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Harmful Effects Of Food Additives

Food additives have been found to cause a number of health issues. Read on to know more.

By Lekhaka

Do you think that the fruits and veggies that you are eating are great for your health? Perhaps not. This is because of the food additives. Food additives are substances that are added to food items either to preserve them or to enhance their flavour and appearance. A few of them are used on fruits and vegetables.

There are various food additives which are actually harmful and might lead to insomnia, uneasiness, nervousness, mood swings, irritability and several other problems.

harmful effects of food additives

A few people may show signs of allergy and many may suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. There may be a delayed response time, some effects are accumulative and several are very hard to isolate and identify. These additives have been known to affect your health, mood, sleep, skin, behaviour, bowel movements, etc.

harmful effects of food additives

Food additives have also been found to cause migraine attacks. Migraine sufferers have tripled since the seventies with over twenty percent of households now including at least one migraine sufferer, according to research. The bulk can be helped by preventing food additives.

harmful effects of food additives

Even the asthma drugs themselves include additives that adversely affect sufferers. Since the nineties, there has been a remarkable rise in the utilization of anti-depressant drugs, including for young kids. There has been a ten-fold increase in major depression-related cases.

Since the seventies, rates of autism are believed to have increased ten-fold in the world. All this has been attributed to the usage of additives.

harmful effects of food additives

Simply because a food additive is known as natural does not mean it is safe. Calcium propionate is a preservative that has been found to cause trouble getting sleep, night walking, unexplained fatigue, depression, frustration, growing pains, bed wetting, nasal congestion and uneasiness.

Consumption of food items containing salicylates has been proved to cause tinnitus, reversible hearing loss, vertigo, signs of Meniere's disease, insomnia, changes in kid's behaviour, etc. Monosodium glutamate has been found to hamper the development of brain in children.

Story first published: Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 11:14 [IST]
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