Well, I know you guys will mock at me, if I tell you "Stop eating ice creams". I'm not gonna say that. But the one food item which has been excellently tasty, very close to heart, treat for the taste buds and a comforter for the stomach linings for ages is no more "safe to eat". Trust me no company is gonna shut down their units and no TV or media is gonna reveal this known fact.
The dirty little secret is that propylene glycol (PEG), a cosmetic form of "antifreeze" is added to commercial ice creams. Have you ever wondered how the ice cream remains soft and easy to scoop when taken out of the freezer? Well, Anti freeze is added to prevent the ice crystals that inevitably form in your ice creams. And the manufactures add it to preserve the texture and softness of the ice cream as it gets shipped long distances and moved between different freezers before it reaches your super markets. And for your information antifreeze is typically used in automobile radiators!
I know it would be hard for you folks to believe because its no were listed in the ingredients! And this dirty fact is true for the organic ice creams too. I'm sure when something is regarded as "slow poison", you folks would have the understanding that there could be no discrimination as organic or non-organic.
PEG is a chemical that is known to cause heart, kidney, liver and central nervous system damage if sufficient quantity is absorbed by body.
When everyone knew about this and still continue to eat, and also the FDA grants GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) to anti freeze (shocking uh!) why do I need to worry about feeding my children with ice cream?
Let me put in simple terms, people eat 5 times the ice cream they did only 50 years ago, and you could guess the long term ill-effects of consuming small amounts of propylene glycol in your ice creams.
Not only in ice creams, the anti freeze is added to soft drinks, iced teas, artificial sweeteners, some medications and in lot more items than you think.
Its time to pause and think on what we eat and the need to buy packed food.
"Prevention is better than cure"
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