Did you know
heating food in plastic is bad for you? Not only that but so is BPA, it
lines your canned foods, your receipts, and old and cheap plastic containers
have it (thus the reason its bad for you microwaving food in it). BPA (biphenyl
A)
is a chemical that causes cancer and premature puberty. It’s really nasty
stuff, but because the US makes so much of it we’re having a difficult time in
stopping using it.
So no my mom
either has glass containers or non-BPA plastic to store our food in, and we’ve
cut down on how much canned food we eat.
GMO,
genetically modified organisms, are in everything we eat and even other stuff
too.
Do you
really want to eat an apple with GMO in it? It doesn’t mean the apple can talk
or anything but that it doesn’t attract bugs so much and is 2x bigger then
organic apples.
Pesticides
are used on just about every plant out there, and it runs into our water
systems and then it gets into our animals too. (For example, they use
some pesticides to make the animals really fact and grow faster, therefore
making the meat taste not as well as free land (?) animals. They also coop them
up in really tight places, to make them even fatter! L)
Food
coloring is fun during Easter right?
But did you
know that food coloring not made from organic food sources like veggies and
fruits can cause cancer? Red 40 is a big one-it’s in so much of our food,
even stuff that doesn’t need to be red! A lot of kids’ candy has red 40
in it-so every time you eat fruit loops or licorice you’re putting cancer
causing stuff into your body. You might as well be telling the grim reaper to
make a early trip!
