Fabulous article on how our food system was hijacked by artificially flavored foods (even though it says “natural flavors”)!! Great for food companies…not so great for our health.
Story at-a-glance
- Animals instinctively select the foods they need to correct nutrient deficiencies based on flavor feedback; humans are equipped with similar chemical-sensing ability, which is being hijacked by artificially flavored foods
- Flavor experience takes up more gray matter than any other sensory experience, and the largest portion of the human genome involves the creation of your nose. So, from an evolutionary perspective, this chemical-sensing ability appears particularly important
- Flavor is a marker for the nutritional density of the food. Artificial flavor technology has allowed for the radical deterioration of food quality, as you can easily mask the flavor of inferior quality ingredients with chemicals
- Using flavored chemicals, you can now produce food that have virtually no nutritional value, yet the great taste and aroma fool consumers into thinking they’re eating something wholesome
- Artificial flavors encourage obesity as they entice you to eat food you normally would not want to eat, and eat more than you normally would
From Mercola
