Can Pesticides Make You Fat?

by Vaughan Lazar on 11/02/10 at 12:00 pm

Can pesticides make you fat? According to Stephen Perrine, author of “The New American” Diet, YES! It can also cause diabetes as well. Perrine’s newest book discusses certain chemicals found in common foods called “obesogens” and how they play a role in the American obesity crisis.

Obesogens are chemicals that disrupt the function of hormonal systems; many researchers believe they lead to weight gain and, in turn, numerous diseases that curse the American populace. They enter our bodies from a variety of sources—natural hormones found in soy products, hormones administered to animals, plastics in some food and drink packaging, ingredients added to processed foods, and pesticides sprayed on produce. They act in a variety of ways: by mimicking human hormones such as estrogen, by misprogramming stem cells to become fat cells, and, researchers think, by altering the function of genes.

Author Stephen Perrine (editor of Children’s Health, editor-at-large of Men’s Health) and co-author Heather Hurlock research and discuss the link between obesogens and the American obesity crisis, as well as increases in rates of diabetes, depression, heart disease, declining birth rates and sperm counts, and possibly autism.

In the clip below, Stephen Perrine chats with The Early Show host, Harry Smith about obesogens and their role in obesity and diabetes. He also goes to great lengths about how avoiding these chemicals are as easy as switching to an organic diet and eating grass-fed meats free of synthetic hormones.

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Perrine even discusses the impacts of eating foods packaged in certain plastic containers and BPA. This guy may be onto something… Hmmm… Eating Organic is not only good for you, it can help you lose weight!

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The extension of the organic food market is therefore rooted in the increased consumer awareness that non-organic foods are dangerous. The more we learn about the additives and chemical substances in non-organic products, the higher the eagerness to buy something organic. This means that a real revolution will occur on the organic food market with bio products taking preeminence over the others. And people shop at supermarkets, which is why, retailers have to offer attractive products that are considered organic commodities at a very affordable price. Consequently, when you go to Wal-Mart you want to get organic foods at a rather good price.

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The organic food market is presently serviced by a huge number of producers worldwide. Although favored by some producers, exports of organic products is more difficult due to the perishable nature of the foods. The emphasis and the responsibility at the same time falls on local producers, farmers or farming groups that address the needs of the local market sector. The organic food market is in a continuous expansion that goes hand in hand with an increase of productivity. This growth can only be possible if more and more manufacturers accept the rules and join the system. There is however a risk in this extension.

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The conventional product sales will drop with the higher preponderance of organic foods and the development of the organic food market. The problem here is that even the regular items on the organic food market can become subject to the production haste that will involve some form of automated processing or food treatment, thus, pushing the all organic principles a bit further, making them rather loose in fact. Therefore, we could be witnessing an alteration of the standards that keep organic foods so desirable to the health-concerned consumers. Regulations therefore have to remain strict and their implementation by control organs has to be impeccable.

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