Get to know more about food additives

One day I bought home a canned organic coconut milk without checking the labelled ingredients. Only after I saw there's "E412" in it, I was aware earlier about these E number things but never really paid attention on them (what an ignorant fool I was). So I googled on the code, it turned out to be a rather safer kind of food additives in the list, a guar gum.

From there I started browsing on other codes and found some familiar food additives which I had consumed always earlier, they were indeed bad for our health. Many of them are not only linked to hyperactivity and asthma, but cancer as well!! And I read on, found out more about other food additives that we should all avoid.

There's this instant noodle which I really loved, the korean spicy shin ramen, I would buy twice a month. So I checked on the ingredients and found this so-called "flavor enhancer" - E621 in it. From the food additive code breaker list, E621=MSG (monosodium glutamate) which is not permitted in foods for infants and young children. Similarly, it is reported that they cause many side-effects for our health such as: Headache, sometimes called MSG headache, chest pain, sweating, sense of facial pressure or tightness etc. From then on, I stopped buying it!
After researched online further, I noticed MSG are found in a lot of the food provided by the fast food chains. So if you are a fans of McDonald's or KFC, or others, please take your time to do some research online and you will find out more about the hidden truth.

Our government is sure well aware of these but they would not be banned from the market because they share the profits from the corporate food manufacturing as well!

I've printed out a handful size of the food additive codes list to bring it with me whenever I do food/grocery shopping so I can always check on them.

Check out this youtube video and an interesting blog on "why we've decided to stop buying food from supermarkets..." Better be a smart and healthy consumer now than too late later. You are what you eat!