Hello Health Champions. What are the top 10 foods that should be banned? And why is it that
all of these foods are banned in many countries but are still sold in the US. Number one is
farm-raised salmon farm-raised fish in general but specifically farm-raised salmon
because the levels of dioxins and PCBs are much higher. PCBs are Polychlorinated Biphenyls
and they can be as much as 10 times higher in farm-raised salmon because they grow up close
to the land where there's a lot more pollution than out in the ocean. The farm-raised fish
are limited to what we feed them which isn't the best and as a result and because they don't move
much they have lower omega-3 to omega-6 ratios. The fatty acids are not as beneficial as
in wild and in the wild they eat plankton and they get something called astaxanthins which have a
pink pigment and that's why the salmon gets that reddish color but in the farm-raised
version they turn out gray and pale, so they make a synthetic astaxanthin from petroleum from coal
products basically and they feed it to them so it's like an artificial coloring agent
and that's one of the reasons that it's banned in many countries. But fish farming is also really
bad for the environment these guys don't move much they're in very close quarters so they're
much more prone to infections and pathogens and parasites so there's a new epidemic of sea lice
because of fish farming. Furthermore they have to feed them more fish that they gather close
to the coast so there's more risk of overfishing than if the salmon are free to eat on their own.
And besides feeding them bad food because of the parasites they also have to give them antibiotics
and chemicals and for all these reasons farmed salmon is banned in Australia and new Zealand
and very recently Argentina became the first country to put a complete ban on not just the
consumption but on all salmon farming. Number two food that should be banned are any type of GMO
foods they are associated with more allergies and more cancer and more digestive complaint but these
GMO plants are bred to be more resistant so they can use higher levels of pesticides and herbicides
and therefore there is also the possibility of developing superbugs just like we have overused
antibiotics and produced superbugs. Another reason is that we really have no idea what these things
are going to do to us long term the research some research says that there's severe problems other
research says that they're very safe but it's kind of split 50-50 and as usual with research
it depends on who pays for the research because if it's favorable it's going to get published
if it's not favorable it's going to get buried. Another problem is that food production is one of
the most basic rights of any living thing on the planet but with GMO we end up concentrating all
of the patents and all the copyrights and all the ownership in only six companies that basically own
all the seeds for these GMO plants. For all these reasons there are 19 out of 27 countries
in the European union who has mostly or completely banned GMOs and even though there's no conclusive
evidence they say that there's an unfavorable risk benefit ratio so they say there's enough question
marks that we don't even want to give this a try. We'd better be safe than sorry whereas in the US
they look at things a little differently and maybe it's because we have the best politicians
money can buy. Number three food that should be banned is any meat from an animal fed ractopamine
so this is a chemical that promotes lean muscle growth so they can make the animal grow faster
with less feed and obviously increase profits. But this is actually banned in 160 countries and as a
result there is no one in the world who wants US pork because it is very often tainted with this
ractopamine. Number four is any food or food additive that contains bromine or a derivative
of bromine and why is that such a big deal because we have an epidemic of thyroid disease and iodine
is specific for the thyroid but bromine or bromide it competes with iodine for those receptor sites
so it basically poisons the thyroid and is one of the reasons we have this thyroid epidemic. As a
result of these foods being bromated or sometimes they call them brominated, we have hypothyroid
cancer and autoimmunity on the rise and it's been used in baking flour as a rising agent and dough
conditioner but it's also used in a chemical where they combine it with vegetable oil and they call
it brominated vegetable oil or BVO and what it does it helps keep the flavors in synthetic drinks
suspended. So it's added to a lot of things like Gatorade and mountain dew and this has been banned
in Europe and japan for quite some time but there is so much pressure on the whole global community
that Pepsi cola who makes Gatorade in Mountain Dew they agreed in 2014 to eliminate this but
then it still took six years to actually do it and then of course when they did they had to replace
it with something else so now instead you can read on the label sucrose acetate isobutyrate.
So the moral of the story is we probably shouldn't be using any food products or drinks where they
need to use that type of chemicals at all. Just stop it. Number five is food additives so there's
over 3000 different forms of artificial flavoring artificial sweeteners artificial coloring
and countries around the world are becoming more aware more restrictive about this especially
the coloring because there's such a close link to allergies and hyperactivity and behavioral
changes. So because of that these have been banned in some countries or in most countries
in the European union they carry a warning label that it's linked to behavioral changes and this is
mostly with the coloring there are no bans against the flavorings and the sweeteners yet but there's
a lot of debate and there's a lot of increased scrutiny so I believe that it's just a matter
of time until we're smart enough to stop putting that stuff in food. Number 6 is azodicarbonamide
or known as ADA and in food it's used as a dough conditioner and bleach but it made some headlines
recently known as the yoga mat compound and a lot of people were wondering if this is used as a
foaming agent to create things like yoga mat what is it doing in my food. They just weren't real
comfortable with that idea and then they found out that it had made it into about 500 different foods
primarily bread products. Well this harmful chemical has been banned in Europe for a while
and not only have they banned it in food but they have banned it in foam food containers as well.
