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writesomething
Moderator Posts: 1941
From: meet me in montauk
Registered: May 2006
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posted August 20, 2008 07:48 PM
 
are any of these ingredients "bad"? anyone know off the top of their head?
Water, Sucrose, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Cyclodestrin, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Maltodextrin, Preservative (Sorbic Acid), Modified Starch, Flavour (Orange), Glucose Syrup, Glycerides of Fatty acids, Antioxidants (DL Alpha Tocopherol, Sodium Ascorbate), Tricalcium Phosphate.
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Taurus83
Knowflake Posts: 15
From: Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted August 20, 2008 08:56 PM
Are those ingredients for chewing gum or something?Sucralose is an artificial sweetener used in place of other artificial sweeteners like Aspartame which is believed by many to metabolize into something bad for you in the kidneys. Forget all the details. It's still an on-going debate but Sucralose is supposed to be more healthy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucralose Just go down to the "Public health and safety concerns" section. (Yea, lots of scholars still don't consider wikipedia a reliable source but many now do.) I know maltodextrin isn't bad. People on a bodybuilding forum I go to for information use maltodextrin in their home-made protein shakes as an alternative to a carbohydrate like oatmeal or something like that. Although a lot of them would also say just to skip the maltodextrin and throw in actual oatmeal. "Usually made from rice, corn, or potato starch, maltodextrin is produced by cooking down the starch." Glucose Syrup is another word for High Fructose Corn Syrup. It's not pure sugar from a source like sugar cane. I'm pretty sure you can find arguments going both ways on whether or not this is healthy for you but it's found in pretty much anything and everything these days if you're in the US unless you plan on eating all organic fruits and vegetables and getting meat straight from a farmer. The rest of the stuff seems fairly standard as something you'd find in a lot of other products so off the top I'd say probably not a big concern although don't take my word for it. Antioxidants are a good thing (I don't know how to differentiate between all the different types of them though). Tricalcium Phosphate I think is a type of calcium that's absorbed through the enamel of your teeth to strengthen them (which is why I'm assuming these are gum ingredients... probably the Trident stuff that they're marketing now). Anything in large amounts is bad for you, even the healthiest stuff. Gotta take things in moderation. But for the most part I think you'd have to get individual bags of the ingredients and eat unnatural amounts of them to get any real negative effect. IP: Logged |
writesomething
Moderator Posts: 1941
From: meet me in montauk
Registered: May 2006
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posted August 20, 2008 11:35 PM
its a skincare supplement you drink daily for 10 days that is suppose to brighten your skin. i havent been feeling too good, and realized that it started when i started taking the daily drinks. im going to stop now, im just wondering whats in the ingredients that could have caused a bad effect?IP: Logged |
Taurus83
Knowflake Posts: 15
From: Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted August 21, 2008 12:22 AM
Mind going into a bit more detail on what kind of symptoms you're getting? Might make it easier to single out if it's one of the ingredients in that supplements causing it.Someone else posted in this section about drinking lemon smoothies every morning helping out with skin. I've read elsewhere too that people will take lemon juice and mix a little water and actually use it as a topical treatment with very good results. I was considering going to grab some lemons from the store and try it out. IP: Logged |
writesomething
Moderator Posts: 1941
From: meet me in montauk
Registered: May 2006
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posted August 21, 2008 12:49 AM
strange headache, with upset stomach. mainly gives me a headache.IP: Logged |
thirteen
Knowflake Posts: 1162
From: Rochester Hills, MI USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted August 21, 2008 02:09 PM
sounds like you have food sensitivities like me.Xanath Gum
Maltodextrin
Mod. Food Starch All give me bad bloating, which leads to feeling bad and i can no longer eat them. IP: Logged |
writesomething
Moderator Posts: 1941
From: meet me in montauk
Registered: May 2006
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posted August 21, 2008 07:36 PM
i never thought id be that sensitive to a product....well i havent taken it today and feel waaaaaay better. im a little bummed it made me feel cr@ppy. IP: Logged |
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