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Your Daily Additives – Sugar
I stopped eating refined sugar about a year ago. At one point, unknowingly, I used coffee creamer with the second ingredient listed as sugar. (processed refined white sugar). Drank my coffee and about an hour later I started to have… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Nutrition
Your Daily Additives – Acesulfame Potassium
Yet again we see another synthetic chemical manufactured with toxic, cancerous components. Among all the controversy and insufficient data surrounding this additive, like many others, it has still been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as G.R.A.S. (Generally Recognized… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Nutrition
Your Daily Additives – Ibuprofen
It’s funny the research on this was very simple. I have to ask: Would you ingest a combustible acid for a headache? Or would you rather natural compounds like manganese, magnesium, potassium and water, chia seeds, a variety of nuts,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Your Daily Additives – L Cysteine
I have to ask: Do you like to eat taco wraps, bread and pizza shells? How about human hair, animal feathers and petroleum? This is by far the most revolting additive I’ve come across in general principle. It is processed… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Nutrition
Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Aluminum Lake
General research: Dyes used for food are chemically classified as azo, xanthene, triphenylmethane, and indigoid dyes. Although certifiable color additives have been called coal-tar colors because of their traditional origins, today they are synthesized mainly from raw materials obtained from… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Nutrition
Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Yellow #5
Considering hyperactivity runs in my family from my grandpa, to my dad, to me down to my son, I never learned the connection that has been presented in modern-day studies that food dyes are classified a main contributor. Ironically enough,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Health, Nutrition
Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Blue #2
I have to ask: If you need protective gloves, splash goggles, lab coat and a respirator, should whatever your working with stay in a lab and not be put in food? Do you have to consult a specialist before cleaning … 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Health, Nutrition
Brominated Vegetable Oil-Flame Retardant in Sodas, OTC Medicines, Inhalers and More
If you consume soda, or electrolyte beverages, you may consider looking for a healthier way to hydrate your body. Many sodas such as Mountain Dew, Squirt, Sunkist Pineapple, Fresca Original Citrus, and electrolyte drinks such as Gatorade add a synthetic… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Health, News, Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals
Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Blue #1
I have to ask: If you need personal protective equipment to handle food…Can you assume it’s safe to eat? I don’t think avocados are corrosive, you don’t necessarily need splash goggles to slice into a watermelon, or a dust respirator… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Nutrition
