Others are made on skim milk instead of full cream milk, yet are more expensive than the full fat product. Many physicians are convinced that improper eating habits and devitalised, processed foods are among the most serious contributing factors to the soaring incidence of cancer, heart disease and other degenerative conditions in Western nations. Factory processing methods remove or destroy the vital nutrients in many foods. Artificial colours, chemical preservatives and additives further alter natural qualities. From a consumer viewpoint, most of these additives are unnecessary and have no nutritive value.
Many additives have side effects.
They are used by the food industry for economic advantage in a highly competitive market. Foods treated with additives may appear brighter and better, or last longer, but the people who eat them don't. The wide acceptance of processed foods has lead to taste bud atrophy, which sets in as our taste buds respond to artificial, rather than natural stimulus. Packaged bread tastes nothing like loaves cooked in your own oven. Get a garden patch going in your own backyard or start a local community garden project, support products that are friendly to the environment and the earth, organise a public meeting to inform people about food facts.