Preservatives
They’re used to keep food "safe" and "healthy" but you know what, they’re not really good for you in and of themselves. God made natural preservatives like citrus juices, various types of oil, and who can forget salt, but they only last so long before you have to start adding things that only three people in the universe can pronounce. (Although these three people are on different continents and never go over the pronunciations together so that the can decide who’s doing it correctly.)
Think about it for just a moment. What you put in your mouth is meant to be digested. Digestion involves the breaking down of the foods molecular structure; which is the very thing that preservatives are meant to hinder. So doesn’t it stand to reason that the digestion process would be equally hindered as a result. Your body is trying to gather the good stuff and dispose of the bad and yet there are these chemicals that are getting in the way.
In general, if you can’t pronounce it or figure out what it is, you probably shouldn’t be forcing your digestive tract to try and figure it out either. I’m not saying that we should all spend way too much on organic foods and never eat anything out of a box. It's just that there should be a little more thought as to what we’re really throwing into the old pie hole.
There’s a show on food network that I really enjoy, Alton Brown’s “Good Eats.” The guy is a food scientist and he really gets into the structure of food and why it responds to heat or cold in just the way that it does and so on. He's fun and sometimes funny. But it’s rarely seen that he uses any type of preservatives apart form those I mentioned already (oh yeah, vinegar). And the book “French Women Don’t Get Fat” supports a diet built on this very premise. Think about what can you eat on the “South Beach Diet.” Fresh veggies, some fruits, fresh meats, eventually whole grains.
They’re used to keep food "safe" and "healthy" but you know what, they’re not really good for you in and of themselves. God made natural preservatives like citrus juices, various types of oil, and who can forget salt, but they only last so long before you have to start adding things that only three people in the universe can pronounce. (Although these three people are on different continents and never go over the pronunciations together so that the can decide who’s doing it correctly.)
Think about it for just a moment. What you put in your mouth is meant to be digested. Digestion involves the breaking down of the foods molecular structure; which is the very thing that preservatives are meant to hinder. So doesn’t it stand to reason that the digestion process would be equally hindered as a result. Your body is trying to gather the good stuff and dispose of the bad and yet there are these chemicals that are getting in the way.
In general, if you can’t pronounce it or figure out what it is, you probably shouldn’t be forcing your digestive tract to try and figure it out either. I’m not saying that we should all spend way too much on organic foods and never eat anything out of a box. It's just that there should be a little more thought as to what we’re really throwing into the old pie hole.
There’s a show on food network that I really enjoy, Alton Brown’s “Good Eats.” The guy is a food scientist and he really gets into the structure of food and why it responds to heat or cold in just the way that it does and so on. He's fun and sometimes funny. But it’s rarely seen that he uses any type of preservatives apart form those I mentioned already (oh yeah, vinegar). And the book “French Women Don’t Get Fat” supports a diet built on this very premise. Think about what can you eat on the “South Beach Diet.” Fresh veggies, some fruits, fresh meats, eventually whole grains.
Eating things that your body is designed to digest: makes sense doesn’t it. Funny that we didn’t think of it before.
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