I have made a bid to make our diet as natural as possible and slowly but surely we are moving there. We now have organic homemade bread and organic homemade houmous. Our potatoes are also organic, very delicious too I must say, all within our tight budget. I have just achieved 7 full cloth nappy days and our rubbish is slowly reducing without the use of glad wrap and the like.
However the other day it suddenly struck me that I am more than a little blazé about the E numbers that lurk in the small print of all those products we buy. I decided to do a little research into the ingredients of the custard I was about to make for the kids and was horrified to learn that it included E102, a yellow food colouring, which is linked to hyper-activity, itching and hives. The more I read the sides of things in our fridge and cupboard the more I found E-numbers that had some kind of controversy surrounding them.
I'm interested what effect the lack of these E's with have on the kids health and behaviour not to mention mine. I aim to cut as many out as possible by selecting wisely and making more myself. If nothing else at least my grandmother with now recognise everything we are eating! Check out what some of the E-numbers are and which should be avoided on; http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/information/additivesall.htm
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