This is the truth:
In the past, people have been starting to know less and less of what they’re eating. A great example is cookies. What are store-bought cookies really made of? Some small brands make real homemade cookies with simple ingredients. Others contain boatloads of harmful chemicals (like MSG; MSG from food sources can get into the brain, injuring and sometimes killing neurons). Also, many foods like corn and grains are genetically modified (GMO).
The genetic manipulation of GMO food gives scientists the ability to create any trait that they wish, or suppress natural traits they don't want. There are several reasons this unnatural genetic manipulation may affect you. Genetic engineering can cause unexpected mutations in an organism, which can create new and higher levels of toxins in foods. Also, genetic engineering can also produce unforeseen and unknown allergens in foods.
(Clarification: GMO foods are split up into to groups. First, there are the hybridized plants, which are plants mixed with other plants to get a good plant that had the best trait out of both plants. This has been done for decades and is pretty safe. Then there is chemical modification, which is the most common these days, and is basically chemicals injected into the fruit to modify a characteristic).
Some people even have allergies to chemicals and MSG without even knowing since each new chemical used in food creates one more allergy that a child or adult can get. Then look at cereals, Cereals are what most people eat each day for breakfast. They are made by a variety of manufacturers, who mostly highlight their cereals’ health benefits. The health benefits of cereals go back to when cereals, or granola, were sold in health food stores.
Cereals have changed over the years and include many unhealthy ingredients. A variety of chemicals are frequently put in foods, mainly because it decreases the cost to make the foods, since the chemicals are easier to process, store and manufacture. The question is, are these chemicals actually healthy? Most cereals are targeted towards young children. According to Yale studies and parents of young children, when young children are directly marketed the ads of cereals and their characters, the children grow a connection with the character. Then, when the children go to the store, they see the character, and immediately want to have the cereal.
What kind of impact the food children eat when they are young have on them later in life? A recent Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research study shows that refined sugar, including corn sugar and corn syrup, which are commonly used in foods, can cause ADHD.
A science fair that I recently did showed these results: out of 13 cereals targeted towards children from 2 to 12 years old, 8 contain unhealthy chemicals. Out of 7 cereals targeted towards adults 4 contain unhealthy chemicals. Also, think about this: every time you eat chips, you are eating something that has many calories, and possibly trans fat (food companies are allowed to "round down" on trans fat on food labels, and make serving sizes smaller so it seems like there is very little trans fat). Also, many chips, including Pringles, have a drug in them called olestra that makes the so addictive (and EXTREMELY bad for you).
Then there is microwave popcorn, because in most microwave popcorn, the delicious buttery flavor is not butter. Far from it. In fact, the chemical they put inside is diacetyl, which, when tested on mice in small amounts, caused lung and airway damage. On the long term, it can develop a rare and bad disease known as the "popcorn lung".
Instead, just pop your own popcorn with the real corn, avaiable in the bulk section in most markets. For the same buttery flavor, just melt some real butter and pour over the popped corn with a little salt. Delicious! (And healthier too). Think about what you eat. Eat Smart. Be Smart. Live Smart. Spread the word. Lead a healthy life, and help everyone live a healthy life too.
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