Recently, I published an article about fake rice being produced in China. The rice is made from plastic, believe it or not, and nobody is doing anything about it. Naturally, as a health advocate and researcher of food and how food is processed, I thought, this is going way too far.Buy vitamins and supplementsGroceries

As I mentioned earlier in this article, fake plastic rice is produced in China. It is believed to be made from potatoes and a synthetic resin. When boiled, the rice remains hard and does not cook like regular rice. Long-term effects of this food are thought to be carcinogenic.

9. Mud (sold as black pepper):

A vendor in China collected mud and sold it as black pepper, and also took flour and sold it as white pepper. Call it what you want and sell it! The Chinese don’t have much control over their food safety and regulatory systems. Not that they’re always good—just look at France! We have standards, but very weak ones at best.

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10. Industrial salt:

Industrial salt is unfit for human consumption, yet it was sold as table salt for 13 years! Industrial salt can cause mental and physical problems, hypothyroidism, and reproductive system disorders.

Yet another crazy, otherworldly scenario. These peas were discovered in China in 2005 and can still be produced today. These fake peas were created using snow peas, soybeans, green dye, and sodium metabisulfite (a chemical used as a bleaching and preservative). This dye is banned because it can cause cancer and inhibit the body’s natural ability to absorb calcium. These peas also don’t soften when boiled, and the water turns an unnatural green color. So, avoid peas from China.