As requested, here are more facts about your food. The food we are buying and eating has all kinds of ingredients hidden in its delicious tastes. As we learned before, castoreum from a beaver and shiny candy from beetles. Warning: The facts about your food you are about to read are disgusting!

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1. Maggots!

These facts about your food might be things you wish you never learned! For me, it was finding out that the FDA allows certain amounts of maggots and other little critters in our food! Did you know canned mushrooms can have maggots in them? In fact, the FDA allows up to 20 maggots per can of mushrooms! Even certain bottles of spices like oregano and cinnamon can have insects, larvae and poo in them legally? Ick!

2. Azodicarbonamide

This little additive is mainly used in the making of foam plastic. It is also used in synthetic leather. So why am I telling you this? What does this have to do with your food? Because they use it in your bread as well! It's found in many breads and flours to bleach them and make them whiter. Now that's appetizing!

3. Year Old Apples

Did you know that the average apple on your grocer's shelf is at least a year old? Ever wonder why they wax them? It's not just to make them pretty! Apples are picked before ripening and coated with the wax and placed in cold storage units for at least a year. Some apples have been found to be 14 months old! The problem with this is that by the time they are put on the shelves, they have no antioxidant value left whatsoever. This is why you should buy only organic apples!

4. Sheep Oil

For those of you who are familiar with things concerning breastfeeding, you will be familiar with "lanolin" as something that soothes the nipples during the first few weeks of nursing. However, did you know that when your gum lists "gum base" as an ingredient, it is actually listing lanolin? Lanolin is the oil secreted into a sheep's wool. But I guess if we are going to expect our babies to suck on the stuff, we should be willing to chew it, right? (I had no idea Lanolin was sheep oil! I've used it with both children! Eww!)

As part of taking control over your health and wellbeing, it's important to pay attention to the amount of sugar you consume daily. Did you ever wonder how many grams of sugar are in a teaspoon? Understanding this can help you make healthier choices and avoid those sneaky sugars that add up throughout the day. No doubt, your body will thank you!

5. BPA

It is said that BPA mimics estrogen in your body. It has been linked to many health problems like issues with your reproductive system, neurological concerns, thyroid problems and even weight gain! There has also been some linking with leukemia and breast cancer. And did you know it's used to coat the insides of tomato cans?

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6. Silicone McNuggets

When you order "chicken" nuggets at McDonald's, you are ordering half chicken, half silicone nuggets. They mix 50% chicken with the same silicone ingredient they use in breast implants.

7. Fruit Fly Eggs

The FDA allows fruit fly eggs in tomato sauce! Up to 30 fruit fly eggs per can! How do they get by with it? By calling them "allowable defects." Make your own sauce and avoid eating eggs from flies!

Disgusting stuff, I know, but it's all true! In this list of facts about your food, was there anything you did know? Anything you want to add? Is there anything you will still eat after learning these things? Please leave a comment!

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Stop saying yuck and ew, some of the things listed are quite natural and part of life.

Might as well starve yourself if your going to be grossed out lol

Junk!!

Who cares!!?? I'm still going to eat it if it tastes good. Every food has some thing bad in it!

:( the silicone in the chicken nuggets grossed me out. Never again.. :O

I think what makes me mad the most is that the FDA allow stuff like this to be put into consumers\' body. Bugs are natural whatever, but they can also carry diseases and its a bit unsanitary. Especially McDonald\'s as well.. I don\'t see them any different than a tobacco company.

The silicone and things that aren't food being put in food are what gross me out. Bugs and stuff is just kind of natural and I'm sure that's why they're allowed. I mean, I have tomatoes on my counter, who knows how many fruit flies have found them.

Even my Post Shredded Wheat, which has wheat as the only ingredient, is boxed in packaging coated with BHA. But the good news is Twinkies will be back on the shelves next week

I think If there's a slight doubt that my food contains an unhealthy ingredient than I won't eat it and if you decide to eat it please don't feed it to your kids .