Food safety experts say they won't eat these 7 foods

nerdieprofessor

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Food safety experts say they won't eat these 7 foods

Kelly George
Atlanta Healthy Trends Examiner

Want to know the foods that the “food safety experts” won’t eat? Prevention Magazine decided to ask. They posed the question, “What foods do you avoid?” to the people whose work is to uncover what's safe to eat – or not. Here's what they said:

1. Canned Tomatoes
Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, who studies bisphenol-A (BPA), says the linings of tin cans contain BPA, a synthetic estrogen linked to reproductive problems, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into food.

2. Corn-Fed Beef
Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms says cattle evolved to eat grass, not grains. Farmers today feed cows corn and soybeans to fatten them faster. A USDA study found that grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, calcium, magnesium and potassium; lower in inflammatory omega-6s; and lower in saturated fats.

3. Microwave Popcorn
Olga Naidenko, PhD, with the Environmental Working Group says chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid, in the lining of the bag, are part of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer.

4. Non-organic Potatoes
Jeffrey Moyer, chair of the National Organic Standards Board says potatoes are treated with fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides. Then potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting.

5. Farmed Salmon
David Carpenter, MD, wrote a study in the journal Science on contaminated fish. He says fish shouldn’t be jammed into pens and fed soy, poultry litter, and hydrolyzed chicken feathers. As a result, farmed salmon is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides such as dioxin and DDT.

6. Milk Produced with Artificial Hormones
Rick North, from the Campaign for Safe Food, says milk producers treat dairy cattle with recombinant bovine growth hormone(rBGH). And rBGH increases udder infections and even pus in the milk. It leads to higher levels of the hormone insulin-like growth factor(IGF-1). In people, high levels of IGF-1 may contribute to breast, prostate, and colon cancers.

7. Non-organic Apples
Mark Kastel, from the Cornucopia Institute, says apples are sprayed very frequently. The industry maintains that these residues are not dangerous. But Kastel counters that it's common sense to minimize exposure by avoiding the most sprayed produce, like apples.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are you avoiding these things? Can they be avoided? How do I know what the cow was fed that is now the beef in my grocery, for example?

neanderthin

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Food safety experts say they won't eat these 7 foods

Kelly George
Atlanta Healthy Trends Examiner

Want to know the foods that the “food safety experts” won’t eat? Prevention Magazine decided to ask. They posed the question, “What foods do you avoid?” to the people whose work is to uncover what's safe to eat – or not. Here's what they said:

1. Canned Tomatoes
Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, who studies bisphenol-A (BPA), says the linings of tin cans contain BPA, a synthetic estrogen linked to reproductive problems, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into food.

2. Corn-Fed Beef
Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms says cattle evolved to eat grass, not grains. Farmers today feed cows corn and soybeans to fatten them faster. A USDA study found that grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, calcium, magnesium and potassium; lower in inflammatory omega-6s; and lower in saturated fats.

3. Microwave Popcorn
Olga Naidenko, PhD, with the Environmental Working Group says chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid, in the lining of the bag, are part of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer.

4. Non-organic Potatoes
Jeffrey Moyer, chair of the National Organic Standards Board says potatoes are treated with fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides. Then potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting.

5. Farmed Salmon
David Carpenter, MD, wrote a study in the journal Science on contaminated fish. He says fish shouldn’t be jammed into pens and fed soy, poultry litter, and hydrolyzed chicken feathers. As a result, farmed salmon is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides such as dioxin and DDT.

6. Milk Produced with Artificial Hormones
Rick North, from the Campaign for Safe Food, says milk producers treat dairy cattle with recombinant bovine growth hormone(rBGH). And rBGH increases udder infections and even pus in the milk. It leads to higher levels of the hormone insulin-like growth factor(IGF-1). In people, high levels of IGF-1 may contribute to breast, prostate, and colon cancers.

7. Non-organic Apples
Mark Kastel, from the Cornucopia Institute, says apples are sprayed very frequently. The industry maintains that these residues are not dangerous. But Kastel counters that it's common sense to minimize exposure by avoiding the most sprayed produce, like apples.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are you avoiding these things? Can they be avoided? How do I know what the cow was fed that is now the beef in my grocery, for example?

