Tag: bad food additives
How many additives did you consume today?
Every day we consume a range of chemical additives many of which are safe, some even health promoting. Our daily meal habits (home cooked typical western fare, not including fast food) expose us, on average, to over 120 different additives and of these, more than half could be considered less than desirable, if not harmful […]
Continue reading How many additives did you consume today?E330 – E333 inquiry about adverse reactions from MSG
Question: My husband has a known sensitivity to MSG and associated flavour enhancers but recently he also seems to be reacting to citric acid and other citrates (E330 -E333). We have the third edition of the chemical maze and in there you indicate that they may provoke symptoms in people sensitive to MSG but this […]
Continue reading E330 – E333 inquiry about adverse reactions from MSGIngredient Listed on Pepsi Max
Question: My name is Debbie, and I have only got the 2nd edition of The Chemical Maze.There is an ingredient in it that I am unable to find it is Phenylketonurics. As there is no sugar in this soft drink I can only assume it is used as a sweetener. Would you be able to […]
Continue reading Ingredient Listed on Pepsi MaxFood Additive of the Week E621 – MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
Although traditional Asian cuisine had often used seaweed extract, which contains high concentrations of glutamic acid, it was not until 1907 that MSG was isolated by Kikunae Ikeda. MSG was subsequently patented by Ajinomoto Corporation of Japan in 1909.
Continue reading Food Additive of the Week E621 – MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)Do food additives contribute to obesity?
Whilst research is yet to establish a causal link between obesity and food additives, common sense tells us that there is a link between the two. Most of the calorie-dense, high fat foods that contribute to obesity in individuals are also high in chemical additives, preservatives and artificial everything else.
Continue reading Do food additives contribute to obesity?MSG in milk products a hidden ingredient
Reduced-fat milk products may contain MSG. A prepackaged chocolate milk drink (fat free) caught my attention this week. Some would consider this a moderately healthy choice, and most people would not be remotely suspicious that this product could contain something as potentially harmful as MSG. There are many products we know are worth checking for […]
Continue reading MSG in milk products a hidden ingredientAsthma, hyperactivity and the food colours which cause them
Recent research in the UK points to six artificial food colours which are linked to asthma and hyperactivity in children. Those artificial food additives are: sunset yellow (E110) quinoline yellow (E104) carmoisine (E122) allura red (E129) tartrazine (E102) ponceau 4R (E 124) Some of these food colours are now banned in the USA. In the […]
Continue reading Asthma, hyperactivity and the food colours which cause themBrown bread may be white bread in disguise
Did you know that many brands of brown bread are nothing more than the white bread you are trying to avoid? Both start with a grain of wheat, but we wrongfully assume that a brown bread grain is not subject to the same level of processing as its white counterpart.
Continue reading Brown bread may be white bread in disguiseCola one of the highest selling items in your supermarket
Cigarettes aside, one of the highest selling supermarket lines in Australia today is the 1.25 litre bottle of cola. Shockingly, the top five positions are almost all occupied by this brand’s products. So what exactly is in this soft drink?
Continue reading Cola one of the highest selling items in your supermarketPreservative labelling a ‘trick-of-trade’ for advertising
Preservative labelling is not always what it seems. At the supermarket recently, I reviewed several brands of lemonade to see if there was one that was a better choice for the punch recipe my family has had at celebrations since I was a child.
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