Another reason to raise our own animals and eat "real food".

[big brown horse]

Check out these ingredients.

These are all made with corn:

modified cornstarch
monoglycerides
triglycerides
diglycerides
dextros
lecithin
vegetable shortning (can be corn or soy)
partially hydrogenated corn oil
citric acid

Synthetic ingredients in food (from a petroleum refinery or chemical plant):

sodium aluminum phosphate
monocalcium phosphate
sodium acid pyrophosphate
calcium lactate

Toxic chemicals added to food:

dimethylpolysiloxene (it is a suspected carcinogen and an established mutagen, tumorigen and reproductive effector; it's also flammable!!) It is added to cooking oil to keep the starches from binding to air molecules, so as to produce foam during the fry.


If that scares the hell out of you, guess what, those are some of the ingredients in McDonald's chicken mcnuggets!!!!

Here is the most shocking ingredient:

tertiary butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ, an antioxidiant derived from petroleum that is sprayed on the mcnuggets (or the box) to preserve freshness.

TBHQ is a form of butane and the FDA allows processors to use in food...sparingly. Thanks FDA.

Can you tell, I'm in the process of reading The Omnivore's Dilemma?

 

[ToLiveToLaugh]

Excellent post! I will pipe in and say that lecithin is also frequently produced with soy. So, double bleh!

 

[bibliophile birds]

yeah, Omnivore's Dilemma will keep you up nights... in a good way.

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Yeah, nasty. Excuse me... Narsty!

Anyways, the corn made me think about this list I was sent a few days ago.

http://www.ontariocorn.org/classroom/products.html

Keep in mind, this is from a corn producer, so they are bragging about the corn being in all these products or items...

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Did you know that rosemary has equally good antioxidant properties as TBHQ? Don't you think rosemary mcnuggets would taste better?

 

[big brown horse]

Yes, BB, I am trying to get through it as fast as possible. I wish I had read it sooner!

 

[Aidenbaby]

I'd buy my kids those mcnuggets.

 

[big brown horse]

Thanks Noobie! My original post was going to be about the many names of corn on food labels. I sorta got side tracked though.

That list really helps! Shocking isn't it???

 

[bibliophile birds]

rosemary nuggets sounds TASTY... well, if they are made at home, of course!

 

[Bettacreek]

I really don't understand corn at all. What's the fascination? Sure, it tastes good, but why is it such a huge cash crop? There are so many other crops out there that produce MUCH more in the same amount of space, with more nutrition in the feed products to boot.