醫生永遠不會動的七種食物*具有中國特色的資訊扭曲﹖
北京頻道 （ 2010-07-01 09:20:01） 稿件來源：環球網
1.罐裝番茄醬
問題：罐子裏襯中的樹脂含有雙酚，這是一種會引起從生殖疾病到心臟病、糖尿病和肥胖一係列病症的合成雌性激素。研究發現，大多數人體內的雙酚水平都超量，從而會抑制精子生長或損害染色體。每升的罐裝番茄中就會有50微克的多酚，足以影響人們的健康，尤其是年輕人。
解決辦法：選擇玻璃瓶裝的番茄醬。
小貼士：用瓶裝意大利面沙司代替罐裝番茄醬，選擇低鈉和附加物少的意大利面沙司。
2. 玉米飼養的牛肉
問題：牛天生是食草動物，但是為了使牛長的更快，現在的農民以玉米或大豆作為牛的飼料。農民賺了更多的錢，但是我們得到的營養卻更少了。研究發現，食草牛肉富含β-胡蘿卜素、維他命E、歐米茄3脂肪酸、共軛亞油酸、鈣、鎂、鉀，少量引起炎症的歐米茄6脂肪酸和引起心臟病的飽和脂肪。
解決辦法：選擇食草牛肉，通常標簽上會寫清楚，如果沒看到可以問屠夫。
小貼士：直接向當地農民買更便宜。
3.微波爆米花
問題：研究發現，袋子中的化學物包括全氟辛酸會引起不孕、肝癌、睪丸癌和胰臟癌。微波會引起這些化學物蒸發進入爆米花從而進入機體。
解決辦法：選擇通過老式方法爆出來的爆米花。
4. 非有機土豆
問題：根菜類蔬菜會吸收土壤中的除草劑、殺蟲劑和殺菌劑。而作為日常主食的土豆，在生長期農民會噴上除草劑以防止刨土豆的時候有多余的蔓生植物。之後，土豆又會經過處理以防止發芽。 ** 馬鈴薯 **
解決辦法：選擇有機土豆。傳統土豆的農藥通過洗時根本洗不掉的。
5.圈養鮭魚
問題：大自然不會把鮭魚趕到圍欄中，也不會給鮭魚喂大豆、家禽糞便等。圈養鮭魚維生素D含量少，卻含有大量污染物，如致癌物、多氯聯苯、溴化的阻燃劑和殺蟲劑。只有每五個月吃一次鮭魚，癌症的患病率才不會增加。
解決辦法：吃野生阿拉斯加鮭魚。
小貼士：選擇罐裝鮭魚。
6.由人工激素制造的牛奶
問題：
解決辦法：牛奶制造者會使用牛生長素來促進牛奶生產，但是這種激素也會引起奶牛乳房的感染，甚至使牛奶發膿，還會使牛奶中的類似胰島素成分增加。而對于人類來說，高水平的胰島素樣生長因子會引起乳癌、前列腺癌和結腸癌。
解決辦法：選擇沒有牛生長素的或沒有人工激素的牛奶，或有機奶。
7.傳統蘋果
問題：因為蘋果樹單個嫁接，因此每顆蘋果都有獨特的味道。正因為如此，蘋果的抗害蟲能力不強，因此經常需要噴灑農藥。蘋果是所有水果中最容易吸取農藥的。
解決辦法：購買有機蘋果。
小貼士：如果你覺得有機蘋果貴，買傳統蘋果後，確保洗幹凈並且去皮。
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/7-foods-so-unsafe-even-farmers-wont-eat-them/
7 Foods So Unsafe Farmers Won’t Eat Them
Posted on June 11, 2010 by geobear7| 127 Comments
'Conventionally-grown' apples are saturated with toxic chemicals.
By Laurel House
Planet Green
Smoking was proven to be cancer-causing, tanning beds were shown to be on par with arsenic, but what about canned tomatoes, corn-fed beef, conventionally grown potatoes? What would it take to convince you to clean out your pantry and change your eating habits? Scientists, doctors, even farmers were asked what foods they refuse to eat. The responses had nothing to do with things like donuts due to fat content, or white bread because of the concentration of empty carbs. We’re talking seemingly healthy things like tomatoes, beef, popcorn, potatoes, salmon, milk, and apples. For them, it’s all about how they are produced and packaged.
Seven experts in fields pertaining to both food and the environment answered one simple question: “What foods do you avoid?” Their answers, published in an article entitled “7 Foods the Experts Won’t Eat” on Yahoo! Shine, will make you re-think food. When it comes to food and its affect on your health and the health of this planet, this is what they answered:
1. Canned Tomatoes
The Expert: Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri who studies bisphenol-A.
