Added Nitrates and nitrites in food. Nutritional benefit: zero Known adverse effect: probable carcinogen.
I also don't see how demonizing specific additives that we know are likely fine for the majority of the population will reduce processing or packaging. If anything, it'll just drive food producers to less healthy, untested options
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“Likely fine” - the modeling for safety is based on old, potentially irrelevant, intake data. Sure upper and lower limits, but rarely any consideration to consumption over a lifetime” or “during growth years for children” or “during pregnancy” .... Modeling is limited.
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Depends on the additive. MSG in particular has been tested in blinded RCTs as well as large modelling studies and a number of in vitro models.
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