Banned foods in America

Banned Foods From America

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Let’s talk about

• Signs that we have problems with our food

• Which foods are banned?

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Prairie DogsDo Not Feed

The Prairie DogsProcessed Food Damages

Their Immune SystemAnd They Will Die!


Translation?Our food kills animals


Any Animal


Banned foods from your pantry

• GMO• Ractopamine• Potassium Bromate • Brominated Vegetable Oil• Coloring Agents• Olestra• Azodicarbonamide• BHA / BHT• Even Ketchup


Genetically Modified Problems

• Genetically engineered (GE) foods • 40 countries require labeling• 26+ countries have banned them• 20 US states considering

legislation to ban




Flavr Savr lives but you die


Bigger Animals Faster

• Ractopamine drug widely used in livestock farms in the US

• Increases the rate of weight gain and leanness in pigs, cattle, and turkey

• Linked to • cardiovascular problems • hyperactivity

• Banned meat in European Union, China, and Taiwan








Cheaper BreadExpensive Thyroid

Problems• Potassium Bromate • Used in bread• Bleaches flour & makes it more elastic• Harms your kidney, nervous system

damage, thyroid, gut, and causes cancer• Banned in the European Union, China,

Canada, and other countries.



Problems• Singapore

• 15 years in prison and • $500,000 fine• For using an ingredient found in common

U.S. bread products



Problems


Cheap Soda EmulsifierExpensive Thyroid

Problems• Brominated vegetable oil (BVO• Vegetable oil derived from corn or soy +

bromine• Added to many sodas &sports drinks • Prevents the flavoring from separating and

floating to the surface• Harms your central nervous & endocrine

systems, causing skin rashes, acne, loss of appetite, fatigue, and cardiac arrhythmia.

• Banned both in Europe and JapanDr. Patrick Garrett Family Health & Wellness [email protected] doctorgarrett.tv


Problems



Problems


Colorful Behavioral Problems

• Coloring agents • Found in almost any processed food in America

• Especially in candy, mac and cheese, cheddar-flavored crackers, Jell-O, etc…

• Worst offenders • blue #1 and #2, yellow #5 and 6, and red #40

• Causes behavioral problems, cancer, birth defects• Yellow #6, found in many boxed mac and cheese’s

• Causes hypersensitivity in children• Banned in Norway and Austria, and the European Union • Requires a warning notice on most foods containing dyesDr. Patrick Garrett Family Health & Wellness [email protected]

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• Why do American companies remove dyes overseas, but not at home?

• For example at McDonald’s: • ENGLAND - Strawberry sundae - red color comes from

the strawberries• AMERICA – Strawberry Sunday – red dye #40

• Why poison people in the US?• Dyes are cheaper• They’re brighter in color• More stable• Greater profitability Dr. Patrick Garrett Family Health & Wellness [email protected]

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Why Europe made the switch•40 years worth of research

• Food dyes trigger hyperactivity or inattention in children

•Britain told food companies to • replace synthetic dyes with natural colorings or no

added colorings

•European Union passed a law requiring warning notice that synthetic dyes might trigger hyperactivityDr. Patrick Garrett Family Health & Wellness [email protected] doctorgarrett.tv







A Ban On Sharting

• Olestra • A fat substitute to create fat-free

junk food• Causes gastrointestinal problems &

weight gain • Banned in the U.K. and Canada


A Ban On Sharting

• Going backwards while the rest of the world moves forward

• In 2003, the FDA lifted a requirement forcing companies that use Olestra in their products to include a label warning consumers that the food their eating could cause 'cramps and diarrhea’

• This, despite the fact that the agency received more than 20,000 reports of gastrointestinal complaints among olestra eaters per year


A Ban On Sharting


A Ban On Sharting


A Ban On Sharting


Yoga Mats & Subway

• Azodicarbonamide is a whitener agent• Found in boxed pasta mixes, breads, frozen

dinners, and packaged baked goods, and is added as an instant bleaching agent for flour.

• Also found in foam products like yoga mats• Causes asthma• Banned in Singapore, Australia, and most

European countriesDr. Patrick Garrett Family Health & Wellness [email protected] doctorgarrett.tv

Yoga Mats & Subway


Yoga Mats & Subway


Paint Thinner As A Preservative

• BHA - butylated hydroxyanisole• BHT - butylated hydroxytoluene• Found in cereals, nut mixes, chewing gum,

butter spreads, and many other foods • Surprise it cause cancer & triggers allergic

reactions and hyperactivity• Banned in parts of the European Union and

Japan• Banned in all of U.K. for infant foods








Number 2 Condiment Consumed

• Ketchup• Poses a cultural threat to traditional

French cooking among children • It masks the taste of whatever they are

eating• Banned in primary schools in France


Conclusion

1. Many countries ban common foods we feed our family

2. Companies will use the cheapest, most toxic chemicals if allowed

3. Companies will chose profit over people 4. Socialized countries can’t afford to have sick

citizens5. People are the power of change through

purchasing power6. When is enough, enough?


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