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#1 Trans fats (margarine and shortening). Often not shown on labels. #2 Emulsifiers, polysorbate 20 or 80 (Pudding cups, shelf stable cakes). Causes leaky gut by “bursting cells in the gut lining”. #3 Soybean oil (shelf stable tomato sauce, marinara). Increases liver markers and fat mass causing metabolic issues. Goes rancid very fast. #4 High fructose corn syrup (regular soda). So many other options. It’s a chemically adulterated syrup that affects brain function. Can be seen with a blood/glucose monitor. #5 Red dye #40 (froot loops). Cause ADHD and energy/mood problems especially in children. #6 Regular mayonnaise. Pure nasty soybean oil. Slimy calorie bomb. #7 Doritos. Cocktail of bad stuff including MSG and rancid oils. #8 Gluten. Cause aches in joints and brain fog in the states, not so much in Europe. *You have to be your own Guinea pig. Pay attention to what foods don’t feel right. 💪

I believe margarine and partially-hydrogenated cooking oils are the cause of the American health decline. I’m an elderly caregiver and the difference in my 90+ year old clients and my 70+ and early 80 year old clients is remarkable! These foods were introduced after WWII and were a prominent part of children’s diets that were born in the mid-late 40’s and beyond.

As a European I'm shocked what kind of stuff gets put into American food. If manufacturers tried to put soybean oil into anything here in France, I'm sure there'd be a second revolution lol

Easy, fast mayonnaise in a blender. Drop one egg in the blender, blend well, drop 1 drop of olive oil per 2 seconds while blending, about 1 tablespoon total, until emulsified. Optional, add a pinch of salt, or garlic, or herbs.

The human body is remarkably resilient. The fact that Thomas eliminated these foods after years of consumption and is in his now excellent state of health shows that there is hope for anybody who thinks they are trapped in our culture’s processed food MATRIX. I also stopped eating the foods he mentioned and as a 50 year old my hair stopped turning white and falling out, my crow’s feet literally disappeared and my overall skin went from being dry and cracked to firm, smooth and healthy. Thanks for the great info and explanations.

There was a story in Reader's Digest some years ago about how perfectly scientifically engineered Doritos are to make your brain tell you to not stop eating them. It was eye-opening.

These items you've listed I took out of my daughter's diet, (the entire family) and within 6 months, her sezuires went away.

Keep preaching my guy. More people need to hear the reality of the food situation in America

Our wheat changed in the 1950’s and was cross bred with japanese goat grass. This is why i only use heritage wheat(6’ tall amber waves of grain)

As a European, I thank goodness every day for the quality of the food products in our supermarkets. Mayonnaise, peanut butter, and so on, are the real thing here, no dodgy BS ingredients added.

You're better at nutrition than most doctors or nutritionists! You make us healthier and feel better. Love your videos!!

DIY avocado mayonnaise lemon vinegar...and blend egg fried in ghee or butter. Or blend hard boiled eggs.

When Thomas was talking about Fruit Loops, it made me think of the scene in Die Hard... Powell: Roy! Roy! You all right? McClane: Yeah, just trying to choke down a thousand year old Twenkie. What do they put in these things? Powell: Sugar, enriched flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, polysorbate 60, and yellow dye #5...just everything a growing boy needs.

I read that the modern practice for harvesting wheat is to take the short variety (much bigger yield, but a number of novel forms of gluten) and then they spray it with glyphosate so they kill it just before harvest. Easier to harvest that way, but totally contaminated with glyphosate, which can ruin the microbiome in short order. The only way I can think of to see if it is any member of the wheat family causing the trouble, or only the new forms of wheat and the glyphosate, would be to grow early forms of wheat such as kamut or spelt oneself, harvest and thresh it, grind it (Champion Juicer can do that) and bake with it.

In the 1970’s and 80’s there was a huge push to use margarine instead of butter. The plastic tubs had heart association approval labels and commercials were everywhere. Low fat foods were also being introduced. The irony is that folks were much thinner back then. There is also a strange culture of more is better either regards to portion sizes now. We eat too much and much of it is at best unhealthy and at worst downright deadly.

Thanks You just helped me realize my regular pasta sauce contains soy bean oil. Will find a new brand asap

I love Thomas because he’s genuine and honest.

The best for the end, I agree with the tip that if you eat something and you don't feel well something is going wrong

With regards to our wheat, you are absolutely correct! I spend several weeks each year in Europe and eat bread daily, all kinds of bread! Not huge sandwiches but some form of bread and it never ever affects me or causes bloating. It doesn't create cravings for more bread either and when I come home, I simply don't eat it again without any "withdrawals" at all. I did cave once last year and ordered imported flour from France to make a few homemade fermented loaves and I was in heaven while it lasted! :) Too expensive to continue though - especially comparing the $18 I spent know it's about $3.00 over there.

