6 Reasons To Avoid Processed Foods

6 Reasons To Avoid Processed Foods
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6 REASONS TO AVOID
PROCESSED FOODS
If you went to 10 different stores and bought a "Snickers" Bar at each one, and then you went home and lined all of
them up side-by-side they would all look exactly the same, and they would also taste exactly the same as well. (Even if
they were made in 10 different factories and on 10 very different dates.) Stay away these kinds of foods, they are highly
processed to maintain their consistent look and taste and it isn't safe to eat them. On the other hand, if you picked 10
apples from the exact same apple tree and you lined all of them up side-by-side you would have 10 different apples.
Some of them would be bigger, some would be smaller, and they would all vary at least slightly in color, shape, and
taste. Stick with foods that are different each time you eat them.
1. TOO MANY RANDOM INGREDIENTS

Below is an example of a common Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner in the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) and below that
is a list of all of the ingredients that are listed in the processed versions of these foods from some of the most popular
name brands. (The spell checker that I used didn't even recognize a lot of these ingredients and it's highly unlikely that
your body will recognize or know what to do with a lot of these unnatural ingredients either...)
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
DINNER
BOWL OF CEREAL WITH MILK

A PIECE OF TOAST WITH BUTTER
SCRAMBLED EGGS AND HAM
WAFFLE WITH SYRUP
GLASS OF ORANGE JUICE
MULTI VITAMIN
CHEESEBURGER
FRENCH FRIES
CHICKEN NUGGETS WITH BBQ SAUCE
SALAD WITH DRESSING
ICE CREAM
SODA POP
PIZZA
BREAD STICKS
CHICKEN WINGS
SODA POP
DESERT
PEPTO BISMOL
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
CHEERIOS
MCDONAD'S CHEESE BURGER
TONY'S FROZEN PEPPERONI PIZZA
WHOLE GRAIN OATS

MODIFIED CORN STARCH
CORN STARCH
SUGAR
SALT
TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE
CALCIUM CARBONATE
MONOGLYCERIDES
TOCOPHEEROLS
WHEAT STARCH
ANNATOO
NIACINAMIDE
CALCIUM PANTHOTHENATE
PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
FOLATE
IRON
100% BEEF PATTY

CULTURED MILK
WATER
CREAM
SODIUM CITRATE
SALT
SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE
SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE)
SODIUM PHOSPHATE
CHEESE CULTURE
ARTIFICIAL COLOR
ACETIC ACID
ENZYMES
LECITHIN
CUCUMBER
WATER
DISTILLED VINEGAR
SALT
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
SODIUM BENZOATE OR POSTASIUM
SORBATE
NATURAL FLAVORS (VEGETABLE SOURCE)
WHEAT FLOUR
MALTED BARLEY FLOUR
NIACIN
IRON
THIAMINE MONONITRATE
RIBOFLAVIN
FOLIC ACID
WATER
TOMATO PASTE
MOZZARELLA CHEESE SUBSTITUTE
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOY OIL
WATER
CASEIN
MODIFIED FOOD STARCH
NONFAT DRY MILK
SALT
LACTIC ACID
SODIUM CITRATE
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
NATURAL FLAVOR
SORBIC ACID
MILK
(GALLON OF STORE BOUGHT MILK)
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NATURAL FLAVORS (VEGETABLE SOURCE) SORBIC ACID

ALUM
ARTIFICIAL COLOR
POLYSORBATE NUMBER 80
MAGNESIUM OXIDE
TUMERIC
DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE
ONIONS
ZINC OXIDE
SALT
RIBOFLAVIN
PEPPER
ELECTROLYTIC IRON
TOMATO CONCENTRATE
TOAST - (WONDER BREAD)
FOLIC ACID
DISTILLED VINEGAR
CORN SYRUP
NIACINAMIDE
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
THIAMINE MONONTIRATE
WATER
BARLEY MALT
CYANOCOBALAMIN
SALT
FERROUS SULFATE
VITAMIN A PALMITATE
NATURAL FLAVORS (VEGETABLE SOURCE) CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART SKIM
IRON
VINEGAR
NIACIN
MILK
WATER
THIAMINE
SALT
MUSTARD SEED
MONONITRATE
ENZYMES
SALT
RIBOFLAVIN
PORK
TURMEIC
FOLIC ACID
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN
PAPRKIA
WATER
SPICES
SPICE EXTRACTIVES
