hello my name is McKenna Davis and I
don’t know what’s in my food for example
I love mashed potatoes my mom uses
simple ingredients like potatoes salt
milk and real butter and sometimes she
adds a little bit of parsley to make it
look pretty
want to know what’s in this famous fast
food restaurants mashed potatoes take a
look there are over 75 ingredients
listed here I stopped counting after
potatoes I can’t even pronounce some of
these words well okay a lot of these
words so do you know what’s in your food
think about it think about what you ate
today do you know where your food comes
from do you know where your vegetables
your meat chicken or eggs come from do
they come from another country or are
they locally grown even food considered
to be healthy or supplements used to
lose weight have questionable
ingredients in them protein powder for
instance it’s supposed to be healthy and
encourage weight loss but there’s one
ingredient that many companies use to
thicken the pottery when mixed with the
liquid it’s called carrageenan some
scientists like dr. Joe and Backman a
doctor in the US Department of Veterans
affair in Chicago used this ingredient
to create inflammation on lab rats which
can cause diabetes and even gastric
intestinal cancer carrageenan is also
found in some of our yogurts and ice
cream so why is it in our food supply is
carrageenan good for you or bad some
people might argue that there’s only a
little bit of carrageenan in the product
but that’s like saying there’s only a
little bit of poison in your shape would
you drink it
I’m here to talk to you about the
quality of America’s food supply and the
health effects that are involved
I believe the quality of America’s food
supply is rapidly declining healthy
foods are questionable because many food
companies use genetically modified
organisms also known as GMOs the most
common GMO ingredients are found in corn
and soy based products so basically
anything that starts with the word corn
or soy should be considered a red flag
like most of us here we go to the store
pick out our food and eat it but we are
unaware of the potentially harmful toxic
chemicals we consume on a daily basis we
are exposed to chemical additives
antibiotics preservatives GMOs
pesticides and herbicides many of you
don’t even know you’re exposed or
consuming these chemicals but your
bodies are absorbing a toxic combination
of these substances don’t get me wrong
we have to protect our crops and bugs
but sadly the truth is that our
protected food supply is slowly causing
people to get sick so when you go home
tonight look in your cabinets look in
your pantry look in your refrigerator
pick out one of your favorite items to
eat turn it around and look at the
ingredient label and if you see
something that doesn’t quite make sense
or you can’t pronounce well ask yourself
what’s in your food
thank you [Applause]
don’t know what’s in my food for example
I love mashed potatoes my mom uses
simple ingredients like potatoes salt
milk and real butter and sometimes she
adds a little bit of parsley to make it
look pretty
want to know what’s in this famous fast
food restaurants mashed potatoes take a
look there are over 75 ingredients
listed here I stopped counting after
potatoes I can’t even pronounce some of
these words well okay a lot of these
words so do you know what’s in your food
think about it think about what you ate
today do you know where your food comes
from do you know where your vegetables
your meat chicken or eggs come from do
they come from another country or are
they locally grown even food considered
to be healthy or supplements used to
lose weight have questionable
ingredients in them protein powder for
instance it’s supposed to be healthy and
encourage weight loss but there’s one
ingredient that many companies use to
thicken the pottery when mixed with the
liquid it’s called carrageenan some
scientists like dr. Joe and Backman a
doctor in the US Department of Veterans
affair in Chicago used this ingredient
to create inflammation on lab rats which
can cause diabetes and even gastric
intestinal cancer carrageenan is also
found in some of our yogurts and ice
cream so why is it in our food supply is
carrageenan good for you or bad some
people might argue that there’s only a
little bit of carrageenan in the product
but that’s like saying there’s only a
little bit of poison in your shape would
you drink it
I’m here to talk to you about the
quality of America’s food supply and the
health effects that are involved
I believe the quality of America’s food
supply is rapidly declining healthy
foods are questionable because many food
companies use genetically modified
organisms also known as GMOs the most
common GMO ingredients are found in corn
and soy based products so basically
anything that starts with the word corn
or soy should be considered a red flag
like most of us here we go to the store
pick out our food and eat it but we are
unaware of the potentially harmful toxic
chemicals we consume on a daily basis we
are exposed to chemical additives
antibiotics preservatives GMOs
pesticides and herbicides many of you
don’t even know you’re exposed or
consuming these chemicals but your
bodies are absorbing a toxic combination
of these substances don’t get me wrong
we have to protect our crops and bugs
but sadly the truth is that our
protected food supply is slowly causing
people to get sick so when you go home
tonight look in your cabinets look in
your pantry look in your refrigerator
pick out one of your favorite items to
eat turn it around and look at the
ingredient label and if you see
something that doesn’t quite make sense
or you can’t pronounce well ask yourself
what’s in your food
thank you [Applause]
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