Western Foods Contain Elements That Are Banned In The EU

I find this interesting when it comes to people living in the west since few decide to look into why the EU has banned these additives. But one of the reasons is that the Eu and all those countries represented believe in guidelines and a certain amount of control over the products that form a big part of their lives.

The rules extend beyond food but it seems to me that is a good place to start if you are considering your health and long term affects. After all, when you give companies free reign as to what they put into our food, cheap becomes the way to go since profit is the bottom line.

So if no one is going to care about your health except you, why are you not alarmed and willing to press the point that you deserve to have fresh, healthy food to purchase and alerting your government about that since they appear to lack motivation.

Just to get you thinking about that, let’s look at a few of the differences. And let’s start with the FDA who follows the thinking that it is okay to add chemicals and many questionable additives.

The government in the US does not oversee the quality, instead they leave it to each company to review the purity. That means they are policing themselves and we know that does not go well when making profit is the motive.

So something could be considered safe just because there is no documented proven connection indicated. That does not mean anyone, especially the company, is looking for any connection. So none of this should be considered legal.

Trans fats is something we now know for sure should not be in foods but it was grandfathered into the regulations before it was well known. How about bleached flour? To bleach it white, chemicals are used and exposure is then guaranteed.

Then there are Parabens linked to breast cancer and hormone disruption in men. BHA and BHT come next because they change thyroid hormones. They are found in all dry boxed products.

Synthetic food dyes result in tumours found in the brain, bladder and kidney. Most alarming is it is affecting our kids heavily. These are just a few. Some people are making inroads here but if more of us jump on the band wagon, we could get real results much faster. It is time to care.