What ‘Toxins’ Are In Your Food?
Dr. Renee Dufault is a now-retired FDA investigator who took early retirement because her superiors told her to stop months of investigation that uncovered harmful levels of heavy metals being allowed into a variety of processed foods.
In the first half, she revealed the widespread nature of her concerns and what people can do to protect themselves.
Just today, Congress released a new report that shows significant levels of heavy metal toxins in US baby foods, including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury.
“The blame is not necessarily with the FDA because we have to understand that they’re only authorized to do what Congress tells them to do,” she remarked.
There are the vested interests of food manufacturers (similar to Big Pharma) who lobby Congress, and by law, a certain amount of heavy metals are allowed in foods, she continued.
Synthetic food colors, often used in foods marketed to children, are made from petroleum (which has heavy metal residue), she added.
No level of toxins such as lead or mercury are safe, she argued.
They are a kind of ‘silent threat’ to human health and may negatively affect the brain development of a growing child and have a profound effect on our chances of developing heart disease and diabetes, she has concluded.
On top of the heavy metal concerns, pesticide residue may be in many packaged foods, and they can also impact brain development.
“I believe the best way we can serve our immune system is to eat whole foods, [and] avoid processed foods,” she said, adding that growing your own food in a garden is ideal.
She also recommended eating a variety of fresh produce (though frozen is OK when fresh is not available) and buying organic whenever possible.
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Stephen
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It is a pity Dr’s like this have to retire, before they are able to speak common sense on such issues. Many people I know say that packaged foods should be avoided. I wish I still lived in the house of my parents – which had a wonderful kitchen garden! NOW would be the time to revel in the glory of the bountiful produce that patch produced.
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