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Chemicals in food
By: Philip Buffa
Chemicals in Food can
make you fat
It used to be that diets meant cutting down on the fat and calories, more exercise, more fish
in the diet, more fruits and vegetables. That was a healthy diet 50 years ago.
Has human anatomy changed? No, but food has changed a lot. Foods that were healthy 50
years ago may not necessarily be healthy in 2010.
Today, according to Stephen Perrine, author of "New American Diet," we have all sorts of
chemicals in our foods, pesticides, growth hormones, antibiotics, and plastic pollutants, to
name a few. He says they aren't good for the environment, they aren't good for our bodies,
and they also cause you to be overweight.
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Top 15 chemical
additives in your food
We don't just want our food to taste good these days: It also has
to look good. As a result, food producers use any of 14,000
laboratory-made additives to make our food appear fresher,
more attractive or last longer on the shelf.
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Long-Term Effects of
food poisoning
One in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. That’s about 48 million
people. Most of them will recover without any lasting effects from their illness. For
some, however, the effects can be devastating and even deadly.
Here are some serious effects associated with several common types of food poisoning.
Kidney failure
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is a serious illness that usually occurs when an
infection in the digestive system produces toxic substances that destroy red blood
cells, causing kidney injury. HUS may occur after infection with some kinds of E. Coli
bacteria.
HUS is most common in children. In fact, it is the most common cause of acute kidney
failure in children.
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Chronic arthritis
A small number of persons with Shigella or Salmonella infection develop
pain in their joints, irritation of the eyes, and painful urination. This is
called reactive arthritis. It can last for months or years, and can lead to
chronic arthritis, which is difficult to treat. Persons with Campylobacter
infections may also develop chronic arthritis.
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Death
In the United States, approximately 3,000 people die each year of illnesses associated
with food poisoning. Five types of organisms account for 88 percent of the deaths for
which the cause is known: Salmonella, Toxoplasma, Listeria, norovirus, and
Campylobacter.
Other types of foodborne illness may cause death as well. For example, some Vibrio
infections (usually associated with eating raw shellfish) may infect the bloodstream and
cause a severe, life-threatening illness. About half of these infections are fatal, and
death can occur within two days.
Dangerous chemicals in food
For thousands of years, man ate only fresh food; fruits, vegetables, grains, and meat went
straight from the wilderness or the field to our plates. Today, a majority of foods
found on supermarket shelves in North America are loaded with potentially harmful
chemical additives, preservatives and other dangerous substances.
But just how dangerous are artificial sweeteners? How about antioxidant
preservatives? And what's the deal with all those weird-sounding ingredients you
can't even pronounce? Some food additives aren't necessarily dangerous for everyone
and others need more testing before a definite verdict can be established, but some
can without a doubt pose serious health risks.
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Effects of food poisoning
Food poisoning is one of the most common disorders faced in every
country nowadays. Though the disorder is negligible, at times it may
lead to life threatening conditions in some typical cases. Food
poisoning is considered as the common term for health problems
occurring by eating contaminated foods. The foods could get
contaminated by environmental toxins, viruses, bacteria, or else
toxins present in the foods, for instance, poison in some mushrooms
or certain seafood.The effects of food poisoning generally include
nausea and diarrhoea. Some food borne toxins may even affect the
nervous systems. The food poisoning signs usually take place due to
the discharge of toxins or poisons by bacteria as their by products in
the human body. The toxins in general originate tenderness and
inflammation of the tummy, small as well as/or big intestine. Such
changes lead to the abdominal muscle spasms, heave, loose motions,
raised body temperature and the eventualities of water deficit in the
body is occurred.The intensity of the symptoms however are
typically based on the nature of microorganisms, the quantum of its
ingestion as well as the overall health condition of the affected
individual, compassion to the bacterial contaminants. There are
various types of food poisoning and each of them affects the body in
different manner. Some of the food poisoning demands immediate
hospitalization for requisite saline treatment in order to balance
water levels and save the patient from dehydrating.
Negative effects of chemicals in
food
The chemicals in foods serve several purposes, from stabilizing to preventing bacteria
formation. While some effects are positive, some chemicals have the potential to cause
negative health consequences and may increase your risk of developing chronic
diseases, such as heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. If you
have an existing health issue, some chemicals may affect your ability to control your
condition.
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Work Cited
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http://www.foodsafety.gov/poisoning/effects/index.htm
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http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt_100/141_eating_well.html#ixzz1uyeIUNvL