3 foods that promote chronic illness

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows that heart disease, cancer, lung disease, stroke, and unintentional injuries, including medication overdose, account for nearly two-thirds of all deaths in the US.

Americans spend about 95 percent of their food dollars on processed foods, most of which contain one or more of the three ingredients that promote the most chronic disease: GMO corn, soy, and sugar beets.

These three processed food ingredients, all of which are heavily subsidized by the US government, promote obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

Our agricultural system also promotes disease via the excessive use of chemical pesticides/herbicides and antibiotics.

A recent report concluded that nearly half of all Americans live with dangerous levels of air pollution, which has long been implicated as a cause of heart and lung disease.

Sue Taylor

Allergist Ottawa