In Our Foods

[suzanne sanders]

The Plastic wraps swaddling your fruits, vegetables, and meats in your grocery cart look harmless enough.  So do the Styrofoam trays that hold them and the plastic bottles for water, soda milk, ketchup, fruit juices, and even infant formula.   The PHTHALATES outgas from these plastics, so ubiquitous in our food and beverage packaging, leach into our foods.  

In fact, we eat so many plastics each day that the government has established an average daily amount that we ingest.  And once inside our bodies, these phthalates or plastics tightly hook onto our cell parts where they gum up the works.  For example, they damage hormone receptors, leading to loss of sex  drive and energy, or they damage brain chemistry leading to learning disability and hyperactivity, or they  accumulate in organs and trigger cancers of the prostate, breast lung and thyroid.   

http://balanceyourchemistry.com/detox.htm

http://www.vibranthealthandbeauty.com/pages/Environmental-Toxins.html

http://healthychild.org/5steps/5_steps_5/

First thing you can do:  

The best thing to do is to reduce your use of plastic. Look for natural alternatives like textiles, solid wood, bamboo, glass, stainless steel, etc. Also, look for items with less (or no) plastic packaging. If you do buy plastic, opt for products you can recycle or re-purpose (e.g. a yogurt tub can be re-used to store crayons). And, get to know your plastics – starting with this guide:

The most common plastics have a resin code in a chasing arrow symbol (often found on the bottom of the product).

 PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate): AVOID
Common Uses: Soda Bottles, Water Bottles, Cooking Oil Bottles
Concerns: Can leach antimony and phthalates.

 HDPE (High Density Polyethylene): SAFER
Common Uses: Milk Jugs, Plastic Bags, Yogurt Cups

 PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride, aka Vinyl): AVOID
Common Uses: Condiment Bottles, Cling Wrap, Teething Rings, Toys, Shower Curtains
Concerns: Can leach lead and phthalates among other things. Can also off-gas toxic chemicals.

 LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene): SAFER
Common Uses: Produce Bags, Food Storage Containers

 PP (Polypropylene): SAFER
Common Uses: Bottle Caps, Storage Containers, Dishware

 PS (Polystyrene, aka Styrofoam): AVOID
Common Uses: Meat Trays, Foam Food Containers & Cups
Concerns: Can leach carcinogenic styrene and estrogenic alkylphenols

 Other this is a catch-all category which includes:
PC (Polycarbonate): AVOID - can leach Bisphenol-A (BPA). It also includes ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), SAN (Styrene Acrylonitrile), Acrylic, and Polyamide. These plastics can be a safer option because they are typically very durable and resistant to high heat resulting in less leaching. Their drawbacks are that they are not typically recyclable and some need additional safety research. New plant-based, biodegradable plastics like PLA (Polylactic Acid) also fall into the #7 category.

The next thing you can do is detoxify your body:

The Detox Cocktail protects the body in a wide range of ways. It revs up detoxification of environmental chemicals, guards against a heart attack or blood clot, and cleanses the gut, protects our genes, and boosts cancer killing cells. (Order individually or order the complete Detox Cocktail at the very bottom of this page).

According to Dr. Sherry Rogers, in her book Detoxify or Die, the "Detox Cocktail" is:

*Purely C - Supports immune system, gums, skin, arterial walls, veins, and general health. All natural food source vitamin C, including Acerola Cherry, Rose Hips, and Camu Camu. Food-Source Vitamin C is up to 97% more absorbable than the synthetic varieties and is easily digested, plus it has a high level of activity, in contrast to the synthetic varieties. It is Non-GMO.

*300-600 mg Lipoic Acid

*400-800 mg Glutathione

The highest grade of Glutathione, Lipoic Acid and Purely C can be obtained through "The Power Mall" as personally recommended by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D.

"Not only does the detox cocktail help detoxify and get rid of all sorts of environmental insults, but it also helps dump our stored heavy metals like mercury. But this only happens once you have caught up and don't have any other chemicals currently to detoxify. Have this with 1-2 big glasses of water."

Purely C - Supports immune system, gums, skin, arterial walls, veins, and general health. All natural food source vitamin C, including Acerola Cherry, Rose Hips, and Camu Camu. Food-Source Vitamin C is up to 97% more absorbable than the synthetic varieties and is easily digested, plus it has a high level of activity, in contrast to the synthetic varieties. It is Non-GMO.

For further reading on this subject:   Dr. Sherry Rogers, book "Detoxify or Die"  

If you decide to get the book, I want to warn you, that you might get information overload.  Take her recommendations slow.   Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps!