You may not realize this, but a lot of foods that are BANNED in many countries may be ending up in your grocery cart… foods that contain hidden toxic chemicals that increase your risks of cancer, various diseases, and storing belly fat.
Read the article below for the controversial story about what’s in your foods…
The top 5 BANNED foods still in your kitchen?
By Nick Pineault
Author and food investigator: The Truth About Fat Burning Foods
Every day, Americans eat tons of dangerous banned ingredients, and chances are you’re one of them.
I don’t mean to scare you, but to simply tell you the truth.
I’ve spent the last 7+ years researching how our food is made, and discovered dark secrets I have to tell the world – even if it makes me the most HATED author by the big food companies.
Here are 5 banned ingredients that might be ending up on your plate:
1) Ractopamine (in pork)
It’s banned in the European Union, China, and Taiwan – but Consumer Reports found this dangerous drug in 20% of all pork products.
Oh, and as a side note – recent studies also found that 81% of all supermarket meats in the US are contaminated with antibiotics which damage your gut flora and slow down your weight loss. That’s one reason to choose pasture-raised organic meats if you can find them.
2) rBGH (in milk)
While Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel and all European Union countries banned the use of rBGH, this hormone used to increase cows’ milk production is still used in all 50 states.
The use of rBGH increases the levels of IGF-1 hormone in the milk by at least 6 fold, increasing risks of various cancers.
3) GMOs (in most processed foods)
Over 50 countries require labeling of GMO foods, and many of them banned GMOs altogether.
In the US, GMO foods are NOT labeled – even though 91% of the population feels they should be. And because 85-90% of all soy, corn, canola and sugar (sugar beet) in the US is now GMO, Americans eat their weight in GMO foods each year.
The first-ever lifetime feeding study on the potential health risks of GMOs was published in September 2012. The results of feeding rats GMO corn for two years were very scary:
· Some rats developed massive tumors that represent 25% of their body weight
· Liver damage was up to 5 times higher in the GMO group than in the non-GMO group
· Female rats that ate GMOs had a 3X higher risk of premature death
4) Potassium Bromate (in bread)
Called a cancer threat by the CSPI since 1999, banned from dozens of countries, this ingredient is still used in bread these days. If you’ve been following Mike Geary’s recommendations to reduce or eliminate bread and other grains in your diet, you’re safe from this one.
5) Chloramphenicol (in honey)
This antibiotic used on honey bees has been banned in the US for years, but can still be found in cheap supermarket honey (along with heavy metals) that comes from China.
The concerning thing is that a recent study found that 75% or more of all the honey in the U.S. may be Chinese honey sold as American honey. In addition, some reports have shown that honey from China could be mixed with cheaper sweeteners such as corn syrup.
Choose local honey or raw honey if you can find it to avoid these issues.
These 5 banned foods are just the tip of the iceberg in what food companies are HIDING from you…
Let’s continue the rest of the article on the next page below:
=> 5 LIES about food that’s making you fatter and causing disease
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Mike Geary
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