Are food preservatives bad for you? - Eleanor Nelsen

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  • @paulaenjaesambueno5305
    @paulaenjaesambueno5305 4 роки тому +439

    Question: Are food preservatives bad? Yes or no?
    Answer: It's very important

    • @TheMegaxPlus
      @TheMegaxPlus 3 роки тому +42

      It's a complex question, it isn't a yes or no matter

    • @MalekitGJ
      @MalekitGJ 3 роки тому +58

      Just like everything in life:
      No, they aren't bad, in moderation.
      Now go and learn how to cook.

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 3 роки тому

      Gosh! You remind me of this video LMAO
      ua-cam.com/video/3z-a5hy7QO8/v-deo.html

    • @naznindeeba
      @naznindeeba 2 роки тому

      🤣

    • @NadiaHorn
      @NadiaHorn Рік тому

      🤣🤣

  • @Inside.Frame1
    @Inside.Frame1 4 роки тому +65

    Here in Bangladesh, we use mustard oil as a preservative too for some foods (usually pickles). We use other ways for preserving foods as well.

    • @cekan14
      @cekan14 Рік тому

      Doesn't mustard have vinegar in it? If so, I guess it makes sense, since it is a preservative itself.

    • @Inside.Frame1
      @Inside.Frame1 Рік тому +1

      @@cekan14 C'mon man, vinegar is not a naturally found substance. So, mustard oil doesn’t have vinegar in it, it has glucosinolates, which is a very good antimicrobial agent.

  • @nataliemarcy4517
    @nataliemarcy4517 8 років тому +246

    i'm a very visual learner, so infographs and learning with fun animations like this is very nice to have!

    • @boofdaddy420
      @boofdaddy420 4 роки тому +5

      Updated translation: “I can barely read so I like looking at pictures.” -either said by Kodak or tekaski idk I think Kodak said he couldn’t read

    • @mahipareek496
      @mahipareek496 4 роки тому

      @War Lord YES THEY DO

    • @mahipareek496
      @mahipareek496 4 роки тому

      @Stefmiester Honestly Bro chill why are you fighting haha

    • @xXBlackxMoonXx1
      @xXBlackxMoonXx1 3 роки тому +2

      @@boofdaddy420 damn, someone's life is sad they need to forget about their life by focusing on others lives. Hope you manage to be happier by now.

  • @wiragaadi6660
    @wiragaadi6660 7 років тому +352

    My mom really need to watch this..

  • @markrigg6623
    @markrigg6623 2 роки тому +170

    A friend of mine died after eating too many preservatives. He still looks fine and its saved his family a heap in funeral expenses.

  • @speedy01247
    @speedy01247 8 років тому +39

    I would like to note that BHT is not the same as vitimin E, rather it is a synthetic anolog of vitimin E.
    The species behaves as a synthetic analog of vitamin E, primarily acting as a terminating agent that suppresses autoxidation, a process whereby unsaturated (usually) organic compounds are attacked by atmospheric oxygen. BHT stops this autocatalytic reaction by converting peroxy radicals to hydroperoxides. It effects this function by donating a hydrogen atom:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butylated_hydroxytoluene

    • @animalconsultant7796
      @animalconsultant7796 Рік тому

      Yeah, anytime a vitamin is added to food it is synthetic, with some rare exceptions perhaps

  • @princesslupi4136
    @princesslupi4136 4 роки тому +428

    If we didn't use preservatives we would definitely have food shortages. Thank you for this lesson.

    • @FlyingDwarfman
      @FlyingDwarfman 3 роки тому +28

      And way more diseases connected to eating spoiled food (eg: botulism poisoning).

    • @thegamergirl6164
      @thegamergirl6164 2 роки тому

      or just eat it all

    • @starmaidenvv
      @starmaidenvv 2 роки тому +1

      @@thegamergirl6164 that would be hard because most factories mass produce food

    • @SpencerBRandall
      @SpencerBRandall Рік тому +2

      You're missing the point bud

    • @thodorisevangelakos
      @thodorisevangelakos 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@thegamergirl6164 hey, that's what we did back when we were hunter gatherers it did NOT go well

  • @LoneWolfSama
    @LoneWolfSama 8 років тому +79

    this animation was simply amazing!

