Thoughts on "preservatives," etc.?
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Dihydrogen monoxide is really scary because either too much or too little can kill you!4
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- so if I have a lisp and I cant pronounce spinach, I shouldnt eat it??
seems really silly logic to connect pronouncabilty with suitability for consumption.
Incidentally just got my block of cheese out the fridge - is basic Woolworths brand Colby cheese, not "a pricier brand"
Says on packet - no preservatives,no artificial colours, no artificial flavours.
(can vouch for the no preservatives - if I accidentally leave it out the fridge for too long, it does grow mould)
Ingredients list, in full: milk, salt, starter culture (non animal rennet, suitable for vegetarians)
It doesnt say cheese at all !!! - I guess because cheese is a product made from (mainly) milk, not a base product in itself
Just like, say, sauce doesnt say 'sauce' in its ingredient list.6 -
For what it's worth, this is my own personal philosophy:
"If I can't pronounce it (an ingredient listed on a product) or have no idea what the hell it really is or means, I put it back on the shelf because I figure if it is healthy, then the companies would not make up crazy names for it.
The ugly truth is that most manuf. of packaged food INTENTIONALLY create these complex-sounding names to conceal artificial, harmful and/or "empty" (i.e., devoid of any nutritional value) "Frankenfood" additives to fool consumers. See http://www.promaxnutrition.com/50-names-sugar/ for multiple ways of listing just one ingredient. Other frequently used "additives" are Palmitate, Carrageenan, Guar Gum--YUM, SOUNDS SO DELICIOUS!!!--which are very prevalent in most manufacturer-touted "low-fat or low-cal" dairy products, from milk to ice cream to cheese and cottage cheese. One day, out of morbid curiosity, I looked up the ingredient on the Internet and was utterly floored. For detailed descriptions of these harmful dairy "additives" and fillers see: http://dontwastethecrumbs.com/2014/03/30-additives-in-dairy-products-you-should-know-about/.
Your body is your body, and the choice is yours! But I find it is not at all "difficult" to make fresh, truly "natural" (devoid of "additives") the bulk of your meals every day.
I had an excellent elementary school education. We learned phonetics and root words and prefixes and suffixes and all the good stuff. I have been able to pronounce almost everything since I was about 10. Does that mean I it can't hurt me or make me gain weight because I am armed with excellent pronunciation skills?5 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »
I don't know. I'm pretty damned old!2 -
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I'm preserved like a old fossil should be.
Easy peasy.2
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