要吃食物，不要吃「食品」！
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近年來，食品安全問題連環爆出，過多的食品添加劑造成了人體的危害，讓許多人開始反思，我們到底怎麼吃才健康呢？在這裡我要給大家一些建議：我們要吃「食物」，不要吃「食品」！
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「食物」，就是保持天然樣貌而未經加工的東西；而「食品」則是經過人為加工、添加了其他東西的，比如罐頭、醃漬物、飲料、乳製品等等。
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許多食品為了方便保存、增添風味及視覺美觀，往往會放入化學添加物，如 ：香料、糖精、防腐劑、漂白劑、色素等等。
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像是人造飲料、人造果汁，第一個裡面有防腐劑、第二個可能添加了一些我們不知道的東西，比如塑化劑等等，商人們希望這個果汁做出來像糖漿一樣那麼黏糊糊的，就特別容易致癌。
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還有的小孩子喜歡飲料瓶裡出來很多泡沫，泡沫像一座小山一樣在手裡，覺得很好玩。但這到底是什麼東西啊？有沒有想過，飲料當中添加了什麼，沒人清楚，只有老闆知道。
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包括今天吃的罐頭也好、玻璃瓶中的鹹菜也好，是不是都如實的標示出它所放的添加劑？還有一些火腿腸，有的商人為了經濟利益，放的是病豬、死豬，什麼東西都可能往裡頭放。包括今天去餐館，你真的就那麼放心的吃啊！
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所以，我提醒大家，為了不因吃造成自我毒害，我們自己要多勤快點，盡量在家自己做飯，少吃外頭加工的食品和飲料，多吃天然的蔬果最安心、最健康。
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#食品安全、#食物、#果汁、#飲料、#加工食品rnrnEat natural food and not processed food!
In recent years, there have been several shocking revelations about food safety issues. This has create awareness on the dangers of processed food and the damages that additives can cause to the human health. People start to wonder: What should we eat in order to be healthy? Let me share some suggestion with all of you: Eat natural food and stay away from processed food!
Natural food refers to those which retain their natural look and have not been processed; “processed food” has been artificially processed with artificial additives added in them. Examples of processed food are canned food, pickled food, soft drinks and milk products.
Chemical additives are usually added to food for preservation, to intensify the flavors or to improve their aesthetic appeal. Examples of additives include: flavoring, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, bleaching agents and colorings etc.
Artificial beverages and artificial fruit juices, for example, usually contain preservatives. They may even contain additives that we do not know of, some of which – such as plasticizer which may have been added to increase the viscosity of the fruit juices – are carcinogenic.
Some children also like drinks with lots of bubbles in the containers. They find it fun to see the bubbles overflow from the bottles onto their hands like a tiny hill. What is it that actually caused these bubbles? Have you ever wondered what has been added into the drinks? Nobody seems to know; only the creator of the drink does.
What about canned food or pickled vegetables in glass bottles – are the additives spelt out clearly on the food labels? There are also ham and sausages – some of the business owners even add in pork from diseased pigs to increase their profit margins. Even those respectable-looking restaurants; can you really eat with confidence?
Hence, I would like to remind everyone to put in more effort to have more home-cooked meals instead of consuming processed food and drinks in restaurants. Eat more naturally-grown fruits and vegetables – as these are the safest and also the healthiest.
#FoodSafety, #Food, #FruitJuices, #SoftDrinks, #ProcessedFood
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