As the saying goes: the people take food as the sky, all food safety is as big as the sky, the people are very concerned, especially food additives, once there is unqualified, so that the health and life of the body is threatened, resulting in everyone's fear of food safety, many people even feel that the reason for cancer, because of too many food additives caused, about this statement is true or false, may wish we take a look.
Are food additives really carcinogenic?
Rumors that food additives are harmful to the body are more common in daily life, but everyone will deal with food additives every day, whether it is the ingredients or spices that are often prepared at home, or the various fast foods sold outside, there are food additives in it.
Just as the so-called "existence is reasonable", additives can be invented, there will certainly be its reason, in the essence of food, the main role of additives can make the quality of food to be extended shelf life, and the effect of taste better.
According to food regulations, food additives are divided into flavor enhancers. Preservatives, coagulants, modifiers and nutritional enhancers and other more than 1,000 kinds, we often eat salt and sugar is also an additive, continental food safety is a very strict assessment, as long as the food that has been safely evaluated, there will be no cancer cells, naturally will not induce cancer.
Excessive additives are harmful to health, and these 5 additives should be eaten less
1. Cyclamate
This is a very common sweetener, we prefer to eat snacks, desserts will have cyclamate, sweetness is 40 to 50 times that of sugarcane, often ingest cyclamate exceeding the standard of the substance, will be affected by the liver, so usually try to go to the supermarket to buy cookies and snacks.
Cyclamate is commonly found in the following foods: canned fruit, candied cold fruit, frozen drinks, frozen drinks, compound seasonings, biscuits, bread, curd milk, cooked beans.
2. Monosodium glutamate
MSG belongs to the condiment, its main ingredient is "sodium glutamate", this kind of substance and zinc of the blood combined, the production of glutamate without effect is discharged from the body, so that the body has calcium deficiency, pregnant women the body lack of calcium will affect the development of children, and the lack of calcium in the body will make the sense of smell decline, absorption and digestion ability to become poor, and a series of reactions.
3. Sudan red
Mainly used for coloring, coloring will make the color look very bright, not easy to fade, can arouse everyone's appetite, add Sudan red food, there are red tofu, pork, paprika, red heart poultry eggs, eggs, etc., everyone is familiar with the spicy strips will sometimes add Sudan red, Sudan red will lead to carcinogens, in human liver cell research has a strong carcinogenicity.
4. Perchlorate
Generally in the dry food plastic packaging will appear this additive, mainly in order to be able to control the effect of static electricity, the study found that can interfere with the emergence of thyroxine, affect cognitive function, especially for the development of children has a great impact, so the embryo basically needs to rely on the mother's thyroxine, contact with this substance will make the child's thyroid function degenerate.
5. Formaldehyde
Some undesirable ones will illegally add formaldehyde to cabbage, and the mainland has explicitly banned the addition of formaldehyde to food.
Formaldehyde is a very strong carcinogen, after inhaling formaldehyde will make the nose, throat, glasses, skin damage, nerve disorders, headaches, chest tightness and other conditions, although a small amount of ingestion will not bring effects to the body, but often ingested formaldehyde will appear poisoning, serious abdominal pain, kidney damage, vomiting, coma and other deaths.
To determine whether the cabbage has formaldehyde, the main way is to smell, when the concentration of formaldehyde added to the cabbage is higher than 0.06 mg / cubic meter, you can smell the pungent taste.
As an ordinary consumer, it is difficult to buy food that is completely additive-free, and it is recommended that you need to buy food in formal channels, and try to minimize the risk of buying illegal food additives.