Subject: Forget Starbucks!
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Originally
published June 26 2014
Four
solid reasons to avoid Starbucks
by
Paul Fassa
(NaturalNews)
Undoubtedly, Starbucks is a coffee Kingpin, which boasts the largest
coffeehouse chain in the world, with 23,187 stores in 64 countries, and annual
sales of $14.9 billion, while CEO Howard Schultz is worth a whooping $1.6
billion.
Although
statistically impressive at first glance, an important question remains: are
Starbucks food and beverage offerings high quality and healthy?
Not
a healthier option
1)
Their coffee quality.
Coffee beans are one of the crops most heavily sprayed with pesticides. Yet
only a mere 1.1 percent of Starbucks coffee is organic.
What
about their decaf coffee; it's a healthy option isn't it? Well, it's from
conventional coffee beans, which are laced with pesticides. But it gets worse.
How
many decaf coffee drinkers know that the majority of conventionally
decaffeinated coffee is produced by soaking coffee beans in a toxic soup of
solvents like methylene chloride, a suspected human carcinogen, which targets
the central nervous system or ethyl acetate a central nervous system poison and
also considered harmful to the kidneys and liver?
According
to the Organic Trade Association (OTA) organic coffee is decaffeinated in a way
that doesn't violate organic standards. Two methods are permitted that comply
with federal organic standards: a SWISS WATER process, an exclusively water
based decaffeination process or a non-toxic carbon dioxide (CO2) process.
In
March of 2007 Consumer Reports issued a report comparing coffees at popular
fast food chains ironically ranking Starbucks behind McDonalds. The publication
described Starbucks coffee as, "strong, but burnt and bitter enough to
make your eyes water instead of open."
2)
Conventional milk.
Starbuck's milk comes from factory farmed cows also known as CAFOs
(concentrated animal feeding operations). These poor cows are massively
injected with antibiotics throughout their lifecycle, and fed an unhealthy diet
of GMO feed including: corn, soy, alfalfa, and cotton seed. In fact Starbucks
is a major supporter of Big Dairy.
According
to the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) in 2011 Starbucks used over, "93
million gallons of milk per year, enough to fill 155 Olympic-sized swimming
pools." Of course, Starbucks has grown since then and no doubt the milk
figures have climbed.
Back
in 2007 the OCA successfully pressured Starbucks to stop using Monsanto's rBGH
growth hormone milk. However, Starbucks cleverly turned OCA's victory into a
disingenuous advertising claim by touting the fact that "since it stopped
using milk that contains Monsanto's rBGH growth hormone, it uses 'GMO-free'
milk."
3)
"Organic" soy milk. Don't be fooled by the word 'organic.'
Research indicates that the only healthy soy that's fit for human consumption
is fermented soy.
In
an article titled: "Food Babe Investigates: Sabotaged at Starbucks",
attention is drawn to the fact that Starbucks brand soy milk contains a
questionable ingredient called carrageenan, which appears to be natural and
harmless, because it's a seaweed derivative.
Yet
it's reported that this substance can cause inflammation of the intestines and
some sources claim it can become carcinogenic when digested.
4)
Toxic baked goods.
Expensive junk food sold at Starbucks may contain the
following questionable ingredients:
•
Nutrient devoid, refined flours
•
Chemically derived sugars
•
Cellulose gum, an indigestible wood pulp
•
Cheap toxic oils like soy, canola and corn
•
Azodicarbonamide, banned in several countries and linked to asthma
•
Proplyene Glycol a petro based chemical used in antifreeze,
•
Sodium benzoate used in their popular iced lemon pound cake.
Note: When sodium
benzoate combines with ascorbic acid or vitamin C it transforms into a
cancer-causing agent that destroys DNA in cells.
Deceptively,
Starbucks food products still contain growth hormones which are reported to be
carcinogen and have been linked to breast and prostate cancer and who knows
what else!
Sources
for this article include:
About
the author:
Paul
Fassa is dedicated to warning others about the current corruption of food and
medicine and guiding others toward a direction for better health with no
restrictions on health freedom. You can visit his blog at http://healthmaven.blogspot.com
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