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Are You Eating This Substance That Lines Food Industry Pockets & Destroys Your Metabolism?

2/27/2015 Update: Ground breaking research was just released that links this additive to weight gain, inflammation and digestive problems. (must watch video below) From CBS News:

“The magic of food science has made it possible to walk into a supermarket and buy a bag of cookies that are just as soft and chewy as the ones grandma used to make — but last a whole lot longer. These chemicals found in foods, known as emulsifiers, are the reason store-bought bread and cake is soft and fluffy, margarine and bottled salad dressing is smooth and ice cream is creamy.

Without emulsifiers, our favorite products wouldn’t taste right or have the appealing texture that keeps us going back for more. However, new research suggests these chemicals may be creating a whole host of health problems. 

A new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, finds evidence that these chemicals in food can alter the gut bacteria, or microbiome, potentially causing intestinal inflammation which makes a person more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease, metabolic syndrome and significant weight gain.”

Are you eating this substance that lines food industry pockets, linked to weight gain, inflammation and digestive problems? Find out, right here on Food Babe TV:

Watch Now (originally aired in Oct. 2013):

Cellulose (a.k.a. Wood Pulp) 101

  • Cellulose can be called by these different names on the ingredients label: Carboxymethyl cellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, or MCC, and Cellulose Gum.
  • Cellulose is much cheaper to obtain from wood, than real food ingredients and is manipulated in a laboratory to form different structures (liquid, powder, etc) depending upon the food product it is used in.
  • The most economical choice for cellulose comes from wood by-products, however cellulose can also come from vegetables, but will be listed on the label as such.
  • The cellulose wood pulp industry is at it’s all time high (up 8% from 2009-2011).
  • Humans cannot digest cellulose. It has no caloric value. The food industry tricks consumers who eat foods with a high cellulose content to feel full physically and psychologically without having consumed many calories.
  • According to the FDA: “In humans, virtually 100 percent of orally ingested cellulose can be recovered in the feces within four days, indicating that absorption does not occur.” This substance just passes through your body, while lining food industry pockets. Nice!
  • The FDA sets no limit on cellulose content in processed food, however sets a limit for meat products at 3.5%.
  • Cellulose can by used as a supplement to bulk up foods with fake fiber. Next time you see “added fiber” on the label, take a look at the ingredients, it usually contains cellulose.
  • The gelling action of cellulose when combined with water creates an emulsion, suspending ingredients, making processed food products creamier and thicker than they would be otherwise.
  • Cellulose can absorb water and is used as an “anti-caking” agent in shredded and grated cheeses, spice mixes, and powdered drink mixes.

Do You Eat Wood

Don’t let the food industry trick you with this cheap and harmful substance. Next time you see your family or friends eating the popular products discussed in this video – ask them:

“Do You Eat Wood?”

Remember to always check the ingredients list before buying anything at the grocery store – even organic products for cellulose and other emulsifiers like Polysorbate 80. Shred your own cheese, buy 100% maple syrup and forget fast food. Please spread the word and share this video… no one should be eating wood, saw dust or tree bark. Yuck! Till next time…

Xo,

Vani

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310 responses to “Are You Eating This Substance That Lines Food Industry Pockets & Destroys Your Metabolism?

    1. Nope – it just lines food industry with big bucks – I avoid it because I don’t like eating FAKE food.

      1. I don’t eat wood – knowingly. There are lots of things I don’t eat knowingly – but the get served up to me without my knowledge or permission. The food industry & the FDA in the US are so far behind many other countries in the protection of their citizens as their first and most important job. It seems that they are more interested in helping big companies that they can financially benefit from.
        I really appreciate the information your research digs-up. It is so informative and helpful. Keep up the hard work Vani.
        Have you done any research on DMSO, (Dimethyl sulfoxide)? I believe that it is a by-product of the production of paper pulp. The reason I ask is because I have used it off and on since the late 1950’s. We purchased it from a veterinarian for use on our race horses from 1957 forward. My dad and I used it with rubber kitchen gloves on our hands to rub it on the horses’ legs at first, but decided since it didn’t kill any of the horses we could dispense with the rubber gloves. I have used it on a severely sprained ankle, which it fixed in a couple of days, and a difficult case of hemorrhoids, which it fixed in two days. I would appreciate your knowledge on the subject if you have done any research on DMSO.
        Thanks, Will

    2. It may not toxic per se… but it can disrupt the delicate nature of the GI track. If it is indigestible by human and it has zero nutritional value then why consume it? It can take up space in the GI track and not allow for proper absorption of real food. Filling one’s body with static material (even though not toxic per se) is not a wise decision. I agree with others… each real fiber… not wood pulp!

