1. Canned Tomatoes
They line the tin cans with resin that contains extremely high levels of BPA which is linked to reproductive problems, obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.
2. Corn Fed Beef
researchers say that comparing corn fed to grass-fed beef 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.
3. Microwave Popcorn
Chemical line the inside of the bag and microwaving the bag causes the chemicals to vaporize and go into your system. The chemical is PFOA and may be linked to infertility. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer. The chemicals can last in your system for years and build up over time.
4. Non-organic Potatoes
Root vegetables absorb herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides that wind up in soil. In the case of potatoes-the nation’s most popular vegetable-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.
5. Farmed Salmon
Farmed salmon is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides such as dioxin and DDT. Preliminary science has also linked DDT to diabetes and obesity, but some nutritionists believe the benefits of omega-3s outweigh the risks. There is also concern about the high level of antibiotics and pesticides used to treat these fish. When you eat farmed salmon, you get dosed with the same drugs and chemicals.
6. Non-organic Milk
Milk producers treat their dairy cattle with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST, as it is also known) to boost milk production. In people, high levels of IGF-1 may contribute to breast, prostate, and colon cancers.
7. Non-organic Apples
If fall fruits held a “most doused in pesticides contest,” apples would win. Increasing numbers of studies are starting to link a higher body burden of pesticides (from all sources) with Parkinson’s disease.
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