ADDITIVE 320 - peanut butter....I've been doing some research on additives

[*EJ*]

On the snacks, so many in the 'health food aisle' have 220 in them it's rediculous I'm stuck as to what i should be feeding my boys

[Rivlas]

Don't give your kids dried apricots as they have sulphur and other baddies in them.

Olive, I knew there was a reason I couldn't drink wine.

Be careful of some cold & flu tablets as they have things in them that can cause problems.

[Peg]

Don't give your kids dried apricots as they have sulphur and other baddies in them.

Apparently apricots from Turkey do not contain sulphur.

[Trillian]

Peg they are really hard to find though. The dumb thing is that the sulphur is used to help them keep their colour as well, otherwise they wouldn't look as nice and palatable. I saw on a TV show once that the absolute max amount of dried apricots that a child should have is 1/4 of a half an apricot! It is really frustrating that nearly every single item in the health food isle contains either dodgy preservatives or soy!Defeats the purpose of it being in the health food isle if you ask me.

[Peg]

Peg they are really hard to find though. The dumb thing is that the sulphur is used to help them keep their colour as well, otherwise they wouldn't look as nice and palatable. I saw on a TV show once that the absolute max amount of dried apricots that a child should have is 1/4 of a half an apricot! It is really frustrating that nearly every single item in the health food isle contains either dodgy preservatives or soy!Defeats the purpose of it being in the health food isle if you ask me.

thats unreal! Its also really irresponsible of the lawmakers to allow it.

But tell me, whats wrong with soy?

[Trillian]

I don't have a problem with soy as a fermented product, but when it is used as an additive to processed food to bulk out food, it is nasty stuff. Soy just isn't meant to be eaten in that form.

[AliBaby]

So what can they have that is safe?

I am so confused (not hard I know)

Can we make a sticky thread with foods that do not have these baddies in them??

[Peg]

So what can they have that is safe?

I am so confused (not hard I know)

Can we make a sticky thread with foods that do not have these baddies in them??

I found myself reading the labels of many of the things i generally buy and was amazed at how many contained hidden nasties. Even tinned tomatoes!

I found Aldi Almond Fingers and Aldi Oat Bran and Cranberry cookies by Belmont biscuit co do not contain any nasties. (although the cookies have vegetable oils)

perhaps the only way to avoid them is to make things yourself.

[*EJ*]

With a thread like this we can make some efforts to inform ourselves and others. It's a good thing

Peg i agree our best bet would be to make a lot of the things we eat ourselves (snacks included). Then comes the 'time' issue... Sue Dengate has a book called the Failsafe Cookbook which would probably give you lots of good recipes to do just that.

[AnyDream]

I don't have a problem with soy as a fermented product, but when it is used as an additive to processed food to bulk out food, it is nasty stuff. Soy just isn't meant to be eaten in that form.

Yep non-fermented soy products have been implicated in increased breast cancer list. The fermented stuff traditionally eaten in places like Japan is thought to have the opposite effect.