It Is Unsafe To Eat Restaurant Food

Written by Thomas Corriher Wednesday, 24 February 2010 22:51

	This is what restaurant chemicals did to our friend's hands.

It All Began With Martin

Our copper hand lotion was inspired by the plight of a friend of ours named Martin, who works for a restaurant specializing in pizza.  He began experiencing skin problems several years ago.  He did not know what was causing his skin problem, so he self-treated it with a variety of petroleum-based lotions that were purchased from local retailers.  All of his efforts were in vain, for his condition continued worsening, as the amount of lotion increased.

We caught up with Martin recently, and we were stunned by what we saw.  The skin on his palms was not only deteriorating: it was dying.  As the skin on his palms peeled and cracked, it appeared to be various random colors that were obviously not a healthy skin tone.  It was so horrific that even now he still cautiously wears several pairs of gloves at the same time, despite having made dramatic progress.  He told us that it was like having second degree burns on his palms constantly, and that they were becoming more like third degree burns.  He had concluded that he would need to train himself to develop a high pain tolerance, and live with it.  He got the usual run-around from a dermatologist, who explained that his symptoms could be treated temporarily with the usual steroids.  Never mind that it would bankrupt him over time, or lead to the development of full-blown diabetes.  Those were just minor details, after all, that this typical dermatologist had failed to mention.  It always seems to happen that way.  Go figure.  To his credit, Martin followed his intuition.  He decided to use our lotion and overall health advise instead of taking the quick and easy steroid route.

What Happens In The Kitchen Does Not Stay In The Kitchen

After careful analysis and research into Martin's life, it became apparent that the problem originated from the kitchen that he works in.  All of us were flabbergasted by the realization that the very chemicals that restaurants coat plates, glasses, and eating utensils with had killed (not damaged, but killed) the skin on Martin's hands.  If these chemicals easily melt some of the thickest and toughest skin on the human body, so that all layers of the skin are killed, then what do these same chemicals do when they are placed onto our foods?  That's what was most scary about our restaurant findings: that these same chemicals are indeed normally placed on, under, and inside of our foods.

If You Decide To Continue Reading, Then We Suggest That You Do It While Sitting

Making assumptions has become a very dangerous thing to do where our foods and drugs are concerned.  If you don't want yourself and your family in-and-out of hospitals throughout shortened lives, then you had better do some research (or at least read The Health Wyze Report).  Previously, we assumed that restaurant plates, utensils, and cups were dried using heat, not chemicals.  Like most people, we believed that restaurant plates, utensils, and glasses were thoroughly cleaned before they were used to serve meals; instead of being coated with toxic chemical residues.  Drying is now done chemically.  Few restaurants dry their food utensils after washing them nowadays.  Now, they are using so-called 'drying agents' on everything except for the tables and chairs, and perhaps we would shudder if we actually knew what was used on them.

Some drying agents used are Bone Phosphate, Calcium Aluminum Silicate, Calcium Ferrocyanide, Calcium Silicate, Sulfamic Acid, Calcium Stearate, Kaolin, Magnesium Silicate (Synthetic), Magnesium Stearate, Potassium Ferrocyanide, Salts of Fatty Acids, Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Aluminosilicate, Sodium Ferrocyanide, Tricalcium Phosphate, and Trimagnesium Phosphate.  They sound so harmless with those fancy chemical names, don't they?  It was worse than we suspected.

What we found particularly disturbing is that plenty of the major brands refuse to even disclose their ingredients, and jealously guard them as 'trade secrets'.  Jet Dry and Cascade, the leading brands of consumer drying agents, claim that their ingredients are proprietary; and therefore, we have no right to know what they are putting into our bodies.  Even the M.S.D.S. (Material Safety Data Sheet) available from the National Institutes of Health does not list the full ingredients, in order to protect these corporations.  Many people, particularly in hard water areas, choose to use rinse or drying agents to avoid blotchy stains on dishes.  However, people want to know what the ingredients are, particularly since their fumes are known to cause coughing and dizziness when dishwashers are first opened.  People will undoubtedly inhale these chemicals, as well as ingesting them.  We call that a double whammy.  As a result of associated health problems (particularly from inhalation), health-conscious consumers are choosing to use white vinegar to get the same result.  Drying agents are used in the final rinse cycle, so that they will dry onto the dishes.  Yes, leaving a chemical coating is actually intentional!    Each time you eat from such coated plates you consume some of those mystery chemicals.

In a restaurant, this applies to every plate, bowl, utensil, glass and even the pans which are used for cooking, and the chemicals seem to be far worse in restaurants than those of 'consumer' drying agents.  When eating out, there is no way to avoid internally consuming the drying agents.  You will be eating them.  It's that simple.  While we could find serious negative health implications for virtually every chemical that we found in these drying agents, we shall focus on a select few for the sake of brevity.

Calcium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Aluminosilicate, and Kaolin (Hydrated Aluminum Silicate)

Aluminum is a heavy metal toxin that is the slightly less evil twin of mercury.  Like mercury, aluminum in even trace amounts will persistently attack the brain and central nervous system for many years.  It is already documented to cause Alzheimer's disease, autism, cancer, lowered fertility, and brittle bones.  It particularly reeks havoc in the bodies of older women, since it effects the body like an estrogen substitute.  In these women it causes breast cancers, osteoporosis, and brittle bone disease.  Despite being listed in the H.S.D.B. (Hazardous Substances Data Bank) as a skin, eye, and lung irritant, Sodium Aluminosilicate is present in these restaurant drying products, and (brace yourself) it is also actually intentionally placed inside some foods and spices as an anti-caking agent.  Did we mention that this works out great for the chemo-pharmaceutical industry, and is of course, approved by the F.D.A.?

