Avoid These 7 Foods and You're Off To A Healthier New Year

Avoid These 7 Foods and You're Off To A Healthier New Year: "

1. Canned Tomatoes

The expert: Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri who studies bisphenol-A

The resin linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic
estrogen that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive
problems to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Acidity -- a
prominent characteristic of tomatoes -- causes BPA to leach into your
food.

2. Corn-Fed Beef

The expert: Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms and author of books on sustainable farming

Cattle were designed to eat grass, not grains. But farmers today
feed their animals corn and soybeans, which fatten up the animals
faster for slaughter. A recent comprehensive study found that compared
with corn-fed beef, grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin
E, omega-3s, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), calcium, magnesium, and
potassium.

3. Microwave Popcorn

The expert: Olga Naidenko, PhD, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group

Chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), in the lining of
the bag, are part of a class of compounds that may be linked to
infertility in humans. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver,
testicular, and pancreatic cancer. Studies show that microwaving causes
the chemicals to vaporize -- and migrate into your popcorn.

4. Nonorganic Potatoes

The expert: Jeffrey Moyer, chair of the National Organic Standards Board

Root vegetables absorb herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides that
wind up in soil. In the case of potatoes they're treated with
fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides to
kill off the fibrous vines before harvesting. After they're dug up, the
potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting.

5. Farmed Salmon

The expert: David Carpenter, MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany

Nature didn't intend for salmon to be crammed into pens and fed soy,
poultry litter, and hydrolyzed chicken feathers. As a result, farmed
salmon is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including
carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides such as
dioxin and DDT.

6. Milk Produced with Artificial Hormones

The expert: Rick North, project director of the Campaign for Safe Food at the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Milk producers treat their dairy cattle with recombinant bovine
growth hormone (rBGH or rBST, as it is also known) to boost milk
production. But rBGH also increases udder infections and even pus in
the milk. It also leads to higher levels of a hormone called
insulin-like growth factor in milk. In people, high levels of IGF-1 may
contribute to breast, prostate, and colon cancers.

7. Conventional Apples

The expert: Mark Kastel, codirector of the Cornucopia Institute

If fall fruits held a 'most doused in pesticides contest,' apples
would win. And increasing numbers of studies are starting to link a
higher body burden of pesticides with Parkinson's disease.

Source: Mercola

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