Harmful Chemicals in Fast-Food Packaging Welcome to Today's HealthNews. HealthNews is about you and your family because the more you know the healthier you can be. We bring you the latest news from the world of Chiropractic, Metabolic Typing, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and Functional Medicine. Our news is totally uncensored because we do not accept any advertisements so you can be assured that you get the news you need to be as healthy as you can be. When it comes to health make sure you contact the Chiropractor Metabolic Typing Advisor or Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist that brought you here. They are your lifeline to better health. Harmful Chemicals Might Be Lurking in Fast-Food Packaging Welcome to another Health News video news release brought to you by Health News. In today’s news we look at wrappers and boxes used in fast food restaurants including Chipotle, McDonald’s, and Subway that contained some form of the chemical that have negative health effects. Looking at 400 samples of packaging, researchers found that 33% contained some form of the chemical fluorine or PFASs, polyfluoroalkyl substances harmful to your health. PFASs are used to coat food wrappers and containers to prevent grease and water from leaking. PFASs have been linked to some cancers, decreased fertility, hypertension in pregnancy, low birth weight, thyroid disease, and a weakened immune system. These chemicals stay in the body (and in the environment) for long periods of time. More than half of dessert and bread wrappers and 38 percent of burger and sandwich wrappers tested contained the PFASs. Just 20 percent of paperboard, which might hold French fries, was found to have PFASs. When the researchers analyzed a subset of 20 pieces of fast-food packaging, they found PFASs in all of them, and six contained perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), that have been most strongly linked to health problems. Preparing and eating fresh organic foods prepared at home should be your first choice, but if you have to eat out, make sure you remove your food from its wrapper as soon as possible. Remember your best source for diet, nutrition and supplement information is your Metabolic Typing Advisor, Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner. Call them today! also, if you are watching this video on Facebook, please Love our page, comment and share. If you are watching this video on our YouTube Channel please subscribe, and if you are watching this video on our website and have not already done so, please add your name and email address to the form on this page. and that’s it for today’s HealthNews. This information is provided for educational and entertainment purposes only and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the practitioner that you received it from. It is not intended as a substitute for professional advice of any kind. HealthNews assumes no responsibility for the use or misuse of this material.  It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information only. HealthNews encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.

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