You are bombarded by TV (and other) advertising with millions of positive impressions about unhealthy foods every day.

Your local grocery and fast food stores are stocked with thousands of items you should NEVER EAT!

In fact, other than in ads and commercials, who's telling you these highly processed products are good for you? Ever read the labels? If not, perhaps you should!

Processed foods are not real human food, you know, the products that come in boxes, cans and bags, at best they are treats and at worst, they clog your insides and rob you of energy, your health and leave you with symptoms like weight, fatigue, headaches and so much more. Of course this is good for the folks that produce pharmaceuticals.

If you shopped the perimeter of the market (and you should) in the fresh produce and wellness sections looking for natural grains (NOT Wheat), legumes, dairy (NOT Milk) and free range meats and avoided the isles containing processed and packaged foods which happens to be all the isles, you would eat food your body actually could process and utilize and you would look, feel much healthier.

But we are a fast food nation.
Look at what a health hazard North Americas favourite foods products present to their population?

1. Hamburgers
Considered a "high risk" food because of the poor health standards under which they are manufactured. The time consuming process for making processed meats creates high bacteria counts and putrefaction of the meat which need to be treated with chemicals. Putrefaction causes meat to turn green which is then dyed with red chemicals to appear fresh. Unless marked otherwise, hamburger will always contain red dyes.

Because burger parts all come from the animal, "pure beef" can be used on the label! Most hamburger contain the flavour enhancer, MSG (monosodium glutamate) which causes headaches, allergic reactions and more. MSG is a chemical used to fatten up laboratory animals and evidence suggests it will ultimately make you fat when consumed.

The beef industry is the largest user of antibiotics in the world to offset the dangerous bacteria housed in its meats. This has resulted in the growing resistance to antibiotics. Ground beef is more likely to harbour life-threatening E-coli than any other food. Hamburgers are the single biggest food item that inflicts the most damage on the American diet "Billions served" billions spent on doctor visits and hospital bills.

The hormones fed to cattle can make you fat through meat consumption.

A Cheeseburger contains more than 100% of your TOTAL daily recommended fat intake! Burger condiments like pickle, lettuce, tomato, etc. are all treated with cancer causing chemical sulfites that are used to maintain a false freshness in the vegetables. Most burgers contain 1090 mg of sodium! (45% of daily recommended Daily Value) and can promote water retention.

2. Hot Dogs
Like hamburgers, hot dogs are considered a "high risk" food because of the poor health standards under which they are manufactured. The time consuming process for making processed meats creates high bacteria counts and putrefaction in the meat which need to be treated with chemicals. Putrefaction makes meat turn green which is then dyed with red chemicals to appear fresh.

Because hot dog parts all come from the animal, "pure beef" or "100% turkey" can be used on the label! All hot dogs contain the flavour enhancer, MSG (monosodium glutamate) which causes headaches and allergic reactions. MSG is a chemical used to fatten up laboratory animals and will ultimately make you fat when consumed.

Hot dogs have nitrites which are thought to cause stomach cancer, leukemia, brain tumours, and bladder cancer. Fillers and non-meat binders used to hold hot dog meat together can be anything from cereal, non-fat dry milk, or soy which adds more carbohydrates and processed ingredients) Synthetic collagen casings are used to form the hot dogs. Highly carcinogenic. Contains up to 40% of its content in undisclosed saturated fats.

3. French Fries
French fries are very toxic. In order to make French fries, they must be cooked at high temperatures which cause the chemical, acrylimide to be released. Acrylimides are a known cancer causing agent that also causes nerve damage.

Potatoes are grown in the ground and have a higher pesticide absorption level than almost any other food product. Fries are cooked in oxidized oil that is re-used for weeks at a time!

Potatoes have a very high glycemic index meaning it turns to sugar very quickly in the body. Eating a baked potato (or equivalent quantity of French fries) is the sugar equivalent of a large piece of chocolate cake!

4. Oreo Cookies: THE NUMBER ONE COOKIE
(6 cookies = serving size)

Predominantly made up of 23 grams of straight-line sugar.

Chocolate is LAST ingredient listed which means chocolate is the least of the ingredients. 370 empty calories with almost no nutritional benefits, you could eat 2 whole chicken breasts for the same amount of calories! 6 cookies have 12 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat and 40 carbs, more than 50% of your daily carbohydrate allowance in only 6 cookies.

