fatty acids our diets now. it s never too late to eat fish. we should have some. that s one. we should have walnuts, that s two. we should have spinach for folic acid. we should have oats to help l lower our cholesterol. where am i supposed to get oats? oatmeal, come on, t.j. is that the only thing? you can have oat bran, oatmeal. what s oat bran? you can go in the grocery store do you go to the grocery store very often? yeah, the meat aisle, grab some vegetables, and then get out of there. we re supposed to start at the outside of the store first where the vegetables are. the beer is on the outside too. do you want to go to the grocery store together? maybe we should. tell me about the real conditions. you can kind of prevent from serious medical conditions you can try to keep away by eating these. let s start with number one,
pause the next time they re in the meat aisle. for some chemical residues, the usda hasn t even set standards on possible levels of contamination in beef. reporter: traces of pesticides, heavy metals, antibiotics, could they be in the meat we re buying? a report by the usda s inspector general said standards are too lax, or in some cases, nonexi nonexiste nonexistent. for example, it says in 2008, a shipment of american beef was turned away by mexico because it contained too much copper. but that same rejected meat could have been sold in the u.s. why? because america has no limit on copper levels in beef. as a result, the report says, meat containing traces of these substances can reach the food supply. consumer advocates say that s a problem. how harmful are some of these substances? well, over time they accumulate in the body, they can affect, you know, organs. they can cause organ failure, some of the products some of the rescues could be