Did you know there are toxic food chemicals allowed to be used in the foods you consume and feed your children? And what’s even more shocking if that many other industrialized nations, especially in Europe, have tested some of these chemicals, deemed them unsafe and banned them from their food chains.
However, in the good ol’ USA, we have a totally different approach to food safety. Here, the Food and Drug Administration uses the “innocent until proven harmful” tactic, allowing ingredients into our foods sometimes for decades until and unless someone can show there’s a problem.
Some of these chemicals can cause symptoms from diarrhea to hormone disruption and some are suspected of causing life-threatening diseases like cancer.
So before you take another bite, check out this list (mean to be a starting point to your own research and self-empowerment with respect to the foods that you feed your amazing body):
- rBGH and rBST – available in Milk
- Olestra – available in packaged, highly-processed foods
- BVO – available in soft drinks
- Potassium bromate (bromated flour) – available in baked goods
- DPA – available in Apples