by Ann Major

Created on: February 18, 2010   Last Updated: June 09, 2010

Being that processed food has been doctored in multiple ways, it's not difficult to understand why chronic lifestyle diseases such as onset diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, etc. is on the rise.  Obese adults and children are the poster people advertising the dangers of processed food.  Since processed foods have been so altered and reconstructed with fillers, additives, preservatives, coloring and enhanced flavoring to make it appear and appeal as real food, it is no wonder such processed items as white sugar cannot sustain even a colony of ants.

The first danger is chronic constipation.  It is not a subject anyone cares to talk about, yet the taking of laxatives daily by many people is telltale the foods we eat do not bode well with our digestive systems.  The ultimate danger is resultant diverticulosis, growths inside our colons which can manifest into cancer.

Processing food often takes out valuable outer fiber and inner germ which are essential and nutritious for the body.  Therefore, after time, the body becomes congested with food because what we eat has been devitalized and the body needs help in passing this quasi mixture of unreal food.  Because processing entails some kind of heating/cooking process, necessary digestive enzymes are destroyed.  Enzymes found in foods are needed to help in the digestive system to break down particles for quick evacuation.  Also in the process, vital nutrients such as Vitamin B and C are easily depleted when subjected to heat and light.

Allergies are resultant when partially undigested food pass into the bloodstream from the intestines and create havoc with our immune systems.

Nutrition Labels:

Nutritional labeling on packaged food has been a godsend as we no longer purchase an item and be in the dark about what it may or may not contain.  In order to make foods more palatable to taste buds and to ensure the consumer will buy more; too much of salt, sugar, fats and additives are used to enhance flavoring.  For example, half a can of condensed soup will give 850 mg of sodium, one third of  the recommended daily allowance, totaling 2400 mg for the day.  In actuality, 1000 mg of sodium is all that is necessary for an individual, so even the daily allowance is too high for good health.

The biggest culprit in the food processing business is sugar.  No daily allowance is given by the FDA.  According to latest findings, women should consume no more

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