    3. Sorry one last thing… how is “wood pulp” processed? Are there all kinds of toxic chemicals used to make cellulose tolerable to taste, texture, etc.? If so then that’s another issue. It’s one thing if you go cut a tree and start eating it but another if it has been processed. I don’t eat processed trees! 🙂 Kidding aside, there is no need for it. Better to eat real food.

      1. My husband works for a cellulose mill and yes the pulp does go through a bleach bath, so I would consider it toxic to digest. Best to eat real food for sure 🙂

      1. Thankyou for shining a light on this issue! I am highly allergic to colophony / pine rosin. However I thought it was a contact dermatitis problem. Now I know that my severe bloating was caused by colophony consumption! Eliminated so many foods after doing a lot of research and bloating has reduced dramatically!!! So all you nay Sayers can keep on eating cardboard for all I care but some of us have real allergies and have a right to know what we are eating!

      2. You can not eat a fruit or a vegetable without eating cellulose. It is in the cell walls of plants.
        Some animals have the enzyme to digest cellulose, but humans don’t. So right, insoluble fiber does not have nutritional value, but it is happily passed through our digestive tracts, bulking up our poo as it goes. This is not a problem.

    4. Cellulose is a long chain of glucose units bonded together. Cellulose can come from any plant. However, just because a product contains cellulose does not mean it is from wood pulp. I would be surprised if many large food companies are using wood pulp sourced cellulose as there are many other sources that are derived from food plants. With the FSMA requirements for sourcing food ingredients, I find it hard to believe food companies can justify qualifying wood pulp as an approved ingredient.

  1. I sent a note to Organic Valley, asking how an organic product can possibly contain CELLULOSE, to prevent caking???

    Can you answer this? How do you get an organic certification, using ingredients like this??? I’m trying so hard to change over our food, but it is misleading, confusing and expensive!

    Thank You,

    Susan

      1. Eco tools makes a body sponge made out of cellulose (plant pulp) It is made completely out of recycled plant matter. While it may be a great exfoliate, you may be interested in trying, I don’t suggest eating it. LOL It doesn’t look like something the body can digest.

    1. Wean yourself from all wheat products. You will find that you do not crave sugars and carbohydrates and you will need less food which of course will be real food.

    2. Organic has nothing to do with the ingredients contained in a product. Organic refers to the agricultural practices and handling post harvest. Theoretically any animal or plant food source can be organic. Just because something is “organic” doesnt mean it contains only “real food” – whatever that is.

    3. Most cellulose actually comes from corn…organic products containing cellulose come from organic corn. My husband is allergic to corn and we learned from the years of research we did on our own that 95% cellulose comes from corn. We have to shred our own cheeses, purchase only fresh spices and herbs, etc.

  2. You are just so so so awesome! Love these videos. They are a fun way to get everyone listening to what is in their “food” (ie food-like product). Thanks for all you do!!!

  3. I LOVE THIS!!! Keep them coming! Can’t wait to see you do a psychadelic one on aspartame/phenylalanine!!
    Thanks for THE TRUTH in an entertaining way.

  4. Honestly I don’t think that this is all bad — it is natural source of fiber and wood is from a tree which is a plant after all. Just saying — not everything the food industry does is BAD.

    1. I shared the same thought as Samantha until I read the other readers’ comment. Perhaps Vani could provide us with more logical reasoning instead of discarding it by saying “it’s fake food” or “should stay in nature”. After all, wood pulp sounds just as “real” to me as powdered, bottled hemp shake.

      1. But as others have said and she said in the video….would you EVER pick up a piece of wood and gnaw on it? NO! If you wouldn’t do it knowingly why would you let a company greedily trick you into consuming it?

      2. Native americans knew they could chew on the bark of evergreens – it is a great source of vitamin C. Have you ever eaten bamboo shoots or chewed on a sugarcane stalk? Ever eat chia, amaranth or quinoa – those are essentially the seeds from weedy plants. Ever had a salad with dandelion greens? Where does maple syrup come from?

