Here’s another one:
Potassium bromate, it’s used as a flour improver for breads. I haven’t quite figured out what it does, it seems it increases the volume of the non-crust part of the bread. But it’s been known to cause cancer in animals. It’s been banned in virtually every country in the world, except the United States and Japan. Upon further reading, the whole wheat bread I used to buy (Home Pride) uses it. Cross that one off my shopping list.
And this one showed up in my inbox in a Carmichael Training Systems email:
Anytime you see the word “processed” before “cheese,” you’re not looking at cheese. You’re looking at a “cheese product”, one that contains 20% of your daily saturated fat intake, an unhealthy dose of sodium, and something called alginate. Alginate is used to waterproof and fireproof fabrics. Why cheese needs to be waterproof and fireproof remains a mystery, but it’s one that’s better left out of your stomach.
— Erika Highstead, CTS Sports Nutritionist
Honestly, I’m not a big pusher (at least I didn’t used to be) of reading labels, eating organic, make your own stuff, etc. But this is disgusting, the more I read the more revolted I am getting. I just wanted another example to add to the butyl acetate and alginate and I find worst and worst stuff. I’m not going to get fanatical about it, but I’m seriously going to start making more of an effort to read labels before I make purchases. Hey, with my family health history, I’ve got to take advantage of all the information I can get. Makes me wonder though, how many of the kids I see with diagnosable mental health disorders and the people I used to see with fibromyalgia were really having a reaction to all the poison built up in their bodies. No, I’m not going all homeopathic, but it makes me wonder.
Want to know how many poisons are in Pop-Tarts… actually I was just saying that to be funny, and then I looked it up, Pop-Tarts are off my list now too.
