Nutritional Ingredients:
Preservatives and Their Link to Allergies and
Sensitivities
Because many diagnosed with
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
and Fibromyalgia also
deal with Multiple
Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) -- which can
include allergies and/or sensitivities to
preservatives, food additives, or food itself,
and because many diagnosed with
Fibromyalgia must also
contend with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), knowing
which food additives are good, safe additives
isn't always easy to determine. (For example, in
my case it doesn't matter what's added to bread
in any efforts to make it more healthful; if the
bread contains preservatives, it's going to
cause me to get a yeast rash. That sometimes
doesn't happen when I eat bread without
preservatives; for me, I've found that yeast
products are safest when I make my own using
flour that I've ground myself.) Learning
what's safe for you to eat is an ongoing process
of education, diligence, and trial-and-error.
Join in on a nutrition discussion at our Forum
Topic:
Seven Simple Brain Promoting Nutritional Tips
To help in your efforts to educate yourself
about additives that can adversely affect your
health, consult:
Wikipedia Food Additives Information
MedLine Plus Food Additives Information
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the
National Institutes of Health
Alphabetical Listing of Food Additives, Their
Codes, and Links to National Library of Medicine
Citations
Food Additives (uses other than as flavouring
agents) Database
Administered
jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health
Organization (WHO)
Food Intolerance Network
This Australian Web site is "http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/"
and shouldn't be confused with the .com site by
the same name that was created to counter the
food additives information mentioned on this
site.
Birds Eye in the UK bans artificial food
additives from their products
Food Navigator:
Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development in
Europe
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