Read the label!

With all the food sensitivities cropping up lately, it behooves us to learn how to read those pesky food labels. Today, food items like trans fats must be listed on the label. At the Center for the Science in the Public Interest website (http://www.cspinet.org), you can read a list of food additives that are safe and which ones we should avoid. I learned the hard way, for example, that too much sorbitol (a sugar alcohol used in sugar-free products) resulted in loose bowels (yuck!). Unfortunately, most chemicals introduced into our bodies accumulate in our fat cells, and they don't go away. It's something to think about the next time we reach for a Twinkie.