Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Think Before You Eat

I’ve always resented it whenever my mom admonishes me for eating too much junk food. Sure, it’s called junk, but the nutritional facts on the wrapper say otherwise. Between the company’s nutritionist and my mom who has a very obvious bias against my nachos, who would I believe?

My tongue does the choosing so naturally I believed the junk food company more than my mom. However, as I grew up, I’ve come across a lot of news about complaints against food companies regarding the falsities that they were indicating or claiming as to the ingredients and dietary benefits of their products. Some ended up in lawsuits.

If you think you’re favorite barbecue chip producer is not that trustworthy, try going through court records and see if you could find anything against them. Even if you’ve heard that they’ve been acquitted or absolved from any wrongdoing, the evidence against them may prove to be very informative, especially if they came from impartial experts.

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