THE DEADLY SEVEN INGREDIENTS IN GROCERY FOODS

the deadly seven ingredients in grocery foods

We eat for good health, yet we are mostly eating food that promotes chronic diseases and may be death. 
Some of the ingredients found in food these days can be considered to be very toxic- such as MSG artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, preservatives, trans fats and high fructose corn syrup. 
There are endless ingredients at the supermarket but not everything belongs in our body.

STEVIA FLOWERS- photo credit-wikimedia commons

grocery TIPS from the organic consumers association

Link here   -Excerpt from Mike Adams in Organic Consumers on:
the deadly seven

‘Deadly seven” is the name he refers to some food ingredients, as they can directly promote heart disease, migraines, obesity, outrageous food cravings, osteoporosis, diabetes, arthritis and even birth defects.
Says he,

Dear consumers,
The top three most dangerous ingredients I've found in my research are:

1) Sodium nitrite –a color fixer chemical that can cause cancer, found in processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, sausage. Used to make meats appear red.

2) Hydrogenated oils - Used to make oils stay in the food, extending shelf life. Sometimes also called "plastic fat”-  they can cause heart disease, nutritional deficiencies, general deterioration of cellular health, and much more.

Found in cookies, crackers, margarine and many "manufactured" foods.

3) Excitotoxins – a chemical food flavoring- such as aspartame and monosodium glutamate (MSG.). These neurotoxic chemical additives directly harm nerve cells, over-exciting them to the point of cell death.

They're found in diet soda, canned soup, salad dressing, breakfast sausage and even many manufactured vegetarian foods. They're used to add flavor to over-processed, boring foods that have had the life cooked out of them.

cookies-preservatives, artificial flavor and color

Mike Adams's tell-all book, written on the subject: "Grocery Warning." Link here

Based on thousands of hours of research, this book exposes the truth that food companies will never admit to and the mainstream media will never print (because they receive advertising funds from food companies, of course!). Examples:

-Feeding children hot dogs increases their risk of brain cancer by 300%?

Colors using dead beetles? yuks!!

-Strawberry yogurt, fruit punch and other red-looking grocery products are often colored with dead, ground-up cochineal beetles? The ingredient is called "carmine," and it's made from insects.

-Food companies now "hide" MSG in safe-sounding ingredients like yeast extract or torula yeast? Other hidden sources of MSG include:
Autolyzed vegetable protein . Hydrolyzed vegetable protein

Metabolic disruptors prevent your body from healing

He said nearly all modern diseases are caused by what he termed as  "metabolic disruptors." They are found in common ingredients, such as white flour and sugar and they prevent your body from healing.  

Metabolic disruptors are used most commercially prepared foods, which means most products on your grocer's shelves contribute to poor health. 

The longer the ingredients label, the less healthy the food.

Read those ingredients list, if you discover chemical names that you can't pronounce, don't buy the food!- Mike Adams the Health Ranger.

anything artificial
has no business in the body

I believe it  is not too difficult to memorize these chemical names that can be very toxic for the body, when consumed so often or in quantities above safe levels.  Once we remember the names, we can shop wisely and not deadly, for ourselves and our family.

Say, if i cook something, using preserved and frozen ingredients with artificial colorings- my dish will contain three baddies inside. Then, if during cooking, i personally add in a dash of MSG, it means i now have a total of four baddies in one meal. Think again, think of yesterday’s meals, think further… 

Where i am, food outlets commonly use MSG. When they used in excess, i can tell, I will get a headache after eating.

Further details from various sources-

1-artificial colors- example, Sodium nitrite can lead to allergies. The artificial colors of blue 1 and 2, green 3, red 3 and yellow 6 have been linked to thyroid, adrenal, bladder, kidney and brain cancers.

2-artificial flavors-  MSG, the ultimate flavor enhancer. High levels can have serious effect on brain chemistry. May increase risks of chest pains, heart palpitations and headaches. – MSG brand examples- Ac'cent, Aji-No-Moto, and Vetsin.

3-artificial sweeteners- names like aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, cyclamine and acesulfame potassium etc are harder on our metabolic systems than plain old sugar

-Aspartame- found in brands like Equal and NutraSweet

-Sucralose – in brand name Splenda and Kirkland

-Saccharin- brand names such as Necta Sweet, Sugar Twin and Sweet andLow –banned in Canada and some other countries

-Stevia (Rebaudioside A)- brand names like PureVia, Sun Crystals and Truvia. It is the steviol glycoside, one component of the stevia plant that provides sweetness.

In 2012 FDA posted a note on their website regarding crude Stevia plant: "FDA has not permitted the use of whole-leaf Stevia or crude Stevia extracts because these substances have not been approved for use as a food additive.

Link  here  Although stevia sounds like a miracle herb, some scientists are concerned that it may be a mutagen, meaning that it could cause cancer. 
Stevia has also been linked to reproductive malfunction. Some of these studies have been imperfectly performed, hence the need for more thorough analysis. 
Given the argument over this sweetener, it would appear that more controlled studies are needed.

-Acesulfame Potassium- found in brand Sunett

-Cyclamate – brand Assugrin- cyclamate is banned in the USA- may cause bladder cancer.

-Sorbitol/ Glucitol- side effects includes abdominal pain and intestinal difficulties.

4-trans fat- more like ‘the cholesterol-maker’. A risk for coronary heart disease. These fats also known as 'shortening' or 'hydrogenated', may help prolong the shelf life of most products  by raising levels of bad LDL cholesterol and lowering levels of "good" HDL cholesterol.

5-preservatives- example, Benzene is a known carcinogen that has been linked to serious thyroid damage.