Thanks for sharing this video and giving me a new perspective!

I watch a lot of vids on food, fitness, diets, etc. I have a history (layman) of studying nutrition. This guy knows his stuff. I have made similar modifications to my diet.

Thanks for these videos. This helps me better my life a little at a time. Keep em coming

The nutritional knowledge I get from this channel is elite.. thank you for putting in the work on videos like this 💙

Another great video! Thanks for Sharing this information 💪🏽 It would be nice that you make a video about your child nutrition for the ones that has kids.

Thank you for sharing info

Hey man, Thanks for the sound advice! I’m sure most of us appreciate highly what you do! On the subject of Emulsifiers, what’s your take on Soy and sunflower lecithins are they any good for us or? There’s so much information online I don’t even know where to start… Thanks 🙏

I make my own spaghetti sauce from scratch, in large batches and then portion it out and freeze it. I use tomato sauce and paste with NO added salt or anything artificial (they are cheaper too) I use fresh vegetables and the sausage has no preservatives such as nitrites, nitrates, or MSG.

I'm happy to be living in Europe and eating normal healthy food and drinking red wine. 😄

Great list. My son, when he was young, was terribly allergic to red dye 40. He would have 45-minute-long explosive tantrums until we discovered his allergy. Cutting the dye eliminated the tantrums (well, at least their duration and intensity). Secondly, a great argument for eliminating gluten is that doing so will greatly alleviate arthritis pain. And lastly, I've tried the different brands of mayonnaise that use avocado oil or olive oil in place of seed oils, and they taste acceptable to me, but not all that good. Sorry, but none can even compare with the taste of Hellman's.

Great video today my man! Have a good weekend

Thanks, Thomas. I have not had ANY of the foods you mention since I was about 15 years old. I'm 74 now and from the time I was 15 to now, I have not had any health issues at all, not even a cold or headache. I also don't have "a potato chip now and then" as you mentioned. I really enjoy health foods and the ketogenic diet, which I started years and years ago before it became really popular. I tried the carnivore diet but it constipated me so much that I had to stop it. That was the only foray away from my keto diet in many, many years. My health is so good that I don't even have health insurance. In fact, I've never had health insurance in my life and I've never needed it. Even if I did need it I would not have it because I've done the math (along with the help of a friend who is a health insurance actuary)/ The numbers say it would cost me less to pay outright for hospitalization or doctor's visit/health care costs than it would to pay health care premiums every month.. I guess you could say I'm pretty much free of the medical industrial complex propaganda.

Greetings from Spain, love to hear you

Thomas - you are the best - I am so grateful for your research and awareness. I listen to your channel pretty much every day.

I love your videos man so informative I’ve been watching you for a while but keep them coming 😎

On the gluten, particularly the gliadin in it, has been linked to weakening tight junctions in the gut. It is a fairly direct contributor to gut permeability issues.

I hear that fruit loops in Canada are not as bright and colorful as in USA. Pretty sure it is due to a difference in allowed colorings.

Thanks! Great and important content.

Excellent information

Good video, thanks!

I agree with every single thing you said, and most recently, ive seen the affects of gluten, ie glysophate and how i feel and look. Cutting it as much as possible.

Thanks for the info on mayo. I’ve quit eating the other stuff ages ago.

Thomas thank you so much for these vital informative life giving life saving videos. May you live long and continue to prosper.

Excellent Video. Thank You, I Subscribed You Today.

Great content, Thomas!

There's only one thing of this list that I eat/cook with that's msg I love it, I Measure everything I eat. Once I hit my protein, carb, fat limit for the day, nothing can make me eat anything else, I just drink more water.

Bro, listening to you talk about Helmans Mayo and me instantly remembering all the time I made mac salad with it and mixed tons of it into my pasta. Thanks Bro.

Thank you so much for this info, i am looking into the right kind of foods i need to eat, so thansk for telling me what i need to avoid. Canola oil? Binned. Margarine? Binned as well.

Great advise

Our favourite coconut milk contains polysorbate 20. Hubby has made and consumed a smoothie with it every single day for several years. The consequence has been that he has grown a hard, round belly about the size of a pre-schooler. He’s still slim everywhere else.

Hey Thomas love this video I have these same foods on my not worth it to eat list. There are so many good delicious foods out there that don't have these weird chemicals and nasty oxidized oils so these are out of my diet and I enjoy my real foods enough that I don't even miss these. Thanks again!!!