  • @juztryinnabehonest99
    @juztryinnabehonest99 8 років тому +496

    Can you do "Why is it awkward to hear yourself in a recorder"? :D

    • @cavv0667
      @cavv0667 8 років тому +4

      Just look up this search result... this topic has been done... ALOT! www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=why+do+we+hate+our+own+voices&tbm=vid

    • @CadetGriffin
      @CadetGriffin 7 років тому +45

      But it hasn't been done in a TED-ED video.

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 7 років тому +2

      It isnt

    • @ramiiiYT
      @ramiiiYT 6 років тому +9

      Because you realize you sound like a girl ☹️ and your pretty sure everyone is making fun of you behind your back

    • @eunaofaloalemao995
      @eunaofaloalemao995 6 років тому +27

      Because when you speak something part of the sound travels to your ears through the bones of your skull, and when you're speaking to someone or a recorder the sound is travelling just through air, making your voice sound very different

  • @jason41a
    @jason41a 2 роки тому +71

    food with artificial preservatives definitely ain't as healthy as fresh food without them.
    but food with preservatives are definitely better than spoiled food, or lack of food at all.

    • @thodorisevangelakos
      @thodorisevangelakos 3 місяці тому +1

      "Definitely not as healthy" is probably a stretch. Are they not as healthy? Sure, by a small margin. The problem is that people lose all sense of proportion when talking about these things

  • @raelaash4759
    @raelaash4759 8 років тому +28

    I love the Knightrates and the Knightrites.

  • @jim4671
    @jim4671 8 років тому +261

    90% Of the Comments are on how 'Preservatives' means Condom.

  • @RohitPant04
    @RohitPant04 2 роки тому +18

    The intro to this video brought fear in me about mayonnaise having bacterial growth but on reading some research papers investigating the matter i am relieved to know that mayonnaise is not a bacterial culture medium & because of it's high acidity can actually never have an optimal environment for bacteria or fungi.
    Don't know why the video mentioned that at the start though? If anyone's gotta clue, enlighten me.

    • @magnumlugo1224
      @magnumlugo1224 2 роки тому +3

      Mayonnaise, both commercially processed and home-made, has been associated with illnesses from Salmonella globally. The source of the Salmonella has been confirmed to be raw eggs.[64] Several outbreaks with fatal cases have been recorded, with a few major incidents. In a 1955 outbreak in Denmark, 10,000 people were affected by Salmonella from contaminated mayonnaise made by a large kitchen. The pH of the mayonnaise was found to be 5.1, with Salmonella counts of 180,000 CFU/g. The second outbreak, also in Denmark, caused 41 infections with two fatalities. The pH of the contaminated mayonnaise was 6.0, with Salmonella counts of 6 million CFU/g. In 1976 there were serious salmonellosis outbreaks on four flights to and from Spain which caused 500 cases and 6 fatalities. In the US, 404 people became ill and nine died in a New York City hospital due to hospital-prepared mayonnaise.[65] In all salmonellosis cases, the major reason was inadequate acidification of the mayonnaise, with a pH higher than the recommended upper limit of 4.1, with acetic acid as the main acidifying agent.[66] Some brands use pasteurized eggs which would reduce this risk factor

    • @kilroy2517
      @kilroy2517 2 роки тому +3

      Mayo has long been thought in conventional wisdom to be something that goes bad quickly if left at room temperature, while the opposite is actually true. Poorly made mayo, as Magnum Lugo commented, was probably to blame, so perhaps this really was a much bigger problem 150 years ago when people used home-made mayo, but store-bought mayo will last safely quite some time.

  • @BrittBerg
    @BrittBerg 8 років тому +99

    I love this channel so much, it's so interesting and every video teaches me something new!

  • @АлександрБолбат-ы1у
    @АлександрБолбат-ы1у 8 років тому +1379

    Fun fact. In Russian language the word preservative means condom. So when I first saw this title in my feed I was "Whaaat?" for a few seconds.

  • @reisjonathan9
    @reisjonathan9 2 роки тому +31

    Fun fact: in portuguese preservatives , its very simular to "preservativo" wich is how we call "condoms". So I was like: how come TED can give us a lecture about the harm of condoms? Is this not counterproductive? Off course I miss ready it.
    In portugese food preservatives, we call it: conservantes.

