5 Common Food Additives That Are Toxic to Your Brain
Eating mostly whole foods, as nature intended, is the best recipe for a brain-healthy diet. It minimizes consumption of food additives, some of which are bad for your brain. But most of us, even with the best intentions, eat food that comes in a can or a box at least once in a while!
The United States Food and Drug Administration allows over 3,000 additives to be used in the U.S. food supply. Reading labels is a good place to start for avoiding dangerous additives, but this can be confusing.
Not all additives are unhealthy. You will find everyday items on the list like salt, vitamin C and acetic acid (vinegar). You’ll also find long-winded names like Eleutherococcus senticosus which may sound suspicious, but is actually the healthy herb ginseng. And some of the worst health offenders aren’trequired to be on the label!
I’ve ferreted out a handful of additives that are known for harming the brain. Here is my “Hit List”, plus ways to easily avoid exposure.
Aspartame
This artificial sweetener is bad news any way you look at it. Currently, there are 92 categories of complaints filed against aspartame with the FDA. And ironically, it is highly suspected of making people who use it fatter!
Original studies were falsified to hide the fact that animals fed aspartame developed seizures and brain tumors, but the FDA approved it anyway. The FDA has a history of caring more about big business than your well-being.
Aspartame is made up of three brain-damaging chemicals — aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol.
Formerly known as Nutrasweet, but now called AminoSweet, this is one of the easiest brain-damaging chemicals to avoid since it is clearly labeled.
Sucralose
While the affects of aspartame have been well-publicized, those of the artificial sweetener sucralose are not as well known. Sucralose is marketed as Splenda whose ads say “made from sugar so it tastes like sugar”. What the ads don’t tell you is that sucralose is sugar bonded to chlorine, making it a toxic chlorocarbon.
Some common neurological side effects are headaches, migraines, dizziness, brain fog, anxiety, depression, and tinnitus. Another side effect is weight gain which rather defeats the purpose.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/03/5-common-food-additives-that-are-toxic-to-your-brain/
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