Have These Toxic Chemicals Invaded the Food In Your Fridge?

I don’t want to alarm you…

But there’s a very good chance you and your family are consuming foods and products loaded with antifreeze.

You see, the base for traditional antifreeze is the deadly ethylene glycol. It’s relative, propylene glycol, is used to manufacture so-called ‘safer’ anti-freezes for people who don’t want to accidentally poison their pets and surrounding wildlife.

This clear slightly syrupy liquid (at room temperature) is not only used to make antifreeze and deicing solutions for cars, airplanes and boats … it’s also used to make polyester compounds and as a solvent in the paint and plastics industries.[i]

Propylene glycol is also found in the food supply, in items you probably have in your fridge and freezer right now … ice cream, frozen yogurt and even beer are some common dietary sources of this synthetic chemical. Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies propylene glycol as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS status), it’s a possible carcinogen and classified as “expected to be toxic or harmful” on Environment Canada’s Domestic Substance List.[ii]

When used in personal care products (another one of propylene glycol’s many uses), this substance is also linked to skin allergies and irritation at concentrations as low as 2 percent.[iii]

Getting back to your food…

You’re probably wondering why toxic chemicals are commonly used in your favorite ice cream…

Have You Ever Made Homemade Ice Cream?

I ask because, if you have, you know that it turns into a rock-hard brick when it hits the freezer.

You have to let it sit out on the counter for a bit before you even attempt to scoop it. There’s no way you’re getting a scoop fresh out of the freezer. It’s far too hard.

Commercial ice cream, on the other hand, is another story. It’s far easier to scoop out a bowlful even right from the freezer.

Convenient? Yes, but also slightly unsettling once you realize this is courtesy of the anti-freeze chemical propylene glycol.[iv]

As reported by io9:[v]

“Antifreeze proteins are a must in the food industry, especially in products such as low-fat ice creams and frozen yogurts. Generally, these products replace fat with water, which freezes solid in cold temperatures. Mixing in antifreeze proteins with the ice cream keep these foods from turning into large blocks of ice.”

Propylene Glycol’s in Your Beer, Cheese, Salad Dressing and More

Propylene glycol actually has many uses in the food industry above and beyond frozen items.

Here’s just a short list of how it’s often used:[vi]

• Retains moisture in products to keep them from drying out (humectant) … used in chewing gum, cookies, candy and chewy dog foods

• Forms a layer around oils to prevent clumps (dispersant or emulsifier) … used in soft drinks

• Carries flavors and colors throughout products (carrier solvent) … used in cakes, biscuits and sweets

• Stabilizes ingredients found in beer, salad dressings and pre-made cookie and cake mixes

• Adds desired texture (thickening agent) … used in processed cheeses and yogurt

If you’re a beer drinker you might be interested to know that propylene glycol is often used as a foam stabilizer to give your beer a longer-lived, creamier foam.

According to Customized Brewing Solutions (CBS):[vii]

“STABILFOAM [propylene glycol alginate] improves the compactness of the beer head and the volume of the head … The creamier foam formed from beer stabilized with STABILFOAM is stable, long-lived and is very resistant to breakdown in the presence of food fats, soap or cosmetics…

Beer treated with STABILFOAM forms an attractive, white and long-lasting lace on the glass as the beer is consumed.”

So what, exactly, are the risks of consuming propylene glycol?

No one really knows.

To be fair, this additive does not appear to have quite the toxic reputation as some others — like partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, BHA, and caramel coloring.

The Environmental Working Group gives it a hazard score of 3 on a scale of 1-10, which makes it a “moderate” hazard.[viii]

Still, do you really want a synthetic additive that’s sold as an industrial de-icing agent in your hot fudge sundae or pint of beer?

Wouldn’t you rather know that the creamy foam on your beer is there as a measure of quality and goodness … not simply as the result of synthetic trickery?

The use of propylene glycol is just one more example of the numerous synthetic additives found in processed foods, and it’s hard to argue against limiting them in your diet.

To do so, get back to the basics of food.

Ditch processed foods in favor of fresh, whole foods. And if you really want ice cream or frozen yogurt make your own at home. It will be better for you… and it will taste better too (and the same holds true even for beer… ).

But even if you restrict your diet to healthy, organic foods… And start making your own ice cream and brewing your own beer…

It’s still impossible to completely avoid environmental pollutants and toxins from infesting your body.

Study Shows:
Cancer Causing Chemicals Found In Newborn Babies

Lab tests from the Environmental Working Group – a nonprofit environmental research organization – revealed that 287 different toxic chemicals (like propylene glycol) are commonly found in umbilical cord blood…

Many of which are known cause cancer, can be toxic to the brain, and can lead to birth defects.