  • @alex.a.303
    @alex.a.303 8 років тому +61

    Thanks for making this video simple with the fun visuals and straightforward explanations. :-) The type of preservatives used is what we need to be wary about since most of our food is grown far away from the cities where majority if people live, so preservatives are necessary to a degree.

  • @polariginal
    @polariginal 5 років тому +124

    in my language, preservatives means "preservatives" xD

    • @samkes1061
      @samkes1061 4 роки тому +2

      I didn't get the joke

    • @Cemhta
      @Cemhta 4 роки тому +7

      I think he means condoms

    • @ibelieveyourlies1984
      @ibelieveyourlies1984 4 роки тому

      No he didn't. lol

    • @rayanrahmani9838
      @rayanrahmani9838 4 роки тому +1

      sam kes there’s a bunch of comments saying something like “in my language, ‘preservatives’ means ‘condoms’,” so he was making fun of them

  • @thuriahassan4909
    @thuriahassan4909 7 років тому +6

    was really helpful to figure out my problems with chips preservatives. thanks a bunch!

  • @raven2269
    @raven2269 8 років тому +14

    Oh yes!!! I got a project of this topic to complete. Thanks :D

  • @yem982
    @yem982 4 роки тому +2

    When Sodium benzoate is used as preservative, It products is Benzene by reacting with ascorbic acid, which is mentioned on different Cold drinks.

  • @hitchet
    @hitchet 3 роки тому +11

    *2:47** that poor guy just wanted to join the party, to have some fun.*

  • @timetraveler1203
    @timetraveler1203 8 років тому +4

    i love the voice acting of addison anderson.. one of my favourite va on teded

    • @vsenglish5862
      @vsenglish5862 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Ib_Uth3xFAg/v-deo.html

  • @mapsuni-verse3026
    @mapsuni-verse3026 4 роки тому +5

    You voice is very hypnotic.

  • @shruti9905
    @shruti9905 4 роки тому +15

    And I read it as
    "Are relatives bad for you"
    😅😝😆😂😂

    • @saroj3462
      @saroj3462 4 роки тому +4

      They are if your results are out

    • @mayven1556
      @mayven1556 3 роки тому

      @@saroj3462 😂

    • @vsenglish5862
      @vsenglish5862 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Ib_Uth3xFAg/v-deo.html

  • @MudithBhandari
    @MudithBhandari 4 роки тому +3

    The animation is just so good.

  • @gulliver831
    @gulliver831 8 років тому +11

    2:48
    That's my alarm sound...

  • @MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs
    @MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs 8 років тому +352

    I rather use preservatives than have kids. They'd surely be way more damaging to me.

  • @jacksonwalsh508
    @jacksonwalsh508 7 років тому +16

    Certain preservatives can lead to DNA damage (like the nitrates they spoke about) and cancer, our body has many processes to correct these damages. Each cell in our body has over 50,000 DNA damages every day, but most of us won't get cancer in our lifetimes, because we are evolved to correct these damages very well. We are not as good at fighting off bacterial infections that are very common from spoiled food. So while there is a small chance we will get DNA damage from certain preservatives, our body is much more capable of correcting that damage than it is of fighting off infection from bad food!

    • @jaystackz3425
      @jaystackz3425 5 років тому +1

      What if you eat these cancer foods in large quantities

    • @classicambo9781
      @classicambo9781 3 роки тому

      I mean yes to most of your statement but no to most of us won't get cancer in our lifetime. If you live in Australia and reach the average expected life span, at least half of us will develop cancer.

  • @DCice13
    @DCice13 8 років тому +7

    I am curious if Eating lots of preservatives effect your body decomposition rate. I am sure normally you cant eat a significant about, but I am fascinated by body decomposition rates

    • @frankschneider6156
      @frankschneider6156 8 років тому +8

      +Darkking Ice
      Just drink a few liters of formaldehyde and you'll experience changes to your once living body..

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 8 років тому

      Liter's of anything is bad for you, maybe a couple of mili or micro ounces should be fine. (animal cell's are often stronger then bacteria or viruses when it comes to these thing's)

    • @themightypicklerex7688
      @themightypicklerex7688 8 років тому +1

      not really, because your body isn't really decomposing whilst you are living. you body digests or breaks down old or defective cells and reuses as much of the nutrients as it can. other dead cells fall off and get eaten by dust mites.