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP OR
WATER
MALTED BARLEY FLOUR
SUGAR
SALT
THIAMINE
YEAST
SUGAR
RIBOFLAVIN
CONTAINS 2% CALCIUM SULFATE OR
GARLIC POWDER
NIACIN
LESS
WATER
IRON
WHEAT GLUTEN
TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN
FOLIC ACID
SOYBEAN OIL
WATER
WATER HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
SALT
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN
CORN SYRUP
DOUGH CONDITIONER
BEEF
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL SALT
MAY CONTAIN MONO AND
YEAST
DIGLYCERIDES
WATER
SALT
SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE
PAPRIKA
WHEAT GLUTEN
DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE
DEXTROSE
CALCIUM SULFATE
DATEM
SPICES
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
SORBIC ACID AND OR CALCIUM
SMOKE FLAVORING
ASCORBIC ACID
DIOXIDE
LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE
AZODICARBOMIDE
VINEGAR
SODIUM ASORBATE
DIACETYL TARTIC ACID
SOY FLOUR
FLAVORING
ESTERS OF MONO & DIGLYCERIDES
TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE
GARLIC POWDER
WHEAT FLOUR
AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE
SODIUM NITRITE
SILICON DIOXIDE
MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE
BHA
SODIUM STEAROYL - 2 - LACTATE
CALCIUM CARTONATE
BHT
FUNGAL ENZYMES
AMMONIUM SULFATE
CITRIC ACID
CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE)
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
PALM OIL
SOY LECITHIN
BUTTER FLAVOR
MCDONALD'S FRENCH FRIES
BUTTER YEAST
(I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER)
SUGAR
SOYBEAN OIL
POTATOES
SALT
LIQUID SOYBEAN OIL
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL MODIFIED FOOD STARCH
NATURAL FLAVOR FROM BEEF SOURCE
HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL
PAPRIKA
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN DEXTROSE
SPICE
SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE
OIL
MALTODEXTRIN
HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL
WATER
ISOLATED CARROT PRODUCT
NATURAL SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK MAY CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING OILS
CITRIC ACID
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE WHEAT STARCH
SALT
OIL
NATURAL SOY LECITHIN
L-CYSTEINE
VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED CORN OIL
HYDROCHLORIDE
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED CANOLA OIL AMMONIUM SULFATE
POTASSIUM SORBATE
COTTONSEED OIL
CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA
GARLIC & ONION
SUNFLOWER OIL
NATURAL FLAVORS
ASORBIC ACID
CORN OIL
ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS
TBHQ
CITRIC ACID
COLE'S BREAD STICKS
CITRIC ACID
VITAMIN A (PALMITATE)
DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE (ANTI-FOAMING)
BETA CAROTENE (COLOR)
WHEAT FLOUR
MALTED BARLEY FLOUR
MCDONALD'S CHICKEN NUGGETS WITH
NIACIN
AUNT JEMIMA'S FROZEN SCRAMBLED
EGGS & HAM READY TO MICROWAVE
BBQ
IRON
SAUCE
MILK
SKIM MILK
VITAMIN A PALMITATE
VITAMIN D3
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SAUCE
RIBOFLAVIN
EGGS
FOLIC ACID
CHICKEN
NON FAT MILK
WATER
WATER
SOYBEAN OIL
DEXTROSE
SALT
MODIFIED FOOD STARCH
VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN
SALT
WHEAT FLOUR
SODIUM PHOSPHATE
XANTHAN GUM
DEXTROS
CHICKEN BROTH
LIQUID PEPPER EXTRACT
DATEM
SALT
CITRIC ACID
MONO & DIGLYCERIDES
NATURAL FLAVORING FROM CHICKEN
NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR
EXTHOXYLATED
VEGETABLE OIL
ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR
MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES
EXTRACTS OF ROSEMARY
CLARIFIED BUTTER OIL
SOY FLOUR
MONO AND GLYCERIDES
LIPOLYZED BUTTER OIL
CALCIUM SALTS
DIGLYCERIDES
ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR
TRIGLYCERIDES
ANNATTO (COLOR)
AMMONIUM SULFATE
LECITHIN
POTATOES
SOY LECITHIN
WATER
CANOLA OIL
ASCORBIC ACID
NIACIN
SALT
L-CYSTEINE
IRON