  5. I eat wood and can lift a truck over my head with my pinky. I think we should eat more wood.

  6. I go grocery shopping with my mother every weekend and we were just talking about avoiding packaged, shredded cheese, even the organic stuff, because of the added cellulose.
    While cellulose itself is not listed as potentially harmful, I think it should highlight how Big Food is willing to scrimp to make a profit.

    1. Cellulose is added to prevent shredded cheese from becoming a brick. Shredded cheese is on the market because people have become too lazy to buy a block of cheese and shred it themselves. These companies are only providing what the market desires and of course they are going to use the lowest cost option to stay competitive.

      1. I understand why it’s available and popular, but is it necessary or worth it? That is for each individual and family to decide, but being well versed in the options presented to you is good for everyone. Without freely questioning the providers we lose our power, as consumers, to make the changes we wish to see on the open market.

      2. I totally agree with the first part of your statement but I wish people would just present the facts and not mislead in the process. I disagree with the last part of your statement “Without freely questioning the providers we lose our power, as consumers, to make the changes we wish to see on the open market.” Even if you feel you can not question the situation or that companies are hiding information you still have power as a consumer by voting with your dollar.

  7. Cellulose is something you’ll find in any green plant and many bacteria and algae. Since plants have no skeletals, it’s the cellulose that makes them firm enough. Without them, plants would be like jellyfish. Just blobs of living material. Basically, if you’re a veganist then your diet will be mostly water and cellulose. So, cellulose being unhealthy? Nope.
    Furthermore, there are bacteria that can transform cellulose into something people can digest. Unfortunately, most humans don’t have these bacteria but many herbivores do. Which makes herbivores a good food source for humans since they can create more energy from plant material than humans.
    Furthermore, people with bowel problems are often advised to eat more fibers. And fibers are mostly cellulose. Mostly, grain husks are used as a source of fibers for people with bowel problems. Often with the grain inside the husk too. It tends to be a valuable part of the human diet anyways.
    So, wood is a cheap ingredient that they add to food products? GREAT! Why? Because 1 in 3 Americans are obese and having food that’s less nutritious would not harm those people. What worries me more is the addition of salt or sugar to food products. Something popular like soy sauce is mostly salt and a bit of sugar. And many mustard condiments also contain sugar. Bread contains sugar. Plenty of other food items contain sugars. And it is proven that sugar tends to be addictive so switching to artificial sugars like aspartame won’t make you eat less sugar. You just continue to crave for more.

    1. Btw, I have eaten wood as a child, and liked it! Ever heard of liquorice root? It was and still is a very sweet kind of natural candy, and as a child I loved chewing on a root just for the sweet taste. So, eating wood? Yes, I’ve done that!
      If I would eat oak or pine? Probably not, because those types of wood don’t taste as well. Besides, pine contains a sticky sap. Pine cambium is quite healthy, though. There are even recipes online for interesting meals made from the inner bark layers of pine trees. It has been used as food replacement in locations where people would otherwise starve to death.

    2. She specifically points out that veg cellulose is ok…just not wood because it has no nutritional value whatsoever.

      1. True. Wood no nutritional value because it’s mostly cellulose. And the cellulose part of any vegetables won’t be nutritious. So in a world where people tend to overeat and obesity is a major problem, it doesn’t hurt to consume something that fills your stomach, yet won’t be able to feed you.
        Say, for example, you order a huge Big Mac with extra cheese, every day. If it would all be nutritious, you’d easily be over 500 pounds after a few months. But because there’s extra cellulose in the cheese, in the bread and probably even in the meat, the whole package becomes less valuable as food, yet it will fill you up just like the real deal.
        True, food producers can make some profit by saving on the real nutritious parts and if this would happen in a third-world country where most people are starving already, I would be outraged. Instead, they make us use less nutritious resources and thus waste less, which doesn’t hurt in a society where being obese is slowly becoming the standard.
        I myself am overweight so eating food with some cellulose from wood through it could actually help me lose weight. It’s coded as E460 and it’s part of every dish with vegetables.
        But i’m following some research where they’ve succeeded to transform cellulose from wood into starch which we humans can consume, and consume quite often. This means that we could use wood as an important food source in the future, when this world has more than 8 billion people.

