(NaturalNews) Consumer health advocate Mike Adams (aka "The Health Ranger") has a beef against shoppers buying processed meat this Christmas. And to show people exactly what they're getting when they purchase processed meat products, he's posted a shockingly disgusting photo tour of a typical processed meat Christmas gift product: The 48-Oz. Hillshire Farm "Yard-O-Beef" Summer Sausage. The photos are available online right now at:
http://www.NaturalNews.com/phototour_yardobeef_1.htmlUsing a special macro lens and camera flash unit, Adams was able to capture the Yard-O-Beef product in astonishing detail: Black specs emerge with frightening clarity, fat blobs ooze out of tissue caves, and string-like tissue strands seem to be reaching skyward from the surface of the
meat products. The images were so frightening that Adams mixed a collage of the photos with a trash beat music track and posted the
video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjNGFvqxUSMVirtually all
processed meat products contain
sodium nitrite, Adams says, and that chemical additive has been linked to
pancreatic cancer, colon cancer and breast
cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund recently completed a review of over 5,000 studies on the link between meat
consumption and cancer, concluding that there is no safe level of processed
meat consumption and that all
consumers should avoid processed meat forever (unless they want cancer). This is the first time that any large global
health group has specifically warned consumers about the health dangers of processed meats.
"The most diseased people I've seen are also consumers of processed meat
products," Adams said. "It's very clear to me, based on considerable
research, that consuming processed meat greatly enhances your
risk of various cancers. This stuff is not only disgusting; it's also a very clear danger to your health!"
Boycott Processed Meat Products
Adams urges all
shoppers to boycott processed meat products this
Christmas season, opting instead for eco-friendly, all-natural
gifts such as superfoods from companies like
www.Sunfood.com or
www.TransitionNutrition.com or
www.GoodCauseWellness.comAdams also reminds consumers that if they give gifts made of processed meats, they are indirectly giving people an increased risk of pancreatic cancer and
colon cancer. "Giving someone a gift of processed meat is actually more like a curse than a gift," Adams said. "And beyond the cancer issue, there's also the increased risk of heart
disease as well as the environmental implications of following a meat-based
diet. Getting rid of meat in their diet is the single most powerful thing consumers can do right now to protect the planet against global warming and climate change."
For those consumers who still choose to purchase meat, Adams urges them to check the ingredients labels for "
sodium nitrite" -- the chemical additive that many researchers believe to be responsible for much of the increased cancer risk of processed meat products. "Eating sodium nitrite is quite simply dangerous to your health," Adams said. "Consumers who still want to eat meat products should look for nitrite-free meats, which are often available in the frozen foods or
natural foods section of a grocery store." Adams eats no meats other than wild salmon and follows a largely raw
foods / living foods diet. His own health statistics are posted online at
www.HealthRanger.orgSee the processed meat photos at:
http://www.NaturalNews.com/phototour_yardobeef_1.htmlView the processed meat video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjNGFvqxUSM
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and award-winning journalist with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In mid 2010, Adams produced NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing website offering user-generated videos on nutrition, green living, fitness and more. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the CEO of a highly successful email newsletter software company that develops software used to send permission email campaigns to subscribers. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and martial arts training. He's also author a large number of health books offered by Truth Publishing and is the creator of numerous reference website including NaturalPedia.com and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. His websites also include the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the innate healing ability of the human body.
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