In other words:

These nasty chemicals get trapped so deep inside our bodies…

That mothers can spread them to their unborn child!

Truly frightening.

You see, your liver, kidneys, skin and lungs (your main detox organs) were NOT designed to handle this level of contamination, and THAT’S what most mainstream doctors miss.

That’s the bad news.

The good news is purifying your body from toxins already stuck inside, and safeguard your body from future toxins is easier than you might think.

And it all circles back to your body’s “hidden” detox system…

Meet Your Body’s #1 Defense
Against Toxic Chemicals…

It’s called your lymphatic system.

Your lymphatic system purifies your body from bacteria, viruses, and foreign invaders.

Your lymphatic system works by pushing lymph fluid through your body and blood. This fluid traps bacteria, infections, excess fat, and toxins. It shuttles this bacteria-filled fluid to your lymph nodes.

Each node contains a smorgasbord of virus killing cells. Like a water filter, your lymph nodes filter pathogens trapped in lymph fluid.

The now clean lymph fluid cycles back to your bloodstream, and the process repeats itself.

Now health experts say people with a healthy lymphatic system tend to have better immune function.

They get sick less. They have better skin. They look younger. They also have have less joint pain, better heart function, lower blood pressure, and are less likely to get cancer.

This is how important lymph is to keeping your system pure from toxins and chemicals.

Unfortunately, our bodies were not designed to handle the amount of chemicals being thrown their way.

What happens next?

Like a backed up toilet, your lymph fluid grows stagnant. Instead of the bacteria-filled fluid being filtered out by the lymph nodes, it just sits there.

It “rots” and festers.

Health experts say this causes chronic inflammation.

And stagnant lymph fluid is one of the reasons why more people than ever today — joint pain, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, allergies, and even diseases such as cancer.

All of this circles back to this abundance of nasty environmental chemicals and toxins in our environment.

Now, there’s a way to lower the burden on your immune system from excess toxins.

How?

With Mother Nature’s natural “lymph cleaners”…

“Clean Out” Your Dirty Lymphatic
System With Proteolytic Enzymes

Their name?

Proteolytic enzymes.

What do proteolytic enzymes do?

Proteolytic enzymes are found naturally in your body. They help break down scar tissue and proteins that build up in your system from excess inflammation.

And health experts say proteolytic enzymes should be considered as essential as a multivitamin if you want to relieve the burden of toxic chemicals from your lymphatic system.

Proteolytic enzymes boost your lymphatic system with a two pronged approach:

Lymph Booster #1: First, due to excess inflammation and toxin build-up, lymph vessels get clogged with protein deposits. Those unmetabolized proteins get “stuck” because the body is poorly equipped to break so many of them down.

This causes a massive “traffic jam” as your lymphatic system attempts to clean out viruses and infections. But scientists say proteolytic enzymes “munch” away unmetabolized proteins. This clears out cellular debris and speeds up lymph flow.

Lymph Booster #2: Studies show proteolytic enzymes can kill viruses. The outer protein coating on a virus, called the capsid, protects a virus and helps it to attach to a host cell and multiply.

The protective coating makes viruses difficult to kill. But proteolytic enzymes are scientifically proven to “eat” the exterior protein coating of the virus.

Plus, proteolytic enzymes stimulate and kick your immune system into high gear.

According to Michael Sellar, editor of Enzyme Digest:[vii]

“With systemic oral enzymes we can get the benefit of drugs without their side effects and long-term dangers. They can help control inflammatory processes by lowering elevated inflammatory markers and boost many components of the immune system to fight bacterial and viral infections.”

This makes your lymphatic system’s job of killing dangerous pathogens MUCH easier.

Now, your body naturally produces proteolytic enzymes.

Yet, evidence shows proteolytic production naturally decreases after age 27.

But after age 50… proteolytic enzyme production falls off a cliff.

To make matters worse, health experts say runaway inflammation caused by environmental factors also stunts your body’s production of proteolytic enzymes.

And it’s nearly impossible to replace your store of proteolytic enzymes through diet alone, even with a diet of all healthy, organic foods.

But you can safely and easily replace them through supplementation. And unlike many vitamins & drugs, you literally cannot get too many enzymes.

So when one considers how helpful proteolytic enzymes are for reversing damage in your cardiovascular system… relieving joint pain… inflammation from diabetes… AND unclogging a jammed up lymphatic system…

It’s not just a “good idea” to find a high quality proteolytic enzyme supplement for daily use…

It’s essential.

There are few proteolytic enzyme supplements on the market.

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