What are they putting in our food?!

Paralyza

I just watched a few documentaries on Netflix, one of them called "Hungry for Change". What are they putting in our food?! I thought I was avoiding unhealthy/nutrient-less food. Now they're hiding MSG in other terms? Anything “hydrolyzed”, yeast food, soy and whey protein, and more. Or labeling food to read nutritious, but far from the truth? Like blueberry pomegranate Total cereal; seems like something healthy, however, it has no blueberries or pomegranates just chemicals. I'm traumatized. Clean eating means something completely different to me now.

What does this mean about my protein powder, BCAA powder, glutamine supplements, and pre workout powder? Are these harmful? Looking for some food therapy.

xsmilexforxmex

Truth is, unless you pull it out of the earth or kill it yourself it's hard to find foods without SOMETHING done to them. I personally equate 'clean' eating to the foods around the outside of the supermarket that go bad after a week...
As for supplements... they're man made. Everything comes with risks and most aren't FDA approved... useful? I think so... but could just be media propogating that mindset....

rml_16

This is why there are labels on food packages. Read them.

neanderthin

You could look these ingredients up because nothing you've mention is actually unhealthy. Fear of the unknown maybe.

SunofaBeach14

In for food phobia.

EricMurano

Put the tin foil hats away and just focus on tracking your food and exercising. People get caught up in this nonsense as a way to creatively avoid doing the hard work.

Runfaster14

One of the reasons I don't do pre/post work out powders like the ones you mention is all of the ingredients in them. I do not eat 100% clean but I cannot make it right in my head to drink something that 99% of the ingredients I cannot pronounce.

Paralyza

Lol, I think I just entered the food twilight zone.

_TastySnoBalls_

What if I told you...everything is made up of chemicals?

Runfaster14

Put the tin foil hats away and just focus on tracking your food and exercising. People get caught up in this nonsense as a way to creatively avoid doing the hard work.

Totally disagree. Not want to put crap in my body has absolutely nothing to do with putting in hard work. I can actively argue just the opposite.

Mr_Knight

In for food phobia.

....while simultaneously eating extremely processed supplements...

cmriverside

in for popcorn with hydrolyzed something or other.

neanderthin

Put the tin foil hats away and just focus on tracking your food and exercising. People get caught up in this nonsense as a way to creatively avoid doing the hard work.

Totally disagree. Not want to put crap in my body has absolutely nothing to do with putting in hard work. I can actively argue just the opposite.

What exactly is this crap your referring to?

SunofaBeach14

In for food phobia.

....while simultaneously eating extremely processed supplements...

But vitamins are magic pills because chiropractors and homeopaths sell them . . .

Dnarules

What if I told you...everything is made up of chemicals?

I love these. I saw one for an orange before, but haven't seen these. I need to save them .

Paralyza

One of the reasons I don't do pre/post work out powders like the ones you mention is all of the ingredients in them. I do not eat 100% clean but I cannot make it right in my head to drink something that 99% of the ingredients I cannot pronounce.

After all I've been reading and watching, I agree with you. I workout 4-5 times a week, all weight training. The workout powders were helpful to get to the next level, but now I'm not so sure they are good for my body in the long term.

nomeejerome

these threads never end well.....

Ctrum69

EVen worse, they've been hiding Dihydrogen Monoxide and Hydrogen Hydroxide in our drinks for YEARS!

This stuff is deadly. Really deadly.

as little as a tablespoon can kill.

TomfromNY

Eat vegetables, eggs, meat, fish, fruit, beans, nuts, and olive oil and you'll be fine.

rml_16

In for food phobia.

....while simultaneously eating extremely processed supplements...

Exactly my thought.

"I eat clean, but I eat protein powder and Total cereal."

_TastySnoBalls_

What if I told you...everything is made up of chemicals?



I love these. I saw one for an orange before, but haven't seen these. I need to save them .

I tried to make it smaller, blah! Right click for full image. :bigsmile:

Ctrum69

In for food phobia.