DEXTROS
FUNGAL AMYLASE
CREAM AND BUTTER EXTRACT
ETHOXYLATED MONODIGLYCERIDES
RIBOFLAVIN
MALTODEXTRIN
ENZYMES
FOLIC ACID
DEHYDRATED ONION
AZODICABRONAMINDE
YELLOW CORN FLOUR
DEHYDRATED GARLIC
YEAST
BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR
SPICES
MONO & DIGLYCERIDES
CARAMEL COLOR
INTERESTIFIED SOYBEAN OIL
SALT
PAPRIKA
WATER
LEAVENING
GRILL FLAVOR
CREAM
BAKING SODA
VEGETABLE OIL
SALT
SODIUM ACID PHOSPHATE
EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO
PASTEURIZED MILK
EXTRACTIVES OF SPICES
SALT
CALCIUM LACTATE
SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE
CHEESE CULTURE
SPICES
WATER
ENZYMES
WHEAT STARCH
CASINE
SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE)
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN DRIED WHEY
POWDERED CELLULOSE (PREVENT
CORN STARCH
OIL
CAKING)
VEGETABLE SHORTENING
MILK
GARLIC POWDER
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL SALT
CHEESE CULTURE
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED CORN OIL
SALT
GARLIC
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED CANOLA OIL BLACK PEPPER
ENZYMES
COTTON SEED OIL
WHEY
SALT
SUNFLOWER OIL
BROWN SUGAR
CORN OIL
ONION
TBHQ (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS)
SODIUM CITRATE
SWEET BELL PEPPER
CITRIC ACID (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS) PARSLEY
SALT
DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE (ANTI-FOAMING) GARLIC OIL
LACTIC ACID
HIGHT FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
CELLULOSE POWDER
ONION POWDER
WATER
SODIUM PHOSPHATES
MONO & DIGLYCERIDE
TOMATO PASTE
SORBIC ACID (TO PRESERVE
FLAVOR
RED WINE VINEGAR
FRESHNESS)
ANNATTO
DISTILLED VINEGAR
ARTIFICIAL COLOR
SALT
ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR
NATURAL FLAVOR
TGI FRIDAY'S FROZEN BBQ CHICKEN
SOY SAUCE
WINGS
GUAR GUM
WATER
MAGNESIUM OXIDE
WHEAT
NIACINAMIDE
SOYBEANS
CHICKEN WING SECTIONS
FERRIC ORTOPHOSPHATE
SALT
WATER
ZINC
MUSTARD FLOWER
SUGAR
OXIDE
DEXTROSE
TOMATO PASTE
CYANOCOBALAMIN
SOYBEAN OIL
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN
XANTHAN GUM
OIL
RIBOFLAVIN
SUGAR
RICE FLOUR
THIAMIN MONONITRATE
NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR
DISTILLED VINEGAR
FOLIC ACID
CARAMEL COLOR
REFINED SYRUP
VITAMIN A PALMITATE
SODIUM BENZOATE OR SODIUM SORBATE HONEY
COOKED HAM
DEHYDRATED GARLIC
MOLASSES
WATER
SPICES
SALT
CELLULOSE GUM
MODIFIED POTATO STARCH
SUGAR
MALIC ACID
WHEAT FLOUR
SODIUM PHOSPHATES
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SMOKE FLAVORING
SODIUM ERYTHORBATE
SODIUM NITRATE
ONIONS
GREEN & RED BELL PEPPERS
DISTILLED VINEGAR
DEHYDRATED ONION
NATURAL FLAVORS (VEGETABLE SOURCE) WATER
SUCCINIC ACID
MUSTARD SEED
SALT
TURMERIC
MCDONALD'S SALAD WITH DRESSING
PAPRIKA
SPICES
EGGO FROZEN WAFFLE
GARLIC POWDER
LETTUCE
SALT
TOMATOES
ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN
WHEAT FLOUR
CARROTS
VINEGAR
WATER
NIACIN
MOLASSES
SOYBEAN OIL
REDUCED IRON
PART SKIM MILK
THIAMIN MONONITRATE
WATER
CHEESE CULTURE
RIBOFLAVIN
HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN
SALT
FOLIC ACID
HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN
ENZYMES
WATER
ONIONS
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE
SOYBEAN OIL
TAMARINDS
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
PALM OIL
SALT
CITRIC ACID
PALK KERNEL OIL
GARLIC CLOVES
CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE)
TBHQ
CHILLI PEPPERS
VINEGAR
CITRIC ACID
NATURAL FLAVORINGS
CORN SYRUP
EGGS
SCHALLOT(S)
BAKING SODA
SODIUM PHOSPHATE
EGG YOLKS
SMOKE FLAVOR
MODIFIED FOOD STRACH
CORN STARCH
SALT
SUGAR
CARAGEENAN
ANCHOVY EXTRACT
SALT
SPICES
DEXTRIN
CALCIUM CARBONATE
ONION POWDER
SALT
WHEY
CARAMEL COLOR
OLIVE OIL
SOY LECITHIN
SODIUM BENZOATE
SPICES
VITAMIN A PALMITATE
XANTHAN GUM
LACTIC ACID
NIACINAMIDE
CORN SYRUP SOLIDS
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
REDUCED IRON
LEMON JUICE
VINEGAR
LEMON OIL
WATER
THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE
CONTAINS FISH (ANCHOVIES)
MOLASSES
RIBOFLAVIN
SOYBEANS
CORN SYRUP
VITAMIN B12
WHEAT
SALT
YELLOW #5
CARAMEL COLOR
YELLOW #6
GARLIC
PEPSI
SUGAR
SPICES
MRS. BUTTERWORTH SYRUP
ANCHOVIES
CARBONATED WATER
TAMARIND
NATURAL FLAVORS
CARAMEL COLOR
XANTHAN GUM
CORN SYRUP
SUGAR
POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE)
WATER
PHOSPHORIC ACID
GARLIC POWDER
SALT
CAFFEINE
PROPYLENE
CELLULOSE GUM
CITRIC ACID
GLYCOL ALGINATE
MOLASSES
NATURAL FLAVORS
POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE) ONION POWDER
DISODIUM INOSINATE
SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE
DISODIUM GUANYLATE
DESSERT (CRISPY CREAM GLAZED
CITRIC ACID
CALCIUM DISODIUM
DONUT)
CARAMEL COLOR
EDTA
NATURAL FLAVORS
ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS
ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR
MCDONALD'S HOT FUDGE SUNDAE ICE
NIACIN
CREAM CONE
REDUCED IRON
SUNNY D ORANGE JUICE
RIBOFLAVIN
WATER
WHOLE MILK
FOLIC ACID
SUCROSE
DEXTROS
CREAM
CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE
PALM OIL
NONFAT MILK SOLIDS
CONCENTRATED TANGERINE JUICE
COTTONSEED OIL
CORY SYRUP SOLIDS
CONCENTRATED APPLE JUICE
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEEN
CONCENTRATED LIME JUICE
OIL
GUAR GUM
CONCENTRATED GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
WATER
IMITATION VANILLA FLAVOR
CITRIC ACID
SUGAR
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ASCORBIC ACID
THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE
NATRUAL FLAVORS
MODIFIED CORNSTARCH
CANOLA OIL
SODIUM CITRATE
CELLULOSE GUM
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM
NEDTAME
SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE
POTASSIUM SORBATE
SODIUM BENZOATE
YELLOW #5
YELLOW #6
FLINTSTONES CHEWABEL VITAMINS
SORITOL
DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE
MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE
CHOLINE BITARTRATE
SODIUM ASCORBATE
FERROUS FUMARATE
GELATIN
NATURAL FLAVORS
ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS
FRUIT ACIDS
PREGELATINIZED STARCH
VITAMIN E ACETATE
STEARIC ACID
CARRAGEENAN
HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL
HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL
MAGNESIUM STEARATE
ZINC OXIDE
NIACINAMIDE
CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE
PHENYLALANINE
ASPARTAME
XYLITOL
CUPRIC OXIDE
SUCROSE
RIBOFLAVIN
VITAMIN A ACETATE
BETA-CAROTENE
MONOAMMONIUM GLYCYRRHIZINATE
FOLIC ACID
POTASSIUM IODIDE
BIOTIN
VITAMIN D
MAGNESIUM OXIDE
VITAMIN B12
FD&C RED #40 LAKE
FD&C BLUE #2 LAKE
FD&C YELLOW #6 LAKE
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CARRAGEENAN
SOY FLOWER
CELLULOSE GUM
EGGS YOLK
VITAMIN A
YEAST
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR
NONFAT MILK
NIACIN
YEAST NUTRIENTS
IRON
CALCIUM SULFATE
AMMONIUM SULFATED
RIBOFLAVIN
DOUGH CONDITIONER
TAPIOCA STARCH
CALCIUM DIOXIDE
SUGAR
MONOCALCIUM & DICALCIUM
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL PHOSPHATE
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED
DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE
COTTONSEEDOIL
SODIUM STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATE
SODIUM BICARBONATE
WHEY
DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE
CORN STARCH
ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLORING)
ASCORBIC ACID
SALT
SODIUM BICARBONATE
VANILLIN
CALCIUM CARBONATE
LECITHIN
SALT
SUGAR
WATER
ETHOXYLATED
SWEETENED CONDENSED SKIM MILK
LECITHIN
CALCIUM PROPIONATE
PALMKERNELOIL
CELLULOUSE GUM
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL MALTED BARLEY FLOWER
NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS
COTTONSEEDOIL
ENZYMES
LECITHIN
CITRIC ACID
NONFAT DAY MILK
BHT (TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR)
DUTCH PROCESSED COCOA
SUGAR
CORN SYRUP
WATER
SALT
CORN STARCH
DISODIUM PHOSPHATE
CALCIUM CARBONATE
POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE)
CALCIUM SULFATE
VINILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING)
AGAR
PECTIN
DEXTROSE
SODIUM ALGINATE
LOCUST BEAN GUM
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS DISODIUM PHOSPHATE
SORBITAN MONOSEARATE
COCA-COLA CLASSIC
ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS
SALT
CARBONATED WATER
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP & OR
SUCROSE
CARAMEL COLOR
PHOSPHORIC ACID
NATURAL FLAVORS
CAFFEINE
PEPTO BISMOL
BENZOIC ACID
FLAVORING
MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE
METHYLCELLULOSE
SACCHARIN SODIUM
SALICYLIC ACID
SODIUM SALICYLATE
WATER
SORBIC ACID
RED #22
RED #28
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2. THEY WILL RUIN YOUR TASTE BUDS
If you have spent the past 5, 10, 15, or 20 years eating processed foods that are loaded with artificial flavorings and
spices and that contain excessive amounts of added sugar, salt, and fat your taste buds are going to be desensitized
due to all of the years of unnatural stimulation that they have become accustomed (and addicted) to and they will no
longer be sensitive enough to fully appreciate the taste of natural foods like fruits and vegetables.
Our taste buds are designed to seek out sweet, salty, and fatty flavors and processed food companies take advantage
of this by making their products as unnaturally sweet, salty, and fatty as possible, and they spend millions of dollars on
research to discover ways to make their products taste so addicting that people will crave and buy their products over
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and over again.

What's ironic is that most processed foods (like "Chicken Nuggets" for example) are so processed that they would
literally taste like cardboard if it were not for the addictive and artificial flavorings that are added to them in order to keep
people wanting to eat these otherwise tasteless and harmful foods.
The good news is that the taste buds in your mouth have a life span of only about 2 weeks so if you can simply stop
bombarding your taste buds with artificial stimulation your taste buds will start to heal and become a lot more sensitive,
and as they become more sensitive the following 3 changes will occur...
- You will really start to notice the sugary taste of sweet fruits.
- You will really start to notice the salty taste of sodium rich vegetables.
- You will really start to notice the fatty taste and texture of avocados, nuts, & seeds.
As you become more and more aware of the sugary, salty, and fatty tastes that are found in natural foods your desire to
seek out sugary, salty, and fatty junk foods will begin to fade and will eventually be nonexistent.
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3. NO LOVE WAS ADDED
I remember days when I was a child where I would come home from school and as soon as I walked in the front door my
Mom would be in the kitchen making bread, and the whole house would smell like fresh homemade bread, but when I
became an adult and moved out on my own I quickly learned that a loaf of "Wonder Bread" isn't going to give you that
experience at all.
Many adults swear that their mom's home cooking is still the best food that they have ever eaten. (Even if the actual
ingredients that their moms used were nothing special, and even if their moms admit that they don't even know that
much about cooking.) The reason that so many people prefer their mom's home cooking over all other foods is
because it was made specifically for them by someone who loves and cares about them.
Processed foods are made with greed, not love, and they certainly aren't made by companies who have your health and
well being in mind when they prepare it. (In most cases processed foods are prepared by unconscious machines or by
people who hate their jobs, and in some cases by slave labor.)
