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    Have You Read Your Ingredient Lists Lately?

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    • Posts: 6,998 Member
      I don't have time to read the ingredients in my peanut butter cups. It'd take all night.
    • Posts: 356 Member
      The ingredients list on the Hershey's chocolate pie at Burger King used to amuse me.

      Still eat it, mmmmm yum.
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
      I don't have time to read the ingredients in my peanut butter cups. It'd take all night.

      Fortunately, I'm a faster reader than her^.
    • Posts: 1,757 Member
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      haha, love this!
    • Posts: 115 Member
      The guy with the coffee list is correct, even the mundane things are LOADED with names that we can make sound evil and bad. Even water, everyday common water, is known as Dihydrogen Monoxide or Hydroxyl Acid.

      Growing up in my house, my dad worked for general mills R&D, and we were taught to read the ingredient labels from a very young age. The neat part was my dad could tell me exactly why everything is in there, and exactly what it did. All of the stuff on that list is fairly innocuous; let me explain some of them.

      The “raising agents” give the bar fluff so it isn’t a hard rock, similar to adding baking soda in some recipes. Yes it is a different substance, but the effect is the same.

      The “emulsifiers” are there to help keep the various fats, and moisture dependant ingredients blended. If there were no emulsifiers the bar would have an uneven consistency, and they also VASTLY improve shelf life.

      The “humectant” is a variant of glycerin, which is incredibly common, and also completely harmless. Glycerin is a water soluble extract from common everyday fats, EVERY FAT has a glycerol backbone, (glycerol and glycerin are the same thing) and it’s amazing at preserving moisture in food items. Glycerin is especially good when it’s in a low moisture content food like snack bars and cakes.

      Now 61% of the substance of this bar is made from confectionary ingredients, with a few protein sources tossed in. the remaining 39% are bound up in flour, sugars, cocoa powders/extracts, and oils. The preservatives prolly don’t even register a full 1%.
    • Posts: 96 Member
      The things allowed in our food supply in this country is horrifying. Nothing we eat is safe unless its plant based organic. I would like to eat that way all the time but don't. It is very important to read your labels.
    • Posts: 23 Member
      The only thing that bothers me is that I have extensive food allergies so I always HAVE to read labels.. but I have a rule (based mostly on time saving and lack of commitment) that if an ingredients list is longer than four lines I'm not bothering with it, it's too likely it'll have an allergen in there somewhere and I"m not risking missing it haha
    • Posts: 4,605 Member
      I wonder if it looks less deathly when you understand what all the big words mean? I can't see anything that bad in there.

      No deadly nightshade in there, for instance. I guess that's cause that would be a 'natural' ingredient?

      I'd love someone to explain the difference between 'natural' and 'artificial' food for me. Which bit of the 'artificial' stuff didn't emerge in nature?

      FWIW I don't eat much processed food at all. And I don't understand why anyone would put a ww bar in their body. Not because of the evil ingredients, but simply because it doesn't taste very good. I don't put anything in my body that doesn't taste nice.
    • Posts: 115 Member
      I'd love someone to explain the difference between 'natural' and 'artificial' food for me. Which bit of the 'artificial' stuff didn't emerge in nature?

      FWIW I don't eat much processed food at all. And I don't understand why anyone would put a ww bar in their body. Not because of the evil ingredients, but simply because it doesn't taste very good. I don't put anything in my body that doesn't taste nice.

      technically "artificial" is anything that has had any sufficient degree of processing, and/or does not occur commonly in nature. for example nearly all oils, save some, will go rancid within days to weeks. there are even some that will go rancid instantaneously the moment they touch air. these oils are mostly in seeds and nuts, and don't go rancid in that form because its bound up in a tight, tasty package. they modify the molecular structure so that they will last longer, it doesn't go "bad", its just tastes bad.

      another example of an "artificial" ingredient is something that mimics an original substance, or is completely new. chew any common piece of gum and you are gnawing on a wad of plastic, rubbers, softeners, sugar alcohols, and flavor (mostly artificial). this mimics natural gums.

      a "natural" ingredient would be something like peppermint oil, cocoa, fruit extracts, un-modified oils (olive oil is a fantastic example), basic sugar. things that are generally the same, but changed by means of manufacture. wheat grain becomes wheat flour, milk becomes cheese and yogurt, fruit becomes jams and jellies, and so on. the overall food stuff is there, just changed by means of evaporation, condensing, fermentation, extraction, expressing, ect...
    • Posts: 99
      The chemicals are what make it taste good.
      iifym.
    • Posts: 556 Member
      We're all gonna die, man. I'll eat as well as I can and focus on being physically fit. But if evil food chemicals are going to sneak in and kill me in my sleep, not too much I can do about that.
    • Posts: 23
      Don't read it, don't care. For real "non-proccessed" aficionados who want to stay true to the idea of eating completely clean, you probably shouldn't be consuming anything that comes in a package with an ingredient list anyway.

      Edit: my girlfriend is one of the aforementioned clean eating fans...from personal experience it's best done with fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meat or dairy from the farm, and nuts or grains. None of those really require an ingredient list. So if you're really concerned about chemicals speeding up the inevitable death, go this route and you won't have to research glyphosphate or Erythrosine.
    • Posts: 194 Member
      People say 'if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it'...

      It's a wonder all chemists aren't dead already.
    • Posts: 2,272 Member
      The guy with the coffee list is correct, even the mundane things are LOADED with names that we can make sound evil and bad. Even water, everyday common water, is known as Dihydrogen Monoxide or Hydroxyl Acid.

