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Food Scares: Killer Corned Beef, Carcinogenic Crisps, Etc.

i believe that the dye has only been banned for 18 months anyway, so if we've been eating it most of our lives one further dose isn't likely to do much damage.
 
247 Tuna Pate retail 115g Tesco 20-Feb-05 Chilled Foods
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Tuna always was the meat of Satan so I would've been surprised not to see it on the list.
 
Mythopoeika said:
On this occasion, I think the WHO may be right.
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As a chronic sweetener user I'm highly irritated at this :)
And I was already irritated when they reduced the "one glass a day is not unhealthy" guideline, that I adhered to religiously.

Extensive scientific research has demonstrated the safety of the six low-calorie sweeteners currently approved for use in foods in the U.S. and Europe (stevia, acesulfame-K, aspartame, neotame, saccharin and sucralose), if taken in acceptable quantities daily. - Author: Qurrat-ul-Ain, Sohaib Ahmed Khan - Publish Year: 2015 (Stevia is my drug of choice.)

And it's thinkable that it's just reverse causation:
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/artificial-sweeteners/
With observational studies, it should be noted that the theory of reverse causation is also possible (for example, when people who are overweight or have prediabetes begin drinking LCS beverages to improve their blood sugar control, which produces a false association between higher LCS beverage intake and future risk of developing diabetes).
 
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In other news, I'm reading a very good book by this Swiss professor of neurology/nutrition/psychiatry.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...arch=true&from_srp=true&qid=2EJNxlqthJ&rank=1

And out of the blue he mentions that he sometimes advises his patients to take "Emser Salts" because it contains traces of Lithium. That's a sneaky way to get it legally :)
https://www.emser.ch/produkte/nase/emser-salz/

Note: didn't some of those famous London spa's, in the 17th century also contain Lithium? Or am I mistaken?
 
uair01 said:
As a chronic sweetener user I'm highly irritated at this :)
And I was already irritated when they reduced the "one glass a day is not unhealthy" guideline, that I adhered to religiously.

Extensive scientific research has demonstrated the safety of the six low-calorie sweeteners currently approved for use in foods in the U.S. and Europe (stevia, acesulfame-K, aspartame, neotame, saccharin and sucralose), if taken in acceptable quantities daily. - Author: Qurrat-ul-Ain, Sohaib Ahmed Khan - Publish Year: 2015 (Stevia is my drug of choice.)

And it's thinkable that it's just reverse causation:
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/artificial-sweeteners/
With observational studies, it should be noted that the theory of reverse causation is also possible (for example, when people who are overweight or have prediabetes begin drinking LCS beverages to improve their blood sugar control, which produces a false association between higher LCS beverage intake and future risk of developing diabetes).
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A diabetic-specialist dietitian told me that the sweeteners still provoke the same digestive response as sugars, fooling the body into thinking the body has ingested sugars. Everybody's response is different, so some people may actually lose weight with sweeteners, while others may not. I think more research is needed. Another issue is that these strange chemicals, with the possible exception of Stevia, may have health consequences - i.e., some may cause diarrhoea or others may be carcinogenic.
 
Surely its better for you to re educate your palate by reducing the sweetness factor by giving up sugar than to replace sugar with an artificail sweetener which may be harmful in other ways?
 
Eyespy said:
Surely its better for you to re educate your palate by reducing the sweetness factor by giving up sugar than to replace sugar with an artificail sweetener which may be harmful in other ways?
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Yes, you're right.
 
Eyespy said:
Surely its better for you to re educate your palate by reducing the sweetness factor by giving up sugar than to replace sugar with an artificail sweetener which may be harmful in other ways?
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I stopped taking sugar in coffee/tea by using an artificial sweetener, reducing the amount from two little pills to one to half per mug and then giving up. That was about 40 years ago.
 
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