A while back a married couple told me that the best meal they ever ate was when their 4 year old son made them
breakfast in bed. They told me how adorable it was that there were little holes in the toast from where his little fingers
had pressed down on it too hard, and how he put way too much jam on the toast, and how his face was covered with jam
when he brought it to them. (I thought that it was a really cute story, but in the back of my mind I couldn't help but
wonder just how different their reaction would have been if they were given a meal just like that at a restaurant.)
It might sound a bit esoteric to some, but adding love to food really does make a huge difference, and so does feeling
love while you eat a meal. An easy example of this would be to imagine that 2 different families eat the exact same meal
for dinner, and in one house the family is talking, laughing, and enjoying their meal and their time together, but in the
other house the family members are all yelling and arguing with each other while they eat.
Our bodies have a much harder time digesting food when we are feeling bad emotionally and this is the reason why
even if you are really hungry you will immediately lose your appetite if you get a phone call from the bank telling you that
some important checks that you wrote just bounced or from a hospital telling you that a loved one is in the emergency
room. When your body is under a lot of emotional stress the last thing that it wants is a big meal to have to digest, so if
you are experiencing high amounts of stress your body will purposely block the hunger signals from reaching your brain
to prevent you from wanting to eat anything in extremely stressful times.
Processed foods however are often referred to as "comfort foods" because they require so much energy to digest that
you are left with little energy to think about your problems or do something about them, so when people are feeling bad
and they don't want to face their problems they reach for their favorite "comfort food" because it will act as a "pain killer".
(Do you feel sad because your boyfriend broke up with you? Eat a big bowl of ice cream to suppress your sadness!)
The biggest problem with all this is that rather than listening to the body's request to stop eating during times of great
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distress and to deal with the problem immediately people will actually overeat and try to ignore their problems which in
the long run will of course make things a lot worse.
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4. MISLEADING HEALTH CLAIMS
Just because the brand name of a frozen dinner is "Healthy Choice" it doesn't mean that it is going to be healthy. If you
are going to buy processed food you need to be paying far more attention to the ingredient list than the brand name or
the picture on the front of the box, can, jar, or bag...
More and more people are starting to become health conscientious and virtually all processed food companies are
coming out with health claims that are specifically designed to get these people to buy their product and below are some
common health claims that you have probably seen on various processed food labels...
COMMON HEALTH CLAIMS FOUND ON PROCESSED FOOD LABELS

"Low in Fat"
"Low in Sugar"
"Low in Sodium"
"Low in Calories"
"High in Calcium"
"High in Vitamin C"
"High in Antioxidants"
"High in Dietary Fiber"
"No Trans Fat"

"No Cholesterol"
"No Added MSG"
"No Preservatives"
"May Help Reduce Your Risk of Cancer"

"May Help Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes"
"May Help Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease"
"May Help Reduce Your Risk of High Blood Pressure"
Did you know that EVERY SINGLE ONE of the health claims listed above could be put on something like broccoli? But
you don't see health claims like these on things like broccoli do you? Instead processed food companies will take 1 of
these claims such as "Low in Fat" and put it on a box of microwave popcorn and this gives people the impression that
they are getting a healthy product, when in reality they aren't.
Another big problem is that processed food companies will often not list every single ingredient that is used in their
product, (If they did list every single ingredient many ingredient lists would have hundreds of ingredients.) and they get
away with this by either taking several ingredients and calling them 1 generic name (like "artificial flavors" which could
represent 2 or 2 dozen separate ingredients) or they will make up new and complex sounding names for ingredients that
they don't want people to know are in their product...
Below is a list that I have compiled of 100 different ingredients that are actually sugar in disguise or that contain sugar.
Sugar is added to almost all processed foods, (It's even in most canned vegetables.) and a lot of people try to avoid
products with added sugar, but the average person doesn't realize that all of the following ingredients means "sugar"...