Rediculous. Based on thjose examples the list should have included thousands upon thousands of products.

AlabasterVerve

Here's the link to the original Prevention article which offers alternatives.

http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/7-foods-should-never-cross-your-lips

As for what I think? It's overwhelming. We've been working at improving our diet since the beginning of the year and EVERYTHING that I've incorporated into our diet to be healthier has an article online warning about the dangers of it. I don't want to be the last person in America eating the red m&ms but I'm coming to the point where I don't want to hear another word about how dangerous the food I'm giving my family is.

Sidesteal

Alarmism.

AlabasterVerve

Alarmism.

Is it really though when other countries ban the use of the growth hormones in their milk and DuPont promises to phase out the use of whatever-it-was by 2015? My aunt (who's 54) is dying from cancer and one of her daughters was just diagnosed with it as well--they're so so young it's shocking. Something has to be causing it and when I read articles like this (from what I consider a reputable source) it seems like there's good reason to be concerned.

"When the government approved rBGH, it was thought that IGF-1 from milk would be broken down in the human digestive tract," says North. As it turns out, the casein in milk protects most of it, according to several independent studies. "There's not 100% proof that this is increasing cancer in humans," admits North. "However, it's banned in most industrialized countries."

Read more: http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/7-foods-should-never-cross-your-lips/6-milk-produced-artificial-hormones#ixzz1pxWR9u9I

"DuPont and other manufacturers have promised to phase out PFOA by 2015 under a voluntary EPA plan, but millions of bags of popcorn will be sold between now and then."

Read more: http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/7-foods-should-never-cross-your-lips/3-microwave-popcorn#ixzz1pxWcuJ28

lizard053

These are all things, with the exception of the popcorn, that I have heard before and already avoid. The BPA really messes me up, so I'll be making all my own tomato sauces and can my own tomatoes. However, the impact of these items are not as dangerous as they make it seem.

Sl1ghtly

HAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!

taso42

Interesting. For me, BPA was a miracle weight loss and exercise performance supplement. I've been taking it every day for a few years now. Never felt better.

solpwr

I would poke a hole in the argument against corn fed beef. I come from generations of raising cattle (and sheep) in Montana. Cows grow up in fields, on ranches, and in pastures eating grasses primarily. Before they are slaughtered for food, they are transported to feed lots, where they are usually fed corn. This is done for taste and for texture. Corn makes beef taste better, gives it a sweetness, and makes the fat content within the meat increase, which is generally considered desirable, at least historically.

I grew up liking barley finished beef. Its what was cheapest where we lived. My dad could get barley a lot cheaper, because it was grown by the neighbors. It tastes different, but a lot better than cattle that had just been pasture fed only.

Marketers are selling premium service (i.e. grass fed beef) but actually that beef is specifically finished using specialized foods to alter the flavor profile. It tastes different. It is leaner. Is it better? That's debatable. But the arguments used to promote alternative and more expensive foods are many times a marketing strategy that are targeting consumers who wouldn't have the knowledge base to see through the gimic.

billtonkin

Darn, just when I was about to start the Canned Tomato Corn-fed Beef Microwave popcorn non-organic potatoes Farmed Salmon Milk produced with artificial hormones non-organic Apples diet, too.

AllTehBeers

http://www.examiner.com/healthy-trends-in-atlanta/food-safety-experts-say-they-won-t-eat-these-7-foods

1. Canned Tomatoes
Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, who studies bisphenol-A (BPA), says the linings of tin cans contain BPA, a synthetic estrogen linked to reproductive problems, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into food.


3. Microwave Popcorn
Olga Naidenko, PhD, with the Environmental Working Group says chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid, in the lining of the bag, are part of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer.

7. Non-organic Apples
Mark Kastel, from the Cornucopia Institute, says apples are sprayed very frequently. The industry maintains that these residues are not dangerous. But Kastel counters that it's common sense to minimize exposure by avoiding the most sprayed produce, like apples.