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 6 років тому +1

      *affect

    • @kenmore01
      @kenmore01 2 роки тому

      No. The amount you consume has no effect. It's like saying if I drink enough alcohol, will that stave off viruses or bacteria. If you had that much, of course you would be dead.

  • @norbertbiedermeier7090
    @norbertbiedermeier7090 8 років тому +242

    "Präservative" are condoms in german, too XD #Sauerkraut

  • @charlesmrader
    @charlesmrader 3 роки тому +1

    Most of us aren't trained to understand advanced nutrition. So what you think of preservatives would usually be based on whether you believe what you hear from others. I find very offensive the appeal to anti-expertise, like "Don't eat what you can't pronounce!"
    I do know something about some kinds of food contamination. I would be very much against eating bread with fungal molds, even if I had baked the bread myself. Some fungal toxins are very very bad. I think it's very unlikely that any preservative that had been approved as a food preservative could be as bad as the worst mold species.
    On the other hand, fresh foods that turn brown by oxidation are probably fine to eat. There's a difference between browning by oxidation, which has no bad health effects, and browning by bacterial decay, which might well make you sick. So it would be useful to know what the preservative is preserving.
    When I bake my own bread, I always freeze most of the loaf because otherwise I end up throwing away half the bread.

  • @marianaABC904
    @marianaABC904 8 років тому +4

    amazing animation as always

  • @Snakeyes244
    @Snakeyes244 8 років тому +6

    a genuinely great video! amazing artwork and presentation of facts

  • @BMN_Prime
    @BMN_Prime 4 роки тому +8

    people used to eat mouldy bread but self-medicated by drinking milk. Thank the show House for having an episode about botulism

  • @MrLuiyi02
    @MrLuiyi02 7 років тому +9

    Preservatives in food help to the distribution for beat world starvation

  • @CosmicBoiVeryCool
    @CosmicBoiVeryCool Місяць тому

    I watch this so much.

  • @hach-p7522
    @hach-p7522 2 роки тому +3

    People always looked at me funny when I told them I have a Sulpha/Sulphite sensitivity. I'm glad it was mentioned here as something kind of common.

    • @yellowbird5411
      @yellowbird5411 2 роки тому +1

      Many have the problem but don't realize it. I have it, and after drinking wine or eating meats preserved with sulfites/sulfates I get headaches. Every single time. Aged cheese also does it to me, but that is probably due to the mold.

    • @hach-p7522
      @hach-p7522 2 роки тому

      @@yellowbird5411 I get gassy and an upset GI tract from Sulphas/Sulphites. Eggs and hard pretzels are particularly bad for this too. The worst is cheap cookie brands that use Sulphites as a preservative.

  • @bouncingbeebles
    @bouncingbeebles 3 роки тому +3

    Salted products are not as bad for you as we have believed. Most modern studies show that high sodium correlates with low mortality and low cardiovascular disease. The ideal amount seems to be around 12g salt per day.

    • @SpanTV
      @SpanTV Рік тому +1

      😂😂😂

  • @ninja250r2008
    @ninja250r2008 8 років тому +258

    preservatives in English means condom too.
    preserve deez nuts

    • @veranet99
      @veranet99 8 років тому +15

      "preserve deez nuts" I think you might be using them wrong.

    • @ThePowerLover
      @ThePowerLover 8 років тому +1

      In spanish too XD

    • @ninja250r2008
      @ninja250r2008 8 років тому +1

      veranet99 lol

    • @citizen-27
      @citizen-27 8 років тому +2

      i live in uk no one here calles condoms preservatives

    • @bobross3356
      @bobross3356 8 років тому +2

      +The Power Lover It's a joke. In English preservatives doesn't mean condoms

  • @poppinthatcootchie6796
    @poppinthatcootchie6796 2 роки тому +1

    So thank you for answering none of my questions.

  • @getoutcat6485
    @getoutcat6485 7 років тому +3

    his voice is so relaxing wtf.

  • @reyveran
    @reyveran 8 років тому +146

    only in english "preservatives" doesn't mean "condoms"

  • @cgaccount3669
    @cgaccount3669 6 років тому +12

    I love food. Unspoiled food. So ... go preservatives! It's like the anti vacine crowd. If it does more good that harm it's good. Imagine starvation if we let food spoil

    • @Antonio-iu1nv
      @Antonio-iu1nv 4 роки тому

      Denle una cerveza a CG, primer buen comentario.