  8. I like your video…but as a Motion PIcture Film editor..I find your music jarring..
    Music is so important when mixing it with your image…Just food for thought!

    Ps…I do not eat the foods that include wood by products…One way to avoid all that crap….Do not eat processed foods..ever…

      1. I can’t speak for that person but if you’d like some music to use I’d be very happy to give you some instrumental versions of my tracks. Just send me an email if so!…Watched your video with Marie Forleo and loved it!!

  9. Here’s something that may be helpful to people that think cellulose is harmless to eat…My husband works for a cellulose mill and I know that it all go through a bleach/Chemical bath so ones idea about it being ok to eat because it just “wood” would be wrong, it’s all most likely been bleached and of course highly processed.

    1. Never start asking questions about pink slime…
      Cellulose can be created from many sources and wood just happens to be one of them. The husks of grain is also a rich source of cellulose.
      Many other food items will be cleansed with chemicals and knowing all that happened to your daily food will make you quite sick. For example, many vegetables are sprayed with pesticides to keep pests away. Fruits and cucumbers are also “waxed” so they become more shiny. Meat is often colored a bit to the proper color. Steak, for example, needs to be red. Chicken needs to be pale white or maybe a bit yellowish if it’s cornfed chicken. Salmon needs to be pink, which is troublesome because generally, only wild salmon has a pink color. Farm-bred salmon tends to be gray.
      When they start processing food into sauces or other stuff, even more artificial colors and flavors might be added. Food babe already mentioned that we people are eating something from the anal glands of beavers. And there’s a lot more that you just don’t want to know.

      If you want to stay clear from all those products, you need to eat close to the source. I live in the Netherlands and while I can go shopping in the local supermarket, there are also plenty of farms nearby where I can go visit and purchase straight from the farm. The choice in food items is limited to whatever the farming has available but potatoes and strawberries from local farms are very tasty and delicious. Great to cut into french fries by yourself.

    2. Yeah – and green olives are soaked in a bath of sodium hyroxide (caustic) as part of the curing process – does that mean we shouldnt eat them?

      Following your logic, you should never consume any medication (over the counter or prescription) many pills contain cellulose and almost all the active ingredients are manufactured with organic solvents like methanol, iso-octane, acetone, etc.

      1. I know you meant that to be sarcastic, but medications should seriously be a last resort solution to health issues and this is more about what one is eating day in and day out. Besides, pointing out that other things are manufactured in unhealthy ways does not make it healthy to eat this stuff.

  10. I am certainly not going to argue that we should be choosing cellulose to consume over other healthy foods, but it is not true that wood or bark is not edible or even healthy. Cinnamon come from bark and is incredibly healthy for you. Another healthy, if not eaten much, option is pine bark. Need I even say all of the baby trees that we eat whole such as bamboo shoots and asparagus. So eat trees! Just eat the right ones.

    1. Bamboo is a grass, not a tree; and asparagus is a vegetable belonging to the lily family. With a healthy imagination these do look like baby trees.

      1. Bamboo does not look like a baby tree, it looks like a tree, so does asparagus when it is full grown. But my point was more that those two plants are woody. And she said that we should not be eating wood. But thank you for clearing that up.
        Some other edible trees – oak and basswood.

  11. Thanks for the video and article Food Babe! Here is something interesting that happened to me…..The manufacturer of my desiccated thyroid medication changed the binder to cellulose and my hypothyroid symptoms returned? Causing me to become very sick….since then I did a diet over haul. I only eat a clean diet, not on thyroid meds and take high quality supplements…….my symptoms have vanished and I feel better than I have in 10 years. So in an odd way I am glad they used the cellulose because I have regained my health and have fueled myself with knowledge, paying attention to everything I eat. Love your diligence in bring us the truth about our food today!

  12. What a coincidence! Just this morning I was looking at our shredded cheese package ingredients and determined it was not too bad as the only other ingredient was cellulose for thickening. Now I know the truth! Your videos are amazing. Keep them coming. I am slowly avoiding processed food.

  13. I was really surprised when I found cellulose in the ingredient list of Whole Foods Organic Mozzarella Cheese (shredded). So check organic labels too!

