The cans and plastics labeled as BPA-free will still have some sort of chemical in them, usually BPS. That’s why I always recommend only using natural products like glass and stainless steel to avoid ANY type of plastic.
3. Non-organic spinach
It’s important to note before reading this that organic spinach is not the same as conventional spinach.
Non-organic spinach is a vegetable that is grown with pesticides and has little nutritional value–and it’s not even all that filling!
According to the Pesticide Data Program, conventional spinach has anywhere up to 50 different pesticides (yes, 50!) on it when purchased at a store.
If you’re a fan of spinach and eating well, try to purchase organic spinach which is high in vitamin A and K.
4. Any Vegetables Prepared in Creamy Sauces
We know it’s pretty convenient to just warm up a bag of frozen vegetables,
Have you ever looked at how MANY ingredients are in a bag of frozen vegetables with sauce? It’s nearly 35 ingredients that aren’t vegetables! Take a look at the ingredients in a bag of “lightly sauced” vegetables:
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Water, Carrots, Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Whole Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Color), Contains 2% or Less of Half and Half (Milk, Cream), Nonfat Dry Milk, Food Starch-Modified, Salt, Cheese Flavor [Cheddar and Blue Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Water, Citric Acid, Corn Oil, Yeast Extract, Sweet Cream Powder, Butter (Cream, Salt), Sugar, Dry Mustard, Natural Flavor, Dry Buttermilk, Maltodextrin, Sodium Caseinate, Sodium Citrate], Wheat Flour, Mono and Diglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavor (Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Dextrose), Sherry Wine Solids, Onion Powder, Mustard (Distilled Vinegar, Mustard Seed, Salt, White Wine, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Spices, Tocopherols and Ascorbyl Palmitate to Help Protect Flavor), Garlic Powder, Annatto Extract (For Color)
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First of all, that list is VERY long…and quite a few of the ingredients are hard to pronounce. Second, a marketing trick used in most of this packaging is called “light” sauced.
“Light” is a very relative term that is not regulated by the FDA, so your version of light could be totally different than the version of the manufacturer. So all the harmful ingredients made to keep that sauce from spoiling will also go in your body. Why would you put all of those things into your body if you can’t pronounce what’s in it? Adding this creamy sauce to your vegetables turns an incredibly healthy side dish into something that resembles a science experiment.
On the flip side, here are vegetables that are good for you (based upon how they are packaged and sold and those that have the least amount of pesticides):
Asparagus
Avocado (actually a fruit)
Beet greens
Bok Choy
Kale
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cauliflower
Mustard greens
Celery…..