Oreo cookies will set you up for craving more sugar within 3 hours or less. "Natural flavours" are manufactured chemicals to make Oreos taste like great chocolate cookies.

Highly processed foods have these flavour enhancers which are nothing more than carcinogenic chemicals with no natural flavours of their own. High sugar content. Sugar depletes our immune system, creates lots of inflammation and free radicals in the body.

5. Pizza
Commercial pizzas are made exclusively of 5 genetically modified foods: Cheese "food" (Contains only 10% cheese - it cannot even be called real cheese) Enriched white flour which has been bleached of natural vitamins and minerals but has been "enriched" by adding back a minuscule amount of synthetic vitamins. Tomato sauce made from tomato-like substances that produce their own pesticides, IN YOU

Wheat in the pizza crust is genetically modified. Contains cottonseed oil. Cotton is not a "food", therefore it can be sprayed with anything farmers want. The seed carries most of the poison of the cotton plant.

Pizza is baked at such a high temperature; the crust will form acrylimides which is a known cancer causing agent that can also cause nerve damage. Pepperoni & sausage toppings are "high risk" processed meats which add lots of nitrites, chemicals, preservatives, and saturated fats.

6. Soda - Soft Drinks - Pop
The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. On the Ph scale, it is very acidic and can dissolve a nail in about 4 days. High acid content in the body makes it very difficult to lose weight. Soda will leach the calcium out of your bones and promote osteoporosis.

There are 10-12 teaspoons of empty calorie sugar in one can of soda. Diet sodas with artificial sweeteners will promote sugar cravings because sweeteners are "sweeter" than sugar. Colorings used in sodas are cancer-causing.

Soda is called "liquid candy" because of the high sugar content. Like drinking a candy bar! High fructose corn syrup, a major ingredient: Is stored in the body as fat.

7. Chicken Tenders
(Usual serving size is 6)

Made from unusable chicken parts, rarely made from whole white meat. A typical 340 calorie serving is typically 50% fat. Heavily breaded for substance. Very high carbohydrate content.

Carcinogenic acrylimides are released in the high temperature frying. Can cause nerve damage and cancer. Contains the flavor enhancer, MSG (monosodium glutamate) which causes headaches and allergic reactions.

MSG is a chemical used to fatten up laboratory animals and will ultimately make you fat when consumed. Contains phosphates which make the body acidic, making it impossible to burn fat properly. You will store fat and not lose weight. Some chicken nuggets contain aluminum which is toxic to the brain and poisons the metabolism.

Deep fried in oxidized oil that is re-used for weeks at a time!

8. Ice cream
High in fat content. 1 serving (usually 4 ounces!) can provide as much as 50% of your recommended fat for the day. High in carbohydrates. 1 serving is almost 40% of your total recommended carb intake for the day.

High in sugar which promotes sugar cravings and causes skin to wrinkle. Full of hydrogenated and trans-fats which are unnatural and elevate cholesterol clog arteries create free radicals (which may cause cancer)

Hormones put into cows to increase milk production will slow your metabolism, and can cause breast and ovarian tumours, cysts and cancer.

9. Donuts
The average donut contains approximately 300 calories.

One donut provides more than 50% of your recommended daily carbohydrate intake.

High in salt content which will promote water retention.

Donuts are deep fried in oxidized oil that is re-used for weeks at a time! Oils at high temperatures developed rancidity and free radicals which can poison and slow your metabolism, seriously threaten your health and has high sugar content which promotes sugar cravings and ages skin.

10. Potato Chips: The # 1 Snack Food
North Americans today consume more potato chips than any other people in the world. As a world food, potatoes are second in human consumption only to rice. It takes 4 pounds of potatoes to make 1 pound of potato chips. Very calorie dense where a small 2 oz. bag has over 300 calories.

Potato chips are deep fried in oxidized oil that is re-used for weeks at a time! Deep fried at high temperatures which cause the chemical, acrylimide to be released. Acrylimides are a known cancer causing agent that also causes nerve damage.

When you eat 1 single serving bag of potato chips you may be eating up to 500 times more acrylamide than the maximum level allowed in drinking water. High in hidden saturated fats. High sodium/salt content promotes water retention.

Healthy chips? Like those containing olestra can be more dangerous to your health than regular chips.

