Most of us want to diet, but with the influx of fad diets that were subjected to, it may be overwhelming trying to find which diet is right for us. The number one factor in choosing a diet that most of us look at is whether or not its effective. Although this is by no means unimportant, a more commonly overlooked factor is whether you would actually want to eat it. Although diets are associated with eating things that you dont want to eat, there is enough of an assortment that you can effectively choose a diet that you would want to it (unless your idea of a diet includes iced cream and candy). Below are the various components of the most popular diets and their prevalence.
Have you enjoyed any juice from a beavers butt lately? If youve been drinking any fruit-flavored drinks, then the chances are that you have. Castoreum, which is extracted from a beavers anal glands, is used to make artificial raspberry flavoring. Products using this flavoring include cheap ice cream, Jell-O, candy, fruit-flavored drinks, teas and yogurts.
In a recent fascinating segment of 60 Minutes entitled The Flavorists: Tweaking tastes and creating cravings, Morley Safer examined the multibillion dollar flavor industry, whose scientists create natural and artificial flavorings that make your mouth water and keep you coming back for more.
Specifically, he looked at Givaudan, a Swiss company that employs almost 9,000 people in 45 countries, providing tastiness to just about every cuisine imaginable. Food companies know that flavor is what makes repeat customers. So they commission Givaudan to create what they hope will be a taste that people love, but that doesnt linger too much, so that consumers will keep coming back for more.
As Dr. David Kessler, former head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says to Safer:
Were living in a food carnival. The flavors are so stimulating, they hijack our brains.
And he goes on:
Were eating fat on fat on sugar on fat with flavor. And much of what were eating with these flavors, you have to ask yourself, is it really food?
In addition to beaver butt juice, here are seven other flavorings and additives you may want to know about.
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