Shocking list of popular foods and drinks available in U.S. that are banned in other countries

[Triana]

If you enjoy snacks and drinks like Mtn Dew, Chex Mix, Hungry Man frozen dinners, or roughly 80 percent of all the packaged foods sold in your average, American grocery store, you may want to sit down before reading this.

Many of the chemicals found in America's most common foods are considered to be so unhealthy that they're actually ILLEGAL in other countries.

A new book on nutrition first highlighted by BuzzFeed lists six food additives that are found in a wide range of popular groceries sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration, but foreign governments have determined to be too dangerous to allow their citizens to consume.

MORE...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345564/Shocking-list-US-foods-BANNED-countries-containing-dangerous-chemicals.html

[Incitatus]

1. goddamnit nt

[rug]

2. If I was worried about anal leakage, I wouldn't have clicked on the Daily Mail link.

[Triana]

3. Yea, I know...

It's actually from Buzzfeed, though:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/8-foods-we-eat-in-the-us-that-are-banned-in-other-countries

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I m more and more glad I make stuff from scratch

[flvegan]

5. Shocking...why?

Whoa, American's put horrible shit in their bodies in the name of thinking it's food...film at 11! LOL!