Medical Medium Podcast

028 Natural Flavor Scam: You've Been Had

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Synopsis

Have you noticed yet? There is an increasing amount of products you consume that have some form of natural flavors in the ingredient list on the bottle, package, or container. So many of us want pure, clean, organic, non-GMO foods and beverages, and we look at the labels so we can admire the goodness we are nourishing our bodies with. But when it comes to the words "natural flavors,” the question comes to mind: what are we ingesting? The truth is, no one in the world of health really knows. It’s very similar to perfumes, parfumes, fragrances—no one really knows how many dozens, hundreds or even thousands of ingredients, chemicals, and agents, are inside that fragrance. Likewise, something very interesting transpired when natural flavors came to town: the disappearance of another long time staple that was in almost every food on the market place. What is that staple? MSG. Is it possible that there’s been a game of bait and switch in our food freedoms? Were choices made that you had no part in making? And what