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These ten ingredients are just a sampling to give you
an idea of how nuanced the clean-eating quest can be with
respect to packaged foods. That’s why true clean eating means
reliance on real, whole foods. There’s more to learn as you
decipher those foods that aren’t, so check out a resource called
“Chemical Cuisine,” published by the Center for Science in
the Public Interest. This is a useful list of all the major food
additives and their corresponding safety rating, from “safe”
and “caution” to “cut back,” “certain people should avoid,” and
“avoid.”

6 INGREDIENTS TO WATCH
Aside from Center for Science in the Public Interest’s three
“terrible” ingredients to avoid—salt, sugar, trans fat—here
are six others they’d put under patrol.

FOOD DYES (BLUE 1, BLUE 2, GREEN 3, ASPARTAME
RED 3, RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6) REASON: SUSPECTED
REASON: SUSPECTED TIES TO CANCER AS WELL TIES TO CANCER
AS ADHD
ACESULFAME-
BHA SACCHARIN POTASSIUM
REASON: REASON: REASON: SUSPECTED
SUSPECTED SUSPECTED TIES TO CANCER,
TIES TO TIES TO THOUGH DATA IS
CANCER CANCER LIMITED

CAFFEINE
REASON: SUSPECTED TIES TO INSOMNIA, ANXIETY, REDUCED FERTILITY, AND WORSE
WHEN CONSUMED IN SUPPLEMENT FORM AND POSSIBLY ENERGY DRINKS. THAT SAID,
COFFEE HAS BEEN TIED TO HEALTH BENEFITS, IN FACT, AND FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE
AMOUNT OF CAFFEINE IN A REGULAR CUP OR TWO IS TOTALLY HARMLESS.

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