  14. Thank you Food Babe for this expose.

    Another fact to be aware of is that fiber or cellulose can come from GMO cotton, corn and sometimes beet.

    – Cellulose (E 460), Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Ethylcellulose, Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Hydroxymethyl Cellulose and Methylcellulose (E 461), Microcrystalline Cellulose, and Croscarmellose Sodium. They sometimes show on labels as crospovidone(s), bentonite, and polysorbate(s). They are used as filler, binder, or coating. Leftover cotton fibers that are too short to be spun into textiles consist almost completely of cellulose and can be used as food additives. Cellulose and methylcellulose can be used as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, or fillers in medication or supplements. Cotton is a potential GM crop. It can also come from corn or sugar beets, suspected GM crops. Ask for source or non-GMO certification.

    Sincerely, Chef Alain

  15. Okay, Food Babe, here’s another fake food additive — can you give us the skinny on the wax that coats most of our apples? A grower in upstate New York told me once that he doesn’t want to coat them but the supermarket demand it. Seems consumers must have shiny apples. if they only knew! Dull apples are smarter.

    1. Real apples, like the endangered Gravenstein in California, have their own wax on the skin. If you polish an apple (just picked from a tree) with a dry cloth it will shine. The modern apples are bred to ship and store well and probably lose their ability to make wax so they must be coated. Also, the apples get stored at 28 degrees for up to a year; the artificial coating keeps them from drying out.

  16. thanks for your awesome videos! i take a lot of supplements and many capsules are made from cellulose or microcrystalline cellulose. yikes~ i’m assuming those are wood too?

  17. I supposed if I wanted to eat saw dust I could hang out at a building site and collect their saw dust for free. that is disgusting!
    Way back in the 1960’s I had heard this is what they put in the pretend wheat bread.
    I think of the limerick: How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? Can we adapt that to cellulose?
    good work Thanks
    Malika

  18. Correct me, if I am wrong. Cellulose can be plant origin, meaning the vege that we are (organic or inorganic) naturally contains it.

    1. Correct! Many vegetables we eat have cellulose in them, and it is considered fibers. Cellulose is in all plants! Check out for yourself: http://jn.nutrition.org/content/19/5/415.full.pdf (just a result of a quick google).

      Also foodbabe, how do you know the cellulose used in food is derived from wood? it may be extracted from potatoes for instance

  19. Are you familiar with Dave Killer Bread? It comes in 3-4 varieties, tastes good, and claims to be organic and GMO free. I really like the taste, but I was hoping to get opinion of its wholesomeness.

    Love you blog!

    rOB

    1. I found Dave’s Killer Bread at Safeway and was so excited when I saw the label! Then I read the ingredients and it includes canola oil so that’s a NO. Boo! 🙁

  20. Not to mention the GAS!!! I’ve sampled those high fiber snack bars (the ones that give you 35 or 40% of your daily fiber) a year or two ago, and they cause TERRIBLE gas! I will never have one of those again (even if they were GMO-free!)!

    1. In those high fiber bars (fart bars, my students calls them) the gas is most likely from sucralose, a fake sugar, rather than cellulose (which your body doesn’t digest). Sucralose can give awful, painful non-stop air… I don’t (knowingly) eat anything with sucralose in it.

      1. Before I even knew what a GMO was, I bought those bars for my kids thinking more fiber would be a good thing. We were at an expensive resort and I had brought all our snacks so we could save money. My son had such TERRIBLE gas pains from a Fiber One bar that I never bought them again! Ew!

  21. As a person with a corn allergy, I also avoid all cellulose. There’s no way to know what it is from, and I don’t want to eat that junk even if it is wood instead of corn.

  22. I LOVE YOU!!!! Thank you for your FoodBabeTV!!! This is what I have been praying for to help me help my children understand what I mean about fake foods! The way you present the information is easy enough for my 8 and 12 year olds to understand and it really sinks in!!! Please, keep up the amazing work you are doing. You are a lifeline to all of us trying to get/stay healthy!!!
    xoxoxo
    Adamilka

  23. Sorry to say but Criminals are governing your country. They are hand in gloves with Corporations busy looting the common man. FDA is full of paid scientists busy destroying the health of citizens. It is high time people of US joined together to fight these criminals..

    1. We will be doing just that this Saturday, October 12th when we join together to March Against Monsanto! Find a march near you and join the fight to take back our food!

