Dangerous food additives! What are those?

I stay away from prepared foods because of all the additives. If there is any additive or ingredient that I'm not familiar with I stay away from it. cancer and other disease seems to be on the rise and in my opinion these additives ingested over a period of time is the cause. I also think many are additive such as sugar. For years the health community has informed us about how bad to salt and fats are for us but have ignored sugar until just recently Food additives to avoid Aluminum salts Artificial colors Artificial flavorings Artificial sweeteners Bisulfate BHA BHT BVO Caffeine Carrageenan EDTA Partially hydrogenated oil (Burger King, some restaurants, frozen food manufacturers and bakeries still use it) Metabisulfite MSG (FDA lets companies use these terms instead of MSG: Audolyzed yeast/casein/caseinate/Broth/ glutamate/hydrolyzed/hydrolyzed protein) Mycoprotein (some people react to it with nausea, vomiting or anaphylactic reactions. Only Quorn meat substitutes uses it) “Natural smoke flavor” Olestra Potassium bromate (causes cancer in animals, watch for it in bakery products) Propylene glycol Propyl gallate Sodium benzoate Sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite Sorbitol Sulfur dioxide Aspartame is a generic name for artificial sweeteners. Symptoms caused by aspartmes are Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.

hi neh357 I just look for the foods I am buying that have the shortest list of things in the package or the can , and if its very long with names of chemicals I dont even know what they are I will not buy that item. most canned things that are safe should just have the veggie or fruit name and maybe salt added and that is all . the shorter the list the better for safe eating. and for me I have to be sure nothing I buy has msg in it or it could literally kill me as I am extremely allergic to this product. I also refuse to buy food with added colors to them. not good for us at all.

Oh yes most definitely. I wish I had been more wise when I was younger to really pay attention what went into my body. I watched the movie Food Inc. That really got me stirred up. The things they are doing to our foods. The less than careful processing that goes on. It almost makes you not want to eat anything. But cheese, salsa lol I will have a hard time with those. More seriously. I am not a fan of HFCS. It is only one of many things we consume that is detrimental to our health.HFCS is popular to food manufacturers because of its sweetness, the way it blends with other foods, and helps keep those foods on the shelfs forever. And of course thanks to our government subsidies of corn it is less expensive. Processed foods are consumed in unspeakable amounts and HFCS is right there with them. Fructose consumption contributes to that wonderful intra-abdominal fat. Which in turn puts us at higher health risks such as heart disease and diabetes. I read once that there is around 17 million pounds consumed each year. It has come to a time with big businesses mass marketing our food that we need to go natural. Growing, raising and buying from farmers markets are going to be the only way we can say no to all these harmful chemicals they throw at us. I hope that more and more farmers markets will become available. And that the farmers running them will always be growing their veggies and fruits chemical free and their livestock range feed.One thing I hate is that I like cold cereals and they are filled with it. Also I try to watch out for BHT. I know that it is impossible to cut all the bad stuff all at once so a bit at a time. The more we know the more we can protect ourselves.

Hello my fellow Mylotter, With reference to your query, I am not that worried regarding the food that I take. For me, it seems that all foods has its own additives. Since, it is being kept in the fridge for a certain period that is why it needs to preserve at least for a period of time. What important is, you try to drink a lot of water to wash away the salt and other preservatives that mixed-up in the food.

yeah sometimes i think that eating food that has dangerous additives on it can cause harm to me in the future so i'm always curious about what am i eating.. My mother also cook with less salt on it and she doesn't use MSG cause she know that its bad for our health.. another thing thats also a dangerous food additive is factory manufactured broth.. it has many chemicals on it.. so don't use it that much or you will suffer in the near future..

MSG is really dangerous if u have a cancer. one of my realtives have cancer, and msg is not really recommended in his food. it said that MSG can make the grow of cancer rapidly

Food safety is a global proplemd today.it is difficult to change status quo in short term,i think.what i can do is to eat more fruits and vegetables not been processed.less than compelling, i don't eat those things such as intant noodles.we should responsible for our own bodies,is it right?