      Growing up in my house, my dad worked for general mills R&D, and we were taught to read the ingredient labels from a very young age. The neat part was my dad could tell me exactly why everything is in there, and exactly what it did. All of the stuff on that list is fairly innocuous; let me explain some of them.

      The “raising agents” give the bar fluff so it isn’t a hard rock, similar to adding baking soda in some recipes. Yes it is a different substance, but the effect is the same.

      The “emulsifiers” are there to help keep the various fats, and moisture dependant ingredients blended. If there were no emulsifiers the bar would have an uneven consistency, and they also VASTLY improve shelf life.

      The “humectant” is a variant of glycerin, which is incredibly common, and also completely harmless. Glycerin is a water soluble extract from common everyday fats, EVERY FAT has a glycerol backbone, (glycerol and glycerin are the same thing) and it’s amazing at preserving moisture in food items. Glycerin is especially good when it’s in a low moisture content food like snack bars and cakes.

      Now 61% of the substance of this bar is made from confectionary ingredients, with a few protein sources tossed in. the remaining 39% are bound up in flour, sugars, cocoa powders/extracts, and oils. The preservatives prolly don’t even register a full 1%.
      Yes, you'll notice that the original poster hasn't told us which ones are "horrid" yet. It's because she can't.
      It's just uneducated scare mongering.
    • Posts: 4,537 Member
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      Yes, you'll notice that the original poster hasn't told us which ones are "horrid" yet. It's because she can't.
      It's just uneducated scare mongering.

      I like you.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Unless you go the expensive way which is all organic you will always be putting some kind of chemical in your body. I was horrified to ready an article about aspartame which is a chemical in all sugar substitutes. And can be deadly. Not only that but it triggers your brain to respond in different ways. One way it makes your brain respond is by making it crave carbs. Not to mention that it has been causing major illness and there is a reported 90 deaths from the intake of aspartame. And yet its FDA approved!

      You're hilarious....
    • Posts: 10,161 Member
      a reported 90 deaths from the intake of aspartame

      .......
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    • Posts: 2,480 Member
      no *kitten* is given... if it was the right calories and fit my LGIT diet plan, i would eat it.... ALL FOOD IS CHEMICALS, everything in our world is made up of chemicals

      Ok, sure all food is chemicals – but I think it should be sort of obvious that there is a huge difference between chemicals that are found naturally in food and added chemicals that were created in a lab and then added to food, right?

      If all chemicals are the same, add a heaping scoop of batrachotoxin, tabun, or sodium cynanide to your protein drink and see how that fits your diet…
    • Posts: 3,497 Member
      ... Example: poptarts and Pizza pockets, they add tons of stuff to them, they're barely real food....

      In for barely real food.
    • Posts: 10,161 Member
      Ok, sure all food is chemicals – but I think it should be sort of obvious that there is a huge difference between chemicals that are found naturally in food and added chemicals that were created in a lab and then added to food, right?

      You would think so, right?

      Turns out.... not so much.

      Go figure!
    • Posts: 3,189 Member
      I love chemicals in my food. Especially if it contains 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide (C18H27NO3) :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 2,480 Member
      I love chemicals in my food. Especially if it contains 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide (C18H27NO3) :bigsmile:

      I just took a big bite out of this organic apple, and thought to myself, "this is ok, but if only there were a little 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide (C18H27NO3) I could dip this in, now that would be so much more satisfying!"
    • Posts: 2,485 Member
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      This.

      This *10
    • Posts: 49,213 Member
      Do you know how many are in everything?
      Here are a few from coffee:
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      It's all chemicals. All food is chemicals.
      THIS. Chemical profiles from food can be astounding long. But the body is VERY efficient at breaking down and absorbing what it needs. Many try to over think a process that's simple to the body.

      A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
      IDEA Fitness member
      Kickboxing Certified Instructor
      Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    • Posts: 11,068 Member
      Not that I ever eat that stuff, but which of those ingredients are "horrid" ?


      ^^ OP, I'd also like to know the answer to this ^^
    • Posts: 49,213 Member
      Unless you go the expensive way which is all organic you will always be putting some kind of chemical in your body.
      Organic foods also have chemical compounds. Apples have cyanide in them.
      I was horrified to ready an article about aspartame which is a chemical in all sugar substitutes. And can be deadly. Not only that but it triggers your brain to respond in different ways. One way it makes your brain respond is by making it crave carbs. Not to mention that it has been causing major illness and there is a reported 90 deaths from the intake of aspartame. And yet its FDA approved!
      You're probably not reading PEER REVIEWED clinical studies. Try those first.

      A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
      IDEA Fitness member
      Kickboxing Certified Instructor
      Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    • Posts: 154 Member
      I try not to eat anything that comes from a box. Or the inside aisles of the grocery store. Fruits, veggies, meats. You just have to do your best. But it is important to know what you are putting in your body if you care about your health in the long run. Some of these "chemicals" that everyone has decided to say is in everything, are dangerous. So just educate yourself.
    • Posts: 11,068 Member
      Some of these "chemicals" that everyone has decided to say is in everything, are dangerous. So just educate yourself.

      Which ones specifically are dangerous?
    • Posts: 336 Member
      no *kitten* is given... if it was the right calories and fit my LGIT diet plan, i would eat it.... ALL FOOD IS CHEMICALS, everything in our world is made up of chemicals

      Science FTW.

      Everything that happens inside you is a chemical reaction between chemicals. Those chemicals come from everything you consume.

      Semantic saturation in effect.
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