What are the hazards of food additives? What are the side effects of food additives?

With the continuous occurrence of food safety incidents, food safety has become a highly concerned issue. People have begun to boycott foods containing food additives. It is said that the food additives in these foods are harmful to the body, but people cannot clearly explain what the harm is. Today, the editor will give a detailed introduction to let everyone understand what the harms of food additives are.

What are the hazards of food additives

1. Cause obesity

The most important hazard of food additives is that they cause humans to gain weight and become obese, especially trans fats in food additives, which are the culprit for endangering human health. Because these trans fats cannot be metabolized out of the human body in time after entering the human body, they will accumulate in the human body in large quantities, easily causing humans to gain weight, increase the burden on human cardiovascular system, and increase the incidence of heart disease.

2. Induce high blood pressure

Most food additives have obvious harmful effects on human cardiovascular system. They will cause rapid cardiovascular aging, increase blood viscosity, slow down blood flow, and induce high blood pressure in severe cases. If not controlled in time, they will lead to a high incidence of malignant diseases such as stroke and myocardial infarction.

3. Induce diabetes

Aspartame and sweeteners are both common food additives. These substances have particularly obvious harmful effects on the human pancreas and will affect the secretion of insulin. Frequent consumption of foods containing sweeteners will lead to increased blood sugar and easily lead to a high incidence of diabetes. These sugars will also be converted into fat in the body, easily causing obesity.

4. Induce cancer

Many food additives, after being absorbed by the human body, can easily destroy the body's own immune function and reduce the body's own disease resistance. They can cause human cells to become cancerous, which can easily lead to a high incidence of cancer. In addition to these, food additives can also harm the human brain, causing a decline in brain function, and in severe cases, memory loss and slow reaction.

After reading the above introduction, everyone will know the harm of food additives to the human body. In the future, we must try to stay away from foods with food additives, especially foods with excessive food additives, otherwise it will endanger our health.