It is absolutely overwhelming to write about this topic because there are so many chemicals that are absorbed into our bodies. In fact, the space constraints make it impossible to discuss everything in this article.
I have just finished my diet book about "Obesity and What Causes It" but it could have been just as easily called "Disease and What Causes It". Obesity and Disease are caused by one and the same - CHEMICALS.
The food industry has bragged they could imitate any food flavor - and they have. MSG (Mono Sodium Glutamate) is the most common chemical used in foods today and it can trick you tongue into believing anything bland is a gourmet meal. A perfect example is some of the "healthy meals" in the grocery store freezer sections. Without MSG, you would think you were eating grass. In fact most of the things in these meals are plant derived and seasoned with multiple chemicals.
I suggest you need to read labels, but to do so you need to learn the lingo.
* Spices - MSG does not have to be put on the label if it is less than 50% of "Spices" - And you thought MSG wasn't in your food. * Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein - You don't know what this "stuff" adds to your foods? HVP is made from Vegetables that are not edible. The vegetables are cooked with an acid until it is a mush. It's then neutralized with caustic soda. It is dried and mixed with MSG and placed into prepared foods. * Soy this or Soy that - Soy is not a healthy food but by using phantom foundations to proclaim soy virtues food companies have made us believe that soy is a health food. First of all, 85% of soy beans are GMO - Genetically Modified Organisms - the GMO foods are NOT made for our good health or nutrition. They were made to monopolize and control food profits all over the world. They were also made so the farmer would have to use more chemicals in growing their crops. The chemicals are herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, and toxic fertilizers that many times contain heavy metals like mercury, lead, aluminum, and arsenic.
This is a small list, but I think you get the idea there are some chemicals that you don't want and when you eat prepared foods, you are consuming these chemicals. Actually, there are over three thousand chemicals that are used in the food processing business to save money or maximize profits in manufacturing.
These companies are so cheap or so determined to make money at our expense, they do not even use garlic or onions. They have chemicals that imitate these two flavors.
What is the solution to chemicals in our foods? Don't buy prepared foods. Someone in the family needs to get into the kitchen and prepare meals with the love that our mothers or grandmothers used to provide. The foods shouldn't be in plastic containers, aluminum cans or steel cans sealed with lead seams.
Obesity, cancer, heart disease, birth defects - 65%of adults have a degenerative disease - childhood cancer is the fastest growing cancer in the world - and many other problems are cause by chemicals in our diets. We need to minimize chemicals, learn how to detoxify, and supplement properly (until you learn to buy, or grow healthy food). There are no healthy foods in a regular type grocery store today.
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Dr Bob the Health Builder Robert D Bard, OD, FAAO Optometrist Gainesville TX www.drbobthehealthbuilder.com www.wealthyhealthywise.net
About the Author Dr Bob the Health Builder
Robert D Bard, OD, FAAO
I attended West Virginia University and graduated from Pennsylvania College of Optometry with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Optometry degree.
As a health professional I was always interested in disease prevention but found the medical model - drug companies and doctors - unacceptable. The medical model towards disease is that they want us - the people - to contract disease and