The Reason: Tin cans are lined with a resin that contains the synthetic estrogen bisphenol-A, which has been linked to a slew of health problems including heart disease, diabetes, reproductive problems, and obesity. But that’s not the biggest problem. The acid in tomatoes breaks down that bisphenol-A, leaching it into the food, and not just in insignificant amounts. According to the article, Saal comments that “you can get 50 mcg of BCA per liter out of a tomato can, and that’s a level that is going to impact people, particularly the young.” That’s why he’s not touching the stuff.
The Solution: If you l0ve the taste of “canned” tomatoes but prefer to skip the bisphenol-A, select glass bottles instead.
2. Corn-Fed Beef
The Expert: Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms and author of half a dozen books on sustainable farming.
The Reason: Cattle are naturally grass eaters… not grain eaters. In order to fatten the animals (and profit margins), farmers feed them corn and soybeans. And while the farmers are beefing up their earnings, they are minimizing the nutritional benefits. The article mentions the findings from a recent USDA-conducted study comparing corn-fed beef and grass-fed beef showing that grass-fed beef is “higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), calcium, magnesium, and potassium; lower in inflammatory omega-6s; and lower in saturated fats that have been linked to heart disease.”
The Solution: Pretty straight forward: Opt for grass-fed beef instead.
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3.Microwave Popcorn
The Expert: Olga Naidenko, PhD, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group.
The Reason: It’s not the popcorn itself, but the chemically-saturated lining of the bag including a compound called perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that, according to a recent study from UCLA, may be linked to infertility. Microwaving vaporizes the chemicals as they move from coating the bag to lining the popcorn. But it’s not like this fact is un-acknowledged. In fact the article points out that DuPont, as well as other manufacturers, have “promised to phase out PFOA by 2015 under a voluntary EPA plan, but millions of bags of popcorn will be sold between now and then.”
The Solution: Pop your own popcorn the way they did it in the olden days–in a pot.
4. Conventionally Grown (Not Organic) Potatoes
The Expert: Jeffrey Moyer, chair of the National Organic Standards Board.
The Reason: Herbicides and pesticides may not be sprayed directly on root vegetables (since they’re underground), but they absorb the chemicals through the soil and water. Because potatoes are considered the nation’s most popular vegetable, producing a healthy crop is essential to keep up with demand. In order to maintain their health, the article exposes the scary fact that “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.” But here’s the scary thing, Moyer says that he’s talked to potato growers “who say point-blank they would never eat the potatoes they sell. They have separate plots where they grow potatoes for themselves without all the chemicals.”
The Solution: Another no-brainer— Only buy organic potatoes.
5. Farmed Salmon
The Expert: David Carpenter, MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany and publisher of a major study in the journal Science on contamination in fish.
The Reason: When salmon is crammed into pens, fed soy, poultry litter, and hydrolyzed chicken feathers (obviously an unnatural environment for the up-stream swimmers), they’re levels of healthy vitamin D lowers as the contaminants increases. Those contaminants include carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides (like DDT). The article points out that DDT has been linked to both diabetes and obesity, quoting Carpenter in saying that “You can only safely eat one of these salmon dinners every 5 months without increasing your risk of cancer… It’s that bad.”
The Solution: Avoid farmed salmon and instead select wild-caught Alaskan salmon. But make sure the packaging reads “wild.” If it just says “fresh Atlantic,” according to the article, “it’s farmed.”
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 and former CEO of the Oregon division of the American Cancer Society.
The Reason: Unlike in the olden days when fresh milk was some of the purest nutrients you could get, dairy cows today are fed growth hormones like rBGH and rBST to increase milk production. Problem is, while they may be making more milk, they are also increasing their chances of udder infections (which can lead to pus in the milk). More than that, the article points out that high levels of IGF-1 from the rBGH may play a role in the development of breast, prostate, and colon cancers… which is why North says that “it’s banned in most industrialized countries.”
The Solution: Read the labels and be sure that your milk doesn’t contain rBGH or rBST and that it is labeled organic or “produced without artificial hormones.“
7. Conventional Apples
The Expert: Mark Kastel, former executive for agribusiness and co-director of the Cornucopia Institute, a farm-policy research group that supports organic foods
The Reason: Apples are the recipient of the most pesticides of all Fall fruits. Chemical producers swear that the residue is not harmful for human consumption, but the Yahoo! Article goes on to quote Kastel in saying that “Farm workers have higher rates of many cancers.”
The Solution: Buy organic apples where available or at least thoroughly wash and peel apples before eating them.