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\u201cHere\u2019s the advice: Don\u2019t ever buy any kind of peanut butter in plastic containers.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven organic peanut butter should not be bought in plastic containers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rubin said her colleague Lee Hitchcox originally wrote about the potential dangers in his book, Long Life Now: Strategies for Staying Alive.<\/p>\n
She said the concerns stem from the way that peanut butter is processed before its placed in plastic jars.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the peanut butter on the grocery store shelves (even in many \u2018natural foods\u2019 stores) already contains pesticide and\/or fungicide residues, tons of sugar and a host of other additives,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeanut butter must also be heated to flow through the machinery for it to be quickly, easily and consistently poured into jars (plastic jars are also often then heat-sealed \u2013 the sealing of the combination foil-type\/plastic barrier that is usually found under the lid for food safety reasons.)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe concern is that the now hot oils\/fats in the peanut butter help the plasticisers (in the plastic jars and lids) leach into the food, and along with all the other chemical residues and additives, make for an incredibly toxic product.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plasticisers bond to the oil in the peanut butter as a result of the packaging process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe consumer is then eating plastic\u2026 which is why peanut butter packed in plastic is one of the most toxic foods you can purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a result, Rubin says she only buys peanut butter in glass jars – and implores others to do the same.<\/p>\n
Rubin has also\u00a0released details of results<\/a>\u00a0from plastic peanut butter testing, and says her claims are backed up by the findings.<\/p>\n