Here’s an expansion on his observations:
Many canned foods contain BPA, a toxic chemical linked to reproductive and neurological abnormalities, such as breast and prostate cancers, diabetes and heart disease.
High acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into your food. Consumer Reports’ testing noted that only a few servings per day exceeds safety limits for children. To avoid this, don’t purchase canned foods. Stick to fresh fruits and vegetables or buy only glass containers, especially for acidic foods like tomatoes.
A 2011 review of more than 7,000 clinical studies, commissioned by The World Cancer Research Fund, examined the connection between diet and cancer and confirmed previous findings that processed meats like ham and salami increase colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancers.
Processed meats should be avoided entirely because they’re typically made from animals injected with growth hormones, antibiotics and sodium nitrite, which can convert into cancer-causing nitrosamines.
Other cancer-promoting chemicals proliferate when cooked at high temperatures, such as:
A better choice: Find a source for fresh organically-raised, grass-fed meats or wild-caught salmon.
Unfortunately, the “low-fat diet” craze advised shunning butter and other healthful fats, to the detriment of the public. But unhealthy butter impostors like margarine, shortenings, and spreads contain:
Butter is often vilified because it contains saturated fat, but good old-fashioned butter from grass-fed cows is rich in conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), known to not only help fight cancer and diabetes but possibly promote weight loss. If you still believe saturated fat is harmful to your health, read the Healthy Fats section of my Optimized Nutrition Plan to learn why saturated fat is actually good for you!
Some of the WORST foods are those cooked with polyunsaturated vegetable oils like canola, corn, and soy. For one thing, they distort the important omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. But high temperatures introduce oxidized cholesterol into your system, converting your good cholesterol into bad.
This leads directly to vascular disease; hydrogenated oils increase your breast cancer and heart disease risk. Less susceptible to heat damage, coconut oil is best for cooking. For more information, read this special report.
Perfluoroalkyls, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are chemicals designed to prevent grease from saturating fast food wrappers, such as microwave popcorn bags. When heated, these compounds leach into the popcorn; when ingested, they show up as blood contaminants.
Ruled as “likely carcinogens” by the EPA, they’re part of an expanding group of “gender-bending” chemicals that can disrupt your endocrine system, sex hormones and cause “developmental and reproductive risks to humans,” and:
• Increased LDL cholesterol levels — A 2010 study in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine found that children and teens with higher PFOA levels had higher total cholesterol and LDL (“bad” cholesterol) levels.
Non-stick cookware also should be avoided.
Not all conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables contain the same pesticides. While Koch notes how easily potatoes absorb agricultural chemicals, I’d recommend reviewing EWG’s 2013 “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce” and buying organic when possible.
Of the 48 different fruit and vegetables tested, the following had the highest pesticide load: | Conventionally grown vegetables with the lowest residual pesticide load are: |
Apples | Asparagus |
Celery | Avocado |
Cherry tomatoes | Cabbage |
Cucumbers | Cantaloupe |
Grapes | Sweet corn (non-GMO) |
Hot peppers | Eggplant |
Nectarines (imported) | Grapefruit |
Peaches | Kiwi |
Potatoes | Mango |
Spinach | Mushrooms |
Strawberries | Onions |
Sweet bell peppers | Papayas (non-GMO. Most Hawaiian papaya is GMO) |
Kale | Pineapple |
Collard greens | Sweet peas (frozen) |
Summer squash | Sweet potatoes |
Salt is essential. You can’t live without it. However, “table salt” and the salt found in processed foods are NOT the same. One is health damaging; the other is healing.
• Processed salt is 98 percent sodium chloride. The rest comprises dangerous, man-made chemicals such as ferrocyanide and aluminosilicate.
• Natural salt is about 84 percent sodium chloride. The remainder consists of other naturally occurring minerals, including the trace minerals silicon, phosphorous and vanadium.
My recommendation is pure, unrefined salt, such as an ancient, all-natural Himalayan sea salt.
Sadly, the good press about soy is mostly untrue; 90-95 percent of U.S.-grown soybeans, used to create soy protein isolate, are “Roundup ready,” aka genetically engineered to withstand lethal doses of herbicide.
The active ingredient in Roundup is glyphosate, which disrupts the delicate balance of the female reproductive cycle. Toxic to the placenta, even a small amount can result in miscarriage or serious birth defects. Glyphosate’smechanism of harm induces many of our modern diseases, including autism.
Dr. Kaayla Daniels offers a free report, “Where the Soys Are,” listing many “aliases” soy often hides under (“bouillon,” “textured plant protein”). Soy protein isolates are in found in protein bars, bottled fruit drinks, soups, sauces, meat substitutes, baked goods, cereals, and dietary supplements.
Thousands of studies link unfermented soy products to a long list of diseases. Learn more by reading the dangers of unfermented soy.
Contrary to popular belief, studies reveal artificial sweeteners like aspartame as appetite stimulators. In one recent study, saccharin and aspartame were found to cause greater weight gain than sugar.
If you’ve heard aspartame is harmless because methanol is also found in fruits and vegetables, it’s because that methanol is firmly bonded to pectin, allowing it to be safely passed through your digestive tract. Animals have a protective mechanism allowing the breakdown of methanol into harmless formic acid, but humans don’t.
That’s why animal toxicology is a flawed model; it doesn’t fully apply to people.
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