On a trip through a supermarket these words [or letters] were found on food labels [and this is just a small sampling in a few food aisles]
- BHT [butylated hydroxytoluene]
- BHA [butylated hydroxyanisole]
- sodium propionate
- benzoate
- potassium lactate
- potassium nitrite
- cellulose gum
- guar gum
- xanthan gum
- locust bean gum
- carrageenan
- disodium inosinate
- disodium guanate
- acesulfame potassium
- sucralose
- tripotassium phosphate
- sodium aluminosilicate
- dipotassium phosphate
I've put in the "real" names for the first two as I've never seen them spelled out on labels.
And what are all these "substances" we get in our foods? I looked them up online - but repeating all that information is not necessary as it can be easily done when you have time and it IS a lot of information! I suggest strongly that you do this!
Please go through your foods at home, look up what's in them and browse the Internet for a full description!
These substances are in our foods as preservatives, antioxidants, color fixatives, thickening agents, sweeteners, binders and anti-caking additives.
Antioxidants? That sounds good doesn't it? We read how antioxidants help us stay younger looking. Well these antioxidants keep the other ingredients from aging [or spoiling] and one, BHT, is also found in embalming fluid, jet fuel, cosmetics and drugs!
And yes, the USA government allows for certain levels of all the above [and many others] to be in our foods; it calls them "generally recognized as safe."
There are mixed studies about the effects of additives in our diets - especially ones in the food we feed our children. The ever-increasing autoimmune diseases we have, as well as the increase in autism, and in what is called ADD [and other childhood issues] are often said to be linked to the non-food stuffs that are put in our foods.
If you look at canned organic foods, the labels do not contain all or even most of the above list. Why? Aren't they both canned and preserved? Aren't they on the same shelves in the same kinds of stores? The answer to this is a different kind of article about food and money - but that's for another time.
Do you want to eat chemicals? Or do you want to eat food?
And we have made of ourselves living cesspools, and driven doctors to invent names for Our diseases. Plato
Maybe it's time to stop being cesspools and go back to eating real food. Food is what our bodies were designed to ingest and use to do what bodies are supposed to do.
From Lynn Dorman, Ph.D. who, along with other Developmental Psychologists, has been concerned about the health and development of all people and we have argued against additives and colorants since back when it was considered "odd" and "kooky" to do so. Sadly, a lot of the negatives said back then about some additives have been found to be true.
Please make intelligent decisions about what you feed yourself and your family!
Be safe - feed you and your children real food - and as little of the additives as possible.
I invite you to beING healthy where I have material on nutrition and food-based supplements because at 70+ that's still who I am and what I am still passionate about!
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