As a society, we all are exposed to the worst kinds of chemicals in the foods we eat.
Food for kids today tends to be full of color, additives, MSG and artificial sweeteners. According to an article, the following list is a huge no-no and should not be given to us or our kids.
A list from an article in The Guardian, included this list of bad additives which included: Artificial sweeteners, sodium benzoate (E211), suffer dioxide (E220), the coloring Quinoline Yellow (E104), Brilliant Blue (E133), Sunset Yellow (E110), Carmoisine (E122), Ponceau (4R (E124), and Monosodium glutamate (E621). (Wolfe, 2004). According to this article, this list is a big no-no and should never be added to our foods, let alone consumed by us, or our kids.
Pesticides, preventives additives and chemicals have become a huge part of life, maybe we should start asking more questions or research the foods we intake each day. Raise awareness about the preventives and additives that are included in the food we buy, better yet, buy organic foods. It’s time that we as humans take more control over the things we eat and feed our families.
Some product used as food additives or preservatives are also used to retard corpse decomposition (formaldehyde), in antiperspirants (aluminum compounds), in anti freeze or paint remover (propylene glycol), most common chicken feeds contained arsenic (Roxarsone). [ (Yegin, Articles on line, 2003) ]
Organic arsenic stimulates growth while inorganic acid arsenic can cause bladder, lung, skin, kidney, and colon cancer, and