If you are a gourmand, then you will enjoy Foodie.Photo(TM)

We don't use corn starch ... except to untie knotted silver necklaces and other jewelry.

We don't use corn chips ... except for starting campfires, especially the flavored ones.

Sea salt can have plastic, and Pakistani himalayan salt can have rocks ... which means that teflon coated pans may be degraded more than we think.

Harvard [1] suggests that the healthiest way to brew coffee is ... paper-filtered, to remove diterpenes due to "increased" serum cholesterol, but does not explain why low cholesterol is recommended. Other research suggests that diterpenes form the basis for biologically important compounds such as retinol, retinal, and phytol; and also diterpenes are known to be antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory. [2] [3]

FDA Food Data Central- BPA, BVO... it may take 50 years, but research may end GRAS status.

Basics of the Wise Traditions Diet

References

1. "What’s the healthiest way to brew coffee?" Harvard Health Publishing, STAYING HEALTHY, News briefs, dated July 1, 2020
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2. Eberhard Breitmaier (2006). "Diterpenes". Terpenes: Flavors, Fragrances, Pharmaca, Pheromones. pp. 52–81. doi:10.1002/9783527609949.ch4. ISBN 978-3-527-60994-9.
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3. Davis, Edward M.; Croteau, Rodney (2000). "Cyclization Enzymes in the Biosynthesis of Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, and Diterpenes". Topics in Current Chemistry. 209: 53–95. doi:10.1007/3-540-48146-X_2. ISBN 978-3-540-66573-1.
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