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Re: Food additives
I too have food allergies - lots of them!! Some are to so called natural foods like oranges, mushrooms and potatoes. Trouble is these foods are no longer natural, they are full of pesticides. Manufactured foods are a nightmare, I am allergic to some of the preservatives in wine, but the manufactures don't have to declare them as they use thes substances in small quantities.
Most of my allergies have developed over the last 10 years as preservatives have become more common.
With food labeling as it is at the moment it is almost imp0ossible for me to know exactly what I am eating, therefore I can not make a choice.
I have spent many years working (both voluntarily and in a paid capacity) with children and have seen ADD, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Alspergers and other learning/behavioural problems rocket, particularly in the last 10 years.
The parents who feed their children exclusively on junk food are the very ones who demand the right to eat what they want, but do they have the right to inflict problems of the type mentioned above on to their offspring?
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