This is my personal list of substances to try to avoid. You would think someone would have learned to at least try to keep heavy metals out of the food supply.
Food ingredients to minimize:
· Arsenic (linked to stomach cancer)
· Cadmium (linked to breast cancer)
· Lead (Brain damage)
· Excessive levels of Phosphates (linked to lung cancer)
Artificial colors
Artificial sweeteners like aspartame and saccharin
Acesulfame-K (acesulfame potassium)
Ammonium chloride
Azodicarbonamide
Benzoates
BHA and BHT (butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytoluene)
Brominated vegetable oil
Calcium saccharin
Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
Cyclamates
Dimethylpolysiloxane
Ethylene oxide
Ethoxyquin
High fructose corn syrup
Hydrogenated fats
Methyl silicon
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Nitrates/nitrites
Partially hydrogenated oil
Polydextrose
Potassium benzoate
Propylparaben
Sodium sulfite
Sulfites (sulfur dioxide)
TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
Tetrasodium EDTA
Food ingredients to minimize:
· Arsenic (linked to stomach cancer)
· Cadmium (linked to breast cancer)
· Lead (Brain damage)
· Excessive levels of Phosphates (linked to lung cancer)
Thanks for sharing information on that.
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