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DESCRIPTION: The consumption of phosphorus preservatives in junk food and injected into meat may damage blood vessels, accelerate the aging process, and contribute to osteoporosis.
Here’s a direct link to my kidney video: Treating Kidney Failure Through Diet ( And my discussion of plant versus animal iron sources: Risk Associated With Iron Supplements (
Another toxic addition to alter the color of meat is arsenic-containing drugs fed directly to chickens. See my video Arsenic in Chicken ( Carbon monoxide is used to keep red meat red, canthoxanthins keep salmon pink (Artificial Coloring in Fish, and titanium dioxide is used to whiten processed foods (Titanium Dioxide & Inflammatory Bowel Disease, It’s amazing the risks the food industry will take to alter food cosmetically (Artificial Food Colors and ADHD,
There are other harmful additives in soda as well (Is Sodium Benzoate Harmful?, and Diet Soda and Preterm Birth,
What else is in poultry purge (chicken “juice”)? Find out (if you dare!) in my next video, Phosphate Additives in Chicken (
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