Preservatives and Additives
There’s a joke that a Twinkie has so many preservatives that it will be the last food left edible after a nuclear holocaust. I don’t know if that’s true, but I have a friend who deemed the three-year-old Twinkie he ate “not too bad.”
Is this a good thing? Is it possible that we see too much value in killing off natural toxins like molds – by using invisible, tasteless artificial toxins?
Our bodies are designed to work perfectly within the natural environment, with carefully balanced levels of water, electrolytes, and minerals. Normal North American eating habits are perfect for wrecking that balance. If you’ve eaten the preservative and additive filled diet for your whole life with little or no harm to your body, it’s because the human body is remarkably resilient. But with age comes reduced resistance, and these toxins are not eliminated, but rather accumulate in your body after a certain point. The liver, our natural cleanser, is the first to suffer, but not the last.
The food industry is not concerned with health, but with making money. They have a vested interest in making food as tasty and attractive to you as possible; these are the foods we eat and the products that survive. If they’re addictive, so much the better! Yet if they impact the consumer’s body negatively, that’s not the manufacturer’s problem. You need to take responsibility for caring for yourself by eating properly; no one else will take it for you.
Let’s talk about preservatives. Sulfur keeps dried fruit fresh and soft. Formaldehyde – yes, the stinky stuff from high school dissections – is added to frozen vegetables as a disinfectant. Lunchmeats are preserved with sodium nitrates, which converts to nitrous acid in the stomach and may cause stomach cancer; it’s banned in Germany and Norway, but not in North America. Commercially-raised chickens eat feed with arsenic additives. Aluminums, linked to dementia, can leach into our food when used as packaging (like colas), and is also added to baking powder, antacids, and many antiperspirants.
But the damage we’ve done to our bodies is not irreparable. By cleansing the toxins from your body and replacing your normal diet with a healthful, natural diet filled with raw fruits and vegetables and small quantities of lean meat or tofu for protein, you can transform your health – and your body.
