Food wars

 

September 15, 2017



Perhaps you have mistakenly bought artificial cheese slices. It’s quite a let down from American, but, after all, real cheese is made from milk, not plastic. Another attempt at a substitute was a frying oil called olestra, claiming to lower calories but causing intestinal distress. Not a good trade-off.

Other artificial products are sweeteners that have been blamed but not proven to cause Alzheimer’s. There was proof that sodium cyclamate caused bladder cancer in laboratory rats. It was used in a diet drink called Fresca. “Icy, bright, bold, cold, crisp, chilling and just plain refreshing” – b...



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