{"id":2421,"date":"2014-02-13T14:06:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T18:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2014-02-13T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T18:06:46","slug":"the-6-most-horrifying-lies-the-food-industry-is-feeding-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/2014\/02\/13\/the-6-most-horrifying-lies-the-food-industry-is-feeding-you\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Most Horrifying Lies The Food Industry is Feeding You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know that hot dogs are made up of questionable bits and pieces mixed together, but you might not realize that other foods you eat are even more horrific. How much do you really know about where certain foods come from? Let\u2019s take a look at some of the horror stories associated with the food industry.<\/p>\n<p><b>1) Ammonia in Burgers<br \/>\n<\/b>Fast food restaurants go to great lengths to make sure that their meat products are free of bacteria, which is good if you don\u2019t enjoy food-borne illnesses. What\u2019s not so good is that they use ammonia to kill those pesky bacteria. Most burger patties that you get at fast food places or grocery stores have been exposed to ammonia gas for cleansing purposes.<\/p>\n<p><b>2) Wood as an Ingredient<br \/>\n<\/b>The thought of eating wood ranks among the grosser things in life, like <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalnailfungus.org\/treatment-guide\/\">toenail fungus<\/a> and moldy bread, but guess what? That\u2019s exactly what you might be doing. Some processed foods contain wood pulp from newspapers, called cellulose, in order to improve their texture. Cellulose doesn\u2019t provide any nutritional benefits, and it\u2019s often used instead of more typical food ingredients, like flour. You also can\u2019t digest cellulose, so keep that in mind the next time you buy prepackaged foods.<\/p>\n<p><b>3) Blueberries Made From Corn Syrup and Chemicals<br \/>\n<\/b>If you\u2019ve been stocking up on blueberry products because you heard that blueberries contain all kinds of great health things, like antioxidants, don\u2019t expect to actually enjoy those health benefits. Many products that you assume contain blueberries, such as blueberry muffins and blueberry cereals, aren\u2019t made with real blueberries. They\u2019re created in a factory from ingredients like corn syrup, food dyes and other chemicals.<\/p>\n<p><b>4) Year-Old Orange Juice<br \/>\n<\/b>When you buy cartons of orange juice, don\u2019t fall for the \u201cfreshly squeezed\u201d claims. Your orange juice might have been freshly squeezed a year ago. Companies that make orange juice store it in sealed containers for up to a year, which takes away all their flavor. That tangy taste is restored by throwing in a pack of chemical-laden artificial flavoring.<\/p>\n<p><b>5) Not-So-Free-Range Chickens<br \/>\n<\/b>You might feel less guilty about buying eggs with a free range label, but don\u2019t pat yourself on the back just yet. The term \u201cfree range\u201d only means that chickens are provided with outside access, but there\u2019s no guarantee that they spend much time out there. In fact, many of these chickens are more likely to spend the majority of their time crammed into one room. The government only regulates \u201cfree range\u201d as it applies to chickens that are raised for meat. Those that are primarily egg providers don\u2019t fall under these regulations.<\/p>\n<p><b>6) Healthy Foods That Actually Aren\u2019t<br \/>\n<\/b>Companies love to claim that their food and beverage products have all sorts of health benefits, but in many cases, this just isn\u2019t true. That\u2019s because there\u2019s very little oversight when it comes to putting these claims on food labels. Companies can swear that their products lower the risk of heart disease or help burn fat, but they don\u2019t have to base these claims on scientific evidence. It\u2019s best to take these questionable benefits with a grain of salt and focus on the ingredients and nutrition info instead.<\/p>\n<p><i>The author Sandy Getzky is an associate editor at <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/provemymeds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>ProveMyMeds<\/i><\/a><i>, a public health and education startup focused on producing helpful resources concerning the treatment of common ailments.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know that hot dogs are made up of questionable bits and pieces mixed together, but you might not realize that other foods you eat are even more horrific. How much do you really know about where certain foods come from? 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