Why remove canned tomatoes from your diet?

We all have heard how healthy tomatoes are for us - particularly men,  who need protection against prostate cancer. But did you know that those tomatoes are not healthy if they come from cans containing  bisphenol A (BPA)? Acidic foods like tomatoes, in particular, cause BPA to be leached into the food.

But why be worried about BPA? It is a synthetic estrogen which has been linked to many serious health hazards. Dr. Frederick Von Saal , an endocrinologist who studies this chemical at the University of Missouri, says he won’t go near canned tomatoes. He states “you can get 50 mcg of BPA per liter out of a tomato can, and that’s a level that is going to impact people, particularly the young.”

Thus, be sure to eat only fresh tomatoes, bottled or ones found in tetra paks until the BPA is removed from cans. And that could be years!

In the next blog, find out all about the hazards of BPA.  The politics surrounding food safety in Canada and the US will shock you.