- GMOs - genetically modified food - 90% of all soybean cotton and corn, also sugar beets, alfalfa, canola, papaya, and summer squash
- Animal Antibiotics rBGH and rBST in milk and other products
- Beef with growth promoting synthetic hormones like Zeranol and Melengestrol acetate - can increase cancer risks
- Farm-raised salmon are banned in countries like Australia and New Zealand because they are raised on an unnatural diet of grains and icky drugs like antibiotics. These additives leave the salmon with gray skin, and then that gets made to look pink with synthetic astaxanthin. This doesn’t sound great, because it isn’t. Synthetic astaxanthin can be toxic.
- Chicken with Arsenic - arsenic is allowed in the US because it promotes growth and boosts pigmentation. EPA calls it a human carcinogen. The arsenic put in American poultry can kill a human being if consumed in a high enough dosage.
- Chicken washed in chlorine - banned in EU since 1997.
- Stevia - Potential disturbances in fertility and other negative health impacts
- Synthetic Food Colors - Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B, and Red 3 are among the food colors associated with hyperactivity. More on food dyes causing behavior problems.
- Brominated vegetable oil (BVO), emulsifier found in Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Powerade and Squirt — and around 10 percent of all drinks sold in the US . It’s been linked to major organ system damage, birth defects, growth problems, schizophrenia, and hearing loss, which explains why it’s been nixed in more than 100 countries.
- BHA & BHT - found in cereal, butter, meat, snack foods, and more. BHA is even listed under “reasonably anticipated” human carcinogens.
- Meat made with ractopamine - causes weight gain in animals, linked to heart disease
- Olestra - It not only removed unwanted fat from foods but also negated the body’s ability to absorb essential vitamins. Side effects include cramps, gas, and loose bowels, diarrhea.
- Azodicarbonamide, or ADA, used as a whitening agent and can help bread rise faster and last longer. It is also used to make rubber yoga mats. ADA has also been shown to increase your risk of asthma, cause diarrhea or cyanosis, affects your gut microbiota (which can lead to disease), and even makes you more susceptible to depression.
- Potassium bromate bread bleach that also decreases baking time - causes cancer. Banned in the EU, China, Brazil, and Canada.