or fructose syrup. Yet it is still the same dangerous ingredient, same high quantities but it just carries a deceptive new name.
#2) Azodicarbonamide:
Azodicarbonamide is an industrial chemical which is used for making synthetic leather and rubber. It makes things foamy, so somewhere along the way, somebody actually thought it was a wise decision to place it in bread to make it spongy. They also use it for whitening cereal flour. While the FDA claims that there is not enough data to determine harm from absorption of this chemical in food, it has been prohibited in Australia and Europe. The WHO (World Health Organization) and the CDC list respiratory issues and skin and eye irritability warnings and they say it should not be ingested.
#3) Sodium Nitrate:
Sodium Nitrate is an additive that they use as a preservative. It is found in processed meats, bacon, hot dogs and other deli meats. Research has linked sodium nitrate to diabetes, neurological conditions, heart disease, cancer and gastrointestinal problems. If you eat meat, try to make sure it’s lean fresh meats and limit or stay away from meats that contain sodium nitrate.
#4) Enriched Flour:
Basically, enriched flour is flour that has been mechanically and chemically stripped from all of its nutrients and fiber and then has a tiny bit of those nutrients artificially replaced. This will leave you with a product that has almost no nutritional value at all. As a result of the highly processed and decreased state, foods manufactured with enriched flour are not processed the same way by your body. The body will immediately change into sugar and cause blood sugar and insulin surges. This results in many health risks like an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, blood vessel damage and an elevated risk for certain cancers. You might be used to the taste and texture of white breads and flours, but if you made a switch to whole grains, you would be doing your body a favor.
#5) BHT (Butyl Hydroxytoluene):
Butyl Hydroxytoluene (BHT) is a synthetic compound that is used as a preservative in foods and cosmetics. It will slow the natural process of oxidation whichs keeps cosmetics and foods from going bad. Strangely enough, if you were to read the MSDS (Materia Safety Data Sheet) for BHT, it clearly pinpoints it as a toxic substance. However, it is in the food we eat. Research has connected BHT to cancer in animals. Those studies state that low doses are all right, whereas high doses are not. Yet BHT is found in numerous food products, so how do you decide on low vs high doses and is there a snowballing effect?
#6) Soybean Oil:
Soybeans have generally been perceived as a healthy food and they are a popular alternative to animal protein. Sadly, soybeans and soybean oil are also connected to numerous health conditions. One huge issue is that the soybean is usually mass produced with tons of carcinogenic pesticides and genetically modified. Soy and soybean oil are linked to allergies, digestive problems, inflammation and malabsorption of nutrients and protein. The soybean oil is also partially hydrogenated, therefore a trans-fat which you are aware poses a lot of health risks. If you select soy, make sure you find a non GMO, organic soy.
#7) MSG:
MSG is a flavor enhancer that is placed into a bunch of different foods in the United States. I am sure that you have heard MSG is not good for your health. It is connected to eye damage, nausea, obesity, headaches and other health issues. There is contradicting research regarding the long and short term effects of MSG. However sensitivities are pretty ordinary. With all the unknowns and the data toward health risks, this is one thing to be removing from your diet.
#8) Yellow #5 (Tartrazine):
Yellow #5 is a food additive placed in a lot of foods to give it a yellow coloring. Research has linked Yellow #5 to a wide range of health issues. Included in these are cancer risks, low sperm count, hyperactivity and allergic reactions. Be aware of this and other food coloring additives as a lot of them are connected to health issues.
#9) Propylene Glycol Alginate:
Propylene Glycol Alginate is a frequently used additive to foods and is also a main ingredient in antifreeze. Scientific research around this food additive has come up with inconsistent findings linked to health risks. A number of studies have shown risks related to liver and kidney disease, neurological issues and respiratory and heart disease. As a result of these conflicting studies, there isn’t any concrete evidence. However is it actually worth taking the risk while the scientists figure it out?
#10) Polysorbate 60:
Polysorbate 60 is usually used as a thickener in cosmetics and foods. Although you can’t find a lot of information available on this chemical compound, its ingredients are said to be connected to carcinogens and fertility issues.
The Simplest Way For Avoiding These 10 Scary Ingredients In Your Food
The scary thing is that the ingredients listed above are just a drop in the bucket in regards to hazardous chemicals and compounds found in packaged foods. The only way you can get really healthy is by steering clear of these dangerous additives and to be aware of what you are putting into your families bodies.
Among the best ways for avoiding these foods is to concentrate on whole foods. Purchase things like vegetables, fresh fruits, unprocessed meats and fish. Allow me to tell you that adding green smoothies to your diet is also a fantastic way to begin eating lots of healthy, whole fruits and vegetables without worrying about how it tastes. Not only that, but the nutrients found in green smoothies can help with reversing any damage that has recently been caused by these dangerous chemicals. Smoothies are easy and quick to make and not to mention very inexpensive and portable. They are a practical solution for healthy eating.
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