Packaged fiction
Have you read a good, short piece of fiction lately? What – you say no, you don’t have time? I have the shortest fiction ever: Go read the front of most of the packaged foods on the store shelves.
Take, for example, that box of cereal. See those plump blueberries shown on the package and the descriptive label that makes your mouth water? Makes you think blueberries – that tasty bit of fruit that packs lots of antioxidants for your health along with great flavor – is in there, right? Wrong!
More likely what you’re getting is this:
Trans fats, food dye, tons of sugar and a nice dusting of lots of other chemicals.
Not exactly blueberries! Because if there are real blueberries in that product, here’s what the ingredient label will say …. blueberries. A recognizable word. Not a blueberry as concocted in a lab.
The ingredient list is the only writing on a packaged product you can trust. That list is truth (for the most part). The rest of the label – including even telling you that an item contains NO trans fats? Not so much.
I think you know where I’m going with this. Save a bit of money now – buy the chemical blueberries and so on – and potentially pay later with both your bank account and your health. Get informed; read the actual ingredient list which often is the only truth on a food label; protect your well being.
Here’s an interesting video that will give you a quick overview of what’s going on – and where you can find food products that contain INSIDE the box what they show on the OUTSIDE of the box!
