9 Shocking Food Facts

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By Robert J. Davis Nov. 11, 20135 Comments

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Think you know the rules about healthy foods and can pick the best-for-you fruit from the produce section? These facts might surprise you.

Read more: 9 Shocking Food Facts | TIME.com 9 Shocking Food Facts | TIME.com

Sure got my attention.

I'm in the midst of trying to change to a healthier diet and all this is quite surprising to me. One thing I read was to avoid artificial sweeteners. As I'm diabetic, this really concerned me. I learned that Truvía was acceptable as it's based on a natural sweetener. I was surprised to discover I actually like its taste!

 

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Most people like diabetics or persons with severe allergies need to read the freaking labels. My wife takes a closeup pair of glasses when we shop for food. Time magazine might make a buck by exaggerating the trace mercury content of cans of tuna fish and remind us that de-caf has some caf and sweetner has chemical crap in it but so what? Look at the side effects of common prescription pills. "Fatal events" are a lot more scary and Americans take an amazing cocktail of prescriptions that they think are safe.