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Recently you may have read an article about fake rice that is made in China. Believe it or not, some rice is produced using plastic additives. And nobody does anything about it.
Of course, as a health advocate and a researcher focused on food and how it is processed, I thought this has gone too far. Plastic rice? Consuming even a small amount of plastic has terrible consequences for the digestive system and hormones.
Dangerous substances
BPA (bisphenol) in plastic mimics estrogen. This hormone multiplies at rocket speed after ingesting BPA. Eat plastic rice and you are basically asking to die young, for example from breast cancer.
Once in a while, when I hear what craziness is happening in China, I become alert and prefer to avoid foods that come from there.
One must think not only about what can happen during the transportation of food from the other side of the world (possible exposure to toxic substances or contamination), but also about what some Chinese producers do to food.
They fake everything to the extreme to make it as cheap as possible. China uses its innovative methods not only to manufacture cheap technological products, toys or other consumer goods, but also food. This approach is extremely dangerous to people’s health. Let’s now look at which foods are the riskiest.
1. Tilapia fish
Tilapia is a fish commonly farmed in China. These fish are among the worst, most poisonous and unhealthiest fish you can encounter. Tilapia will eat anything. A fish farm looks like a small pool of wastewater in which Tilapia lives. It is one of the worst fish you could buy. It is generally known that Chinese seafood farmers do not allow their children to eat seafood from their farms. Do you get the picture? 80% of Tilapia you find on shelves in Europe or America comes from China.
2. Cod
Cod is another species farmed in China. This fish is not healthy and lives in its own waste. Currently more than 50% of cod on Western markets comes from China.
3. Chinese apple juice
Believe it or not, about 50% of apple juice sold in the West comes from China. China is the largest country in the world in terms of pesticide production by volume. Paradoxically, it has still not begun to address pesticides or chemical residues in food. We recommend that you completely avoid apple juice unless you are sure where it comes from. Fruit juices are too high in sugar and to keep your blood sugar levels low you will do better if you mix it with vegetable juice or plain water.
4. Processed mushrooms
American inspectors found that mushrooms from China were spoiled. Some manufacturers in China go so far as to label these processed mushrooms as organic to increase their profits. If you search in a browser for the phrase “mysterious mushrooms” in China, you will find that their mushrooms are complete counterfeits. Meanwhile, 34% of processed mushrooms come from China. Take the trouble to find out everything about the source of the goods you buy. Buy from domestic local producers and only truly organic (bio), natural products!
5. Chinese garlic
American inspectors also found spoiled Chinese garlic. Garlic from China is sprayed with chemicals more than necessary and leaves such a bad taste in the mouth, as if you had eaten some chemical mixture. 30% of garlic sold in the West comes from China.
6. Chicken
Many food safety experts are concerned about the quality of imported chicken because China is a country where avian flu is common. Transmission via food is also common. Besides, China produces more pesticides than any other country in the world. China is polluted with pesticides, but also by by-products of mass production and industrial pollution.
7. Plastic rice
As we already mentioned, fake plastic rice is produced. It is assumed that it is actually made from potatoes and fake synthetic resins. Overcooked rice remains hard and does not cook like real rice. It is assumed that the long-term effects of this food can be carcinogenic.
8. Mud (sold as pepper)
A Chinese seller collected mud and sold it as pepper. In addition, he took flour and sold it as white pepper. Call it what you want and sell it! In terms of food safety China does not have an adequate regulatory system.
9. Industrial salt
Industrial salt is not suitable for consumption. Nevertheless it has been sold for 13 years labeled as table salt! If industrial salt gets into the human body, it can cause mental and physical problems, thyroid problems, and even reproductive system disorders.
10. Green peas
Here is another madness from the world repertoire… A T-shirt saying “Only in China” would do. In 2005 a counterfeit green pea was found in China and it is quite possible that it is still being produced today. This fake pea was made from soybeans, green dye and sodium metabisulfite (a chemical used as a bleaching and preserving agent). The dye mentioned is banned from use in food production because it is carcinogenic and prevents the body’s natural ability to absorb calcium. Similar to plastic rice, this green pea does not soften when cooked. Moreover, the water in which it is cooked turns an unnatural green. Avoid green peas from China.
conclusion
In my humble opinion, foods produced in China are among the worst you can get on this planet. As we have already mentioned, China produces more pesticides than any other country in the world.
From this it can follow that your food may have come into contact with high amounts of pesticides during production. China is one of the most polluted areas of the world.
70% of rivers are polluted, the air is toxic and the overall volumetric production leaves a quantity of toxic chemicals and by-products, such as waste leaking into the environment.
Just imagine, the air in Beijing, China is so polluted that inhaling it actually causes as much lung damage as if you smoked 40 cigarettes a day. This is stated by a 2015 study. Want to buy goods from China? Avoid them.
How do you know whether your apple juice, garlic or mushrooms are from China? That’s hard to say. Sometimes the origin is marked on them, sometimes not. Therefore we recommend that you buy your food at your local farmer’s market.
Get to know your farmer or supplier personally. Ask questions, ask about the origin of the food. Ask and spend time reading and doing your own research.
