According to a recent nationally representative survey, about 60% of the calories consumed by Americans come from “ultra-processed” foods and beverages–defined as products resulting from “several sequences of industrial processes” and including additives “used to imitate sensory properties of foods or to disguise unpalatable aspects of the final product.”
Ten Thousand Chemicals in Food and Food Packaging: What Are These Substances Doing to Our Children?
From greenmedinfo.com
The majority of additives in U.S. foods have undergone either inadequate or zero regulatory oversight. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) just issued a policy statement about the risks to children’s health of the more than 10,000 chemicals directly or indirectly added to food and “food contact materials” in the U.S. with three primary aims: (1) to review and highlight the significant health concerns associated with the chemicals in foods; (2) to formulate recommendations that pediatricians can share with families; and (3) to propose “urgently needed reforms” pertaining to regulation of food additives by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Public health challenges related to the foods that American children eat are a not-infrequent topic of national conversation. With 38% of children either overweight or obese, the childhood obesity epidemic tends to…
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I have a question: Are added vitamins bad too?
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If vitamin supplements are of good quality, they tend to keep people healthier and alive longer – in part because it’s quite difficult to get all the nutrients you need from food. It’s my understanding Australia has a very strict regulatory scheme regarding the quality of vitamins sold there. I’m afraid I don’t know anything about the details but here’s an official government link explaining it: https://www.tga.gov.au/overview-regulation-complementary-medicines-australia
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