All consumers want food that tastes delicious, looks interesting and cheap products. That's why the food manufacturers always provide a food additive.
Natural Food Additive
Natural food additive are safe for the body naturally. Our ancestors always use this method on the foods they eat. Example: sugar cane or honey used to taste sweet. Turmeric or red sugar for coloring. Salt is used as a preservative.
Synthetic Food Additive
These materials are made from chemicals. Users must know the dose and the rules. If used excessively and continuously, this synthetic food additive can bring negative effects to the body.
Some types of synthetic food additives often used and the negative effects that may arise is as follows:
- Seasonings, can cause liver abnormalities, brain damage, hypertension, premature aging, allergies, nausea, vomiting, migrants, depression, learning disabilities. Example: monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- Synthetic Dyes, provoking allergies and liver cancer.
- Synthetic Sweeteners, causing bladder cancer, neurological disorders. brain tumors. Example: saccharin, aspartame.
- Synthetic Preservatives, trigger asthma attacks, cancer, allergy, migraine, insomnia. Example: calcium benzoate, sulfur dioxide, potassium nitrite, calcium propionate, sodium metasulfat, sorbic acid.