Thomas, your efforts to teach and guide are not lost! Thank you for this plain & clear toxic list! Most adults have read (or heard) some of this research but then we push it aside for another product exposure or supplement necessity that has hit the scene. PEOPLE NEED REMINDERS!

Great video! Red dye 40 is called Allura red in Canada

great video - I feel that way with seed oils - they kill my gut. I can't eat salad out at a restaurant because of this. thinking of taking my home made one with me lol

Their is Organic version of Doritos now in the stores made by brand Called “Simply” pretty clean ingredients. I buy them ones an a while when craving Doritos …. 🤔 and when it comes to eat bread things i buy Italian flour or Sprouted wheat flour and make some healthy goodies at home, and I try to avoid eating out when it comes to sweet things 👀 . I also buy sprouted or sourdough bread only.

I agree with all you said, and of all the foods you mentioned, I absolutely never eat them, except one, and that is Mayo, and Hellman's at that. I know it's bad, but I have tried all the olive oil varieties, and so-called the "keto" Mayo. I end up throwing them away because they taste so bad. Primal, Chosen, you name it. I bought them, tasted them, and threw them away. I use Mayo to make salad dressing and my daily salad is an important part of my keto and weight loss success. If anyone knows of a Mayo that tastes as good as traditional Mayo without the bad oils, let me know.

Virgil's soda is the tastiest healthy soda on the market! I'm grateful to have this option. Way better than Zevia!

I like the Italian tomato paste. Ingredients - tomato, salt. 👍

Hi Thomas. What about the likes of Olivani Olive Oil Spread? (which I consider a margarine-like substitute).

I appreciate your content. There are so many ingredients used in the US that are banned in other countries. I'm definitely planning to move out of the country in the next 10 years and in the meantime, I'll be on the lookout for Red Dye 40 and soy bean oils. I absolutely hate mayo and never had an issue eating that. I use Greek yogurt for tuna salads with the right seasonings 🫶🫶🫶🔥🔥🔥

Seed oils contain high levels of the long chain fatty acid, linoleic acid, which gets absorbed by the brain and is linked to cognitive decline. Glucose and ketones can be fine as brain fuel but linoleic acid has much bigger molecules causing much more oxidative stress. The natural antioxidant defences in your body can easily handle a small amount of oxidative stress but there is a limit.

As always, I appreciate your perspective Thomas. I agree and avoid number one through seven. I do eat gluten because I don’t have any issue with it. Thanks for bringing such wonderful content.

Mine is Mexican restaurants. Not sure what it is, the oil the chips are cooked in, the MSG, or whatever chemical they are using as a preservative but across multiple Mexican restaurants, I get horrible aftertaste, bloating, joint aches and just overall feel like crap into the next day. Just can’t do it anymore and hadn’t stop going with family who go regularly. I can cook Mexican dishes and am fine. Just don’t trust restaurants as a whole and what they are feeding us.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.😊😊😊😊

Read Wheat Belly. Goes in depth about the wheat problem. Pretty crazy

Mayo and Doritos are a weakness. What do you think of Siete brand chips?

Best channel on KZfaq 💪🏽

There’s another component to the gluten issue (beyond glyphosate used for harvesting) in that people usually consume it via bread products. Read the ingredient labels on any commercial bakery items - breads, bagels, donuts, pancake mix, cakes, cookies, crackers - the flour used will be full of additives: emulsifiers, dough conditioners, dough extenders, dough enrichers, occasionally colorants, and preservatives. (I first noticed this when trying to replicate a local bread in Italy, and read the label: flour, yeast and salt. Three items! I began l looking at bread labels back in the States, and they have 15-25 ingredients.) It may be the gluten, the residual glyphosate, or any number of commonly used additives.🤷‍♀️

Video about different kind of milks with top off nicely and for your video

I ditched mayo and other condiments / sauces over a year ago. Feel much better.

I love information

UK here, just been and checked the cupboard and I don't see any of these things in regular store/shelf bought products. The only oil I see regularly on ingredient lists is rapeseed oil, the rest of the stuff like HFCS, Red dye 40, polysorbates, soybean oil etc. I don't see anywhere, unless of course we call them something else but from what I can see our ingredient lists of regular foods seems pretty benign. Fast foods and highly processed stuff I can't speak to as I don't buy those anyway and I stopped eating breakfast cereals when I was about 13.

You’ve gotta be kidding me I’ve literally been putting 3 tablespoons of margin in my smoothies for the past four years. No wonder I have high blood pressure.

Have you tried bread made with organic flour?

These new videos are good. Luckily other than occasional mayo, i don’t eat these foods either. Thanks for info.

