Top 10 Foods That Should Be Banned

Hello Health Champions. What are the top 10  foods that should be banned? And why is it that  

all of these foods are banned in many countries  but are still sold in the US. Number one is  

farm-raised salmon farm-raised fish in  general but specifically farm-raised salmon  

because the levels of dioxins and PCBs are  much higher. PCBs are Polychlorinated Biphenyls  

and they can be as much as 10 times higher in  farm-raised salmon because they grow up close  

to the land where there's a lot more pollution  than out in the ocean. The farm-raised fish  

are limited to what we feed them which isn't the  best and as a result and because they don't move  

much they have lower omega-3 to omega-6 ratios.  The fatty acids are not as beneficial as  

in wild and in the wild they eat plankton and they  get something called astaxanthins which have a  

pink pigment and that's why the salmon gets  that reddish color but in the farm-raised  

version they turn out gray and pale, so they make  a synthetic astaxanthin from petroleum from coal  

products basically and they feed it to them  so it's like an artificial coloring agent  

and that's one of the reasons that it's banned in  many countries. But fish farming is also really  

bad for the environment these guys don't move  much they're in very close quarters so they're  

much more prone to infections and pathogens and  parasites so there's a new epidemic of sea lice  

because of fish farming. Furthermore they have  to feed them more fish that they gather close  

to the coast so there's more risk of overfishing  than if the salmon are free to eat on their own.  

And besides feeding them bad food because of the  parasites they also have to give them antibiotics  

and chemicals and for all these reasons farmed  salmon is banned in Australia and new Zealand  

and very recently Argentina became the first  country to put a complete ban on not just the  

consumption but on all salmon farming. Number two  food that should be banned are any type of GMO  

foods they are associated with more allergies and  more cancer and more digestive complaint but these  

GMO plants are bred to be more resistant so they  can use higher levels of pesticides and herbicides  

and therefore there is also the possibility of  developing superbugs just like we have overused  

antibiotics and produced superbugs. Another reason  is that we really have no idea what these things  

are going to do to us long term the research some  research says that there's severe problems other  

research says that they're very safe but it's  kind of split 50-50 and as usual with research  

it depends on who pays for the research because  if it's favorable it's going to get published  

if it's not favorable it's going to get buried.  Another problem is that food production is one of  

the most basic rights of any living thing on the  planet but with GMO we end up concentrating all  

of the patents and all the copyrights and all the  ownership in only six companies that basically own  

all the seeds for these GMO plants. For all  these reasons there are 19 out of 27 countries  

in the European union who has mostly or completely  banned GMOs and even though there's no conclusive  

evidence they say that there's an unfavorable risk  benefit ratio so they say there's enough question  

marks that we don't even want to give this a try.  We'd better be safe than sorry whereas in the US  

they look at things a little differently and  maybe it's because we have the best politicians  

money can buy. Number three food that should be  banned is any meat from an animal fed ractopamine  

so this is a chemical that promotes lean muscle  growth so they can make the animal grow faster  

with less feed and obviously increase profits. But  this is actually banned in 160 countries and as a  

result there is no one in the world who wants US  pork because it is very often tainted with this  

ractopamine. Number four is any food or food  additive that contains bromine or a derivative  

of bromine and why is that such a big deal because  we have an epidemic of thyroid disease and iodine  

is specific for the thyroid but bromine or bromide  it competes with iodine for those receptor sites  

so it basically poisons the thyroid and is one of  the reasons we have this thyroid epidemic. As a  

result of these foods being bromated or sometimes  they call them brominated, we have hypothyroid  

cancer and autoimmunity on the rise and it's been  used in baking flour as a rising agent and dough  

conditioner but it's also used in a chemical where  they combine it with vegetable oil and they call  

it brominated vegetable oil or BVO and what it  does it helps keep the flavors in synthetic drinks  

suspended. So it's added to a lot of things like  Gatorade and mountain dew and this has been banned  

in Europe and japan for quite some time but there  is so much pressure on the whole global community  

that Pepsi cola who makes Gatorade in Mountain  Dew they agreed in 2014 to eliminate this but  

then it still took six years to actually do it and  then of course when they did they had to replace  

it with something else so now instead you can  read on the label sucrose acetate isobutyrate.  

So the moral of the story is we probably shouldn't  be using any food products or drinks where they  

need to use that type of chemicals at all. Just  stop it. Number five is food additives so there's  

over 3000 different forms of artificial flavoring  artificial sweeteners artificial coloring  

and countries around the world are becoming more  aware more restrictive about this especially  

the coloring because there's such a close link  to allergies and hyperactivity and behavioral  

changes. So because of that these have been  banned in some countries or in most countries  

in the European union they carry a warning label  that it's linked to behavioral changes and this is  

mostly with the coloring there are no bans against  the flavorings and the sweeteners yet but there's  

a lot of debate and there's a lot of increased  scrutiny so I believe that it's just a matter  

of time until we're smart enough to stop putting  that stuff in food. Number 6 is azodicarbonamide  

or known as ADA and in food it's used as a dough  conditioner and bleach but it made some headlines  

recently known as the yoga mat compound and a  lot of people were wondering if this is used as a  

foaming agent to create things like yoga mat what  is it doing in my food. They just weren't real  

comfortable with that idea and then they found out  that it had made it into about 500 different foods  

primarily bread products. Well this harmful  chemical has been banned in Europe for a while  

and not only have they banned it in food but they  have banned it in foam food containers as well.  

