Food Additives: A Shopper's Guide to What's Safe & What's Not

by Christine Hoza Farlow

FOOD A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not reveals what food manufacturers don't want you to know about their products. It shows you how to find the truth behind deceptive food packaging. You will learn how to confidently read labels so that you will know how healthy a food really is and if it contains dangerous ingredients. This book classifies over 1000 commonly used food additives according to safety, whether they may cause allergic reactions, and if they are Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) by the FDA. In just seconds, the average person can determine if the food they're buying contains dangerous substances. The book is clear, concise and easy to use.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Beneth]

The reviews on Amazon of this book make it sound like a must-have, a convenient pocket-size guide to what chemicals are risky. I learned about it while browsing books on Amazon after following a link from a website called www.GreenHomeGuide.com which is a site I recommend. I've known too many people who died from cancer - non-smokers who lived generally healthy lives. One grew up on a farm and the pesticides around him I believe had something to do with it. The other, I find no explanation for. I think that there must be a correlation between all the chemicals used so reguarly in our lives now and the huge increase in cancer rates in the last century. In our capitalistic society, however, food-making companies have no incentive to care about the health impacts of what they put in their products, except to the extent that consumers educate themselves and use their "power of the purse" to demand what is most healthy. So I believe this book will be a good tool for consumers to check labels and only buy what is truly healthy.

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Great Book to Have..

This is a small book and I keep it in my car, so its handy when I grocery shop.

There are 126 pages and can fit in your purse or back pocket.

The book covers tons of additives listed from "A" to "Z" and also covers Aspartame, Stevia, as well as MSG.

I was really surprised to learn about the harmful food additives that are constantly being used in every day food.

I repeat, this is a Great Book to Have with a decent price on Amazon.