    2. It’s corrupt – agreed. So how should we stop them? Write letters? I’ve done it. Shop at organic stores? I do it. It’s hard to fight a billion dollar industry with deep pockets. That’s why what foodbabe does is so important I guess. She shines a light on it at least…

  24. Oh dear! Just looked on the label and my non-GMO gluten free bread has the cellulose in it – 2 kinds as near as I can tell….sigh. Is there a GF bread brand you recommend? Help! Just when I think I am getting things figured out I get rail-roaded by something like this!!! Thanks for letting us know and keeping us informed!!
    Martie

  25. I love your videos! I knew they put cellulose in things but didn’t know about the “meat glue” issue, so that was revealing. I try and buy just plain cuts of meat and nothing that’s processed or injected. Of course, my husband doesn’t care as much, so I have to buy what he likes. That’s a man for you…

    Keep it coming, please, and try and get on a network like the Cooking channel or a regular spot on TV so everyone can see these videos!

  26. Thanks Food Babe. I love your videos and thanks for helping us stay educated to what is in our foods. I’m working towards eating more whole foods and less processed foods. With your help, I’ll be there sooner than later.

  27. Is there any way to distinguish cellulose the source of the cellulose? What I mean is food with cellulose that comes from Home Depot is gross, but if the cellulose is a normal ingredient (that comes from some vegetable)? I think better labeling would help (of course the food industry would fight that!)

  28. I’m not sure whether this was an informational message or a warning. If wood pulp comes from trees (big plants), cleans out the DI track by not being digested, helps people feel full longer without adding any calories, why avoid it? So what if it makes the food industry more money than using fruit cellulose? That’s just big business making a profit and keeping costs down. Am I missing something??

  29. Okay, I just checked the ingreds of my Trader Jose’s Lite Mexican Blend shredded cheese (not organic) and it uses a lot of “vegetable rennet,” as well as potato starch, corn starch, calcium sulfate, and natamycin. At a healthy food store, I recently purchased Organic Valley’s Organic Mexican Blend and the last ingredient listed is “Cellulose* (added to prevent caking),” with a further clarification: “*The celulose is not bleached with chlorine. Contains no animal rennet.”

  30. This video is great, my 3 year old son loved it! He looked at me, his eyes got really big and he said, “We don’t want to eat wood!” That is exactly how I feel, kiddo. He is my biggest supporter in getting my family to eat healthy, real food.

  31. Vani,

    Very good article. Thanks very much for your time and what you do. You are certainly having a positive effect on people’s lives.

  32. Thanks so much for all the info you bring us. I love your posts and videos. I am so grateful to have found you. I noticed that a lot of my vitamins, all of which I purchase at Whole Foods, contain vegetable cellulose. Is that one bad as well?

  33. Hey Vani, I would like to take a moment and say Thank You for doing what you do. As you very well know, we as people (especially Americans) are extremely misled about our food, and we are made to believe that if the FDA approves it, then it is safe for consumption. Monsanto, Dow, and countless others spend big money trying to help guarantee that we stay stupid and keep spending money on their factory made garbage. I am so glad you expose these evil companies and get the facts out to us people. It takes a lot of guts, brains and motivation to pull off what you do, and there are not very many that get into depth like you. I am a lifelong organic farmer, so I knew a fair about the food industry before I came across your articles. After reading many of your detailed articles, I have learned more than I ever thought possible. I had no idea the true extent of how awful these products really are until now. I have told all of the organic farmers about you when we have our organic crop meetings, and I can honestly say that all of us are defiantly Food Babe followers now, and will remain so. Thank You from the Thumb of Michigan!!

  34. The only one who should have cellulose in its food is Woody Woodpecker. Just because cellulose is natural doesn’t mean its good for you. Arsenic is natural. And obviously there is some unnatural processing going on between extracting it from a tree and into your shredded cheese because splinters would suck on a pizza. Just saying.

  35. Cellulose is a major component in the cell walls of plants. Should I stop eating plants, too?

  36. My doctor just told me to start giving my one year old pediasure to gain weight. I won’t be doing that because it’s purely a sugar drink, but the ingredients include cellulose gel! how does that even make sense? adds no nutritional value and fills him up so he is not hungry for whole foods.

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