Fortification Follies: Lipstick on a Pig for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Category: WELLNESS
Fortified junk food is still junk food. It isn't only what a food doesn't contain (i.e., those nutrients) that makes it dubious. It's what it does contain. The addition of vitamins and minerals does nothing to exonerate junk foods of their standard provisions of added sugars, added salt, artificial flavorings, artificial colorings, inflammatory fats, high glycemic starches, and willfully irresistible calories.
By David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Contributor
Founder, True Health Initiative, 2014-02-07