Irradiation of food products has been promoted as a safe way to kill bacteria without depleting nutritional content of food. Is this true?
I personally wonder if we will ever get the true facts about the safety of irradiated food products. While the FDA says that irradiating eggs, for instance, to kill bacteria like Salmonella, is effective, it also recently admitted that this does lower the Vitamin A content of this food. The consumer group Public Citizen is concerned that along with the loss of Vitamin A, heat sensitive nutrients such as Omega 3 Fatty Acids and B Vitamins will also be diminished. My belief, as always, is to stay away from foods processed with procedures in which we have no clue as to the long-term risks to the human body.