100 DIFFERENT NAMES FOR HIDDEN ADDED SUGAR
*Agave
*Amazake
*Barley Malt
*Birch Syrup
*Blanco Directo
*Brown Rice Syrup
*Buttered Syrup
*Cane juice
*Caramel Coloring
*Caramelized Foods
*Carbitol
*Carob Powder
*Caster/Castor
*Corn Syrup
*C t d
d
*Diastatic Malt
*Diatase
*D -Tagalose
*Ethyl Maltol
*Evaporated Cane Juce
*Falernum
*Florida Crystals
*FOS
*Fruit Juice Concentrate
*Fructooligosaccharides
*Fructose
*Glucose
*Glycerine/Glycerides
*Glycol/Glycerol
*G ld S
*Honey
*Hydrolysed Starch
*Inversol
*Isomalt
*Jaggery
*Jallab
*Jiaogulan
*Jus de canne
*Karo Syrup
*Lactose
*Levulose
*Licorice Root
*Malitol
*Malt Dextrin
*M lt d B l
*Marshmallow
*Misri
*Mizumi
*Molasses
*Monoglycerides
*Monosaccarides
*Muscovado
*Muscovy
*Nectars
*Neotame
*Orgeat
*Palm Syrup
*Panela
*Panocha
*P k
*Raisin Paste
*Refiner's Syrup
*Resin
*Rice Syrup
*Rub Syrup
*Sacchaides
*Saccharose
*Sorbitol
*Sorghum
*Sucanat/Sucanet
*Sucrose
*Tequila Agave
*Treacle
*Trisaccharides
*T bi d
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*Custard powder
*Date Paste
*Demerara
*Dextrin/Dextrose
*Diglycerides
*Disaccharides
*Golden Syrup
*Grenadine
*Gur
*Hexitol
*Hickory Syrup
*High Fructose Corn Syrup
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*Malted Barley
*Malt Syrup
*Maltodextrin
*Maltose
*Mannitol/Mannose
*Maple Syrup
*Peckmez
*Pentose
*Pine Syrup
*Polydextrose
*Polyglycerides
*Poplar Syrup
*Turbinado
*Yacon Syrup
*Xylitol
*Xylose
*Zuckerhutetc
*Zylose
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5. PROCESSED FOODS ARE JUST AS ADDICTING AND HARMFUL AS DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND CIGARETTES
In the film "Super Size Me" one of the most interesting parts to me was when the man in the film said that when he was
eating McDonald's food he would feel really good, but then shortly after the meal he would start to feel depressed and
withdrawn for no apparent reason and he would continue to feel that way until he started eating the McDonald's food
again at which point he would instantly feel good again. (If that's not a drug I don't know what is.)
If you currently eat processed foods and you feel that comparing them to drugs is a bit of an exaggeration, simply
remove ALL processed foods from your diet and see if after a few days you don't start to experience intense cravings
for these foods, and then intense headaches, mood swings, and fatigue that you feel would all go away if you could
simply eat one of the processed foods that you enjoy.
Recently I was talking to a woman about the benefits of eating a raw food diet and she told me, "You don't understand, I
would die if I could never eat "Eggo Waffles" again!" I had to laugh when she said it, but the sad truth is that she wasn't
trying to be funny. Processed foods are designed to be so addicting that once you are addicted to them it's hard to
even imagine being able to live without them.
Recently I heard a true story about a man in America that became so overweight that he could no longer fit through the
front door of his house and he was trapped inside, so fire fighters ended up having to come to his house and tear down
a wall just to get him out. On the other side of the world children in Africa die everyday due to starvation, but what's
interesting about all this is that the starving children in Africa and the overweight man in America who could no longer
even fit through his front door are actually both suffering from the same problem. (Malnutrition) The starving children in
Africa are malnutritioned because they aren't getting enough to eat and the overweight man in America is malnutritioned
because the food that he is eating is almost all empty calorie foods so no matter how much he would eat he would just
feel hungry again an hour or two later, and as crazy as it sounds, even though the man weighed over 1,000 pounds his
body was starving! (This is the only time in human history when we are both over-eating and under-nourished at the
same time.)
The worst example of how destructive a diet of processed foods can be is in today's youth. It's disturbing to me to know
that there are children in Kindergarten that already weigh more than I do. When I was in Kindergarten there was only
one overweight kid in the whole class, but now when I see groups of young kids at a school bus stop I notice that half or
more of them are usually overweight.
It's hard enough for most adults to eat healthy, (A lot of adults have told me that the diet that I'm recommending in this
chapter is "too hard" for them.) but children can only eat what they are being fed and if they are being fed junk at home
and even at school what chance do they have of growing up to be healthy adults? (Recently I saw a mother with a baby
that wasn't even 1 year old yet and the mother was putting Pepsi in her infant's baby bottle!)
