5 Foods That Should Never Eat

Clean eating means choosing fruits, vegetables, and meats that are raised, grown, and sold with minimal processing.


But in some cases, the methods of today's food producers are neither clean nor sustainable. The result is damage to our health, the environment, or both. So we decided to take a fresh look at "What foods should we avoid?

1. Canned Tomatoes - The resin linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive problems to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
   
   
   
   

   
2. Microwave Popcorn - Chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), in the lining of the bag, are part of a class of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans. Studies show that microwaving causes the chemicals to vaporize--and migrate into your popcorn.
   
   
   
   

   
3. Non-organic Potatoes - Root vegetables absorb herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides that wind up in soil. In the case of potatoes--the nation's most popular vegetable--they're treated with fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides to kill off the fibrous vines before harvesting. After they're dug up, the potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting.
   
   
   
   

   
4. Conventional Apples - These apples contains high rate of chemical fertilizers to promote plant growth. They also contain herbicides to manage weeds. As such, apples don't develop resistance to pests and are sprayed frequently.
   
   
   
   
   

   
5. Farmed Salmon - Farmed salmon is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides such as dioxin and DDT..

Clear these foods out of your nutrition plan forever, stick with foods whose ingredients you can readily and easily identify.