每天，你都会被无数鼓吹不健康食品有多么好的电视广告或其他各式广告狂轰滥炸。

家门口的食杂店和快餐店里的食品，有上千种是绝对不该吃的。

事实上除了广告和其他商业宣传外，有没有其他人告诉你这些经过专业加工的产品对你有好处呢？你是否看过产品标签？如果还没有，那你应该先看看！

加工食品并不是真正的人类食品。这些放在盒子，罐子或袋子里的产品，最多也就是让人饱饱口福，但在最坏的情况下，它们会使你身体运行不畅，使人精力不济，剥夺你的健康，使你出现诸如肥胖，疲劳，头痛或其他很多症状。当然这能给一些制药公司带来好处。

如果你在市场购物时，愿意（当然这是完全应该的）到位于角落里的，贩卖生鲜农产品的摊位寻找天然谷类（并非指小麦），豆类，奶制品（并非指牛奶）和自由放养牲畜的新鲜肉类，而不去曾经充斥市场的，贩卖加工，包装过的食品的摊位，那么吃下去的将会是身体可以处理和利用的食物，你看上去会更健康，感觉会好的多。

但我们却是崇尚快餐的国家。

看看美国人最喜欢的食品给他们带来了怎样的危险吧。

1.汉堡包

生产汉堡包遵循的低劣健康标准使其被认为是“高危险”食品。加工时间太长使肉类滋生大量细菌并使肉类腐败，而该过程正需要经过化学制品的处理。由于腐败过程使肉类变绿，为了看上去更新鲜，它们又被化学染料染成红色。除非有特别说明，汉堡包肯定含有红色染料。

汉堡包的各部分来自动物，于是“纯牛肉”被印在了标签上！多数汉堡包含有味精，即MSG（谷氨酸钠）。它能引起头痛，过敏反应和其他症状。MSG是一种被用来催肥实验动物的化学物质，有证据证明其被食用后最终会导致肥胖。

牛肉加工业是世界上抗生素的最大使用者，通过使用抗生素来消除肉类所含细菌。这导致了越来越严重的抗生素耐药性。放在地上的牛肉比其他食物更有可能藏匿危及生命的大肠杆菌。汉堡包是美国销量最大的食物。而汉堡包"销量几十亿"也同时带来了几十亿的出诊费用和医院账单。

在吃汉堡包的同时摄入喂给牲畜的激素，这也导致人们的肥胖。

一个干酪汉堡包所含的脂肪比你一天该摄入的脂肪总量还多！汉堡包佐料如酸黄瓜，生菜，西红柿等在处理过程中都使用了能致癌的化学物质亚硫酸盐，它能使已不新鲜的蔬菜看起来更光鲜。大多数汉堡包含有1019毫克钠！（每日建议摄入量的45%）这会导致水潴留。

2. 热狗

正如汉堡包一样，热狗被认为是“高危险”食品是因为其生产所遵循的低劣健康标准。加工时间过长使肉类滋生大量细菌并使肉类腐败，而该过程正需要经过化学制品的处理。由于腐败过程使肉类变绿，为了看上去新鲜，它们又被化学染料染成红色。

因为热狗的各部分来自动物，“纯牛肉”或“100%烤鸡肉”被印在了标签上！多数汉堡包含有味精，即MSG（谷氨酸钠）。它能引起头痛，过敏反应和其他症状。MSG是一种被用来催肥实验动物的化学物质，有证据证明其被食用后最终会导致肥胖。

热狗中所含有的亚硝酸盐被认为会导致胃癌，白血病，脑瘤及膀胱癌。填充剂和非肉类黏合剂等包裹肉类的材料可以来自任何谷物，脱脂奶粉，或大豆，它们提供了更多碳水化合物和加工过的成分。人造胶原也被用来制造热狗。高致癌性。含有高达40%的不明不饱和脂肪酸。

3. 炸薯条

炸薯条的毒性很大。为了做出炸薯条，必须将土豆条在高温下煎炸，这会释放出酰亚胺类化学成分。众所周之，致癌物质酰亚胺还能导致神经损伤。

土豆长在地里，因此农药吸收量几乎高过其他任何食用产品。炸薯条的油被反复使用长达好几个星期却不更换。

土豆的血糖生成指数很高，意味着其在体内可以快速转化成糖类。吃下一个烤土豆（或等量的炸薯条）所摄入的糖分和吃一大块巧克力所摄入的一样多。

4. Oreo 饼干 排名第一的饼干

（以每六块饼干计算）

含有23克直链糖类。

巧克力排在成分表最后说明它的含量最低。370卡路里却没有营养成分，相当于吃两整块鸡胸肉所含的能量了！6块饼干含有12克脂肪，2.5克不饱和脂肪和40克碳水化合物，仅仅6块饼干就占你每天应摄入的碳水化合物总量的一半以上。

