
Column #385 January 13, 2023
I wonder how many people, those who actually follow nutritional science, think they can select foods that will precisely provide their nutritional requirements? Many nutrition adherents read food ingredient labels. Most of them avoid highly processed foods and have taboos regarding sugar, hydrogenated oils, salt, fat, various vegetables oils, and on and on goes the forbidden list. In the whole food aisles they seek out mostly raw meat, vegetables, and fruit.
Just to make sure they aren’t leaving out some potentially required nutrients, many of these carefl shoppers also take supplements.