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In reply to the discussion: Why “Clean Eating” is a Myth [View all]Silent3
(15,217 posts)48. If you did a chemical analysis of what's in an apple...
...the list would wrap up and down the length of your arm a few times, in small print. Food is made out of ("gasp!" chemicals.
Why would you assume that if you eat some vegetable and don't die on the spot that means it has no longer term associated health risk?
In the few cases it has been done (like the "natural" sweetener Stevia, or some of the naturally occurring "organic" pesticides mentioned in the article), when you start to put "natural" and "organic" foods under the same scrutiny we expect for "artificial" ingredients, you find that "natural = good, artificial = bad" is a very poor guideline.
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Ha! Last time I heard that my mother's wisecrack was, "I eat like a bird. A vulture."
WinkyDink
Feb 2014
#22
Not possible. Take out calories and your body adjusts itself to need even fewer
eridani
Feb 2014
#42
Eating is a must, over eating is an addiction. For years, since I was a kid, the more you ate the
demosincebirth
Feb 2014
#52