....while simultaneously eating extremely processed supplements...

But vitamins are magic pills because chiropractors and homeopaths sell them . . .

Dunno about magic pills. But some help me a lot. YMMV.

iwtfytj

What if I told you...everything is made up of chemicals?

+1

rml_16

EVen worse, they've been hiding Dihydrogen Monoxide and Hydrogen Hydroxide in our drinks for YEARS!

This stuff is deadly. Really deadly.

as little as a tablespoon can kill.

Everyone who ingests it dies.

toddis

I think reading the label doesn't work. Many times the companies hide the common terms with new fancy ones that mean the same thing. Some people have issues with MSG, regardless of if it's bad. So the companies change what they call it to a dozen different names. Natural and artificial flavors can cover a broad range of things that are unclear.

Protein powders such as whey should be bought with the least additives possible. I'm not sure the validity of an article years ago, but the more stuff they add the more adulterants get added also.

_Terrapin_

Minerals in a food I ate the other day---->3 milligrams(mg) of sodium, 145 mg of potassium, 6 mg of magnesium, 7 mg of calcium, 65 micrograms(ug) of manganese, 480 ug of iron, 100 ug of copper, 120 ug of zinc, 12 mg of phosphorus, 2 mg of chloride, 7 ug of fluoride, 2 ug of iodine and 1-6 ug of selenium. Amino acids, Leucine, Lysine, Valine, Isoleucine Vitamins: Carotene, E, K, B1, B2, nicotinamide, B6, and C...............wait.......oh yes it was an apple.....

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5867454_composition-apple_.html#ixzz2sCPuUIiS

rml_16

I think reading the label doesn't work. Many times the companies hide the common terms with new fancy ones that mean the same thing. Some people have issues with MSG, regardless of if it's bad. So the companies change what they call it to a dozen different names. Natural and artificial flavors can cover a broad range of things that are unclear.

Protein powders such as whey should be bought with the least additives possible. I'm not sure the validity of an article years ago, but the more stuff they add the more adulterants get added also.

And clearly the person posting on MFP has no access to Google to look up terms he or she doesn't recognize on a label.

RllyGudTweetr

What if I told you...everything is made up of chemicals?

We have a winner.

yaddayaddayadda

I watched the same documentaries back in the beginning of January. I decided to eat a plant based diet since. I've done pretty well except when eating out - you never know what a restaurant puts in their food. My husband is going to go vegetarian as soon as the Super Bowl is over. Not only does eating a plant based diet help with weight loss, but it may help with many health issues that are caused by eating the crap that is in processed food. Feel free to friend me if you want to go on the journey with me:-)

toddis

I think reading the label doesn't work. Many times the companies hide the common terms with new fancy ones that mean the same thing. Some people have issues with MSG, regardless of if it's bad. So the companies change what they call it to a dozen different names. Natural and artificial flavors can cover a broad range of things that are unclear.

Protein powders such as whey should be bought with the least additives possible. I'm not sure the validity of an article years ago, but the more stuff they add the more adulterants get added also.

And clearly the person posting on MFP has no access to Google to look up terms he or she doesn't recognize on a label.

And that will inform me which dyes are in Caramel Color or what is in "natural" or "Artificial" flavors? I'm not claiming a person doesn't have agency. I am claiming that companies are actively and creatively hiding things people watch for which new terminology.

_Terrapin_

I think reading the label doesn't work. Many times the companies hide the common terms with new fancy ones that mean the same thing. Some people have issues with MSG, regardless of if it's bad. So the companies change what they call it to a dozen different names. Natural and artificial flavors can cover a broad range of things that are unclear.

Protein powders such as whey should be bought with the least additives possible. I'm not sure the validity of an article years ago, but the more stuff they add the more adulterants get added also.

And clearly the person posting on MFP has no access to Google to look up terms he or she doesn't recognize on a label.

Google? Why would use this? It's controlled by the food industry.....(yes sarcasm)