Aluminum is particularly bad because it accumulates deep inside the body, causing dozens of disease conditions over time.  The body cannot normally eliminate it.  Studies have found high amounts of it in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, and in the bones of those with brittle bone disease.  It is amazing that chemists were able to add three separate sources of aluminum to a single product.  Kaolin causes breathing difficulties, bronchitis, decreased pulmonary (lung) function, cumulative lung damage, and stomach granulamas.  Like in the cases of cancer and diabetes, the chemical industry somehow cannot find that supposedly elusive cure to asthma, which would cost them billions in lost sales.  By the way, kaolin is also used industrially for the protective coating of glossy paper.

Aluminum has become a favorite of the chemical industry, and it has become difficult to avoid.  It is in most store-bought bread, some baking powders (read the ingredients list carefully), pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and even the tap water.  What purpose could that aluminum serve?

Sodium Ferrocyanide and Potassium Ferrocyanide

The 'cyanide' part of these ingredients should be emphasized.  Restaurants are actually spraying your dishes with cyanide, and allowing it to remain on them.  When mixed with an acid, sodium ferrocyanide releases the extremely poisonous hydrogen cyanide gas.  This is the infamous zyklon B gas that was purportedly used by the NAZI's.  After all, if it was good enough for NAZI death camps, then it must be good enough for our families.  Sodium ferrocyanide is also used in photography for bleaching and toning.  It is highly toxic when exposed to the lungs, blood, and the mucous membranes.  It is known to cause organ damage with repeated, prolonged, or excessive exposure.  It is especially hazardous when ingested.  If this hazardous material is spilled, clean-up crews are required by regulations to wear full environmental suits with self-contained breathing apparatuses.  Nevertheless, it is deemed okay to give to your children, without your knowledge, or consent.

Inhalation of potassium ferrocyanide results in coughing and shortness of breath.  Skin contact will cause pain and redness.  Any contact should be immediately diluted with large amounts of water.  If it is involved in a fire, or if it comes into contact with a strong acid, then it will emit poisonous cyanide fumes.

"Here, kitty, kitty."

Bone Phosphate and Tricalcium Phosphate (Bone Meal)

When researching this, I had hoped that 'bone' was merely a pseudonym for something that was never alive.  Unfortunately, bone phosphate really is made from ground-up animal skeletons and teeth.  We wondered where it is obtained from, and discovered that bone phosphate is usually imported from China.  It is plausible then, that the leftover cat and dog bones from Chinese kitchens end up on our plates.  The bone meal could also come from murdered Chinese political dissidents.  All jokes aside, we could not find exactly where they get the dead animals to grind up.  We are really hoping that the bones come from animals; but remember we are talking about China.  We're confident that the details would not be good for business if they were disclosed, due to the difficultly that we experienced in our research.  That information is being concealed for a reason.

Tricalcium phosphate is a very similar bone-based compound, but it is frequently added to spices as an anti-caking agent.  If you feel uncomfortable with eating ground up bones, which have been soaked in a hydrochloric acid solution, we recommend that you avoid bone phosphate, calcium phosphate, and tricalcium phosphate.

Synthetic Magnesium Silicate

The Material Safety Data Sheet for this chemical, which is placed into constant contact with restaurant food reads, "Do not swallow".  It is a skin, eye and respiratory irritant.  In other words, it should never be in or around foods.  Ingesting large amounts can cause convulsions and unconsciousness.  Silica is a known carcinogen.  Further information is sketchy.

Sulfamic Acid

Inhalation of sulfamic acid results in laryngitis, coughing, permanent lung damage, bronchitis, and damage to the mucous membranes.  As a corrosive agent, ingestion of sulfamic acid burns the mouth, throat, stomach, and can lead to death.  There have been no studies on the cumulative effects of small amounts of ingested sulfamic acid, because it was not assumed that people would be eating this chemical.

Prologue

While this article should be made much longer, it should already be evident that restaurant chemical drying agents place our health in serious jeopardy.  Therefore, this article is being cut short for the sake of the readers.  The use of aluminum in these products is especially disturbing because of its cumulative property.  Each time you eat from one of these supposedly 'clean' plates, you increase the aluminum content in your body, thereby increasing your risk for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, various cancers, hormonal problems, bone diseases, and you will absolutely reduce your I.Q..

In the modern era, it is almost impossible to live healthily, because chemical companies are waiting to poison us from multiple angles.  Laundry products leave toxic residue on our clothing, and drying agents leave poisonous chemical residue all over our dinnerware.  Dangerous chemicals make direct contact with us through various avenues, and yet some sources still wonder (or feign ignorance about) why our cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease rates are constantly on the rise.

Unnecessary chemicals are used in most households, and restaurants for the sake of convenience.  It is like dealing with the Devil.  There will be a high price to be paid if you follow the mindless herd; sooner or later.  First, you will pay with your health, then your financial ruin, and then you will finally pay with your early demise.  Some of the restaurant drying agents even contain synthetic chemical fragrances, and we did not even bother with the topic of toxic chemical 'sanitizers' that are likely to get into contact with the foods at restaurants yet.  By covering the topic of drying agents, we are actually writing about a safer set of chemicals.  Save yourself and your family by cooking.

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