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What’s “Bugging” You?While evaluating why a patient experienced a severe allergic reaction to a popsicle colored with Carmine, it was confirmed that such commonly used food colorings can cause such reactions within the human population. Carmine is a biogenic dye (meaning it comes from biological organisms), and it is added to foods, cosmetics, and drugs. Carmine has been implicated in occupational asthma, extrinsic allergic alvelolitis, cheilitis, gastrointestinal complaints, urticaria/angioedema, asthma, and anaphylactic shock. Carmine and cochineal are considered “natural” red dyes, being derived from the dried bodies of Cochineal insects, which are parasites of the prickly pear cactus and also happen to be members of the Cockroach family. When Cortez found the Aztecs, they were using cochineal to color their food, clothing, and bodies. The insect derived dye was 10 times stronger than the dyes being used in Europe at the time, so it had commercial importance. The introduction of synthetic colors in 1856 almost eliminated the cochineal dye industry but in 1990 a preference for foods without synthetic ingredients led to a resurgence of its use. Since these insect derived dyes are “all natural” they are often labeled on packaging as natural colors. Large plantations of cactus are devoted to the cochineal extract production in the Canary Islands and in Peru. At sexual maturity (approximately 100 days old), the female insect bodies are filled with eggs, which contain the greatest concentration of Carmine. Just before laying their eggs, they are brushed off the cactus and dried. In Europe the packaging lists the dye as E120 and it can also be found listed as Red Dye #4. The human body can detect the presence of Carmine in its body, and exposure to products or foods that contain this insect derived dye can be hazardous to your health and can cause severe allergic reactions. In children, exposure is very great since it is used extensively in the production of many of their foods and snacks so as to make them more visually appealing. SOURCE: Annals of Allergy & Asthma Immunology, November 1997 |
Our chiropractic office educates our patients in lifestyle changes that compliment their spinal care. Chiropractic spinal adjustments strengthen areas of the spine and restore impaired nerve flow. Subluxations occur when vertebra misalign irritating delicate spinal nerves. Spinal adjustments remove the nerve pressure and restore function to the body. Chiropractic spinal adjustments by our chiropractors help you live your life to its fullest through a properly functioning nervous system. When your nervous system is functioning properly you express life to your fullest. Chiropractic spinal adjustments enable you to express your God given health potential and to live your life to fullest capabilities. Neck pain, back pain, sciatica, reduced immunity, ear infections, decreased energy, stomach disorders, asthma, allergies, sinus problems, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder problems, sports injuries, spinal disc degeneration, osteoarthritis, numbness, pain, are just some of the signs of improper function in the body and conditions that benefit from Chiropractic spinal adjustments. Don't delay and wait for a spinal problem to develop before you seek out Chiropractic care. Get a Chiropractic spinal adjustment and deal with the cause of your problems rather than masking it with medications which often deal just with the symptoms. Whether you are feel great and want to ensure a healthy and fully functional future or if you are in pain and seek the safe and effective proven results of Chiropractic spinal adjustments, you owe it to yourself to have a spinal check up and to start down the healthy road of lifetime Chiropractic care.