{"id":7649,"date":"2018-01-20T19:39:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T18:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=7649"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:27:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:27:05","slug":"food-preservatives-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2018\/01\/food-preservatives-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Food Preservatives Bad for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Food preservatives are substances added to food items in order to inhibit, retard or arrest the process of fermentation, acidification, and decomposition of food items\u2019. Or, in other words, they are a type of<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>food<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>additive\u00a0 which prolong shelf life\u00a0and keep products from being broken down by microorganisms<\/p>\n<p>But the question is, how safe are they? Watch the video and be able to discuss the questions that follow:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Are food preservatives bad for you? - Eleanor Nelsen\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJU34yTJL4M?start=3&#038;wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Discuss:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are the benefits of using preservatives in food?<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">What do you think about preservatives? Are they beneficial or harmful?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Do you seek out preservative-free food?<\/li>\n<li>What are some ways of preserving food in your country?<\/li>\n<li>What are some of the most popular preserved food in your country?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate Food preservatives are substances added to food items in order to inhibit, retard or arrest the process of fermentation, acidification, and decomposition of food items\u2019. 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