What are you putting in your grocery cart, your mouth, and your stomach? When is the last time you read the labels? I was watching a show recently and one of the commentators, Dr. Alejandro Junger, was discussing the “food like products” that we typically buy and eat today.
It amazed me to learn how much of what we buy is engineered to be addictive. Combinations like that of aspertaime, and caffeine have been proven to be highly addictive. Yet, they are found in lots of food like products such as colas.
In fact, many of the ingredients I see on labels are difficult to pronounce. These ingredients are created in a chemistry lab somewhere and in no way resemble food. Yet, we are eating them!
One of the chemicals mentioned is propylene glycol. This compound is used as the main ingredient in the chemicals we use to winterize an RV. However, it is also a popular ingredient in blueberry muffins. Better read that label!
Dr. Junger also says that the main motivation of food companies is to “make you buy it, last long and make a profit for the company producing it”. Realizing this, not nutrition, nor the consumers health may be their main focus, should make us stop and evaluate our desires and motives to purchase and eat the products.