Grocery Warning: How to Recognize and Avoid the Groceries that Cause Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, and Other Common Diseases

256 Pages·2005·3.71 MB·English

by  Mike Adams

How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause
cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high
blood pressure, and other common diseases
BY MIKE ADAMS

GROCERY WARNING
How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause
cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high
blood pressure, and other common diseases
BY MIKE ADAMS
The Health Ranger
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Grocery Warning
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1
GROCERY WARNING - PART 1
Refined carbohydrates, white flour, and added sugars ................................................................................... 3
Pioneering authors and researchers ............................................................................................................. 3
Avoiding refined carbohydrates is essential for optimum health .................................................................. 3
Refined carbohydrates contribute to an alarming number of diseases ........................................................ 4
Carbohydrate consumption and diabetes ...................................................................................................... 5
The ugly politics of sugar, medicine, junk food and diabetes ....................................................................... 6
The American Diabetic Association offers questionable nutritional advice .................................................. 7
Syndrome X ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Carbohydrates and obesity ............................................................................................................................ 8
The low-fat diet debacle ............................................................................................................................... 9
Carbohydrates and heart disease ............................................................................................................... 10
Carbohydrates and mental disorders .......................................................................................................... 11
Carbohydrates and cancer .......................................................................................................................... 13
Theories on why refined carbohydrates lead to cancer ............................................................................. 14
Carbohydrates and hormonal disorders ...................................................................................................... 14
Refined carbohydrates: Promoters of Disease ............................................................................................ 16
The refined foods factory ............................................................................................................................. 17
Nature’s grains start out quite healthy ....................................................................................................... 17
How refined, milled grains cause nutritional deficiencies .......................................................................... 18
The healthy ingredients are never intended for human consumption ........................................................ 19
It’s all about profit, not health ..................................................................................................................... 19
The FDA actually banned vitamin-enriched sugar ..................................................................................... 20
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Refined foods cause nutritional deficiencies ................................................................................................. 21
Contamination of milled, refined carbohydrates ............................................................................................ 23
GROCERY WARNING - PART 2
Metabolic disruptors found in everyday foods and groceries ........................................................................ 25
Sodium Nitrite .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Sodium nitrite gives children brain cancer and leukemia ........................................................................... 26
Sodium nitrite consumption is strongly linked to cancer ............................................................................ 27
Citizens Petition FDA To Require Sodium Nitrite Warnings ....................................................................... 28
The USDA tried to ban sodium nitrite in the 1970s .................................................................................... 31
Artificial chemical sweeteners ...................................................................................................................... 32
Aspartame .................................................................................................................................................. 32
Early testing shows aspartame to cause brain tumors ........................................................................... 33
Aspartame begins to generate medical complaints ............................................................................... 34
Aspartame byproducts: chemicals so toxic they threaten the environment ........................................... 35
Aspartame implicated in neurological disorders and diseases ............................................................... 36
Flying blind with aspartame: pilots can’t see their instrument panels .................................................... 37
Aspartame and Alzheimer’s disease ...................................................................................................... 37
Aspartame and heat ............................................................................................................................... 38
Aspartame and cancer ........................................................................................................................... 38
Protein power authors change stance on aspartame ............................................................................. 39
Outraged at the FDA .............................................................................................................................. 40
Spinning the truth about aspartame ....................................................................................................... 41
Where to learn more about aspartame .................................................................................................. 43
Acesulfame-K, yet another artificial chemical sweetener ........................................................................... 44
The FDA says the tumors are perfectly “normal.”................................................................................... 44
Sample quotes from cancer experts’ letters on acesulfame-K testing ................................................... 45
The Sucralose question ............................................................................................................................. 46
The inside story on the FDA and the politics of saccharin ......................................................................... 48
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Avoid all chemical sweeteners and use stevia instead .............................................................................. 49
