Co-hosts Margie Standard and Barbara Humphrey had a great conversation about the food we eat. It might not have made you hungry, but I hope it made you think–about where and how our food is sourced (who controls it), how you can try to make healthy (or healthier) choices, and what to avoid. As promised, below is the list of ingredients banned in other countries but allowed in the USA. Hint: they have been linked to cancer and other diseases and conditions. NEXT WEEK: The Earth’s Day at 54.
o Dough conditioners, aka potassiumbromate, for texture
o Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) fromsoybean, corn oils, used in diet sodas
o Proplyparaben used as preservatives intortillas, muffins, cosmetics
o BHA, BHT in dry mixes, cereals topreserve, increase shelf life
o Synthetic food dyes to enhance foodcolors (blue2, yellow5, red40)
o GMOs to make crops more resistant toherbicides
o Roxarsone arsenic in raising ofchickens
o Ractopamine muscle enhancer for pigs,cows, turkeys
o Herbicides, insecticides, fungicidesto repel bugs, diseases, weeds
o Olestra cholesterol-free fatsubstitute in potato chips and fries
o Synthetic hormones rBGH, rBST increasemilk production in dairy cows
- 12:05pm WRUU-FM by Live
