The white flour is almost pure starch and it contains just a small amount of the nutrients of the original grain. Additional chemical treatments result in grain formation of a product called alloxan used in the industry for producing medical research diabetes in healthy mice. The alloxan diabetes cause by turning massive amounts of free radicals in the pancreatic beta cells, destroying them.

Refined Sugar

The white sugar can’t be considered as a food, but as a pure chemical substance, which is extracted from plant sources such as sugar cane or beet. Then, its juice is extracted in this process, which completely removes all fiber-forming proteins and 90% of the healthy nutrients.

To remove the liquid (containing sugar), they add lime, which creates an alkaline reaction that kills almost all vitamins. Then they add carbon dioxide to accelerate the lime process. Then this sugary liquid passes through tubes that remove all the impurities. Then comes another treatment with calcium sulfate and sulfuric acid bleaching, which leaves the “sugar” product almost white.

The refined sugar has no proteins, vitamins, minerals, it has no enzymes, no micro elements, it has no fiber, no fat and not of no benefit in human food. This sugar provides just energy and nothing more.

Pasteurized Cow Milk

Well, the pasteurization process might help give milk a longer shelf-life, but the costs of doing so is high. The stripping process removes valuable enzymes, vitamins A, C, B6, and B12. And at the same time, allowing for the transfer of hormones and antibiotics into the milk.The pasteurization process also kills off beneficial bacteria that can be found in raw milk, like lactobacillus acidophilus. The pasteurization process also destroys 20 percent of the iodine present in raw milk, causes constipation and generally takes from the milk its most vital qualities.

Refined Rice

The white rice can significantly increase the glucose levels in your blood stream, which is a risk for diabetes.

The white rice processing includes a refining process which removes the outer layer and germ. And basically what remains is the endo sperm, which consists mainly of starch.

Refined Salt

The salt we all use is basically sodium chloride. This product increases the risk of some cardiovascular problems. Refined salt has its share of harmful side effects to those who consume it regularly too. While table salt has iodine, which is necessary for your good health, the many processed or junk foods that contain salt do not have the added iodine.

Fluoride is another additive included in the salt refining process that can be bad for you when you consume too much. If you consume too much salt, you can end up with high blood pressure problems.

What’s Worse For Your Brain: Sugar Or Cocaine?

Think cocaine is bad for your brain? Then you might want to change the way you think about sugar. Eating high-sugar foods lights up your brain on an MRI “like a Christmas tree,” Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D., founder and medical director of UltraWellness Center, said during a recent interview on HuffPost Live. The part of the brain that lights up is the very same part of the brain that’s triggered by cocaine or heroine, according to research by Dr. David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.

It’s research like this that Katie Couric, Oscar-winning producer of “An Inconvenient Truth” Laurie David, director Stephanie Soechtig and Hyman explored in the documentary “Fed Up,” which hits theaters May 9. The film sheds light on the unhealthy habits that the American food industry has instilled in us, and what we need to change in order to lead healthier lives. “We have so much power as consumers,” Soechtig told HuffPost Live. “We vote with the dollar and we vote with the ballot.”