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Sorbitol is not a preservative, your juices probably had sorbic acid which is used as an anti-fungal, but for a good reason: I grew up in a region where histor
by Laforet 11y ago
Sorbitol is not a preservative, your juices probably had sorbic acid which is used as an anti-fungal, but for a good reason:
I grew up in a region where historically the rates of liver cancer were much higher than the national average: The summers there are long and extremely humid, perfect breeding conditions for mildrew in the food supply and people are constantly exposed to aflatoxin, a Group 1 carcinogen[1]. However thankfully the situation is improving as people realise the danger and use preservatives when it is appropriate to do so. Although having lived there for quite a long time I am still more likely to develop liver cancer than you.
Basic food chemistry is not fraud, if anything it saved many lives.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aflatoxin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aflatoxin
- agumonkey 11y agoPretty alarming. Thanks.
- julie1 11y agoSorry, I just can recognize the taste of the plant, not the molecule. Thanks for the precision. I do agree with you. I still think people should accept that you cannot delegate knowledge to elite and learn. I also accept what you say about the knowledge that saves life. We would be better protected if people were part of the chain of control and accepted that science can be done in their kitchen and that we need to cooperate because it is hard to have a job a family and be perfect in everything. Nobody's perfect and we should accept it.