Product Label Ingredients to Avoid

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When reading product labels, these are ingredients I currently avoid:

 

Sugar

Brown Sugar

Raw Sugar

Turbinado

Corn Syrup

Sucrose

Fructose

Dextrose

Maltose

Aspartame (NutraSweet)

Saccharin

Alkali

Aluminum

Calcium Sulfate (plaster of Paris)

Yeast Nutrients

Dough Conditioners

Artificial Colors (i.e. FD & C blue, Yellow 5)

Ingredients you don't recognize orknow are chemical additives Margarine

Lard

Shortening

MSG (monosodium glutamate)

HVP (hyrdrolyzed vegetable protein)

Nitrates and Nitrites

Preservatives

Salt (as opposed to sea salt)

Starch (as an added ingredient)

" Artificial "

" Milled "

" Processed "

" Modified "

" Hydrogenated "

" Hydrolyzed "

" Fortified "

" Wheat " (as opposed to " Whole Wheat " )

 

 

 

 

Recommended Reading

 

A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (4th Ed)--Winter

Book News, Inc., 03/01/95:

 

A guide for consumers who read labels and want to know what's in their food as

well as the meaning of such terms as fat-free and all- natural. Definitions

include what the additive does, in what products it is generally used, and what

is known about possible effects on health. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc.

Portland, Or.

 

Empty Harvest : Understanding the Link Between Our Food, Our Immunity, and Our

Planet--Anderson, Mark

 

The Food That Would Last Forever : Understanding the Dangers of Food

Irradiation--Gibbs

 

Synopsis: While food irradiation may extend shelf life, it may also shorten

human life. Each bite of irradiated food provides indirect exposure to ionizing

radiation, thus turning healthy foods into potential poisons. This book presents

facts on food irradiation, it provides the history of food irradiation, and

motives of those who promote it.

 

What's in Our Food: Fact and Fiction About Fat and Fiber, Vitamins and Minerals,

Nutrition and Contaminants--Parsonnet

 

The Whole Food Bible : How to Select and Prepare Safe, Healthful Foods--Kilham

 

Synopsis: The latest findings on food additives, processing, and preservation

methods are presented to enable people to select and prepare the healthiest food

possible. The Whole Food Bible, first published in 1991 with more than 35,000

copies sold, is a handy guide for both the experienced and beginning cook with

more than 100 simple, healthy, and delicious recipes.

 

Poisons in Your Food : The Dangers You Face and What You Can Do About

Them--Winter

 

Synopsis: From the author of A Dictionary of Food Additives and Cancer-Causing

Agents, here is a brand new addition of the ground-breaking book from Crown. All

the latest findings about dangerous foods and what consumers can do to protect

themselves and their families is included in this helpful guide.

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