carrageenan - oh yuck ??

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Hi folks,

Anyone knowledgable about carrageenan? I had the creepiest

experience the other day and I'm thinking carrageenan had

something to do with it.

 

I wanted to whip up a choc. pudding pie for my hubby. I made a

really quick and easy pie crust with sea salt, water, and

organic spelt flour. I grabbed a box of pudding from the

cabinet and noticed that I only had a box that needed to be

cooked in a pot, with milk. So I followed the directions to the

letter. Basically adding milk to the powder mix.

 

I let it cool in the pot for several minutes before pouring into

my pie crust. All of a sudden I had a really STRONG impression

that someone just blew cigarette smoke in my face. It was

pretty gross. Living in Nova Scotia I am barely exposed to any

second hand smoke b/c of the laws here. Still, I remember what

smoke smells like and this was it.

 

So naturally at this point I'm freaking out. Why should any of

my food smell like carcinogens? I checked every appliance and

all through the house and basement to find this smell. Nothing.

Came back and sniffed the pie and there it was.

 

I grabbed the box and read the ingredients. The ONLY one I

didn't recognize was carrageenan. I thought this was red

seaweed in some form. So I popped on the net and looked around.

A few pages sang it's praises. A few pages said it's horrible

for you. And one article shows it as listed GRAS [generally

regarded as safe] through the FDA. Mind you, this same article

shows memos within the FDA dating back to 1972 that will make

you think twice. Seems it was never very thoroughly studied.

[see a pattern here?]

 

I read about risk of intestinal lesions and malignacies and said

" that's it " . I'm off the stuff for good but I'm still curious.

It's just in So MANY things that it feels like a hidden threat.

 

Anyway, if the above it news to you I suggest you do some

research. If what I've said is old hat and you know something I

don't I'd appreciate hearing it. Me and the kids are now paying

very close attention to ingredient lists. We aren't buying

anything that we don't understand. My oldest daughter in

particular is having fun learning about this stuff. So I

suppose there is an upside.

 

TIA,

Dawne

 

 

 

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