Phosphorus is a chemical element (not a metal). Phosphates are salts of phosphoric acids, which are part of phosphorus fertilizers and are used for the production of medicines. With phosphates a person faces at every step: they are contained in industrial and domestic wastewater, detergents. In addition, phosphate is allowed to be used as a food supplement.
Symptoms of allergy to phosphate
The child manifests:
1 hyperactivity (restlessness, constant craving for activity),
2 anxiety, impulsiveness, increased aggressiveness,
3 the difficulty of adaptation to peers in kindergarten, school,
4 difficulty concentrating in school; diagnosis - asthenia.
Pay attention to the suspicious symptoms.
Phosphates (most often in the form of an additive), found in many foods, can cause an undesirable reaction in children and young men. Of course, due to the effects of phosphates, somatic (physical) changes do not always appear, for example, rashes. However, the consequence of an allergy to phosphates is always a changed mental reaction, for example, hyperactivity, motor anxiety, impulsivity, impaired concentration, sometimes increased aggressiveness. When children stop taking products containing phosphates, the manifestation of the above symptoms softens, and with time they can completely disappear. If a healthy person with food gets too many phosphates, calcium metabolism is broken in his body, osteoporosis begins (calcium is washed out of bones, they become brittle, they break down relatively easily).
Water in sausage
Phosphates and the food industry are used for a variety of reasons. In the production of meat products, for example, when adding phosphates to sausage, you can add more water to it. So with a smaller content of meat produce more sausage. A lot of phosphates are also found in other products. People sensitive to phosphate, you can not eat processed cheese, canned milk, drink cola.
Dangerous sweets
Children are very fond of sweets, in which there are many not only phosphates, but also other food additives: dyes, odorous substances, sugar substitutes (capable of disrupting the bowel function of the baby), and also oxidants and preservatives.
Are phosphates harmful to health?
All phosphates contain heavy metals and other toxic substances. The maximum permissible level of impurities in 1 kg of the product: 3 mg of arsenic, 10 mg of lead, 10 mg of fluorine and 25 mg of zinc. The use of various food additives, some of which are phosphates, is strictly regulated. If suspected poisoning should be reported to the service, controlling the quality of food.
If a person has an allergy to phosphates, then in his food, there should in no case be additives E 220 (sulfur dioxide), E339 (sodium orthophosphate) and E322 (lecithin), because these substances can cause severe reactions within half an hour . For a woman's body, phosphates are also very harmful, can cause various abnormalities in the functioning and functioning of the ovaries. Particularly harmful products with the addition of phosphate to pregnant women, because there is a chance to give birth to a child with various disabilities in the brain and respiratory organs.
Eat more natural products that do not contain these chemical harmful substances for the body. This applies to fruits and healthy natural vegetable juices, which contain a large number of vitamins, which will help support the woman's body and in good condition.