Just because food labels say the product is healthy, is it so?
A concise glossary of food-label terminology:
Natural: This means a product is free of artificial or synthetic dyes, coloring, flavorings and preservatives. Items labeled “natural” can still contain GMOs, as well as ingredients grown using agricultural chemicals or synthetic fertilizers.
Free-range: Use of this term only requires that animals have access to the outdoors—no stipulation as to whether they do, in fact, spend any time there.
Cage-free: This designation, typically applied to eggs, means just what it says: The animals cannot be kept in cages. But they can still be heavily crowded into a single barn.
Pasture-raised: This descriptor implies that animals spend their lives roaming outdoors and eating grasses, but there is no federal standard for it, and no regular inspections (Dunn, 2022).
Educate yourself. Don’t rely upon others like the government, the FDA, the CDC, the EPA, schools, the grocery stores and other to watch out for you and your loved ones well-being. Do the work, read the labels, read credible sources. Know what you put in and on your bodies. YOU are your most valuable investment.
References:
Dunn, E. G. (2022, April 1). How to Read a Food Label: A Healthy Skeptic’s Guide to the Buzzwords. WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/food-label-guide-regenerative-organic-meanings-11648827356?mod=Searchresults_pos7&page=1#comments_sector
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