As soon as the word “additives” is used, the knee-jerk response tends to be “just avoid them…period”. While choosing a diet that is devoid of most additives is a good way to go, we mustn’t paint all additives with the same broad stroke. Here is a partial list of the safe, the potentially unsafe and the proven to be unsafe. Note that there are many unresolved safety issues with a great number of additives, and thus it is difficult to categorize items as either safe or unsafe.
A full guide (which differs slightly from mine) is available in the May issue of Nutrition Action Healthletter.
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