Frankly, I don’t sugarcoat anything because the food industry has already done it well. And now I’m ringing the alarm bell about glycerol.
You may not hear much about adjusting this colorless, odorless, sweet-tasting food, but you are, because something like this puts your child in the hospital.
Glycerol is a chemical used by large foods to moisten the product, improve the texture, and perhaps more than anything else to replace the sugar added to so-called healthy products.
This little nightmare crept under the radar and tried his best to avoid regular suspects, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners and refined sugar.
Several brands of protein bars, baked goods, dairy products, and the most notorious UK, there is glycerol in the brightly colored slassie drink that children love.
Does it sound harmless? it’s not.
British researchers recently studied cases of 21 children between the ages of 21 and 7. This was hospitalized shortly after taking one of the “zero sugar” slushes artificially sweetened with glycerol.
Yes, you read it correctly. Single slushy.
In the United States, glycerol is just one of 10,000 chemicals that the food industry can legally sneak into food, under an FDA loophole created by Congress in 1958.
Most of the children were unconscious. Four brain scans were required. One had a seizure.
The newly identified condition is called “glycerol toxic syndrome.”
In adults, too much glycerol can cause headaches, nausea, dizziness and bloating. However, children’s bodies are small, their metabolism functions differently, and if they consume too much glycerol at once, their blood sugar levels can drop very quickly and close.
Of course, glycerol is nothing new. It has been added to food for decades – only now, the food industry uses it more. more.
Some U.S. jurisdictions have implemented “sugar tax” or additional charges on sweet drinks to block consumption by making them more expensive. And the public has also become much more health-conscious.
So, reducing the sugar content made a big food react. However, the food industry is desperate to keep things sweet, so it loads products with sugar substitutes like glycerol.
This additive, also known as glycerin, is sugar alcohol. It’s not sugar, but it tastes like it. And kids are consuming it more than ever.
British slushy is some of the biggest criminals as it is necessary to ensure that either sugar or glycerol does not freeze into the solid block of goo. As a result, children are being given more sugar alcohol than their small bodies can handle.
But here’s a really shocking part. Glycerol is considered technically “safe” by the Food and Drug Administration and several European Union Food Institutions. But let’s be real. According to these food regulators, “safe” simply means “not immediately deadly.”
In the United States, glycerol is one of 10,000 chemicals that the food industry can legally sneak into food, under an FDA loophole created by Congress in 1958.
The “generally recognized as safe” or GRAS standards at the time were established to exempt certain food additives such as salt, yeast, flour, and eggs from the FDA’s strict pre-market review and approval process.
It did not mean either independent testing or long-term research. Food makers were able to decide for themselves whether something was “safe” before adding it to their favorite snacks.
This additive, also known as glycerin, is sugar alcohol. It’s not sugar, but it tastes like it. And kids are consuming it more than ever (stock image).
But here’s the good news. On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to eliminate GRAS standards for many foods sold in the United States.
“We’ve started reviewing GRAS standards and we’re going to remove GRAS standards for most products,” Kennedy told Fox News.
“We have 10,000 [GRAS] material [in the US]…and in Europe they only have 400 [Americans] There is a burden of the worst chronic disease in any country in the world. ”
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This is definitely a big step towards dealing with the American health crisis, but there’s no reason to wait for Kennedy to take action.
You are not helpless. You have an agency and it’s time to start using it.
Read all the damn labels. If it says Glycerol, Glycerin, or E422 (European Union designation), return it to the shelf.
Don’t buy ultra processed foods for yourself and your kids as often as possible. I know – it’s easy, convenient, they love it. But what’s more important? Their long-term health or instantaneous tantrums?
Better demands. Food companies are not really going to change unless we force them.
Please talk. complain. Stop buying from brands that benefit people. Educate your child. Tell them to recognize the garbage ingredients and make better choices. They are never too young to learn how to protect themselves.
At the end of the day you are the gatekeeper of your body and what enters your child. Keep your notifications, stay vigilant and don’t trust them. Just because something is on sale in the store, it’s safe.
Jillian is a TV star, author and health expert. She is the biggest loser personal trainer and now hosts her own podcast.
