Roughly a quarter of the U.S. Population buys fast food daily and in most of the cases, hamburgers are the food of choice.
Regardless of the constant information proving that fast food is not healthy, millions choose to continue to consume it on a weekly and sometimes daily basis.
Are you one of them?
Well here is one more reason to consider eliminating it from your diet.
The truth is that the hamburger meat used in most major chained fast food restaurants are injected with ammonia!
Yes, the same toxic chemical found in glass cleaners.
And to make matters worse, this same meat is used in many schools as well.
According to a New York Times article, much of the beef sold to McDonald’s, Burger King, schools and other fast food restaurants are injected with ammonia. And the USDA endorses it!
According to them, this procedure is a way to make the hamburger beef “safe” enough to eat. Although the ammonia is used to kill the e.coli., the USDA seems to think the ammonia is safe for human consumption.
The ammonia-injected beef comes from a company called Beef Products, Inc. The NYT reports that the federal school lunch program used a whopping 5.5 million pounds of ammonia injected beef trimmings form this company in 2008.
According to the NYT report, “The company says its processed beef, a mashlike substance frozen into blocks or chips, is used in a majority of the hamburger sold nationwide. But it has remained little known outside industry and government circles. Federal officials agreed to the company’s request that the ammonia be classified as a “processing agent” and not an ingredient that would be listed on labels.”
To make mattes worse, the ammonia doesn’t always kill the e.coli and salmonella which have been detected in the cow-derived products sold by this company!
This is just another classic example of how YOU must be responsible for your own health and health decisions. Too often, the public is deceived and manipulated by corporations and the government agencies that are supposed to regulate them.
The fact that the “beef” contained e.coli and samanella in the first place and then was injected with a toxic substance used in glass cleaner in order to “make it safer” is absolutely ludicrous and is the type of practice that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease and obesity in our nation and the world.
You need to protect yourself and family from this type of corruption by spending your money on products that are safe and natural. Support local farmers and companies that have taken the responsible route in livestock farming, those who feed the animals natural diets of grass and refuse to pump them full of antibiotics.
Unfortunately, the “Law of Bioaccumulation” creates very toxic substances with conventional beef and meats. It takes several pounds of grain (some say as many as 12) to produce a pound of beef, so because the grain is usually filled with pesticides and other chemicals the amount of toxins located in a pound of meat is substantially high. When you add in all the other drugs and antibiotics that are necessary to keep the cow “healthy” due to the unnatural diet of grain, the amount of toxins passed onto the consumer is astronomical.
It is for this reason that you MUST buy organic, GRASS FED beef.
I know that it can be more expensive, but the cost of chronic disease and illness is more. Spend the few extra dollars on you and your family, YOUR WORTH IT!
Make 2010 your healthiest year ever and make the choice to eliminate fast food and processed beef from your diet. By consuming organic grass fed beef you will be providing your body with an excellent source of omega 3 without the risk of toxic exposure.
Health is a choice, and by making this switch in your diet you and your family will be one step closer to achieving Optimal Health.
About the Author: Dr Tunis Hunt Jr is a chiropractor serving the Charlotte area. In addition to administering chiropractic care, Dr. Hunt lectures and educates the public on nutrition and health based information. To reach Dr. Hunt for questions and comments or to schedule him to speak to your group or company please call 704-588-1792 or email him at drtunisjr@HuntChiropractic.com. www.HuntChiropractic.com
