How to Be a Conscious Eater

These ten ingredients are just a sampling to give you

an idea of how nuanced the clean-eating quest can be with

respect to packaged foods. That’s why true clean eating means

reliance on real, whole foods. There’s more to learn as you

decipher those foods that aren’t, so check out a resource called

“Chemical Cuisine,” published by the Center for Science in

the Public Interest. This is a useful list of all the major food

additives and their corresponding safety rating, from “safe”

and “caution” to “cut back,” “certain people should avoid,” and

“avoid.”

6 INGREDIENTS TO WATCH

Aside from Center for Science in the Public Interest’s three

“terrible” ingredients to avoid—salt, sugar, trans fat—here

are six others they’d put under patrol.

FOOD DYES (BLUE 1, BLUE 2, GREEN 3,

RED 3, RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6)

REASON: SUSPECTED TIES TO CANCER AS WELL

AS ADHD

AS PARTAM E

REASON: SUSPECTED

TIES TO CANCER

ACESU LFAME-

POTASSIUM

REASON: SUSPECTED

TIES TO CANCER,

THOUGH DATA IS

LIMITED

CAFFEINE

REASON: SUSPECTED TIES TO INSOMNIA, ANXIETY, REDUCED FERTILITY, AND WORSE

WHEN CONSUMED IN SUPPLEMENT FORM AND POSSIBLY ENERGY DRINKS. THAT SAID,

COFFEE HAS BEEN TIED TO HEALTH BENEFITS, IN FACT, AND FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE

AMOUNT OF CAFFEINE IN A REGULAR CUP OR TWO IS TOTALLY HARMLESS.

BHA

REASON:

SUSPECTED

TIES TO

CANCER

SACCHARIN

REASON:

SUSPECTED

TIES TO

CANCER

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