Benzoate
of Soda
aka Sodium Benzoate
This
soft drink preservative
can be hazardous to your health.
"If man made it, don't eat it!"
Benzoate
of Soda, the preservative
in Diet Coke and
other foods, is a
health risk.
Diet
Coke to drop additive in DNA damage fear?
By Colin Fernandez
Diet
Coke to drop additive in DNA damage fear. May be linked to hyperactivity
and DNA damage.
Coca-Cola is phasing out a controversial additive that has been
linked to damage to DNA and hyperactivity in children.
Sodium benzoate, also known as E211, is used to stop fizzy drinks
going moldy.
Coca-Cola said it had begun withdrawing the additive from Diet Coke
in January in response to consumer demand for more natural products.
(Editor's Note: Pepsi has been market testing their all-natural 'Throwback' Pepsi, "Made with real sugar," low sodium, all natural, with no High-Fructose Corn Syrup (aka Corn Sugar) or preservative (no benzoate of soda) for several months.
Company representatives we contacted claim the product has been well received in targeted areas. Pepsi plans to make the switch-over to the 'Throwback' product as well as similar changes to the Sierra Mist drink in the Spring of 2011.)
Diet Coke is reportedly phasing out preservative.
By the end of the year no can or bottle will contain E211.
The company plans to remove it from its other products as soon as
possible, but said that at present it had not found a satisfactory
alternative to replace the additive in some soft drinks with a higher
juice content, including Fanta, Dr Pepper, Sprite and Oasis. The
chemical is not used in regular Coke.
While sodium benzoate occurs naturally in some fruits, it is used
in greater strengths by the soft drinks industry.
But research by Peter Piper, a professor of molecular biology at
Sheffield University, found that the additive could switch off parts
of DNA, the genetic code in the cells of living creatures, that
could be linked to cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's disease.
However, the Government-backed Committee on Mutagenicity has dismissed
the research.
It argues that while sodium benzoate has been shown to be harmful
to yeast cells, human cells are stronger. (The questions to ask
here are, what about folks who consume large amounts of the chemical,
and even though human cells are stronger, how quickly can the body,
especially the liver, neutralize the toxicity, and over what time
frame? "... good health and sustained wellness is dependant
on the rapid removal of waste.")
Research by Southampton University found that sodium benzoate was
one of seven additives - the six others are food colors - that can
lead to hyperactivity in children.
The Food Standards Agency has called for the six colors to be withdrawn
from products but not sodium benzoate.
The Daily Mail has campaigned for a ban on harmful additives.
A Coca-Cola spokesman said: "We are continuously listening
to our consumers' thoughts about ingredients."
The firm stressed that E211 was approved as an additive by many
bodies around the world including the European Food Standards Agency.
(See Corporate America vs. Consumers.)
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out of 10 visits
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"Given
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a
good idea not to consume many of their products. For instance, if
you look
at the history of aspartame, how it
got approved, and how it still remains
on the market, there's plenty of reason to use great caution."
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"Due
to the power and corrupting influence of Big
Pharma, the teaching
of nutritional science and the use of vitamin and herbal supplements
is
not taught to any significant extent in our medical schools. The
obvious
reason is that teaching this science reduces the use of prescription
drugs."
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