A recent article revealed all of the potentially hazardous synthetic materials that might be lurking in the food you or your family consumes, including titanium dioxide and sodium phosphate.
Read on to learn more.
Early Death and Disease
Study after study confirms that indigents in processed food contribute to not only the deaths of people aged 30-68 years of age, but increase the risk of dementia and colon cancer. Furthermore, consumption of these products can lead to other severe health outcomes such as heart disease and diabetes.
Obesity
Researchers consistently show eating processed foods changes the way people eat in general. These foods are designed explicitly for overconsumption, and are crammed with super-sweet and salty “hyper flavors.” Processed foods change tastes and diets so that when you eat, you eat more.
Experimental studies have proven the obesity risk associated with eating processed foods. The study created two groups. One group consumed only farm to kitchen foods. Another group ate processed foods. The group consuming processed foods gained weight while the other did not, even though the calories consumed by both groups were the same.
Obesity is consistently linked with processed food and generates serve health outcomes.
Decreasing Your Risk
You need to take responsibility and ownership of your health to decrease the risks. Think about food not in terms of calories alone but also in terms of quality. And when you change your mindset, you might be willing to find the time to prepare home-cooked meals. Regarding snack choices, not everything needs to come from a bag. Nuts, seeds, and fruit, for instance, don’t require much preparation, and they’re much better for you than anything you can find on a shelf at a store.