Despite the many benefits associated with additives, some people have adverse reactions to these substances. Typically, these reactions are due to sensitivities. Symptoms often mimic the effects of an allergic reaction. To date, the only actual allergy that has been confirmed is to sulfites (added to dried fruits, beer, wine, fermented foods).
Other health concerns related to additives have largely been disproved over the years. Previously, some speculated that additives might cause hyperactivity or learning disabilities in children. However, this hypothesis has been disproved. In addition, the FDA has strict rules …

The article from the World Journal of Gastroenterology is clearer than most in sounding the alarm about the recently recalled Hydroxycut weight loss aid and other over-the-counter dietary supplements. But the warning is still couched in typical medical journalese.
“Ingredients do not need to be considered ‘generally recognized as safe’ as pharmaceuticals or food additives do, and the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] must prove that a supplement is harmful before taking regulatory action. This means consumers in effect become unwitting subjects in a large scale post-marketing trial of a product’s …

Safety Evaluation of Certain Food Additives: Sixty-eighth Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (WHO Food Additives Series)
By WHO
Publisher: World Health Organization
Number Of Pages: 476
Publication Date: 2008-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9241660597
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789241660594
Product Description:
This volume contains monographs prepared at the sixty-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Geneva Switzerland from 19 to 28 June 2007.
The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize the safety data on a number of food additives: acidified sodium chlorite asparaginase from Aspergillus oryzae expressed in …

Do you remember the American way? Americans were tough, calloused ranch hands, hard-working farmers and no-nonsense cowboys who lived off of the land. In 2009, however, more and more Americans are living off of grease. Our once-fit, slim and energetic country seems to now be dominated by high-fat foods, laziness and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. Who is to blame for the tragic downfall throughout the generations? Do we pin it on the fast food chains, for serving their artery clogging specialties? Can we blame electronic manufacturers, for developing such technologies …

Before the thirties, people knew the importance of mineral. Their soil was rich in minerals and they ate plenty of vegetable grown in these soils. When vitamins were discovered during this time, people began to forget about the important of minerals and started their fascination with vitamins.
Today because the soil is highly depleted of minerals, our vegetables are lacking in these life-giving nutrients. It is now necessary to consider how you can get more minerals in your body the natural way. Here are some things you can do to get …

MORE than half of Australian mothers believe their children’s behaviour is affected by foods with artificial colouring.
A nationwide survey of more than 1000 mothers found synthetic food colouring was among their top dietary concerns, second only to high levels of sugar.
But more than 30 per cent could not decipher which products had artificial or natural colouring, according to the motherinc.com.au survey.
A Sunday Herald Sun analysis of common “party foods” revealed high levels of synthetic colouring – some linked to illness and behavioural problems.
Some foods and drinks had an average of …

Healthy food isn’t the first thing we think of when we picture the concession stand at our local recreation centre.
You are more likely to find fries and burgers than smoothies and salads – which is why so many parents of young children drag their kids past the café area after swimming – out to the car for a more healthy juice box and granola bar. It is also why teens like to hang around, filling up on fries and sweetened flavoured coffees.
That picture is changing.
The Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre …

Can we eliminate one of the most devastating illnesses known to modern mankind, an illness that has touched all of our lives in one way or another? We all know someone who lives with it, who has survived it or who has died of it. Some of you are currently living with it and some have miraculously survived it. I lost my father to it. I’m sure by now you know what I’m talking about; Cancer.
With all of our knowledge and all of the scientific breakthroughs we still have not …

The movement of food ingredients, cooking methods and dishes across the earth’s surface is ancient, and in large measure only poorly recorded. While the West has documented its contributions to global cuisine, those of the rest of the world are less well recognized. This paper takes note of Asia’s role in enriching the world’s foods, both nutritively and in terms of diversity and taste.
If any of us were asked — in the classroom, or during a radio interview, for instance — whether Asia had made any significant contributions to a …

Sure, you know how to breathe…or do you? And do you know what breathing can do for you…beyond keeping you alive, that is? Did you know that breathing properly can help you burn fat even better than some exercises? In fact, studies by a California university have shown that simply deep breathing can help burn up to 140% more calories than riding an exercycle.
Obviously, oxygen is important for life, and I think we can all agree that it would seem reasonable to assume that it has a great deal of …