If I eat foods with lots of preservatives, will I live a long life?

Question

Shouldn't they add preservatives to all foods since they will help preserve your body?

Think Different · Accepted Answer

lol, I enjoy your sense of humor.

edit:
I can't believe the number of folks taking you seriously.

Anonymous · Answer

Preservatives are designed to extend the shelf life of the food. They are actually not so good to be ingested by humans. That is why a lot of health food uses "no Preservatives" as their selling point.

R C · Answer

The preservatives where only tested to preserve food, and is not for preserving your body organs.  Most preservatives (unnatural) are harmful to the body... common sense lad... common sense.

Anonymous · Answer

Actually they do help preserve your body. 
It is a great problem in the cemeteries, because the corpses do not decay. 


But you age because you get mutations in the replication process of the DNA, when the cells rejuvenate. Eating chemicals just increases the speed of the process.

 So if you want to die young, decay old, you are going the right way.

Chocolate S · Answer

The key to living a long life,is to be healthy and exercise. Preservatives arn't all that. But just eat like a normal human,an if your super healthy,like not junk food or anything,than you can live to 100!

josh · Answer

They help preserve the food so it wont go stail or bad as fast. No it will not make you live longer. It will make your food last longer, but not live longer. Sorry for the dissapointment.

Phil M · Answer

Salt is a preservative.

Olivia W · Answer

vs. a person who dosnt eat a lot of preservatives probbibly not 


keep it in moderation you dont have to go loco but youll probb live a pretty good life if u eat a lot

H · Answer

No, preservatives are not natural, therefore they are bad for your body

nickname here · Answer

no stupid preservatives are bad for you they will shorten your life, if they weren't bad for you why would commercials say no preservatives, if they lived longer food commercials would say we have lots of preservatives :(

Phil · Answer

Well chemicals are known to ruin your body so it will probably cut down your life! But i don't think if you eat them once in a while it will effect you, If you eat them every mean, everyday then it will probably cut back your life by maybe 1 month or something like that!

If I eat foods with lots of preservatives, will I live a long life?

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