Of course, the “truth” is actually quite subjective most of the time. However, taken with a grain of salt (pun intended) it is beneficial to know what kinds of stuff are being added to your food, and what some of the potential downsides to your health their introduction might cause. – This infographic was sourced from DailyInfographic.com
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Great infographic. One problem: the McDonald’s hamburger story is bad science, at the least. While I would never state that fast food is healthy, the science behind it is false. Check out the debugging: http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/11/the-burger-lab-revisiting-the-myth-of-the-12-year-old-burger-testing-results.html
Yep, thanks for the link. I felt like it was still worth sharing despite that mistake.
I’m confused about the addition of rennet to this infographic. Rennet is an important part of cheese making, it’s not there to make food look pretty or add flavours like artificial colours/flavours. Also there are no negative health benefits. If you are going to include this then you might want to add that bacteria makes yoghurt and other fermented foods. The other items in that section, while gross, are they harmful to your health? Perhaps annatto or carrageenan which are natural additives but have negative effects on people would be better.
I didn’t make the infographic, I found it online and shared it because I thought it was interesting. I added the addendum at the top because I also felt that some of the items included might not be conclusively indicated as harmful.
Point taken. I didn’t read the bit at the top properly.
You know you’re Paleo when your reaction to “Female beetle secretions are responsible for making Skittles and the sprinkles on ice cream shiny” is, “Well, at least that’s natural”.
I lol’d