Sodium Chloride helps nutrient tansport into cells
Sodium chloride is the chemical name for common table salt. Despite being told we eat to much, sodium chloride is essential for our bodies, and is involved in the transport of nutrients into cells.
Andy Williams
Iron the oxygen carrier
Iron is essential to our health as an oxygen (and carbon dioxide) carrier in the blood cell protein hemoglobin. Iron is one of those substances that can be dangerous if too much, or if too little.
Flavonoids (Formerly called Vitamin P)
Found in green tea and other plants, vitamin P is not actually a vitamin but a group of compounds called flavanoids. These chemicals are thought to help protect against radiation damage.
Alpha-Carotene can be made into Vitamin A but is a co-factor for other substances
Alpha carotene is found in carrots, peppers and other plants. Alpha Carotene may be important in the prevention of cervical cancer but it is also a source of vitamin A, since it can be converted by our body.
Antivitamins – substances that works against vitamins
Antivitamins is simply the term given to substances which can counter-act or nullify the vitamins we eat in our food and supplements. This article looks at some of the most common “antivitamins”.
Beta-Carotene is a powerful antioxidant used to make vitamin A
Beta Carotene is used by the body to make vitamin A. If you don’t get enough beta carotene your body can get vitamin A from other foods, like oily fish.
Sodium Benzoate (E211)
Sodium Benzoate (E211) is a preservative that affect bacteria by making the contents of their cells acidic. The bacteria don’t die, but they do become dormant (at least until you drink them).
Ponceau 4R (E124)
Ponceau 4R (E124) is a bright red dye used as a substitute to the red dye originally extracted from cochineal bugs. Commonly added to cherry or strawberry juice, people with aspirin allergy may also be allergic to Ponceau 4R.
Tartrazine (E102)
Tartrazine (E102) is a man-made dye that is added to juices and other products to give them a bright yellow color. Many people are allergic to tartrazine and it may even trigger auto-immune responses in some individuals.
Sunset Yellow (E110) 2
Sunset Yellow (E110) is a dye used to color fruit and vegetable juices. This additive has been reported as triggering allergies, skin reaction, ADHD and more.
Quinoline Yellow WS (E104)
Quinoline Yellow WS (E104) is a yellow-green dye used to color fruit and vegetable juices. This additive increases absorption of aluminium in the gut – an element thought to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease!
Stevia (E960)
Stevia (E960) is a natural sweetner from a plant in Paraguay (Stevia rebaudiana) and has been used by South Americans for centuries as a sweetner.
Plasticizers like bisphenol-A (BPA) can be a huge hidden danger
Plasticizers are found in the plastic drinks bottles themselves. If your juice bottle gets warm, these plasticizers can leak back into the juice and it’s not something you want to be drinking.
Citric Acid (E330)
Citric acid (E330) is a pH regulator, flavoring and preservative. It also helps prevent the juice pulp sinking to the bottom.
Corn Syrup – Cheap, Sweet and Devoid of Nutritional Value
Corn syrup is a high-fructose sweetner added to fruit and vegetable jucies.
Saccharin (E954)
Saccharin (E954) is a sweetner that was discovered in 1871 by a chemist working on coal tar!
Splenda (Sucralose or E955) 1
Splenda is an extremely sweet sweetner we have all heard of. It also goes by the name sucralose. Contrary to common belief, it’s not zero-calories.
Neotame (E961) 2
Neotame (E961) is a sweetner that is very similar to aspartame but a lot sweeter.
Sodium Hexametaphosphate (E452i)
Sodium Hexametaphosphate (E452i) helps keeps juice pulp mixed in the liquid rather than sinking to the bottom.
Sea Salt Can add Trace Elements to Juices
Sea salt may not be the most obvious component of juices, but a lot of supermarket juices do contain sea salt for added taste.