Dive Summary:
- In Food Product Design's latest "The Hot Pot" blog, nutritional science graduate student Colby Vorland counters a blog post from Prevention magazine listing "scary sounding" chemicals in fast food by listing equally scary sounding chemicals found in fruits, vegetables and other "real" foods.
- Among the chemicals listed as appearing in "real food" are formaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide, acetaldehyde, furfural, myristicin and estragole, which, like those used in fast food production and preservation, are also found in cosmetic products.
- Vorland asserts that there are potentially more health risks from natural food chemicals than synthetic, with many of the aforementioned chemicals having documented carcinogenic properties--at least in animal testing, as many of the doses are believed too small to be harmful in humans.
From the article:
... The other issue is the continuous, feigned breathless horror about the safety of our food supply promoted by the popular media just to stir up an audience. (Although given the level of scientific knowledge often displayed by the media, perhaps it’s not feigned at all.) To put things in perspective, read on as guest blogger Colby Vorland explains why there are so many “scary" chemicals in our food, and coincidently in our cosmetics. (Hint: It’s not “Big Food’s" fault.). ...
