Healthy Eating - Time to Adjust Eating Patterns

Healthy Eating - The times are demanding fast-paced and practical diet also influenced the community. Instant food factory made a choice for tasty, inexpensive, easily obtainable, and easily processed. In fact, the content of food additives in instant foods that have a risk.

Consumption of instant food of choice in the middle of modern society and the inability and the limited time to cook fresh food. This trend took place globally, not only in Indonesia.

Originally prepared instant food for the astronauts who will travel into space or soldiers who are fighting. To be easily processed food, but taste delicious and durable, added some food additives.

In its development, the industry also utilize a variety of these food additives, preservatives either, perisa, flavor enhancer, dye, or various other types. Materials are making food production becomes cheaper, can be used in a long time, and the distribution becomes broader.

Although its use in a certain amount guaranteed security by the government and international agreements, the consumption of instant food containing food additives still needs to be regulated. Consumption of food with balanced nutrition and variety to minimize the risk of the use of food additives.

"It should not be a menu of instant foods daily. Occasionally eating of course allowed. In principle, macro and micro nutrient needs should be met, "says Expert Analysis and Food Safety from the School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Rahmana Erman Kartasasmita, when contacted from Jakarta, Wednesday (13/10).
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