Top 20 Food Additives to Avoid : Avioding Non-Nutritional Foods
Allura Red AC - Food coloring in snacks, sauces, preserves, soups, wine, cider, etc.
Avoid if you suffer from asthma, rhinitis (including hayfever), or urticaria (hives).
Amaranth - Food coloring in wine, spirits, fish roe.
Banned in the U.S. Avoid if you suffer from asthma, rhinitis, urticaria or other allergies.
Aspartame - Sweetener in snacks, sweets, alcohol, desserts, ~diet" foods
May affect people with PKU (phenylketonuria). Recent reports show possibility of headaches, blindness, and seizures with long-term high doses of aspartame.
Benzoic acid - Preservative in many foods, including drinks, low sugar products, cereals, meat products.
Can temporarily inhibit the function of digestive enzymes. May deplete glycine levels. Avoid ifyou suffer from asthma, rhinitis, urticaria or other allergies.
Brilliant Black BN - In drinks, sauces, snacks, wines, cheese, etc.
Avoid if you suffer from asthma, rhinitis, urticaria, or other allergies.
Butylated Hydroxy-anisole - Preservative, particularly in fat-containing foods, confectionery, meats.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer says BHA is possibly carcinogenic to humans. BHA also interacts with nitrites to form chemicals known to cause changes in the DNA of cells.
Calcium benzoate - Preservative in many foods, including drinks, low-sugar products, cereals, meat products.
Can temporarily inhibit function of digestive enzymes and may deplete levels ofthe amino acid glycine. Should be avoided by those with hay fever, hives, and asthma.
Calcium sulphite - Preservative in a vast array of foods-from burgers to biscuits, from frozen mushrooms to horseradish. Used to make old produce look fresh.
In the U.S., sulphites are banned from many foods, including meat. They can cause bronchial problems, flushing, low blood pressure, tingling, and anaphylactic shock. The International Labour Organization says avoid them ifyou suffer from bronchial asthma, cardiovascular or respiratory problems and emphysema.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) - Flavor enhancer.
Has been known to cause pressure on the head, seizures, chest pains, headache, nausea, burning sensations, and tightness of face. Many baby food producers have stopped adding MSG to their products.
Ponceau 4R, Conchineal Red A - Food coloring.
People who suffer from asthma, rhinitis or urticaria may find their symptoms become worse following consumption of foods containing this coloring.
Potassium benozoate - See calcium benzoate.
See calcium benzoate.
Potassium nitrate - Preservative in cured meats and canned meat products.
It can lower the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood; it may combine with other substances to form nitrosamines, which are carcinogenic; and it may have an atrophying effect on the adrenal gland.
Propyl p-hydroxybenozoate, propylparaben, and paraben - Preservative in cereals, snacks, pate, meat products, confectionery.
Parabens have been identified as the cause of chronic dermatitis in numerous instances.
Saccharin & its Na, K and Ca salts - Sweetener in diet, and no-sugar products.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has concluded that saccharin is possibly carcinogenic to humans.
Sodium metabisulphite - Preservative and antioxidant.
May provoke life-threatening asthma.
Sodium sulphite - Preservative used in wine-making and other processed foods.
Sulphites have been associated with triggering asthma attacks. Most asthmatics are sensitive to sulphites in food.
Stannous chloride (tin) - Antioxidant and color-retention agent in canned and bottled foods, fruit juices.
Acute poisoning has been reported from ingestion of fruit juices containing concentrations of tin greater than 250 mg per liter.
Sulphur dioxide - Preservative.
Sulphur dioxide reacts with a wide range of substances found in food, including various essential vitamins, minerals, enzymes and essential fatty acids. Adverse reactions: bronchial problems particularly in those prone to asthma, hypotension (low blood pressure), flushing tingling sensations or anaphylactic shock. International Labour Organization says to avoid E220 if you suffer from conjunctivitis, bronchitis, emphysema, bronchial asthma, or cardiovascular disease.
Sunset Yellow / FCF, Orange / Yellow S - Food coloring.
Some animal studies have indicated growth retardation and severe weight loss. People with asthma, rhinitis, or urticaria should avoid this product.
Tartrazine - Yellow food coloring.
May cause allergic reactions and asthmatic attacks and has been implicated in bouts of hyperactivity disorder in children. Those who suffer from asthma, rhinitis and urticaria may find symptoms worsen after consumption.
Source: Substance.altmedangel.com
Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:10 pm