    • @FlyingDwarfman
      @FlyingDwarfman 3 роки тому +1

      Also just like anti-vaccine claims of harm (and other food- and medical-linked pseudo-science, the claimed harms are also not found in the research.
      The only widely-used preservatives that have ever legitimately found to be harmful at any levels are sugars and salt. And it must be noted how those in appropriate amounts are not only safe, but absolutely vital.
      The closest anything else has been to get to the level of "maybe possibly having an effect on especially-sensitive people" are, as mentioned in the video, benzoates with ADHD.

  • @Sunny-mo7fr
    @Sunny-mo7fr 8 років тому +3

    nice and informative video by ted ed

  • @CalifornianViking
    @CalifornianViking 2 роки тому +4

    I am surprised that there is no mention of canning en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canning - This is a way to kill the microbes and keep oxidation away without using chemicals.
    Drying (some times with the combination of salt) is also commonly used. Cooling was also used long before refrigeration was invented, see ice cutting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cutting . There is a good overview of food preservation here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_preservation

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- 8 років тому

    The animation really helped digest the information given

  • @bradkirkham5690
    @bradkirkham5690 Рік тому +1

    No mention of pasteurization as a way of extending shelf life here. I have some allergies to potassium meta-bisulphate, potassium sorbate, and sodium benzaote, which took me years to figure out. I believe that many people have similar afflictions that they treat with medications that often have additional side affects, instead of finding the root cause. Great video, though I find it could be misleading.

  • @ChrisKogos
    @ChrisKogos 4 роки тому +9

    Only if your nose is on the side of your face

  • @relax
    @relax 8 років тому

    Starring in this episode- Matthew Santoro

  • @blue.android
    @blue.android 8 років тому +7

    Thumbs up for animation

  • @herrington292
    @herrington292 5 років тому +2

    A different video states that BHT is bad. In this one, it states that BHT is another name for a vitamin. I'm curious to know if that is a synthetically made vitamin.

  • @yon.m2055
    @yon.m2055 8 років тому +3

    creo que en Español en general se le conoce como concervantes

  • @전영주-j8k
    @전영주-j8k 7 років тому +1

    1:44 I was eating kimchi when that showed up!!! Wow...

  • @duhxdars8667
    @duhxdars8667 11 місяців тому

    One of our professors in college once told us that the use of preservatives is a choice between dying today (due to a lack of food or potential poisoning) or later (due to health consequences associated with preservatives).

  • @datnguyen9999
    @datnguyen9999 8 років тому +3

    watched the entire video got a maybe answered...! here 4:07 watch from there

  • @fundemort
    @fundemort 8 років тому +1

    Glad to hear.

  • @Zetsuke4
    @Zetsuke4 8 років тому +2

    very informative! thanks!

  • @MightyMarin
    @MightyMarin 8 років тому +72

    Glad I'm not the only one who thought condoms.....

    • @syfy640
      @syfy640 7 років тому +2

      MightyMarin that reminds me of some animals
      whales
      eagle
      kangaroo
      narwhals
      octopus
      walrus

    • @KennedyRichard90
      @KennedyRichard90 7 років тому

      Maybe even the author thought it too and decided not change it... but who knows?

  • @stuff4232
    @stuff4232 6 місяців тому

    i like how you say benzo accid studies are inconclusive but every other study seemed pretty definitive about heart disease.

  • @hobbieswithcoffee
    @hobbieswithcoffee 8 років тому +1

    thank you for the info!

  • @kuntalchaudhuri1761
    @kuntalchaudhuri1761 4 роки тому +1

    This is really a nice video.

  • @TurnipBoy666
    @TurnipBoy666 5 років тому +6

    3:18
    wait, there were cigars back then?
    Huh.

    • @int16_t
      @int16_t 4 роки тому +2

      It's an other meaning of smoking.

