The California State Legislature proposed a bill in February that would ban the sale of food products such as Skittles, Pez and other items due to their reportedly harmful additives, as Healthnews.com noted.
Food items made with brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, red dye 3 or titanium dioxide apparently all need to be given a wide berth, the same site also notes.Â
“Californians shouldn’t have to worry that the food they buy in their neighborhood grocery store might be full of dangerous additives or toxic chemicals,” said Jesse Gabriel, an assembly member, in a statement.
His district is outside Los Angeles; he, along with another legislator, proposed the ban in a bill.
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Many nutrition experts have indicated for years that certain ingredients in processed foods are problematic.Â
Registered dietitian and nutritionist Ilana Muhlstein of Los Angeles told Fox News Digital that while certain foods sold in the U.S. may be tasty, what they’re made with, in her personal view, is “pretty gross.”
She said that for this reason, she feels “heartbroken” as “a proud American.”
“We are not [observing] very simple regulating policies in our food manufacturing that so many other countries have [in place],” she said.Â
Muhlstein added that in her opinion, policymakers and food companies are “hurting” customers, neighbors, friends and all other Americans through their “food manufacturing process” and by not including warning labels about potentially harmful ingredients.Â
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The ingredients she referenced include such chemicals as brominated vegetable oil and carrageenan.
Also, select coffee creamers are made mostly of vegetable oils; many contain partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil. While these oils can help extend the shelf life of coffee…
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