Top 5 Most Disturbing Food Facts << Back 5. Coffee stains your liver and spleen the same color as the bottom of the coffee cup.[120] 4. The phosphoric acid found in cola is so acidic that it can dissolve a nail in 4 days and this requires cola concentrate trucks to display the highly corrosive materials sign. 3. More than 90% of the salmon available to us is farm-raised and contain16X more pollutants than wild salmon. Since farm raised salmon are not fed their natural food source, they need to be given coloring agents to make them pink. Otherwise farm-raised salmon would be gray. 2. Partially hydrogenated (Trans) fats, commonly found in donuts, cakes, chips and cereals are so gooey they stay in your body for at least 51 days after you eat them and traces of it can be found in your body a year from the time you ate them. [155] 1. Cochineal extract or “carmine” is a red dye made from the dried bodies of female cochineal beetles which turn a bright red color when they are pregnant. Cochineal extract is used to provide a pink, red, or purple color to foods like ice cream, yogurt, and fruit drinks. Top 5 Reasons we Need Nutritional Reform << Back 5. The average child watches 5000 hours of television before the end of preschool and has seen 19,000 hours by the end of high school. Watching TV is second only to sleeping among children’s use of time. On the average, children are exposed to one food commercial every 5 minutes. During this study, the researchers noted none of these commercials were promoting fruits and vegetables. 4. The average child will eat 15 pounds of cereal in a year. 3. In some school districts, 50% of the kids are taking medically prescribed amphetamines to control their attention deficit disorder. The drugs they take are chemically similar to cocaine and produce the same “high” as cocaine. Some people refer to these drugs as “pediatric cocaine” since it’s given to children as young as 3 years old.[102.30] 2. The average child drinks 3-6 cans of soft drinks per day. To a 60 pound child, this is the equivalent to a 175 pound adult drinking 8 cups of coffee per day. [3] 1. Only 7% of our children eat the recommended 2 fruits and 3 vegetable servings each day….and that’s if you count French Fries as 25% of the vegetables consumed. [155] ..::TOP::..