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The Frightful 15: Food Additives That are Killing You
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14. Artificial Sweeteners
The most common artificial sweetener, of course, is aspartame. This sweetener starts out its life as the excrement (yes, we are talking about poop) of a GMO bacteria. There are plenty of other artificial sweeteners on the market including ones like saccharin, sucralose, and tagatose. All artificial sweeteners have side effects and when they breakdown in the body, the results can be toxic. All of these artificial sweeteners have been linked to various health problems including brain tumors, epilepsy, headaches, depression, hallucinations, and weight gain. The FDA has registered thousands of complaints about these dangerous sweeteners, but they insist that these chemicals are GRAS.
15. Brominated Vegetable Oil
This chemical is used to keep the flavoring in certain drinks, especially soft drinks, from separating. Bromate, the main ingredient in this mixture, is a known poison. Just 2 ounces of a 2 percent solution of Bromate can kill a child. BVO leads to allergic reactions because it depletes histamine in the body and reduces the immune response. This chemical poison has been linked in studies to birth defects, growth problems, and major organ damage. Even the FDA says that they are considering pulling BVO from the market because of health concerns, but, as of this writing, they are still sitting on any plans to take action. Worst of all? Food companies are not required to list BVO on their labels. This is yet another good reason to avoid all sodas entirely.
The best advice we can give you is that if any food label has more than 5 or 6 ingredients, it probably contains things you don’t want in your body. Avoid processed foods as much as humanly possible and cook from scratch to safeguard your family’s health.
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Rosemarie Bass
Apr 22, 2015 at 1:57 pm
There is a chemical that has just begun to show up in whole ground corn products: fumaric acid. It is replacing natural lime in corn tortillas etc. When I looked it up it was said to be “practically non-toxic”. What???? It either is toxic or is non-toxic. I guess because it will only kill fish instantly and gradually destroys human kidneys it is practically non-toxic as we can live without functioning kidneys dialysis is a great option, right? The chemicals listed in this article, I have already eliminated the hard way; trial and error as I have become so sensitized that the smallest amounts that the tiniest amounts produce poisoning symptoms. Swelling in the extremities, joint and back pain and nasty oozing skin/scalp sores which doctors have told me, I was doing to myself by scratching. Please add fumaric acid to this list ASAP!!! No one should live in utter misery as I have for years. Can you say chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia because that is what they diagnose food additive poisoning as claiming not to know causes those ” mysterious ” ailments.