7 Foods Dangerous to Health

I thought this was a article that surveyed the main people at the forefront of food safety regarding the question, “What foods do you avoid?” Here are the 7 top foods that these specialists list as being the most unsafe in their expert opinion…

1. Canned Tomatoes: An endocrinologist who studies BPA (a synthetic estrogen commonly found in plastic bottles). The lining of tin cans contain BPA and the acidity of the tomato causes this chemical to leach into the tomatoes and then into your body when ingested. BPA can create health concerns including diabetes, heart disease, reproductive issues and obesity.
2. Corn-Fed Beef: Cattle are meant to eat grass and not grain (corn is a grain). Farmers feed cattle corn in order to fatten them up which creates a more unhealthy meat higher in saturated fats and cholesterol. Grass-fed beef is ideal, lower in saturated fats and richer in nutrients.
3. Microwave Popcorn: Anything microwaved should be avoided. I haven’t used a microwave in probably 12 years – emits a lot of radiation and chemically alters your food. Plus with microwave popcorn, they use chemicals to line the bag which are very harmful, linked to infertility and various cancers. Once the chemicals in the bag are microwaved they leach into the popcorn and right into your body as soon as you eat it. Stick to air popped!!
4. Nonorganic Potatoes: Root vegetables easily absorb the pesticides and fungicides that are sprayed on them while growing, including potatoes. Potatoes are even treated again after picking with chemicals! Stick to organic – you can’t wash the chemicals off of non-organic potatoes.
5. Farmed Salmon: Farmed salmon are fed unnatural and even toxic food, are lower in nutrients and higher in carcinogens, PCBs, pesticides, etc. When eating these fish you even get doses of antibiotics used to treat the fish and even flame retardants! Stick to wild-caught Alaskan salmon. Avoid fresh Atlantic because that means it has been farmed.
6. Milk Produced with Artificial Hormones: Most non-organic milk is treated with “recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST)”. Drinking milk with these hormones in it over time to contribute to various cancers. Organic, organic, organic!!!
7. Conventional Apples: I have always been scared of eating a non-organic apple because of knowing that they are treated with an incredible amount of pesticides and soak up these chemicals easily so I am not surprised to see this on the list! Experts said that they are the “most doused in pesticides”. Yes, the answer is to only buy organic apples!