The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science have made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made any foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps 80 percent of all human illness are related to diet and 40 percent of cancer is related to diet as well, especially cancer of colon. People of different cultures are more prone to contact certain illnesses because of the characteristics food they consume.
That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers showed that nitrates and nitrites (commonly used to preserve color in meats) as well as other food additives caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which ingredients on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful.
The additives we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medical purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.
A healthy diet is directly related to good health. Often we are unaware of detrimental substances we ingest. Sometimes, well – meaning farmers or others who do not realize the consequences add these substances to food without our knowledge.
The
food
we
eat
seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science have made enormous steps in making
food
more fit to
eat
, it has, at the same time, made any
foods
unfit to
eat
.
Some
research has shown that perhaps 80 percent of all human illness are
related
to diet and 40 percent of cancer is
related
to diet
as well
,
especially
cancer of colon.
People
of
different
cultures are more prone to contact certain illnesses
because
of the
characteristics
food
they consume.
That
food
is
related
to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945,
government
researchers
showed
that nitrates and nitrites (
commonly
used
to preserve color in meats)
as well
as other
food
additives caused cancer.
Yet
, these carcinogenic additives remain in our
food
, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which ingredients on the packaging labels of processed
food
are helpful or harmful.
The additives we
eat
are not all
so
direct. Farmers
often
give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and
because of this
, penicillin has
been found
in the milk of treated cows.
Sometimes
similar drugs
are administered
to animals not for medical purposes,
but
for financial reasons. The farmers are
simply
trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the
Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried
repeatedly
to control these procedures, the practices continue.
A healthy diet is
directly
related
to
good
health.
Often
we are unaware of detrimental substances we ingest.
Sometimes
,
well – meaning
farmers or others who do not realize the consequences
add
these substances to
food
without our knowledge.