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The Summer Trend Endangering Our Children!
© By Lena Sanchez
Warm months seem to bring out all those sweet
myriad of colored drinks and tempting snack foods,
for kids, loaded with killer additives.
Caffeine and food additives are addictive killer drugs
found in the attractive soft drinks, cereals, punches,
Kool-Aid and even over-the-counter and prescription
drugs. These dangerous, but socially accepted
chemicals cause many problems within the child's body.
When consumed they put those little body organs into
a state of constant of confusion.
Hot weather finds cases and six packs of bottles and
cans of sodas along with huge amounts of snack foods
in grocery baskets of moms everywhere, which contain
additives, artificial colors and caffeine! These are the
same moms who will cry WHY, when her child becomes ill!
The average overall, adult and children, consumption
of artificial food coloring and flavors is 327.6 mg. Yet the
testing is done at a level of 27.0gms, so do we even know
the full extent of what will happen down the road?
Since artificial food coloring is usually made from
Petroleum, you might as well give them a glass of
gas or oil.
If it's spelled with "butyl" you can bet it's petroleum!
The most popular additives in foods and drink are
BHA (Butylated hydroxyanisole ) & BHT (butylated
hydroxyanisole). One-eighth mg of BHA & BHT
fed to mice turned them into fighting, hyper, ill mice.
Artificial colors and additives are found in processed
foods such as; cereals, cakes, cookies, ice cream,
juice drinks, soda's, chewing gum and more.
Listed chemicals are, Alginates, Lecithin, Mono-&
Diglycerides, Methyl Cellulose, Carrageenan, Glycerine,
Guar Gum, Fumaric Acid and Sodium Aluminosilicate.
Food dyes and artificial additives are just as dangerous as
Caffeine, but you never really hear about them! It's the
chemical worlds secret and they want it to stay that way.
All artificial colors and food additives are proven to be
connected to a world of illnesses, not to mention they
kill the immune system at 27.0 gms. So what's really
happening, at the average intake, is anybody's guess.
Put the average daily consumption of drinks, cereals
and fast foods, per person, containing colorings and
artificial flavorings together and we are looking at a
world of children with ADD, ADHD, Autism, Asthma
along with a load of other neurological problems!
While another common additive "caffeine" will
temporarily stimulate and arouse the intellect and
put a temporary damper on fatigue, it is short-lived.
The excess stimulation depletes the body of vital
energy as it struggles to deal with these poisons,
which has entered its system. This additive seems
to be included just for getting you addicted to whatever
it is added to. Contains no nutrient value what-so-ever!
A drop of caffeine on the head of a pin kills a mouse.
Foods with caffeine, artificial colors and flavorings
artificially stimulate the brain creating interruptions
and increase the heart rate.
Studies have shown that the consumption of caffeine
produces increased incidence of bladder and stomach
cancer, raised blood pressure, increased heart rate,
and aggravates diabetes while damaging the lining of
the stomach. Caffeine contributes to and/or causes
birth defects in children and causes at least six kinds
of cancer.
In 2003 some schools banned additive and caffeine
containing vending machines, but not sufficient
numbers to make a huge difference! And it may be
too little too late for those children who have been
raised on all these colors, additives and caffeinated
foods and drink!
One ounce of chocolate has 35 mg caffeine.
They are not required to tell us how much coloring
or artificial flavors are used, but you can bet they
are many!
Colas range between 34 and 49 mg. caffeine per 12
ounces. Mountain Dew topped out at 49 mg. per 12
ounces, while the lowest was Diet Pepsi and Pepsi
Light at 34 mg. Coca-Cola has 42 mg. Regular
Pepsi-Cola has 35 mg. Store brands are not usually
tested as to their amounts of caffeine is anybody's
guess!
Sodas contain the artificial colorings, Amaranth
(red), Bordeaux (brown) Orange I (yellow) and
Ponceau (scarlet) dyes, all of which are unfit for
human consumption. Again they will not tell us
how much the drinks contain!
Sugar-free (aspartame) ingredients, used in diet
drinks and sugar free foods, have been shown to
cause MS and other neurological problems.
In his book, Water Can Undermine Your Health, Dr.
N. W. Walker writes, “Supposing you knew that Soft
Drinks could cause your brain to disintegrate, would
you drink them? More than a million children today are
afflicted with cerebral lesions (injury to the brain that
causes sudden discharge of excessive nervous energy)
and other afflictions caused by Soft Drinks!”
"Soft drinks have much in common with hard liquor,
claimed the co-discoverer of insulin," Dr. Charles Best.
"Cirrhosis of the liver has been found among teenagers
who drink large quantities of soft drinks, as well as
among chronic alcoholics.” In a report found in the
FDA Consumer, October 1980, “Most soft drinks,
including the cola and pepper-type drinks contain
caffeine and are the number one beverage
in the United States today, with coffee second.
Caffeine is a drug, which stimulates the central
nervous system. In the amounts presently being
consumed, it can cause insomnia, nervousness,
irritability, anxiety and disturbances in the heart
rate and rhythm.”
Since 1980 a lot more has been proven and none of it
good! Actually worse than Dr. Best had thought!
Dr. Mary Ruth Swope wrote, “Why I Don’t Drink
Soft Drinks and I Wish You Didn’t,” making the
following statement: “Cola drinks contain caramel coloring,
which, according to some researchers, has genetic
effects and is a cancer-causing suspect. olyethylene
glycol is used as an ingredient sometimes."
Glycol is used in anti-freeze in automobiles and as an
oil solvent. Perhaps you have noticed that pouring cola
drinks on your windshield in a snow or ice storm will
keep the windshield from freezing over with ice and
removes tarnish and grime form stainless steel.
A government warning was once issued to the
manufacturer of a certain world-famous refreshing
soft drink for its suspected effect on the bones of
children because of the large amount of phosphoric
acid in it. No forthcoming penalty was given and
the practice continues!
Dr. George M. Halpern, Division of Allergy at the
University of California Davis School of Medicine,
reports that diet soft drinks may cause allergies.
“The potential problem may be due to toxicity because
of the increase in consumption of diet drinks. Acute or
chronic hives may be symptoms caused by this
low-calorie, artificial sweetener.”
In her 1971 book, “Consumer Beware,” Beatrice
Hunter writes, “Dr. Clive McCay, working at the Naval
Research Institute, placed extracted human teeth in
cola drinks. Within two days, the teeth became very
soft, and the enamel surface lost much of its calcium.
Rats, well fed but given nothing to drink except cola
beverages, after six months had their molar teeth
dissolved down to the gum line. When Dr. McCay
reported years ago that the rat experiments before
the Delaney hearings on chemicals in foods, a
lawmaker reminded him that the soft drink industry
represented huge economic investments. He
suggested that these alarming findings be soft-pedaled
to avoid disrupting the industry and the economy
as a whole. So do not expect government to help with
this gross problem…
The research is abundant and the case is very clear;
Colas, soft drinks and food additives are detrimental
to all of God’s children no matter what their age and
should be eliminated from the diet immediately.
You and your family are daily exposed to countless
advertisements, commercials and “so-called
scientific” studies designed to promote meat, dairy
products, sugar, white flour and other processed
foods, as well as drugs such as coffee, sodas,
candy, cereals, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. Carefully
consider your choices as you plan the summer
outings for yourself and your family! Replace those
fast food snacks and drinks with frozen grapes, frozen
bananas, healthy fresh fruit juice and plain ole filtered
water!
***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant took charge of
her health 9 years ago and is committed to helping
others do the same…
Author of Three health building books available at
http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com
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