Sugar alcohols ........................................................................................................................................... 50
Summing up the good and the bad of sugar alcohols like xylitol ............................................................... 51
Hydrogenated Oils and Trans Fats .............................................................................................................. 52
The FDA drags its feet on requiring food manufacturers to list trans fats on labels .................................. 53
Foods containing hydrogenated oils .......................................................................................................... 55
Hydrogenated oils, trans fats and heart disease ....................................................................................... 56
Hydrogenated oils, trans fatty acids and cancer ........................................................................................ 58
Hydrogenated oils, trans fatty acids and diabetes ..................................................................................... 59
Hydrogenated oils and trans fatty acids as “brain poison” ......................................................................... 59
Hydrogenated oils and trans fatty acids interfere with the absorption of essential fatty acids (EFAs) ......... 60
Hydrogenated oils, trans fatty acids and obesity ....................................................................................... 61
How trans fats cause such damage to the health of the human body ....................................................... 61
Why food manufacturers use hydrogenated oils in their products ............................................................. 63
The low-fat theory falls apart: many fats are good for you ......................................................................... 64
The margarine scam and hydrogenated oils ............................................................................................. 66
A frightening look at how margarine is actually made ................................................................................ 67
How much hydrogenated oil and trans fatty acids are you eating? ........................................................... 69
Corruption and politics in the soybean oil industry .................................................................................... 70
The soybean industry suppresses studies and attacks tropical oils .......................................................... 71
GROCERY WARNING - PART 3
Grocery Products That Are Dangerous To Your Health ................................................................................. 75
Suffering from soft drinks ............................................................................................................................. 75
The damaging health effects of soft drink consumption ............................................................................ 75
Soft drink consumption and marketing statistics ........................................................................................ 76
Soft drink portions: Super size me! ............................................................................................................ 76
Diet soft drinks don’t cause you to lose weight .......................................................................................... 76
A closer look at the health problems linked to soft drink consumption ....................................................... 77
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Artificial chemical sweeteners ................................................................................................................ 77
Soft drinks, phosphorus, meat and osteoporosis ................................................................................... 77
When you drink soft drinks, you are peeing away your bones ............................................................... 79
High phosphorus content combines with high meat consumption to spell disaster ............................... 80
Calcium supplements alone won’t solve this problem ............................................................................ 81
Milk is not the answer to calcium deficiency .......................................................................................... 82
Soft drinks make you ugly by altering your facial bone structure ........................................................... 83
The truth about caffeine, a highly addictive, psychoactive drug ............................................................. 85
Caffeine consumption results in even more calcium loss ...................................................................... 86
Aluminum cans may present yet another health danger for soft drinks ................................................. 87
Soft drink companies spin the science to claim their products are harmless ......................................... 88
Five simple steps to rebalance the mineral content of your body .......................................................... 90
Heavy bacon consumption .......................................................................................................................... 91
Toxic chemicals found in bacon and processed meats .............................................................................. 91
The sodium nitrite found in bacon and processed meats .......................................................................... 92
Clinical evidence shows sodium nitrite to be carcinogenic ........................................................................ 93
Carcinogens caused by high heat cooking ................................................................................................ 94
How to protect yourself from the sodium nitrite found in bacon and other processed meats .................... 95
Summing up the health risks of eating bacon ............................................................................................ 96
The questionable safety of beef, chicken and pork products ...................................................................... 97
Illegal use of carcinogenic hormones in cattle ........................................................................................... 98
The feeding of dead, ground up diseased cows to other cows ................................................................ 100
Cows are fed chicken litter ....................................................................................................................... 101
Machinery squeezes the meat out of a cow carcass ............................................................................... 102
The beef industry pressures government agencies to back off ............................................................... 103
Most American consumers are exposing themselves to too much beef .................................................. 104
Organic beef makes a difference in your health ...................................................................................... 105
The Problem With Dairy Products ............................................................................................................. 106
Cows’ milk is great nutrition for baby cows .............................................................................................. 106
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The homogenization of milk alters the structure of the milk fats .............................................................. 108
Homogenized milk fats blamed for cardiovascular disease ..................................................................... 109
