Ulterior Health

Food is a foreign substance we need to sustain life. However the various chemicals known as food additives or preservatives, in the food are not necessary for anything more than shelf life.

Which brings me to one of my favorite theories. Twinkies have so many preservatives in them that they have a shelf life of 7 years. So you could eat enough of them and be filled with preservatives. Then theoretically speaking, you could be preserved alive even though you die.

After all, we are what we eat?

Unfortunately my theory does not hold up to science. The more foreign the more toxic.

If we gave the life time accumulation of toxins to our pet lab mice that we eat, we would be thrown in jail for animal abuse. What are the culprit chemicals.

Foreign Substances in our Foreign Substances

Here is a partial list with some of the research. It may be expensive to eat natural, but the studies show the alternatives. What are the health risks of food preservatives?

MSG
Associated with obesity.

Associated with diabetes and nerve changes.

MSG depletes Glutathione (no surprise here). Conversely, boosting GSH either by NAC or Cysteine is effectively the antidote to MSG.

Yes, it can induce an asthma attack in some.

BHA / BHT
Pro BHT

I have written on this before….

Other sites link it to successful treating of herpes. However there is some evidence that it can cause liver or kidney damage if you feed amounts equivalent to, oh, I don’t know, maybe 50 lifetimes worth.

This one you will have to make up your mind based on all the evidence. When more becomes available it will be posted.

disodium inosinate
FD&C dyes
nitrites/nitrates
parabens
polysorbate
sodium benzoate
tartrazine
Adverse reactions to additives.