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There are many chemicals added in food items that can be harmful to health by consuming longer. Some of these major chemicals are as follows: 1. Sodium Benzoate • Use: Used as a preservative, especially in sauce, juice, pickle etc. • Loss: Liver may cause damage and allergies if taken in excess. 2. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG / Ajinomoto) • Uses: Taste enhancing agent, especially in Chinese food. • Loss: headache, dizziness, chest irritation, "Chinese restaurant syndrome". 3. Tartrazine (Tartrazine - E102) • Uses: Food color. • Loss: Allergies, skin problems, hypercracity in children. 4. Sodium Nitrate / Nitrite • Uses: to give red color and safety to meat (processed meat). • Loss: Increases the risk of cancer (especially colon cancer). 5. High fructose corn syrup (HFCs) • Uses: For sweetness, in cold drinks, candy, packaged foods. • Loss: Obesity, diabetes, loss to liver. 6. Butlated Hydroxy Anisol / Tolune (BHA / BHT) • Uses: to protect fats and oil from malfunction. • Loss: Possibility of cancer, hormonal imbalance. 7. Aspartame, Saccharin, Sucralose) • Uses: Diet food and instead of sugar in drinks. • Loss: Neurological problems, headache, imbalance of blood sugar.
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