022: Food Label Ingredients To Avoid
In this episode, Dr. Steve discusses the misleading marketing ploys of food labels and how they contribute to health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. He also covers the importance of understanding healthy fats and avoiding harmful additives, such as high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors, and sweeteners. He emphasizes the importance of reading ingredient labels and choosing products with simple ingredients to maintain a healthy diet. Tune in to learn more about the truth behind food labels and how to make healthier food choices. [00:01 - 06:10] Food Labels: Marketing Ploys Food labels are marketing tools designed to sell products and make money. Companies add sugar to products when they remove fat and fiber to enhance flavor. Carbohydrates and sugar are the primary contributors to the obesity crisis, type two diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Food labels may be misleading, with claims like "fat-free" or "sugar-free" that do not necessarily make the product healthy. Food labels list ingredients in order of percentage, with the main ingredient listed first and the least amount listed last. [06:10 - 16:39] Understanding Healthy Fats Trans fats are still present in refined oils, emulsifiers, artificial flavors, and artificial colors, even though they have been removed from most foods. Dr. Steve recommends two books: one explores food ingredients, their health effects, and how to regain health, and the other book is about good and bad fats. Vegetable and seed oils should be avoided due to the chemicals involved in their extraction. Flax seeds and pumpkin seeds are good sources of fat. Olive oil, Avocado oil, and Coconut oil are healthy oils. [16:040-25:37] Harmful Effects of Food Additives on Health Dr. Steve emphasizes that although marketed as beneficial, high fructose corn syrup can actually be harmful to the body, as the excessive amounts of fructose in our diets can lead to toxicity. He also mentioned some different names for sugar that should be avoided. Many food companies use maltodextrin in their products, including those labeled as fat-free and sugar-free. It causes cramps, bloating, difficulty breathing, skin rashes, and irritation. Aspartame and Equal stimulate appetite, raise insulin levels, and make people feel hungry, which leads to weight gain. Artificial colors, made from petroleum and often containing up to a hundred chemicals, can cause hyperactivity and food allergies in children. [25:38 - 29:46] Closing Segment Artificial colors and flavors contain a lot of synthetic chemicals, solvents, and preservatives that can damage the body. Choosing products with one to three simple ingredients is healthier than products with a long list of chemicals. Shopping for real meat, fruit, vegetables, and whole dairy in the perimeter of the store is a good way to avoid unhealthy products. Whole milk is better than skim or low-fat milk because it doesn't contain added chemicals. Please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe if you enjoyed my show. You can also follow me on Facebook. Instagram, and Tiktok. If you'd like even more information on this topic, you can go to Amazon or Audible and pick up my book, Your Plate Is Your Fate. You can also check us out on Youtube. Tweetable Quotes: “When they start taking fat out of products, they start putting sugar back into them because you have to, if you take the fat and the fiber out, you lose the flavor.” - Dr. Steve Hughlett “Food labels are marketing. They aren't here to sell health. They aren't trying to make you healthy, they're trying to make a dollar.” - Dr. Steve Hughlett “When you eat things, artificial sweeteners, it may not have the calories, but it definitely can still stimulate an appetite.” - Dr. Steve Hughlett
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