Homogenized milk fats are metabolic disruptors ..................................................................................... 110
Cows’ milk, human milk, and cross-species consumption ....................................................................... 111
Human breast milk is rich in brain-building substances ........................................................................... 112
Cows’ milk results in higher mortality rates in infants ............................................................................... 113
Differences between cows’ milk and human milk ..................................................................................... 114
Cows’ milk and asthma / sinus congestion .............................................................................................. 115
Most conventional doctors don’t consider cows’ milk to be a cause of asthma ...................................... 116
Cows’ milk and constipation ..................................................................................................................... 117
Many people don’t know they’re constipated ........................................................................................... 118
Cows’ milk and diabetes .......................................................................................................................... 119
The media avoid talking about cows’ milk and diabetes to protect advertising revenues ........................ 120
The problem with feeding cows’ milk to human babies ............................................................................ 121
Cows’ milk contributes to cardiovascular disease in infants .................................................................... 121
The use of dangerous hormones in cows’ milk ........................................................................................ 123
Government regulatory agencies refuse to test cows for hormone effects .............................................. 124
Monsanto harasses organic milk producers who state their milk is made without hormones ................. 125
The contamination of cows’ milk with pus ................................................................................................ 126
What’s wrong with organic milk ............................................................................................................... 128
The 30-day no-dairy diet .......................................................................................................................... 128
Monosodium Glutamate ............................................................................................................................ 129
What is MSG? .......................................................................................................................................... 129
The food industry, politics, profits, and MSG ........................................................................................... 131
The toxicity of MSG ................................................................................................................................. 133
MSG shown to damage the liver, the brain, the circulatory system and more ........................................ 134
If MSG is found in seaweed, why is it so dangerous to your health? .......................................................135
MSG damages your health with small doses, taken over time ................................................................ 136
MSG and asthma ..................................................................................................................................... 137
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MSG and seizures ................................................................................................................................... 138
MSG and violence ................................................................................................................................... 138
MSG and hyperactivity / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ............................................................ 139
MSG and heart problems / cardiovascular disease ................................................................................. 140
MSG and cancer ...................................................................................................................................... 140
MSG and endocrine system disorders that lead to obesity ..................................................................... 142
MSG shown to cause severe reproductive problems and endocrine disorders ....................................... 144
The link between MSG and obesity ......................................................................................................... 145
Why MSG may be what’s preventing you from losing weight .................................................................. 146
MSG and diabetes ................................................................................................................................... 147
MSG, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease ............................................................................................ 148
MSG, child nutrition and baby foods ........................................................................................................ 149
MSG risks are even higher for low-carb dieters ....................................................................................... 151
Food manufacturers hide MSG in other ingredients ................................................................................ 152
Veggie burger manufacturers insist yeast extract is “100 percent natural!” ............................................. 154
Corruption at the FDA favors food companies, not the safety of consumers ........................................... 155
Foods containing MSG ............................................................................................................................ 156
Food products almost always containing MSG ........................................................................................ 156
Symptoms of MSG syndrome: how to tell if you’re affected .................................................................... 157
Children’s MSG symptoms ...................................................................................................................... 157
The use of MSG in foods served to children at public schools ................................................................ 158
The heavy use of MSG in restaurants ..................................................................................................... 158
Why Chinese restaurants are actually the best place to avoid MSG ....................................................... 159
The inside story of corruption and politics in the MSG cover-up ............................................................. 160
The MSG industry engages in scientific fraud to promote their product .................................................. 162
The FDA: key players in the MSG cover-up ............................................................................................ 162
The real reason why the FDA wants to make sure consumers keep eating MSG ................................... 164
The health damaging effects of MSG may take time to produce symptoms ........................................... 165
The FDA makes sure the prejudiced Glutamate Association is invited to all inquiries ............................. 166
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