Carrageenan is not good for your body. When I buy almond milk or the few times I buy heavy cream I always check the ingredients. Whole Foods brand has never had carrageenan as an ingredient and I thought Silk was going to remove it after there was pressure placed on them years ago. Goo...
This then leaves the question is carrageenan as bad as some scientists argue. Carrageenan is very much safe, and it use for a long time has not been known to cause any health issues. The only precaution to be taken is taking the recommended quantity of carrageenan. There are many uses of...
Carrageenan: a Controversial Pet Food Additive By Jean Hofve DVM Updated 8/7/24 Carrageenan is a seaweed derivative that is commonly used as a food additive in a wide variety of products. There has been a lot of controversy about this ingredient, so let’s take a look at it in more det...
Carrageenan: a Controversial Pet Food Additive By Jean Hofve DVM Updated 8/7/24 Carrageenan is a seaweed derivative that is commonly used as a food additive in a wide variety of products. There has been a lot of controversy about this ingredient, so let’s take a look at it in more...
[kappa]-Carrageenan Enhances Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Interleukin-8 Secretion by Stimulating the Bcl10-NF-[kappa]B Pathway in HT-29 Cells and Aggravates C. freundii-Induced Inflammation in Mice Yajima et al., "Interleukin 7 is produced by human intestinal epithelial cells and regulates the prolifer...
“Flavor” could be just about anything, “Autolyzed Yeast” is another name for MSG, and “Dextrose” is a kind ofsugar. Yum! Other common additives include food starch (made from potatoes, corn, or other ingredients), various preservatives, and texture enhancers like carrageenan. Oscar Maye...
Lobbying is howthe USDAcame up with the new "Food Guide Pyramid." By the way, It's pretty much the "Drink More Milk" pyramid. It was heavily influenced by the dairy industry. Look at how much milk it says we should drink now. Apparently, all humans are supposed to suck from cows ...
(or at least thrive). So, it’s true that cats, unlike humans, don’t derive much nutrition from vegetables. But Dr. Colleran assures us that carbohydrates aren’t inherently bad for cats. Rather, cats are just able to derive more energy from protein and use it more efficiently. Some ...
do your best to avoid carrageenan. As I mentioned in thearticle, the concerns have been largely overblown, but it definitely shows the highest potential for harm among the additives we’ve discussed, and with all of the choices available to us, it should be pretty easy to find a brand tha...
“Although the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 1982 identified sufficient evidence for the carcinogenicity of degraded carrageenan in animals to regard it as posing a carcinogenic risk to humans, carrageenan is still used widely as a thickener, stabilizer, and texturizer in a variety ...