    • @TurnipBoy666
      @TurnipBoy666 4 роки тому +2

      i know

  • @mort8568
    @mort8568 7 років тому +4

    if they taught high school w these animations maybe I wouldnt've dropped out

  • @Yathuprem
    @Yathuprem 8 років тому

    2:31 So even if a bacteria die on the food, still there is a chance that we consume it?? So what is the purpose of sugar and salt? The food still contain the bacteria(dead) right??

    • @SG-bp4lg
      @SG-bp4lg 8 років тому +3

      Yathu prem If the bacteria is dead then it's harmless.

    • @Yathuprem
      @Yathuprem 8 років тому +1

      Scrubs 2009 Still we are consuming it !! Sorry if it is dumb question!

    • @SG-bp4lg
      @SG-bp4lg 8 років тому +6

      Yathu prem It's no problem. It was a good question. Think of bacteria like a little man with a knife. He reproduces to make more little men with knives and stabs all the healthy cells In your body. If he is dead he can't reproduce and can't harm you.

    • @Sciller4
      @Sciller4 8 років тому

      Yeah, but you shouldn't really think too much of bacteria like little men with knives since only 1% of bacteria are harmful

    • @SG-bp4lg
      @SG-bp4lg 8 років тому +2

      Marijan Tadijal I know. That was a very simplified anology.

  • @uchejerry7898
    @uchejerry7898 3 роки тому

    Please
    I wanna know
    Can I know the non preservative fruit for better digestive system?

  • @iamflashin
    @iamflashin 5 років тому +3

    DIDNT WATCH THE WHOLE THING BUT IM GUCHI WITHOUT THEM!

  • @SiddharthTantri
    @SiddharthTantri 6 років тому

    Best Channel to learn cool animation and explanation thanks TEDED

  • @vandana6481
    @vandana6481 3 роки тому

    Is sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate preservation good for food and cosmetics

  • @vandana6481
    @vandana6481 3 роки тому

    Is sclerotium gum and salinatural preservation save for skin use as a cosmetics for a very long time

  • @gregoryyang8988
    @gregoryyang8988 4 роки тому +2

    TLDW:
    1. Watch the video it's literally 5 minutes.
    2. Preservatives are not bad if you don't eat a lot of preserved foods.
    3. If you're concerned ask a doctor.

  • @sardarasif9065
    @sardarasif9065 2 роки тому

    How do we preserve the leaf 🌿 for 6 months to 1 years

  • @cmwHisArtist
    @cmwHisArtist 2 роки тому

    Can anyone tell me what the effect of preservatives is on living cells, like our eyes?
    I started to get cataracts shortly after start to use glaucoma drops with preservatives in them, that burn my eyes for 15 minutes after use.

  • @seyedrezabazyar1519
    @seyedrezabazyar1519 6 років тому

    thanks. very good

  • @3ddesigncentrecalicut17
    @3ddesigncentrecalicut17 4 роки тому

    LET ME KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST PRESERVATIVE FOR FACE CREAM SIR

  • @pratschie
    @pratschie 4 роки тому

    What about the preservatives in the Bread ? Lots of E numbers ?

  • @haelotny6523
    @haelotny6523 3 роки тому

    Great content and beautifully creative animation

  • @TheWarcryyyyy
    @TheWarcryyyyy 3 роки тому +1

    "They aren't perfect, but we don't have any alternative"

  • @Dragon-Slay3r
    @Dragon-Slay3r 7 місяців тому +1

    This is why they put stuff in peoples food all over the world and the general population dont ask why, they effect people they way the cult wants
    😭

  • @samerazar
    @samerazar 7 років тому +3

    you forgot to state that oil is a food preservative, and drying food is a good way to keep them edible :)

  • @ProjectXH
    @ProjectXH 2 роки тому +1

    After watching the whole video:
    Are food preservatives good for preserving food? Yes.
    Are food preservatives good or bad for you? No idea...

  • @michak8029
    @michak8029 8 років тому +2

    smoking food - ancient method of preservation was banned by EU because some idiots said it's unhealthy.. we miss traditional smoked meat so much..

    • @frankschneider6156
      @frankschneider6156 8 років тому +2

      +Michał K
      Actually was that pretty smart as smoke contains a lot of carcinogenic substances (don't forget, smoking cigarettes is in principle nothing else, but inhaling smoke of burning leaves).

    • @monkiram
      @monkiram 8 років тому

      Yes, smoked food is carcinogenic. Higher smoked food consumption is correlated with higher rates of stomach cancer, I don't know why they didn't mention that in the video.

