http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2hd6u2NQ0

Fried Food, Restaurant Food, Microwave Popcorn, Margarine, Crackers, Chips, Packaged Cookies and Cakes, Fast Food, Deli Meats, Canned Goods, Crackers, Chips, Processed/Packaged Foods, Soda, Candy, Juice, Packaged Baked Goods, Frosting, Gelatin, Fruit Cocktail, Sausage, Diet Soda, Sweetener Packets, Sugar-Free Food Products, Microwave Popcorn, Butter-Flavored Anything, Pringles Light, Lay’s Light, Ham, Hotdogs, Bacon, Canned Meats/Fish, Corned Beef, and White Flour Bread/Grain Products.

That’s all well and good. But what CAN we eat? Produce is having a problem with pesticides and bacteria, apparently the cows have all gone mad, and we can’t eat any of the things listed above.

That leaves us on… what, cheese and fish? (but only the non-canned kind!)

And if you don’t like cheese or fish, I guess you just keel over and die, then?

Unless you happen to have a couple of spare acres in your back yard to farm with. Does that mean that everyone in the cities is going to be cancerous and obese?

I like how all of your objections have pretty serious charges against them that they some how got off of..just look at the back of a NutraSweet package.. the point is all of these additives are just not natural and even if they existed in a natural stage at some point they were extracted and altered. I think what the editor is trying to say is that eat natural eat healthy! Ben now you can go back to lobbying in Washington for your chemically fortified foods.

- Phil

Chemical additives in their natural context, Ben, are usually not going to do anyone much harm, but consider the consequences of isolating them, and adding them in large amounts to all sorts of junk food we eat. And who decided butter had no unstudied health detriments besides those already known to us? Butter was never healthy to start.

For example, everyone knows that oil is generally bad for you because it is ISOLATED fat, but meat, nuts, wheat, avocados and whole sources of oil are extremely healthy because of the fiber, starches, protein, minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals that accompany those oils. Lipids (fats) are also important for survival, and immune, and cellular function.

Vic, if your comment had any scientific backing, or logical backing I might be swayed… But alas…

Fantastic article; spot on, buddy-o.

Would you mind looking into the detriments of dairy one day? I’m considering cutting it out, but there is so much conflicting info out there.

I loved this article and glad to see someone bringing more light to the topic.

ORGANIC! GRASS-FED! WILD CAUGHT! NO PRESERVATIVES OR CHEMICALS!!

And it goes like that with any topic, say one camp stating a low-carb diet is unhealthy and the opposing camp stating a low-carb diet is healthy. Right now the Corn Refiners Association is running a nationwide campaign telling people that High Fructose Corn Syrup is natural and just as safe for them as sugar… but the truth is it’s not.

We appreciate your comment and always welcome an open dialogue at DietsInReview.com.

Per our research, these are 8 things that aren’t doing anyone any kind of good. Food additives aren’t healthy in any light, and whenever possible, people should consume a diet rich in whole, natural foods.

Oh, by the way, the article sucked.

Saccharin, while tasting nasty IMO, has never been conclusively linked to cancer. The motion to consider banning was withdrawn in 1991, and product warning labels were repealed in 2000, as the original cancer links were flawed.

Diacetyl is a natural ingredient found in – are you sitting down? – BUTTER! It is also found naturally in other food sources as a by-product of fermentation. There has been no evidence that eating anything with diacetyl in it causes harm. The “popcorn lung” disease is a result of workers inhaling airborne diacetyl fumes, NOT ingestion! Might as well tell people not to use window cleaner containing ammonia or put gas in their vehicles. So unless you are regularly “huffing” bags of microwave popcorn (air-popped is MUCH healthier, BTW – oh look, some USEFUL dietary advice!), diacetyl hasn’t been shown to cause any harm to average consumers.

Olestra was found by the FDA to have low incidence and severity of the abdominal problems, as listed. Hence they removed the warning label requirements stating such in 2003. Fat-soluble nutrients are blocked by any insoluble fat, including fat not absorbed when taking Alli or Xenical (and those medications are approved and they DO cause more severe digestive problems!) As such, anything made with Olean is required to add additional nutrients to help account for what would be lost from a normal daily intake.

Hey guess what? I’m not a dietician, but I can read! I would suggest any columnists on a diet website do the same, and back up your “opinons” with legit research.

Doris Mayer

L.N.

Jane Hersey, director
Feingold Association of the US