How to Avoid Phosphate Additives

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DESCRIPTION: The vast majority of chicken and poultry products are injected with phosphorus preservatives, which are often not listed in the ingredients. Reducing one's intake of meat, junk food, fast food, and processed cheese may help lower intake until labeling is mandated.

This is the third of a three-part video series on phosphate additives added to meat and junk food. The first, Phosphate Additives in Meat Purge and Cola (nutritionfacts.org/video/phosphate-additives-in…), described the risk for the general population associated with the consumption of these preservatives and compared the phosphorus levels in various foods. In my last video, Phosphate Additives in Chicken (nutritionfacts.org/video/phosphate-additives-in…), I described the food safety implications (beyond the cardiovascular and kidney concerns).

I've previously touched on the aluminum in cheese in Aluminum in Vaccines vs. Food (nutritionfacts.org/video/aluminum-in-vaccines-v…). More concerning, though, are the levels of lead in venison (Filled Full of Lead, nutritionfacts.org/video/filled-full-of-lead) and mercury in tuna (The Effect of Canned Tuna on Future Wages, nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effect-of-canned-t…).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-avoid-phosphate… and he'll try to answer it!

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