Do you really know what
nutritional claims like «real beef flavor» and «all natural» mean?
Not exact matches
Hey guys, much as I
like your recipes, I find unfounded
nutritional claims («immune boosting?»)
The current trend in the food industry seems to be to take any food that people
like and juice it up with vitamins, minerals and fiber so as to make all sorts of nonsense health
claims, regardless of the
nutritional properties of the original item.
Leaving aside the question of whether products
like tofu and soy milk are really «mouthwatering» and «irresistible,» those charged with providing nutritious meals for their families should carefully examine
claims that newly introduced soybean products provide an easily digested and complete
nutritional package, one that adequately replaces dairy products
like milk, butter and cheese, which have, after all, provided nourishment for generations of Americans.
The
nutritional trend is
claiming great transformational change from fasting or similar adaptations
like the 5:2 diet.
Thats because these
claims — however improbable they may seem — distract shoppers from the real
nutritional information and hook consumers with buzzwords
like «antioxidant.»
A movement is afoot to make planetary health
claims more
like nutritional claims.
Agents
like this dietitian and the Smart Choice Program that
claim authority on
nutritional matters — agents beholden to large food manufactures and their financial interests — pervert common sense and create debates where there should be none.