*Sigh* I'm going to die from eating tomatoes, apples and snacking on my popcorn. I guess I'll be better off shoveling fast food in my face since i'm going to die from cancer before obesity anyways.

leeann0517

I would poke a hole in the argument against corn fed beef. I come from generations of raising cattle (and sheep) in Montana. Cows grow up in fields, on ranches, and in pastures eating grasses primarily. Before they are slaughtered for food, they are transported to feed lots, where they are usually fed corn. This is done for taste and for texture. Corn makes beef taste better, gives it a sweetness, and makes the fat content within the meat increase, which is generally considered desirable, at least historically.

I grew up liking barley finished beef. Its what was cheapest where we lived. My dad could get barley a lot cheaper, because it was grown by the neighbors. It tastes different, but a lot better than cattle that had just been pasture fed only.

Marketers are selling premium service (i.e. grass fed beef) but actually that beef is specifically finished using specialized foods to alter the flavor profile. It tastes different. It is leaner. Is it better? That's debatable. But the arguments used to promote alternative and more expensive foods are many times a marketing strategy that are targeting consumers who wouldn't have the knowledge base to see through the gimic.

not all grass fed beef is finished at a feed lot...what I buy is never fed grain.

recriger

http://www.examiner.com/healthy-trends-in-atlanta/food-safety-experts-say-they-won-t-eat-these-7-foods

1. Canned Tomatoes
Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, who studies bisphenol-A (BPA), says the linings of tin cans contain BPA, a synthetic estrogen linked to reproductive problems, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into food.


3. Microwave Popcorn
Olga Naidenko, PhD, with the Environmental Working Group says chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid, in the lining of the bag, are part of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer.

7. Non-organic Apples
Mark Kastel, from the Cornucopia Institute, says apples are sprayed very frequently. The industry maintains that these residues are not dangerous. But Kastel counters that it's common sense to minimize exposure by avoiding the most sprayed produce, like apples.

*Sigh* I'm going to die from eating tomatoes, apples and snacking on my popcorn. I guess I'll be better off shoveling fast food in my face since i'm going to die from cancer before obesity anyways.

I'll join ya!! I've been dying for some slop. Taco Bell, Wendy's, Burger King... I pass them twice a day! Just need 1 more study and my life will be complete.

Espressocycle

Pomi tetrapack tomatoes are better than the canned ones anyway.

fatboy235

now that's funny!

solpwr

I would poke a hole in the argument against corn fed beef. I come from generations of raising cattle (and sheep) in Montana. Cows grow up in fields, on ranches, and in pastures eating grasses primarily. Before they are slaughtered for food, they are transported to feed lots, where they are usually fed corn. This is done for taste and for texture. Corn makes beef taste better, gives it a sweetness, and makes the fat content within the meat increase, which is generally considered desirable, at least historically.

I grew up liking barley finished beef. Its what was cheapest where we lived. My dad could get barley a lot cheaper, because it was grown by the neighbors. It tastes different, but a lot better than cattle that had just been pasture fed only.

Marketers are selling premium service (i.e. grass fed beef) but actually that beef is specifically finished using specialized foods to alter the flavor profile. It tastes different. It is leaner. Is it better? That's debatable. But the arguments used to promote alternative and more expensive foods are many times a marketing strategy that are targeting consumers who wouldn't have the knowledge base to see through the gimic.

not all grass fed beef is finished at a feed lot...what I buy is never fed grain.

Yes but it is finished with specialized grasses I guarantee you. And do you know the differences between "grass" and "grain"? Like is rice a grass or a grain? Who about wild rice? Grass fed beef is "finished" to meet a flavor profile, unless you are buying it from a neighbor who raised the cattle, and then you would have to ask him how it was fed. Taking a cow from the pasture without finishing it for a couple weeks with some specialized food to affect the flavor... it will taste more similar to deer or elk shot by a hunter. Like the venison in my freezer. Which isn't all bad. But its not what's sold at the store.

leeann0517

I would poke a hole in the argument against corn fed beef. I come from generations of raising cattle (and sheep) in Montana. Cows grow up in fields, on ranches, and in pastures eating grasses primarily. Before they are slaughtered for food, they are transported to feed lots, where they are usually fed corn. This is done for taste and for texture. Corn makes beef taste better, gives it a sweetness, and makes the fat content within the meat increase, which is generally considered desirable, at least historically.

