BEWARE
OF THE FOOD WE EAT |
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The
nutrition of a modern day’ s person is full of additives that
may
cause serious health problems. Knowing what these substances are and
avoiding them could turn out to be a real help in maintaining your
health.
Keywords: nourishment, state of health, food additives.
After
1989, the Romanian market has been invaded by a very wide range of food
products; the situation as such often puts the customer into a
difficult position when it comes to choosing the products s/he needs.
This is also due to the exceptional commercial aspect of some of the
products on the market. Let’ s admit that we often buy
something,
only to realize later on that the composition of that product contains
additives, noxious chemical substances printed on the labels or the
wrapping that lists the product ingredients codified as
“E”, that is, food additives (flavoring substances,
colorants, preservatives and stabilizers). All these have been declared
by the international bodies as being either toxic or carcinogenic
substances. Taking all this into consideration, the role of
the
family doctor grows considerably s/he being the first and most
important factor in implementing a nutritional education program.
According
to the 2000 National Oncology Commission, in Romania cancer registers
an alarming increase, being estimated that this disease will soon
become “the third millennium’s disease”.
Among the
incriminated factors in provoking the disease are pollution, food
chemicals and stress.
The “E” –
substances, as the
food chemical products have been internationally codified, have been
deliberately denominated as such not to raise suspicions among
customers.
THE
DOCTOR SHOULD RECOMMEND
THE AVOIDANCE OF THE CONSUMPTION OF:Margarine:
it is a relatively recent product, which appeared during the World War
II, as a consequence of butter shortage. The American scientists have
accidentally discovered that, if a mixture of vegetable oils is warmed
up to 150° C in the presence of hydrogen and nickel catalysts,
a
white product is obtained, it resembles the butter in consistency and
it has an identical molecular structure to that of plastic, and they
have called “margarine”. Since then, it has been
bettered
with all sorts of coloring matters, flavoring substances and synthetic
vitamins, thus becoming one of the most toxic food products.
The
milk flavor of margarine is artificial. The vegetable oils in margarine
after they have been through the boiling process, are almost impossible
to be transformed into energy by the human body.
Concentrate
soups:
contain sodium glutamate (E621) in excess, one of the most carcinogenic
substances, according to specialists. These anhydrous concentrates are
obtained through dehydration of soups and broths normally prepared in
industrial quantities; a white powder results, which is then mixed with
coloring matters, flavoring substances, preservatives and sodium
glutamate. It is then hermetically packed or pelleted. Sodium glutamate
(a neurotoxin) causes unbearable headaches that cannot be cured with
pain killers. The glutamate is sold to the producers in the form of
tasteless white crystals and it is always combined with other chemical
additives or flavoring substances also used for the preservation of
milk, cheese, meat products and mushrooms.
US Food &
Drug
Administration has officially informed the public in the USA that
sodium glutamate is one of the determining factors of the Alzheimer
disease.
Sugar: is very
concentrated, being
immediately assimilated into blood and it produces hyperglycemia, which
in turn forces the pancreas insulin in excess. Producers have invented
ASPARTAM (E950, E951), a substitute of sugar, which is more toxic than
the latter because it is used in higher concentrations. To avoid the
toxic effects of sugar, specialists recommend fruit and honey
consumption instead, easily assimilated by the organism.
Jams
and other sweet products: contain “citric
acid”. All colored candies contain food additives in their
composition.
Drinks:
the most frequently used substance is citric acid (E330) or artificial
lemon powder, E123 and E110, as well as sugar substitutes. Avoid the
consumption of drinks containing citric acid flavor, these being the
most dangerous. The color additives they contain are E102 (tartrazine)
and E110. the maximum admitted dose in consumption is 0.75 mg/body kg,
and in food 70 mg/ body kg , with the exception of Turkish rahat, in
which case the admitted dose is 30 mg/kg.
Alcoholic drinks
(the
wine) are preserved by using metabisulphite, which makes them limpid,
but which is toxic for the liver. In the pasteurization process of
beer, chemical substances that determine serious headaches are used.
As
far as food additives are concerned, spirits (vodka, whisky, etc.), are
not dangerous; however, liqueurs do contain E102, E110, etc.
Meat
products
are preserved using sodium glutamate and other food additives,
according to the particular recipe of each producer. Besides, as far as
the quality of alimentary principles, their content in fat is fairly
high as compared to that of other meat products, while their contents
in proteins is quite low (no raw meat can be included in the process!).
Chewing
gum:
contains E171, E320, E330, E420, E421, E422, E950, E951, E967 or other
possibilities. It is really quite strange that a children’ s
product can contain so many substances dangerous for their health. That
is why the family doctor has to make mothers aware of this aspect.
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