By: Mandy Villar

Ever wondered what those ingredients on the back of products actually are? Here we break down some common store-bought products ingredients into what they are and what they do to you:

Soy Protein Isolate

This is a common ingredient in protein shakes and food or protein bars. This will usually not be organic soy protein isolate, so avoid it. The reason is that in the processing of soy protein isolate, hexane is often used, which is a petroleum solvent similar to gasoline. Certainly these chemicals, or residues of these chemicals, remain in the food, but they are never listed on the label.

Enriched Bleached White Flour & Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour

Remember, stripped down white flour or bleached wheat flour has virtually no fiber. It has been totally depleted of all nutritional value and produced in a highly chemical environment, and is actually turned into such a highly refined product that it has many of the same properties as drugs in terms of how the body physically reacts when it is ingested. Really the only kind of flour you want to see is organic wheat flour or organic other types of grain flour, such as rye, millet, oat, etc.

Aspartame

This is an excitotoxin. It affects the brain and can cause unwanted side affects such as weight gain, deppression, PMS, and migraines. If you would like to learn more about Aspartame, read the book Aspartame: Is It Safe?
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