Dr Oz - TOXINS at your table!

Dr Oz (LOVE him), had a show on Tuesday, Jan. 26 about the "toxic pollution in our food."  He is the first person I've seen to really tackle this on TV, which is great, because a lot of people don't realize that most of the food we eat is harming us!  Sad, but true.

The beginning of the show looked a lot like the intro to the new Isagenix Are Your Toxic? video - click here for a link (watch for Dr J).

DR OZ and his experts:
Mercury is now found in almost every kind of fish that isn't farm-raised (very high in sushi grade tuna, lowest in salmon).  Fatigue, headaches and trouble thinking are signs of mercury poisining.  Dr Oz recommendation: eat younger, smaller fish, rarely eat ahi tuna and albacore solid white tuna (which actually has more mercury than the cheaper chunk light kind)

BPA is found in 90% of people's bloodstreams. It is found in some plastics and in resins that line canned food. It causes cancer.  Consumer Reports tested 19 different canned foods - all had BPA which leached into the food.  Dr Oz recommendation: choose fresh vs canned food whenever possible, look for alternative packaging to cans (glass, frozen bags, cartons). Avoid plastics with a 7 PC on the bottom and any hard clear plastic not labeled, and never microwave anything in plastic.

Pesticides are found in our bodies because they are on the produce we eat. An expert on the show said that a recent study measuring pesticides in children over a 3 year period found highest levels in kids that had ADHD and autism. He said another study showed that abdominal fat in an animal test was high in the control group that had more toxins. Dr Oz recommendation: eat organic produce if possible and especially apples (ouch) and potatoes (we enjoy many apple orchards where we live but none are organic including the comany I do marketing for - more on this in a later post).

LINK TO DR OZ site for more information on Toxins at your Table.

So if you've read this far and you are using Isagenix cleanse you can feel good that you are helping to get rid of all these harmful impurities which your fat is holding on to!