Do these food additives really “add” any value to your food?

Nobody needs to be explained how important good nutrition is for our health. Often the substances that get into our body with food is just … a poison. I’m talking about all sorts of harmful additives contained in industrially-processed foods.

In principle, our body is  durable. It is able to get rid of many harmful substances getting into it with food, water and air independently. But when thera too much of these harmful substances, the body can not cope.

The most harmful foods

The first thing to do to anyone who cares about his health is to abandon the use of the most harmful foods containing harmful additives. Or at least reduce the use of such products to the minimum.

The problem is that today it is really almost impossible to buy environmentally friendly products that do not contain any harmful additives. The most popular foods are often harmful to our health.

But some foods contain especially large amounts of harmful additives. Below there  is a list of the ten most popular harmful foods.

• Hazardous Products: Chewing gum and sweets.

Chewing gum almost entirely consists of food additives. Candies, depending on the species, contain a little less food additives. Chewing gum and sweets are very popular, especially among children, and certainly deserve to be included  into the list of the most harmful food.

Possible problems:

These foods can cause stomach upset, dehydration, kidney and liver deseases, nephrolithiasis, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, allergic reactions, skin diseases, increased levels of cholesterol in the blood, the development of dementia.

• Hazardous Products: Jam, sausages, frankfurters, sausages, minced meat.

These are one of the most harmful meat food, they contain the following harmful additives (or some of them – depending on the product): food preservatives, stabilizers, thickeners, emulsifiers, antioxidants, colorants, flavors. In addition, sausages and frankfurters contains up to 80% of transgenic soybeans, which is very dangerous product.

Possible problems:

Cancer, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, blurred vision, nausea, diarrhea, headaches, allergies.

• Hazardous Products: Smoked meat and fish, smoked sausages.

These foods for hazard exceed boiled meat products. They can be called the most harmful meat products without exaggeration. They contain preservatives, stabilizers, thickeners, emulsifiers, antioxidants, colorants, flavors.

Possible problems:

Smoked and semi-smoked sausages harms pancreas, increases blood cholesterol, and leads to stress on the cardiovascular system.

• Hazardous Products: Yogurt.

Through advertising, we used to take yogurt as almost the most useful dairy foods. However, it is included in the list of the ten most harmful products, due to their content of stabilizers, thickeners, antioxidants and flavorings.

Possible problems:

Cancer (citric acid in yogurt in high doses has a carcinogenic effect), allergies, diseases of the pancreas.

• Hazardous Products: Chips and potato “fries”.

These products contain stabilizers and flavoring (flavor enhancers). Potato “fries” is fried in a lot of time used oil in fast food restaurants, which leads to the formation of carcinogens. Also, the technology of chips manufacturing leads to the formation of carcinogenic synthetic fats and other carcinogens.

Possible problems:

Cancer (because of the danger of carcinogenic), “Chinese restaurant syndrome” (headache, facial flushing, sweating, a feeling of heaviness, and others.)

• Hazardous Products: Ice cream.

Ice cream may not contain food additives. But many types of ice cream contain harmful additives: food colorings, stabilizers, thickeners, emulsifiers, flavors. Ice cream with these additives deserved to be included in our list of the 10 most harmful food.

Possible problems:

Cancer, liver disease and kidney disease, stomach upset, slowing of the metabolism in the body, vision problems, headache, itching, anxiety, sleep disorders.

• Hazardous products: Beverages.

The most dangerous – soft drinks (Coca-Cola, Sprite, Pepsi, etc.), energy drinks.

Possible problems:

Cancer, cirrhosis, degenerative diseases, the deterioration of the heart, allergic reactions, etc. Abuse of energy drinks leads to a nervous breakdown.

• Hazardous Products: Sauces.

The structure of many sauces include: food preservatives, stabilizers, thickeners, emulsifiers, colorants, flavors, etc. Sauces are not a separate food product but it may turn any useful food into the most harmful.

• Harmful products: Crackers.

The composition of crackers usually include various flavors and food colorings. May include other harmful health supplements.

Possible problems:

Blurred vision, impaired blood pressure, stomach upset, allergic reactions.

• Hazardous Products: Chocolate.

To find chocolate without harmful additives, it is necessary to try very much. Its composition generally includes flavorings, stabilizers, thickeners, emulsifiers, preservatives.

Possible problems:

Cancer, allergies, and more.

Some food additives are worse than others. Here’s a list of the top food additives to avoid:

1. Artificial Sweeteners

2. High Fructose Corn Syrup

3. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG / E621)

4. Trans Fat

5. Common Food Dyes

6. Sodium Sulfite (E221)

7. Sodium Nitrate/Sodium Nitrite

8. BHA and BHT (E320)

9. Sulfur Dioxide (E220)

10. Potassium Bromate

Why do we love the most harmful food and it can be so hard to give them up?

Some harmful food additives contained in popular foods are addictive. This applies in particular to the MSG (E-621) – the most popular flavor enhancer that is present literally everywhere – fast food, chips, sausages, meat semi-finished products, sauces, soups, noodles, etc. This nutritional supplement is a toxin stimulating the nervous system. May cause serious adverse effects (especially for the child’s body) and damage the brain, and cause allergic reactions. Moreover, on the packaging it can not be pointed out that this product contains MSG. If your product packaging says “spices” without specifying names, almost certainly among those spices there is MSG.

Harmful sweetener such as aspartame is also an addictive (E-951). While all research funded by industry, concluded that aspartame is safe, virtually all independently funded study concluded that aspartame can cause a number of serious diseases, from Alzheimer’s disease (as a result of the destruction of nerve cells) to male infertility.