According to the CDC, over 40% of Americans are obese.
And it's no surprise when you look at the food they eat.
Here are 15 American foods that are so bad they're banned (yes, illegal) in other countries:
And it's no surprise when you look at the food they eat.
Here are 15 American foods that are so bad they're banned (yes, illegal) in other countries:
1. Twinkies
Classic junk food. Classic poison.
High fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils are bad, but it's the Yellow 5 that signed the death warrant on Twinkies. The EU requires warning labels on dyes...
But Austria, Finland, and Norway are taking no chances.
Classic junk food. Classic poison.
High fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils are bad, but it's the Yellow 5 that signed the death warrant on Twinkies. The EU requires warning labels on dyes...
But Austria, Finland, and Norway are taking no chances.
2. Stove Top stuffing
This low-key quick-dinner option is hiding some serious chemicals.
A combination of beta-hydroxy acid (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) take Stove Top off the menu in Japan, the UK, and several European countries.
This low-key quick-dinner option is hiding some serious chemicals.
A combination of beta-hydroxy acid (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) take Stove Top off the menu in Japan, the UK, and several European countries.
3. Skittles
Taste the rainbow = taste the dye.
Yellow 5 and yellow 6 are bad, but there's another ingredient that led Norway and the EU to ban this colorful treat:
Titanium dioxide.
Heavy metal carcinogens, anyone?
Taste the rainbow = taste the dye.
Yellow 5 and yellow 6 are bad, but there's another ingredient that led Norway and the EU to ban this colorful treat:
Titanium dioxide.
Heavy metal carcinogens, anyone?
4. Coffee-mate
Coffee creamer, right?
Wrong. It's made of seed oils.
Hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils got Coffee-mate banned in Austria, Hungary, and several Scandinavian countries.
Don't put this in your body.
Coffee creamer, right?
Wrong. It's made of seed oils.
Hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils got Coffee-mate banned in Austria, Hungary, and several Scandinavian countries.
Don't put this in your body.
5. US Pork
Ever heard of ractopamine?
It's an animal feed additive. And it's been linked to several major health issues in humans and animals.
Americans feed it to pigs to make them huge.
US pork is banned in China, Russia, and the EU.
Go organic on the pork next time.
Ever heard of ractopamine?
It's an animal feed additive. And it's been linked to several major health issues in humans and animals.
Americans feed it to pigs to make them huge.
US pork is banned in China, Russia, and the EU.
Go organic on the pork next time.
6. Ritz Crackers
Banned in Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark...what is so wrong with Ritz crackers?!
Hydrogenated cottonseed oil.
The kicker? The FDA deemed these oils "not generally recognized as safe".
Why are they still making food out of this?
Banned in Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark...what is so wrong with Ritz crackers?!
Hydrogenated cottonseed oil.
The kicker? The FDA deemed these oils "not generally recognized as safe".
Why are they still making food out of this?
7. US pre-packaged ground beef
Remember pink slime?
It's a beef by-product prepared with ammonia gas and used as a filler in ground beef.
Gross.
US beef is banned in the EU.
Remember pink slime?
It's a beef by-product prepared with ammonia gas and used as a filler in ground beef.
Gross.
US beef is banned in the EU.
8. Swiss Rolls
These things contain yellow 5 AND red 40...
Which is strange. Because they're brown and white.
These dyes have a negative effect on activity and attention in children.
Norway and Austria took Swiss Rolls of the menu.
Don't eat these.
These things contain yellow 5 AND red 40...
Which is strange. Because they're brown and white.
These dyes have a negative effect on activity and attention in children.
Norway and Austria took Swiss Rolls of the menu.
Don't eat these.
9. Maraschino cherries
You guessed it...red 40.
Red 40 has been linked to allergies, migraine, and mental disorders in children.
We should probably get over it and eat foods that aren't so...red.
Banned in Austria, France, Finland, Norway, and the UK.
