Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

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additives

febreze
febreze
Posts: 93
Joined: 2005/05/05
United Kingdom
2006/01/30, 02:32 PM
I was just wondering why are food additives like E numbers, flavourings, acidity regulator, stablilisers, etc etc so bad for you? I know they're bad and health concious people tend to stay away from these but what exactly do they do? how do they harm the body?
thanks
Mojo_67
Mojo_67
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United States
2006/01/30, 06:40 PM
My guess would be that their just that, additives...not naturally occuring substances. Someone who knows for sure will come along and clarify as to why.

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febreze
febreze
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Joined: 2005/05/05
United Kingdom
2006/02/01, 11:51 AM
ok thanks anyway mojo. Anyone else have any useful info?
sivysivy
sivysivy
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Joined: 2005/02/11
United States
2006/02/03, 03:40 PM
As a general rule most of the food additives are made up of chemicals. Some are not, but most are. Some people are more sensitive than others and have a hard time processing these additives. It is always better to eat food in its more natural state so your body doesn't have to filter out unnecessary products. There are also in depth findings that have linked many chemicals found in foods to illnesses in people that were sensitive to them.