I grew up liking barley finished beef. Its what was cheapest where we lived. My dad could get barley a lot cheaper, because it was grown by the neighbors. It tastes different, but a lot better than cattle that had just been pasture fed only.

Marketers are selling premium service (i.e. grass fed beef) but actually that beef is specifically finished using specialized foods to alter the flavor profile. It tastes different. It is leaner. Is it better? That's debatable. But the arguments used to promote alternative and more expensive foods are many times a marketing strategy that are targeting consumers who wouldn't have the knowledge base to see through the gimic.

not all grass fed beef is finished at a feed lot...what I buy is never fed grain.

Yes but it is finished with specialized grasses I guarantee you. And do you know the differences between "grass" and "grain"? Like is rice a grass or a grain? Who about wild rice? Grass fed beef is "finished" to meet a flavor profile, unless you are buying it from a neighbor who raised the cattle, and then you would have to ask him how it was fed. Taking a cow from the pasture without finishing it for a couple weeks with some specialized food to affect the flavor... it will taste more similar to deer or elk shot by a hunter. Like the venison in my freezer. Which isn't all bad. But its not what's sold at the store.

I don't buy it from a store, I guy it directly from a farm. They are certified under the USDA grass fed standard. They specifically state they are not finished with grains. I'm not going to argue with you since you have decided you are the grass fed beef expert, but I know what I'm eating and feeding my kids.

Toddrific

Hmm, the price difference between BPA free and normal canned goods is huge and it really pisses me off.

Supposedly unless you are growing your own tomatoes, the best flavor comes from canned tomatoes.

I went to buy..I think it was black beans in a can the other day (I know dried is cheaper, but i was in a hurry) and it was like 3 or 4 dollars for a can of BPA free.

solpwr

I would poke a hole in the argument against corn fed beef. I come from generations of raising cattle (and sheep) in Montana. Cows grow up in fields, on ranches, and in pastures eating grasses primarily. Before they are slaughtered for food, they are transported to feed lots, where they are usually fed corn. This is done for taste and for texture. Corn makes beef taste better, gives it a sweetness, and makes the fat content within the meat increase, which is generally considered desirable, at least historically.

I grew up liking barley finished beef. Its what was cheapest where we lived. My dad could get barley a lot cheaper, because it was grown by the neighbors. It tastes different, but a lot better than cattle that had just been pasture fed only.

Marketers are selling premium service (i.e. grass fed beef) but actually that beef is specifically finished using specialized foods to alter the flavor profile. It tastes different. It is leaner. Is it better? That's debatable. But the arguments used to promote alternative and more expensive foods are many times a marketing strategy that are targeting consumers who wouldn't have the knowledge base to see through the gimic.

not all grass fed beef is finished at a feed lot...what I buy is never fed grain.

Yes but it is finished with specialized grasses I guarantee you. And do you know the differences between "grass" and "grain"? Like is rice a grass or a grain? Who about wild rice? Grass fed beef is "finished" to meet a flavor profile, unless you are buying it from a neighbor who raised the cattle, and then you would have to ask him how it was fed. Taking a cow from the pasture without finishing it for a couple weeks with some specialized food to affect the flavor... it will taste more similar to deer or elk shot by a hunter. Like the venison in my freezer. Which isn't all bad. But its not what's sold at the store.

I don't buy it from a store, I guy it directly from a farm. They are certified under the USDA grass fed standard. They specifically state they are not finished with grains. I'm not going to argue with you since you have decided you are the grass fed beef expert, but I know what I'm eating and feeding my kids.

It sounds like you are getting what you want, and that's fair and good! I guess I am playing the Devil's Advocate to question whether or not "grain fed" is a bad thing. And whether "grass fed" is worth paying a premium for. It might very well be. What I know to be true makes me question things that I perceive to be primarily a marketing strategy.