OK, so for me, the only takeaway from this article is that we need radically more transparency and we will not get it from food manufacturers voluntarily.
I'm not sure it will make us any healthier, but at least it may help journalists do something a little more helpful than dumping long lists of suspicious sounding names of chemicals on us.
Ideally, more transparency would enable scientists to identify the few really bad stuffs among artificial AND natural ingredients more quickly.
I doubt it will have any big effect on public health though, as it takes very long term studies to answer even the most basic questions about the main components of our food.
I'm not sure it will make us any healthier, but at least it may help journalists do something a little more helpful than dumping long lists of suspicious sounding names of chemicals on us.
Ideally, more transparency would enable scientists to identify the few really bad stuffs among artificial AND natural ingredients more quickly.
I doubt it will have any big effect on public health though, as it takes very long term studies to answer even the most basic questions about the main components of our food.