A new scientific study has revealed the process by which the common phthalate chemical DEHP (used to make plastic flexible) triggers birth defects, miscarriage and male infertility.
Category: Processed Food Chemicals
Highly Processed Diet Linked with Lowered Sperm Count: Study
Results from a new study out of Harvard indicate that young men who regularly consume diets of highly processed foods have lower sperm counts than their counterparts who eat healthier, more balanced diets of whole foods.
Highly Processed Meats with Chemical Additives? Americans still say Bring It On
Despite the documented hazards of eating processed meats a new study has found that Americans are eating the same amount of processed meat today as they did eighteen years ago.
Processed Food Additive Linked to Autism: New Study
The food additive Propionic Acid (PPA), a commonly used preservative in processed foods has been linked in new scientific research to harming the fetal brain and possibly leading to autism.
Your food and bottled water contain tens of thousands of micro-plastic bits: New study
According to the results of a new scientific study, micro-plastics are pervasive in your food and drink and the average American consumes more than 70,000 particles of “microplastics” every year — and that’s likely an underestimation, say the scientists heading up the research.
Researchers Hide Key Facts from Participants in Another Attitudes about GMO Food Study
Yet another study has just been published that has as its premise, “If we could just get the idiot public to understand science, they would change their negative attitudes about GMO food”. The problem? As with the researchers that came before them did, the researchers in the current replication study neglected to inform study participants of TWO KEY FACTORS SURROUNDING GMO FOOD: (1) High levels of Monsanto’s Round-Up Weedkiller pesticide is present in GMO foods on the grocery shelves, and (2) No safety testing for GMO foods has ever been conducted in the U.S.
Toxic Forever Chemical PFAS Leaching into Food, FDA Confirms
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just released the findings of its own study of the presence of toxic industrial chemical PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalykyl substances) in food and found that it is, as numerous independent university and research institute studies have reported, leaching into the U.S. food supply.
Two More Studies Link Ultra-Processed Foods with Serious Health Risks and Early Death
Two more large-scale studies have demonstrated a link between diets containing ultra/highly processed foods and heart disease, stroke risk and early death.
Processed Foods Trigger Weight Gain: NIH study
A new National Institute of Health (NIH) study has just been released that links highly processed foods to weight gain in a rather dramatic way.
What Additives are in the Beyond Meat Veggie Burger?
Beyond Meat products is a highly processed food and as such includes food additives that may be problematic for some consumers. This article takes at look at what those food additives are and informs consumers about the adverse reactions that have been linked to some of them in scientific studies, medical studies, consumer reports and clinical trials. Of special interest is the high level of salts present in this highly processed food product.