Oreo 饼干会让你在三个小时内渴望得到更多的甜食。化学物质赋予了这种饼干如美味的巧克力般的“天然香味”。

5. 披萨

披萨的组成仅仅是5种转基因食品：奶酪“食品”（只含有5%的奶酪－甚至不能被称为真正的奶酪）经过漂白后由于维生素缺失又添加了极少量人工合成维生素的所谓“营养"白面粉。由外观像番茄的物质做成的番茄浆－它们会在你体内生成自己的杀虫剂。

披萨的面饼是由转基因小麦做的，含有棉籽油。棉花不是食物，所以农民可以对棉花喷洒任何东西。棉籽含有棉花植株中大多数的毒素。

披萨是在很高的温度下生产的，披萨饼会生成酰亚胺，这种致癌物质也能导致神经损伤。各式香肠类是“高危险”加工过的肉类，加工过程中添加了很多亚硝酸盐，其他化学制剂，防腐剂和不饱和脂肪。

6.苏打水等不含酒精的汽水

可乐中的有效成分是磷酸，它的酸性很强，可以在4天内溶解一颗钉子。体内酸度过高使体重很难下降。碳酸可以使骨骼中的钙流失而导致骨质疏松。

一罐汽水中含有10-12勺糖分。饮用添加了人造甜味剂的汽水会使人对糖类的需求增大。因为甜味剂比糖类更甜。汽水中使用的调色剂会致癌。

汽水之所以被称为“液体糖果”是因为含糖量高。就像把一条糖果喝到了肚子里！汽水中的主成分高果糖浆以脂肪的形式储存在体内。

7.炸鸡块

(以通常一份6块计)

炸鸡块很少以整块鸡肉烹制而成，而是由鸡身没有用的部位做的。一份含有340卡路里其中50%为脂肪。鸡块外面裹着厚厚的面包屑使它的碳水化合物含量很高。

鸡块在高温的炸制过程中会产生酰亚胺，不仅能引起神经损伤还能致癌。含有的味精，即MSG（谷氨酸钠）能引起头痛，过敏反应和其他症状。

MSG是一种被用来催肥实验动物的化学物质，有证据证明其被食用后最终会导致肥胖。含有的磷酸盐会让体内呈酸性而使脂肪不能适当消耗。这就使脂肪堆积难以减肥。一些鸡块还含铝，它会对脑产生毒性并影响新陈代谢。

炸鸡块的油被反复使用长达好几个星期却不更换！

8. 冰激凌

冰激凌脂肪含量高，一份（通常是4盎司）能提供高达身体每日所需50%的脂肪。碳水化合物含量高。一份几乎含有40%人体每日所需碳水化合物摄入量。

含糖量高使身体对糖类需求的增加导致皮肤产生皱纹。大量非天然的氢化及反式脂肪使胆固醇升高，导致血管栓塞，产生氧自由基 （可能致癌）。

为使奶牛多产奶而用的激素会导致人类新陈代谢速度减慢并诱发乳腺瘤和卵巢瘤，囊肿及癌症。

9. 炸面包圈

每个炸面包圈大约含有300卡路里热量。

一个炸面包圈可以提供超过身体每日所需50%的碳水化合物。

炸面包圈含盐量高导致水潴留。

面包圈在反复用了几个星期的高度氧化油里炸制！油在高温下会酸败而产生自由基，损害并减缓新陈代谢，严重威胁身体健康。其高含糖量使糖类需求量增加并导致皮肤老化。

10． 炸薯片：头号零食

现在美国消耗的炸薯片比世界上任何国家都多。作为一种世界性食品，土豆的消耗量仅次于大米，排名第二。4磅土豆才能生产出1磅薯片。热量高到仅一小包2盎司的薯片就含有超过300卡的热量。

薯片在反复用了几个星期的高度氧化油里炸制！高温炸制产生的酰亚胺，能引起神经损伤及致癌。

当你吃下一包薯片的同时，你也服下了500倍相当于饮用水中所应含有的最大量的酰亚胺。不饱和脂肪过高，钠盐含量过高导致了水潴留。

那么所谓的健康薯片呢？那些含有油脂替代物的薯片比通常的薯片对健康的威胁更大。