Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Mercola’

Instead of settling for popular candy bars or energy bars, Dr. Joseph Mercola recommends a healthy alternative: Organic Cocoa Cassava Bars. Similar energy bar products on the market have been found to promote less-than-optimal health primarily because of three ingredients: High-fructose corn syrup (HCFS) – Rich in fructose, which does not have any nutritional value. [...]

Whether it contains 100 percent cocoa butter or vegetable oil substitutes, processed milk chocolate is not as a healthful as you are led to believe. Aside from having great amounts of sugar, processed milk chocolate is found to contain a dangerous chemical. A study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that processed chocolate may be [...]

There are various energy bars out there in the market, but not all of them are capable of supplying you with the nutrients that you are looking for. Artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), bad fats, gluten – these are some of the ingredients that you will find in common energy bars that can [...]

Many people are now joining the all-organic food bandwagon to avoid toxins and improve their overall health. Unfortunately, eating organic is no longer a guarantee that you’re not getting toxins. Perchlorate, a powerful endocrine disruptor, is found to contaminate both conventional and organically-grown foods. What is Perchlorate? Derived from perchloric acid, perchlorates are salts that [...]

Asian countries, like China, the Philippines, Hong Kong and South Korea, have banned over 800 imported products from Taiwan after discovering that they were tainted with a dangerous chemical. The banned products, which included food, beverages, and additives, were tainted with DEHP, a potentially dangerous chemical used in plastics and personal care products. According to [...]