Now it's still legal in the united states but here's an interesting thing because of this
public pressure because of this attention in social media, where they associated it with
a yoga mat compound, Subway and Wendy's stopped using this chemical voluntarily. Why?
Because of public pressure. So the manufacturers. The commercial companies,
even if there's no ban, they will listen if we put enough pressure on them. If it becomes
embarrassing enough, or if they stand to lose money they will change. Number seven is Olestra
also known as Olean as a market brand and it became quite popular in some fat-free snacks
and it's one of these absurd ideas where you take something that is similar to fat it has the mouth
feel and texture of fat but because we don't want to absorb calories we see that as a problem we
design something we alter something at a molecular level to where the body rejects it. And it quickly
lost popularity because there was a huge increase in gastrointestinal diseases and problems
increased explosive diarrhea and an increase in appetite so this was designed to help people
not absorb calories. Well, the body is smart it wants some calories so it increased the appetite
instead and like many of these worst chemicals it's been banned in Europe and Canada still sold
in the US but fortunately there's not much demand for it anymore. Number eight item that should be
banned is bovine growth hormones we see them as rBGH or rBST which stands for recombinant
bovine growth hormone and the ST just stands for somatotropin which is another word for
growth hormone. So they're the same thing and what you're going to find on a lot of dairy packages
is this disclaimer. The FDA determined that there was no significant difference between milk from
cows that were treated with rBST and those that were not. Now this is kind of interesting I think
determined is pretty strong language to me determine no significant difference and here's
what you want to think about just because they didn't find any significant differences in that
time span that they were studying, doesn't mean that there were no significant differences and
you also want to keep in mind who is driving who is lobbying for them to make certain decisions
and if you're not very interested in finding something you're not very likely to find it. But
even though they haven't found anything definite for humans there are plenty of problems for the
cows they have found hugely increased rates of mastitis which is inflammation of the udders
they have foot problems and they have reproductive problems and this was enough for Europe to ban
this hormone this synthetic hormone in 1990 but in the US it's still legal. But here's where it gets
interesting because there is voluntary labeling and every package I've ever seen has a label
where it says this milk comes from cows not treated with rBST but here's what I'm wondering
if nobody wants it if the consumers don't want it and it's a strong enough public pressure
that they put the labels on every product and no manufacturer admits to using it then why
is it still registered for sale in 20 countries including the united states? And my thinking is
that maybe they're using it more than they want to admit. Number nine thing that should be banned
is margarine because through the processing of margarine they make something called trans fats
and that's from partially hydrogenated oil so when they take a liquid oil and they bombard it with
hydrogen and high pressure and high heat, they solidified they change the molecular structure
and it becomes a trans fat. So because this is so strongly documented to be
like the worst idea for your health in every way it has been banned in many many European countries
and things like Ritz crackers cannot be sold in those countries at least not
the American version in the US however we have to settle for certain labeling which unfortunately is
a loophole for these manufacturers. So oftentimes the label the package will say trans fat free,
but really what they mean by that is that it has 0 grams per serving and that 0 grams
is rounded down so if it's 0.49 grams it's rounded to zero and the manufacturer determines
how big a serving is. So they can make the serving really small have less than 0.5 grams and still
have 10 percent of this horrendous substance in the product so what you really want to look for
is don't fall for the trans fat free or zero grams per serving you read the fine print on the label
and if it has "partially hydrogenated" anything on the label then that's a bad sign. And number 10
thing that should be banned is BHA or BHT that stands for butylated hydroxyanisole or butylated
hydroxytoluene and these are chemicals used as preservatives and flavor enhancers. In the
united states these chemicals have made it onto a list called GRAS or generally regarded as safe
while in the European union they have been banned because they are a known human carcinogen
they promote tumors and they impair blood clotting among other things. But while it's on the list of
generally regarded as safe BHA is also listed in a united states government report on carcinogens
as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" and this was a clip from the New York
times. Now reasonably anticipated, what does that mean? Reasonably anticipated to be a carcinogen,
what on earth does that mean? The only thing I can come up with is they say "it can kill you,
but just a little bit" So what can you do even though all these 10 items deserve to be banned
today we know that the people making the decisions tend to take their time but manufacturers will
respond the moment you stop buying their product. So you buy real food you shop the periphery
of the grocery store because that's where the real food is. You stay away from the package stuff
in the middle aisles and you vote with your wallet. If you don't buy it
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