Just found your channel and subscribed. Do you have a video on artificial sweeteners? I'm transitioning (slowly) from Mediterranean to Carnivore temporarily to lose weight and hopefully heal all these horrible things happening to my body. I love my 2 cups of green tea in the morning, and I only use one tsp. of sugar in each. I don't like honey. I really hate most artificial sweeteners, but the stevia/erythritol combo tastes pretty good to me. Do you think 2 little packs of that a day would interfere with my ketosis or be dangerous?

❤ and follow all these rules.. make my own Mayo, too..thanks Thomas. It’s always good for the eye openers!!

I've really just starting making everything from scratch that I can (yes, Mayo was 2nd on this list - made some this morning. It really takes about 2 minutes once you learn the recipe). There are just so many toxins added the the SAD it's unreal. I work from home and this is a luxury that I take advantage of.

have you tried Einkorn flour?

Agree with you! I try not to buy anything with soy bean oil or flour. I do make most of my foods from scratch, mayo, salad dressings, bread, desserts etc...

What about Sunflower Lethicin?

So, what fish oil supplements are safe and effective to take that aren't rancid?

my partner and I have noticed this exactly thing when we have gluten in europe compared to north america (we are in Canada)

using sprouted grains gets rid of the gluten problem. also sourdough bread made from real sourdough starter.

Polysorbate 80 is in some vaccines (DTaP/Pediarix and Hep B and HPV and Flu) And so is polysorbate20 which is in Hepatitis A and flu

Do you have any videos more for type 1 diabetes and fat loss

What's your position on digestive enzymes?

I agree with you about regular soda. There are so many tasty beverages that can satisfy that urge that it really doesn't make sense. That being said when you're traveling that may not be possible. Or if you want to go to a movie. Not to mention if you are in Mexico eating tacos you got to have a Coke.

I think soybean oil in tomato 🍅 sauce might just be a sin. 😀 There are some quality sauces on the market or better yet-make your own. 💜

omg omg so much valuable information , i didnt know doritos, soda, mayonnaise and pudding cups were baaaad!! haha

Good video thanks for sharing; about gluten, my suspicion is that most wheat is now GMO or "engineered" for production value vs nutritional etc. It was fine in the 70/80s but not anymore, too many big businesses involved in setting US standards across the board.

I've wondered why my tummy would bloat everytime I'd eat SF pudding! I will be getting od the few boxes in my pantry!

Tuna salad can be made w mustard & a few shakes of curry powder instead of mayo.

Youre the best

I make ginger bug probiotic soda and root beer with organic pure cane sugar. It's so good!

Your definition of "never" must be different from mine. A week ago, you said you occasionally have a Diet Coke. I just _happened_ to observe this. 😏 You can add cottonseed oil and canola oil to soybean oil. Those are all basically machine lube. PS: I'm a fan of Chosen Foods, and use their mayo along with dijon to make a dijonnaise. I feel great after I have that on wild salmon.

Here's the dirtiest secret. Flour and bread companies add twice as much gluten in flour and processed breads than what's naturally in a wheat berry. It's also a lie that wheat in the USA is genetically modified. They can't do that because of the regulations other countries have and USA wheat is imported all over the world. Note that organic wheat berries that's cooked immediately after being milled is nutritious rarely cause sensitivity in 99 percent of people because it doesn't have the loads of gluten that's in processed. Another factor is a wheat berry will go rancid within 3 days. So remember all that processed bread and flour is rancid! Once the kernel of wheat is broken open, however, as in milling, the protection of the bran is gone and many of these nutrients, now exposed to oxygen, are lost by oxidation. In fact, once milled, as much as 45% of the nutrients are oxidized, in the first day alone. In 3 days, just 72 hours later, 90% of the nutrients are lost, all to oxidation alone and none to the sifting of the bran and germ. Since I now freshly mill my own wheat before making bread or cooking with it, my gluten sensitivity went away.

I'm with you on the gluten.

One day while having time visit the after hours gp, a doctor who had been studying with a professor at a university said to me so you eat butter or margarine ? I replied butter ( there had been a tv commercial in the 80’s showing how margarine is black before it’s dyed ) The doctors went on and said eat these 2 things butter and apricots. Apricots he said are unbelievable in so many areas for a persons well being and health. I now eat apricots regularly and have replaced butter for many yrs too many to count.

I have been doing an experiment with gluten the past 3 weeks. Lately i have been very bloated and gassy(latter has always been a factor). I stopped gluten 3 weeks ago and have rarely been bloated and hardly gassy. I cant say its for certain the gluten but it was a huge portion of my daily diet and its hard to explain that away. That said, if im gonna have a cheat meal(pizza) i want the real deal, some gf options are just no good.