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Healthy Food Myths UncoveredHealthy food is everything in your local health food store. Now, this would be the biggest myth there is. Health food stores buy their products. If the buyer is uneducated in the area of food additives, he could be sold anything. For example, I recently went into a health food store that had a sign over the ketchup promoting the ingredient HFCS instead of sugar. High Fructose Corn Syrup is a man made food additive. It is linked to obesity and diabetes. Avoid this ingredient. Another example is aspartame. This chemical is permitted to be used in supplements. Just this one ingredient has 92 possible different side effects reported to the FDA. This additive is often found in children's vitamins. So, read the labels and avoid this ingredient. Another myth is that processed meals that balance the food groups are healthy. Oh, yes those prepared meals look so good. And they are easy too, you just need to heat and serve. But, processed food has chemicals. A good rule: if you can't say the ingredient, don't buy it. Then their is also the possibility that they contain genetically modified ingredients. Labeling is voluntary, so you can't know for sure. To give you an idea of the chances, it is estimated that 70% of processed food contains genetically engineered ingredients. Fresh meat is considered healthy. Yet, it can be loaded with
pesticides,
hormones
and antibiotics.
Your healthy food alternative in fresh meat is to buy organic or
natural.
Both of these methods don't have these additives.
Although organic is regulated,
if you find a trusted natural producer that works too. Well, not exactly... You see, the method of production is the ultimate defining factor here. Let me explain... Conventional farming practices use chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides. All these chemicals affect the soil. Nutrient depleted soil does not produce the healthiest of plants. So it is true fresh produce is healthy. But, lets get the most benefit and buy them organic whenever available.
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