Top 4 Toxins To Avoid Putting In Your Mouth
In the world of nutrition you hear a lot about things that you cannot eat. I want to help prioritize those things for you. Below, I will briefly discuss the top four most important toxins to avoid, listed below. More information, Each of these items are abundant in the Standard American Diet (SAD) and all have appeared in the last century. I believe they are a leading cause of many of the health challenges we face today.
The top 4 most important toxins to avoid are:
1) Trans Fats aka hydrogenated oils
2) High Fructose Corn Syrup
3) MSG –Monosodium Glutamate
4) Artificial Sweeteners
-aspartame aka NutraSweet
-sucralose aka Splenda
-saccharin aka Sweet n Low
Trans Fats came about because food manufacturers didn’t want their food to spoil. They realized that when they made vegetable oils they would spoil quickly from oxidation. The manufacturers developed a process to inject hydrogen into these oils to change them from the foods they were into something that would not spoil. An essential principle of health is if it does not spoil, it's not a food. Trans fats are being linked to major illnesses, including being a cause of autoimmune disease, as well as heart disease. The F.D.A. has stated that there is no safe level of trans fats in the American diet. A great book on this is Trans Fats: the Hidden Killer in our Food by Judith Shaw
High Fructose Corn Syrup is an extract from corn where the sugar is concentrated. This sugar is perceived by your liver in much the same way as alcohol is. It is a major cause of obesity in our nation. Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology discusses the dangers of this form of sugar in detail in a YouTube video that has been watched over 800,000 times. You can watch this in depth video via a link on my website by clicking here
MSG- Monosodium Glutamate is a toxic food additive that has been reported to cause headaches, muscle pain, joint stiffness, difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, irregular heartbeat, and depression. This toxin causes swelling of the nerves and increases the glutamate in your brain which creates more irritability. Learn more in the book In Bad Taste, The MSG Syndrome by George Schwartz, M.D.
Artificial Sweeteners are toxic chemicals that are made to taste sweet. These chemicals cause a host of problems. Research studies have shown that consumption of these artificial sugars lead to more obesity. There has been supposition that aspartame has increased Alzheimer’s disease by the neurologist in the book: Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills by Russell L Blaylock, MD
The basic principle to understand is that our body is not made to use these “fake foods.” When we consume significant amounts of these "foods" in our diet a host of will develop. Unfortunately, it is difficult to link these things directly, but the principle still holds true:
Eat what nature and God put on the planet
The top 4 most important toxins to avoid are:
1) Trans Fats aka hydrogenated oils
2) High Fructose Corn Syrup
3) MSG –Monosodium Glutamate
4) Artificial Sweeteners
-aspartame aka NutraSweet
-sucralose aka Splenda
-saccharin aka Sweet n Low
Trans Fats came about because food manufacturers didn’t want their food to spoil. They realized that when they made vegetable oils they would spoil quickly from oxidation. The manufacturers developed a process to inject hydrogen into these oils to change them from the foods they were into something that would not spoil. An essential principle of health is if it does not spoil, it's not a food. Trans fats are being linked to major illnesses, including being a cause of autoimmune disease, as well as heart disease. The F.D.A. has stated that there is no safe level of trans fats in the American diet. A great book on this is Trans Fats: the Hidden Killer in our Food by Judith Shaw
High Fructose Corn Syrup is an extract from corn where the sugar is concentrated. This sugar is perceived by your liver in much the same way as alcohol is. It is a major cause of obesity in our nation. Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology discusses the dangers of this form of sugar in detail in a YouTube video that has been watched over 800,000 times. You can watch this in depth video via a link on my website by clicking here
MSG- Monosodium Glutamate is a toxic food additive that has been reported to cause headaches, muscle pain, joint stiffness, difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, irregular heartbeat, and depression. This toxin causes swelling of the nerves and increases the glutamate in your brain which creates more irritability. Learn more in the book In Bad Taste, The MSG Syndrome by George Schwartz, M.D.
Artificial Sweeteners are toxic chemicals that are made to taste sweet. These chemicals cause a host of problems. Research studies have shown that consumption of these artificial sugars lead to more obesity. There has been supposition that aspartame has increased Alzheimer’s disease by the neurologist in the book: Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills by Russell L Blaylock, MD
The basic principle to understand is that our body is not made to use these “fake foods.” When we consume significant amounts of these "foods" in our diet a host of will develop. Unfortunately, it is difficult to link these things directly, but the principle still holds true:
Eat what nature and God put on the planet