    • @michak8029
      @michak8029 8 років тому +1

      ppl ate it by thousands of years and we are still here, but suddenly now some sciencetists foud out how bad is it. I wonder who payed to them for research like this. Some big lobby related with production of shitty sausages using chemical "smoking" to remove competition with naturally smoked sausages?

    • @monkiram
      @monkiram 8 років тому +2

      Michał K Chemically smoked sausages tend to be similarly carcinogenic, I believe, from what I've read. I'm not sure why you're so skeptical. Lots of things we've done for centuries have been recently found to be harmful (for example, a lot of makeup used to contain lead, hats and thermometers used to be made with mercury, etc).
      I'm surprised it was banned though, there is so much that is carcinogenic that hasn't been banned, like the nitrite preservatives this video mentioned and cigarettes, the number one cause of preventable death in developed countries. It seems to me like they should label carcinogenic products so that people are aware but allow people to decide whether or not they want to use them.

  • @dilmaneblett8912
    @dilmaneblett8912 2 роки тому

    How about can foods that expire in 4 or 5 years time do those fall in the same category

  • @deaayeshawidyaswari7965
    @deaayeshawidyaswari7965 6 років тому +1

    This helps me much in understanding the science behind preservatives

  • @d25977
    @d25977 8 років тому +4

    Gotta love that dancing meat lol

  • @MrZSimko
    @MrZSimko 2 роки тому

    Very educational.

  • @YuvaJuba
    @YuvaJuba 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks to the refrigerator.

  • @WaitingForTheSubway
    @WaitingForTheSubway 2 роки тому +1

    This is an interesting video about food preservation techniques. But it is NOT a video discussing whether or not preservatives are bad for you, which is the title.

  • @lavendersun3025
    @lavendersun3025 4 роки тому

    Put Lemon Juice on your apples. It helps.

  • @DW-lp7bn
    @DW-lp7bn 3 роки тому +1

    Benzoic acid is not safe at all I just had anaphylactic shock... some people are allergic plus when it mix with vitamin C it will turn to benzene

  • @carotdoky
    @carotdoky 8 років тому +25

    hey youtube this is my first comment its a previledge guys so like this

    • @griffin3607
      @griffin3607 8 років тому +4

      James Brown dont like your own comments

    • @Sierrasierraromeo
      @Sierrasierraromeo 8 років тому

      Oh reaalllllllly?😳🙄

    • @SeanStrain
      @SeanStrain 8 років тому

      "previledge" pahahaha

    • @carotdoky
      @carotdoky 8 років тому +1

      [GMD] Clorox Bleach hallelujah! God Bless

    • @quarkyquasar893
      @quarkyquasar893 8 років тому

      Well, you topped in making shitpost in your first try. And I topped to make Cancer "I don't know how many" times.

  • @brookelopez1977
    @brookelopez1977 4 роки тому

    Is that background music the Revenge of the Nerds song?

  • @l01230123
    @l01230123 8 років тому +1

    "bolth" 1:05

  • @kennethquinonez2854
    @kennethquinonez2854 8 років тому

    Who's narrating? I really like his speaking voice.

  • @jacobw5153
    @jacobw5153 8 років тому

    Can you please make more riddle videos!

  • @yashchandwani5786
    @yashchandwani5786 8 років тому +3

    this ted ed video rather confused me..now I feel more confused about using preservatives or not

  • @microska2656
    @microska2656 2 роки тому

    4:27 why not just buy the apple whole

  • @cyriljuliandanojog6716
    @cyriljuliandanojog6716 4 роки тому

    So we have to refrigerate mayo to slow down the multiplication of bacteria in it.

  • @quixoticfallcy
    @quixoticfallcy 7 років тому +7

    Lesson learned: buy what you eat soon. don't waste. if you can, eat things that have not been preserved.

    • @albedougnut
      @albedougnut 3 роки тому +1

      What is the point? Preservatives are not inherently harmful.

    • @vsenglish5862
      @vsenglish5862 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Ib_Uth3xFAg/v-deo.html
      Food preparation 👆

  • @josephjackson1956
    @josephjackson1956 5 років тому +1

    I'd rather have preservatives than die of starvation in a food crisis