Just eat REAL food. There is no substitute for nature.
"Ultra-processed" foods
make up more than half of all the calories in the U.S. diet. These
foods often include long ingredient lists and additives such as artificial flavors,
added sugars, stabilizers, preservatives, and more. They may also boast
flashy packaging and bold health claims on labels. The purpose of these
ultra-processed foods is convenience. Many are ready-to-eat, require
very little prep to be palatable, and are low in cost.
But the real cost can ultimately be very high, due to increased risk for cancer. And now, most recently, a study from JAMA Internal Medicine associated a high consumption of ultra-processed food with an earlier death. Almost 40% of Americans Eat Fast Food on Any Given Day and it is killing us.
An example is a Harvard study that found that the consumption of instant ramen causes extensive health
problems to those who frequently partake of that convenience food. The
study proved instant noodles and ramen can cause irreversible damage to
your body.
The study
showed that women were especially at high risk of metabolic syndrome
due to the large amounts of ramen they consume. Metabolic syndrome
often lead to increased blood sugar and blood pressure levels, causing
a higher risk of diabetes, stroke or heart disease.
The culprit identified was the substance found in ramen called Tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ),
a petroleum industry byproduct used to preserve cereals and other cheap processed foods.
Independent of major dietary patterns, instant noodle consumption was
associated with increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
Ugly Truths About Breakfast Cereals
During
the production of breakfast cereals grains are placed into a machine
called an extruder after being mixed with water into a sludge. This
grain sludge is forced out of tiny holes at high temperatures and
pressure, shaping them into those cute little o’s, stars, flakes, and
puffs. Then they are sprayed with a coating of oil and sugar and artificial additives or preservatives to keep
them crispy and crunchy. Much of the nutrients are destroyed in this
process, and any essential fatty acids are denatured, making them
useless to our bodies.
Synthetic
vitamins that are added back to the sludge is altered by this extrusion
process. Synthetic (man-made) vitamins and minerals are not readily absorbed by
the body. Your body simply is not designed to utilize them. Many
synthetic vitamins are actually treated as toxins and are eliminated by your body as quickly as possible.
The
Kellogg’s cereal production line processed cereal at a rate of four
tons of cereal per hour. Cereal with pesticides, herbicides, chemicals,
GMOs, high levels of
sugar, and other harmful ingredients are unfortunately all too common in
traditional kids cereals and can cause damaging health effects to the
immune, reproductive, and nervous system and increase cancer risk. These
are the biggest offenders in traditional kids cereals that you need to
be aware of (and of course, steer clear of whenever possible).
Don’t be fooled by the food industry into thinking that this
highly-processed, over-packaged food product is the answer to a healthy
breakfast.
Sugar is More Addictive Than Cocaine! And diabetes affects 1 in 3 American adults.Yet Americans eat about 150 pounds of sugar per person annually. Alcohol is processed sugar and in some ways sugar is as bad as alcohol.
Our bodies need REAL food to start the day.
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