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Health Encyclopedia: Food Additives
Additives in food; Artificial flavors and color
Food Sources
Intentional or direct food additives are added to foods to produce a desired effect, such as to maintain freshness, improve nutritional quality, assist in processing or preparing food, or make a food more appealing.
Unintentional or indirect food additives are substances that are found in food during the production or the processing of a particular item. These are present in minima...
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Expert & Community Posts
Myth: Sugar and Food Additives Cause ADHD
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...This diet eliminated many food products, including food additives. According to proponents of... Read more »
Have you heard about the ADHD diet?
By HealthGal , Health Expert...relationship. There seemed to be no concrete evidence of food additives causing... Read more »
Will Miracle Fruit Make Chocolates, Sugar and Candy Obsolete?
By Kenn Kihiu , Health ExpertImagine eating a tiny little berry and few minutes later when you eat a bitter lime it tastes like... Read more »
10 ADHD Myths
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health ExpertIn my 15 years working to support, educate and counsel those touched by ADHD, we in the field have... Read more »
Artificial Food Colorings and Hyperactivity
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...hyperactivity and behavioral problems in children. Food additives, including artificial... Read more »
Health Guide
Food additives
Additives in food; Artificial flavors and color Recommendations The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of... Read more »Food additives
...Additives in food; Artificial flavors and color Side Effects The FDA has a list of food additivesgenerally recognized as safe (the GRAS list). Many have not undergone any... Read more »Food additives
......Alternative Names Additives in food; Artificial flavors and color Function Food additives serve five main functions: 1. Maintain product consistency ... Read more »Fluoride in diet
Diet - fluoride Food Sources Fluoridated water, and food prepared in fluoridated water, contains fluoride. Natural sodium fluoride is in the... Read more »Shigella enteritis
Shigellosis; Shigella gastroenteritis Prevention Prevention involves the proper handling, storage, and preparation of food, in addition to good... Read more »Images
Medications
...medication with others. Certain foods/beverages or food additives (e.g., red wine, cheese,... Read more »
...prescribed by your doctor. Certain foods/beverages or food additives (e.g., red wine, cheese,... Read more »
...medication with others. Certain foods/beverages or food additives (e.g., red wine, cheese,... Read more »
...medication with others. Certain foods/beverages or food additives (e.g., red wine, cheese,... Read more »
...prescribed by your doctor. Certain foods/beverages or food additives (e.g., red wine, cheese,... Read more »
Related News
Food Additives Key Up Kids
September 20, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Sugar isn't the only thing that will get your kids bouncing off the walls. A new study reported by researchers in the United... Read summary »
Environmental toxins, radiation tied to breast cancer
October 03, 2008A new report asserts that there is a link between rising breast cancer rates and the increased use of synthetic chemicals. The report--produced by a... Read summary »
Researchers: Food additives increase hyperactivity significantly
October 03, 2008Researchers say that artificial colors and additives found in many foods increase hyperactivity in all children, not just those with... Read summary »
British grocery chain to cut food additives linked to ADHD
October 03, 2008ASDA, a British unit of Wal-Mart, said it is removing artificial colors and flavors from its private-label food products because of potential health... Read summary »
One mom tackles food additives, toxins in effort to curb allergies
May 19, 2009Author Robyn O'Brien is the mother of a child with a life-threatening food allergy. In O'Brien's new book, she explains how a simple egg allergy in... Read summary »
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