Often getting acquainted with the composition of the products purchased in the supermarket, you can see the additive E211. What hides under this designation, what threatens its regular use? This and much more will be discussed today.
Under the incomprehensible alphanumeric designation E211 usually understand sodium benzoate (Sodium Benzoate), which is in essence the sodium salt of benzoic acid. It looks like a white, odorless powder. This dietary supplement increases the shelf life of beverages and food, due to the fact that it is able to suppress the vital activity of mold fungi and yeast. In microbial cells, E211 suppresses the activity of enzymes responsible for redox reactions, as well as those enzymes that break down fats and starch.
Sodium benzoate is most commonly found in mayonnaise, ketchup, margarine, jam, confectionery, canned fish and caviar, marmalade, fruit pastes, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content less than 15%, meat products. This preservative is included in the composition of some natural products, including in small dosages, it is contained in prunes, cranberries, cinnamon, cloves, apples. Due to its antibacterial properties, E211 is used in pharmaceuticals and in the manufacture of cosmetics and hygiene products, including gels, shampoos and toothpastes. Despite the fact that this preservative is not prohibited for use in Russia and Europe, its negative effects on the body have been spoken for a long time and not unfoundedly.
When using E211 in recommended doses, an adverse effect on the body is not observed, however, do not abuse this food supplement, because it has been proven that it has a strong carcinogenic effect.
When interacting with ascorbic acid (the very useful vitamin C), sodium benzoate forms benzene. If you believe the research of the British scientist Peter Piper, this compound can cause disastrous DNA damage in mitochondria, which can trigger the development of a number of serious diseases, including cirrhosis of the liver, neurodegenerative diseases and even Parkinson's, as well as many others.
With the regular use of sodium benzoate in the food side effects are possible. The worst thing is that nausea and vomiting are only “flowers”, because often this supplement can be the cause of the development of leukemia (blood cancer) and anemia (lack of hemoglobin in the blood).
Currently, quite often there are disputes over the fact that E211 causes hyperactivity in children. In addition to the designated sodium benzoate can cause exacerbation of diseases such as urticaria, asthma.
Often provokes E211 and an allergic reaction.
Agree, dear visitors of our portal, is not as harmless as the E211, as many think. Therefore, if you wish to preserve health, youth and beauty for many years, then carefully study the composition of the products that you eat, and minimize the consumption of various additives.
And finally, what do you think about the properties of sodium benzoate, in your opinion, is it really so dangerous to health? What do you think, is it correct that most civilized countries want to ban the use of this preservative and are currently puzzled by the search for an alternative to E211? Share your point of view in the comments to this article, your opinion is valuable to us and is useful for other visitors of the portal onwomen.ru.