Now it's still legal in the united states but  here's an interesting thing because of this  

public pressure because of this attention in  social media, where they associated it with  

a yoga mat compound, Subway and Wendy's  stopped using this chemical voluntarily. Why?  

Because of public pressure. So the  manufacturers. The commercial companies,  

even if there's no ban, they will listen if  we put enough pressure on them. If it becomes  

embarrassing enough, or if they stand to lose  money they will change. Number seven is Olestra  

also known as Olean as a market brand and it  became quite popular in some fat-free snacks  

and it's one of these absurd ideas where you take  something that is similar to fat it has the mouth  

feel and texture of fat but because we don't want  to absorb calories we see that as a problem we  

design something we alter something at a molecular  level to where the body rejects it. And it quickly  

lost popularity because there was a huge increase  in gastrointestinal diseases and problems  

increased explosive diarrhea and an increase  in appetite so this was designed to help people  

not absorb calories. Well, the body is smart it  wants some calories so it increased the appetite  

instead and like many of these worst chemicals  it's been banned in Europe and Canada still sold  

in the US but fortunately there's not much demand  for it anymore. Number eight item that should be  

banned is bovine growth hormones we see them  as rBGH or rBST which stands for recombinant  

bovine growth hormone and the ST just stands  for somatotropin which is another word for  

growth hormone. So they're the same thing and what  you're going to find on a lot of dairy packages  

is this disclaimer. The FDA determined that there  was no significant difference between milk from  

cows that were treated with rBST and those that  were not. Now this is kind of interesting I think  

determined is pretty strong language to me  determine no significant difference and here's  

what you want to think about just because they  didn't find any significant differences in that  

time span that they were studying, doesn't mean  that there were no significant differences and  

you also want to keep in mind who is driving who  is lobbying for them to make certain decisions  

and if you're not very interested in finding  something you're not very likely to find it. But  

even though they haven't found anything definite  for humans there are plenty of problems for the  

cows they have found hugely increased rates of  mastitis which is inflammation of the udders  

they have foot problems and they have reproductive  problems and this was enough for Europe to ban  

this hormone this synthetic hormone in 1990 but in  the US it's still legal. But here's where it gets  

interesting because there is voluntary labeling  and every package I've ever seen has a label  

where it says this milk comes from cows not  treated with rBST but here's what I'm wondering  

if nobody wants it if the consumers don't want  it and it's a strong enough public pressure  

that they put the labels on every product and  no manufacturer admits to using it then why  

is it still registered for sale in 20 countries  including the united states? And my thinking is  

that maybe they're using it more than they want  to admit. Number nine thing that should be banned  

is margarine because through the processing of  margarine they make something called trans fats  

and that's from partially hydrogenated oil so when  they take a liquid oil and they bombard it with  

hydrogen and high pressure and high heat, they  solidified they change the molecular structure  

and it becomes a trans fat. So because  this is so strongly documented to be  

like the worst idea for your health in every way  it has been banned in many many European countries  

and things like Ritz crackers cannot  be sold in those countries at least not  

the American version in the US however we have to  settle for certain labeling which unfortunately is  

a loophole for these manufacturers. So oftentimes  the label the package will say trans fat free,  

but really what they mean by that is that  it has 0 grams per serving and that 0 grams  

is rounded down so if it's 0.49 grams it's  rounded to zero and the manufacturer determines  

how big a serving is. So they can make the serving  really small have less than 0.5 grams and still  

have 10 percent of this horrendous substance in  the product so what you really want to look for  

is don't fall for the trans fat free or zero grams  per serving you read the fine print on the label  

and if it has "partially hydrogenated" anything  on the label then that's a bad sign. And number 10  

thing that should be banned is BHA or BHT that  stands for butylated hydroxyanisole or butylated  

hydroxytoluene and these are chemicals used  as preservatives and flavor enhancers. In the  

united states these chemicals have made it onto  a list called GRAS or generally regarded as safe  

while in the European union they have been  banned because they are a known human carcinogen  

they promote tumors and they impair blood clotting  among other things. But while it's on the list of  

generally regarded as safe BHA is also listed in  a united states government report on carcinogens  

as "reasonably anticipated to be a human  carcinogen" and this was a clip from the New York  

times. Now reasonably anticipated, what does that  mean? Reasonably anticipated to be a carcinogen,  

what on earth does that mean? The only thing I  can come up with is they say "it can kill you,  

but just a little bit" So what can you do even  though all these 10 items deserve to be banned  

today we know that the people making the decisions  tend to take their time but manufacturers will  

respond the moment you stop buying their product.  So you buy real food you shop the periphery  

of the grocery store because that's where the  real food is. You stay away from the package stuff  

in the middle aisles and you vote  with your wallet. If you don't buy it  

they won't make it. If you enjoyed this video,  you're going to love that one, and if you truly  

want to master health by understanding how the  body really works, make sure you subscribe,  

hit that bell, and turn on all the notifications  so you never miss a life saving video