Vani Hari (The Food Babe)

There is just no acceptable level of any chemical to ingest, ever.

GMOs are found in more than 70 percent of processed foods. More than sixty-four countries around the world require GMOs to be labeled or regulated. The United States does not.

Unless the milk you're drinking is clearly marked "organic" or "rBGH free", it probably contains this hormone. Incidentally, Posilac is banned in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan. This should tell us something.

Readers of my blog know that the next time you lick vanilla ice cream from a cone, there's a chance you'll be swirling secretions from a beaver's anal glands around in your mouth. This one rates really high on my upchuck meter. Called castoreum, this secretion is used as a "natural flavor" not only in vanilla ice cream but also in strawberry oatmeal and raspberry-flavored products.

How can McDonald's make french fries with such an uncomplicated list of ingredients all over Europe, but not over here?