You guessed it...red 40.
Red 40 has been linked to allergies, migraine, and mental disorders in children.
We should probably get over it and eat foods that aren't so...red.
Banned in Austria, France, Finland, Norway, and the UK.
10. Farmed salmon
Farmed fish are raised in terrible conditions and fed a chemical cocktail of feed including methyl mercury and dioxins. Not to mention antibiotics.
Plus, they're packed with lousy Omega-3s.
Make like Austria and New Zealand and avoid farmed salmon.
Farmed fish are raised in terrible conditions and fed a chemical cocktail of feed including methyl mercury and dioxins. Not to mention antibiotics.
Plus, they're packed with lousy Omega-3s.
Make like Austria and New Zealand and avoid farmed salmon.
11. US milk
rBGH, also known as rBST, is a man-made growth hormone fed to dairy cows to boost milk production.
Developed by Monsanto in the early 90s, it's terrible stuff.
And most people know it now.
US milk is banned in Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the EU.
rBGH, also known as rBST, is a man-made growth hormone fed to dairy cows to boost milk production.
Developed by Monsanto in the early 90s, it's terrible stuff.
And most people know it now.
US milk is banned in Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the EU.
12. Mountain Dew
Banned in Japan and the EU, Dew used to contain Brominated Vegetable Oil.
Consuming bromine has been linked to headaches, memory loss, skin issues, and more.
PepsiCo said they were removing it in 2014...why did it take 6 years?
Avoid.
Banned in Japan and the EU, Dew used to contain Brominated Vegetable Oil.
Consuming bromine has been linked to headaches, memory loss, skin issues, and more.
PepsiCo said they were removing it in 2014...why did it take 6 years?
Avoid.
13. US Chicken
US chicken is banned in the EU, and not just because it's washed in chlorine...
The EU smartly asks: why does it NEED to be washed in chlorine in the first place?
They've got a point.
Get your chicken from a trusted local source.
US chicken is banned in the EU, and not just because it's washed in chlorine...
The EU smartly asks: why does it NEED to be washed in chlorine in the first place?
They've got a point.
Get your chicken from a trusted local source.
14. Froot Loops
Ahh, the most colorful cereal of your childhood.
Unless you live outside the US.
France, Austria, Norway and Finland are saying NO to this cocktail of dyes and chemicals.
We've covered the dangers of dyes, and Froot Loops are chock-full of them.
Ahh, the most colorful cereal of your childhood.
Unless you live outside the US.
France, Austria, Norway and Finland are saying NO to this cocktail of dyes and chemicals.
We've covered the dangers of dyes, and Froot Loops are chock-full of them.
15. US Corn
US corn is commonly sprayed with atrazine.
Atrazine is linked to birth defects and it's banned in 44 countries.
In the US? The pesticide lobby sees to it that we spray 70 million pounds of the stuff annually on our domestic corn.
The trouble with all this...
US corn is commonly sprayed with atrazine.
Atrazine is linked to birth defects and it's banned in 44 countries.
In the US? The pesticide lobby sees to it that we spray 70 million pounds of the stuff annually on our domestic corn.
The trouble with all this...
Is that if you live in the U.S., real food is difficult to find.
98% of the grocery store is pure poison and chemicals.
It can make eating healthy a real chore.
I spent years struggling with this.
So I decided to do something about it...
98% of the grocery store is pure poison and chemicals.
It can make eating healthy a real chore.
I spent years struggling with this.
So I decided to do something about it...
I created @Masa_Chips because I knew the pain of hunting down food with pure ingredients.
Fried in pure beef tallow. No weird chemicals, pesticides, or seed oils.
Just a real corn fried in real fat.
Click below and try some today:
masachips.co/tan
Fried in pure beef tallow. No weird chemicals, pesticides, or seed oils.
Just a real corn fried in real fat.
Click below and try some today:
masachips.co/tan
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