It's during the first 18 years of a person's life that they go through the most important phases of physical growth that
they are ever going to go through. Their bones are growing, their brains are developing, their hormones are forming,
and if they aren't getting the nutrition that they desperately need during this time, and on top of that they are consuming
chemicals that are highly dangerous and have no place in the human body their growth is going to be hindered in a very
negative way. (This is why diseases that used to only be found in people who are in their 50's or older are now starting
to be found in children.)
In my opinion more than 80% of the parents in America are poisoning their own children! They aren't doing this on
purpose of course. Parents love their children and want what's best for them, but feeding them foods that have been
shown to cause cancer is poisoning them nonetheless. (Maybe instead of saving money towards their child's college
education parents should be saving money towards their child's future medical bills.)
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It's not all the parent's fault either. Famous football, basketball, and baseball players that children look up to, as well as
famous movie stars and pop singers get paid millions of dollars to do TV commercials that advertise sodas, candy bars,
and other junk foods to young children.
Parents are also strongly discouraged by doctors, society, and even the law to raise their children on any kind of health
based diet and the discrimination is easy to see...
- If I was raising a little girl on a vegetarian, vegan, or raw food diet and doctors examined her and found that she was
underweight or malnutrioned in anyway and they knew about the diet I was raising her on, by law they could legally take
my child away from me and put me in jail for "child abuse", and if this happened it would most likely be all over the news
and be used to scare other parents into believing that these kinds of diets are dangerous.
- If I was raising 6 kids on fast food, soda pop, and other junk foods and every single one of them was overweight and
suffering from type 2 diabetes and attention deficit disorder it is unlikely that anything would be said or done about it.
(There are families like that in my neighborhood and nobody says anything because it's so common that it's viewed as
"normal".)
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6. ELIMINATING PROCESSED FOODS WILL SAVE YOU A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY IN THE FUTURE
People have come up with a lot of excuses why they can't eat healthy, and without a doubt the most common reasons
that I hear people use is that they don't have enough time or money to eat healthy. What's ironic about this is that
although processed foods can appear to be convenient and inexpensive you will actually save yourself more time and
money in the long run if you choose to eat healthier...
How Eating Healthier Can Save You Time In The Long Run...
It's true that it would take less time to put a store-bought frozen dinner in a microwave for 10 minutes than it would take
to prepare the same meal yourself using fresh ingredients, but one of the benefits of eating healthier is a longer life,
(maybe even decades longer) which should more than make up for any "lost time" that you spend in the kitchen.
How Eating Healthier Can Save You Money In The Long Run...
It's true that a bag of apples will probably cost more money than a bag of potato chips in most stores, but before you
view that as a rip-off, doesn't it make since that it would cost more for foods that are healthy than for foods that are
unhealthy and that can cause health problems?
- It makes since that you would have to spend more money on front row tickets than on tickets 100 rows back.
- It makes since that you would have to spend more money on a new car than on an old car with 100,000 miles.
- It makes since that you would have to spend more money on a 100 inch TV than on a TV that's only 12 inches.
Maybe it would help if you looked at the food that you buy as an investment in your health. Below is a list of some
common medical procedures and what their average costs are in America, so if money is an issue please consider the
all of the money that you likely won't have to spend later in life if you take better care of yourself now...
THE AVERAGE COST OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES IN AMERICA

- The Average Cost of a Basic Doctor Visit
- The Average Cost of an Ambulance Ride
- The Average Cost of a Root Canal
- The Average Cost of Hearing Aids
- The Average Cost of an Electric Wheelchair
- The Average Cost of a Cat Scan
- The Average Cost of a One Year Supply Of Insulin
- The Average Cost of Liposuction
- The Average Cost of Laser Wrinkle Removal Surgery
$130
$600
$1,200
$2,100
$2,700
$3,000
$3,600
$5,000
$7,000
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The Average Cost of Laser Wrinkle Removal Surgery

- The Average Cost of Dentures
- The Average Cost of a Week Long Hospital Visit
- The Average Cost of a Kidney Transplant
- The Average Cost of Chemotherapy
- The Average Cost of Brain Surgery
- The Average Cost of a Liver Transplant
- The Average Cost of Major Heart Transplant Surgery Can Cost Over
$7,000
$10,000
$28,000
$65,000
$85,000
$100,000
$140,000
$1,000,000
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