Are You Also Being Deceived into Eating Fake Frankenfoods?
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I encourage you to eat food that comes from a farmer’s field and not a food chemist’s laboratory...We need to be very wary of any food that comes in a package, box, or a can. That is not to say that there are not some good whole foods that are available in boxes, packages, or cans. However, most of what is available in the marketplace is simply not real food. A recent patient of mine is a food scientist who works for a large food industry company. His job is to invent and create new foods in the laboratory by mixing food and chemicals to create certain tastes and flavors that mimic real food or that stimulate appetite and satisfy our need for various tastes. Think of these as "Frankenfoods." My patient became quite sick from handling these compounds and chemicals everyday. I have been working hard to get him to not only stop eating processed food, but also to stop playing with it. He wore a funny T-shirt to my office, which listed the top ten reasons to major in food science, a scientific discipline that teaches people how to invent foods for the food industry. According to his shirt, here are the top 10 reasons to become a food scientist:
- Eat ice cream for breakfast and get credit for it.
- We are in it for the dough.
- Grocery shopping is research instead of a chore.
- We get to eat the results of our research project.
- Because hairnets are a fashion statement.
- Because we know what is really in your hot dogs.
- Not only do we know how to drink beer, we can make it.
- Cheese, yogurt, and buttermilk -- who says we are not cultured?
- As long as you are eating, we will be working.
- We have not stopped playing with our food and now we are playing with yours.
- Whole, real food such as vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, whole grains, lean animal protein like small wild fish and poultry, and whole omega-3 eggs.
- Small amounts of grass-fed, antibiotic- and hormone-free beef or lamb.
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