Is Your Liquid Health Drink Harming You?

Is Your Liquid Health Drink Harming You?

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- dangerous levels of benzene are produced > from > juices that contain preservatives such as Sodium Benzoate and Ascorbic > Acid > > which causes benzene to form in the product. > > Advice for users of liquid health juice... > > "What are we to tell consumers? 'Product contains cancer-causing > substance, > drink immediately, do not store in a warm environment or near sunlight?' > > "Preferably benzoate should not be used in combination with Vitamin C > (ascorbic acid) or added juice," said a scientist involved in industry > testing for benzene 15 years ago. > > Glen Lawrence, a scientist who helped the FDA understand the chemical > reaction in drinks back then, agreed that sodium benzoate and vitamin C > should not be used together. "It is really very easy to avoid the > problem," > he said, "simply don't eat or drink any food or drink which has a > preservative added to it!" > > When vitamin C in your drink can cause cancer... > > Unfortunately, many people drink soft drinks instead of water and > consume so > > called health juice supplement drinks thinking they're doing their > health > good. You may already know how terrible many of these soft drink > beverages > are for you health. Even if it's one of the heavily advertised > sugar-free > drinks, the artificial sweeteners can create major problems. There's no > evidence that using them helps you lose weight nor that they enhance > health > in any way. Some chemicals, such as aspartame, can damage your neurons. > > But now there's an even BIGGER reason to avoid soft drinks and > commercial > health juices. Many of these drinks have sodium benzoate as an > ingredient. > It's a common preservative you'll find in many processed foods. > Food manufacturers typically use sodium benzoate in acidic foods because > it > controls bacteria, mold, yeasts, and other microbes. In addition to soft > > drinks, you'll find it in liquid juices, pickles, salad dressings, and > jams > and commercial liquid health juices. You'll also find it in your car's > anti-freeze, as it also inhibits corrosion. > > By itself, there's no evidence the preservative causes any problems in > people. However, when you mix sodium benzoate with ascorbic acid > (vitamin > C), a chemical reaction occurs. It turns the mixture into benzene. > > Benzene is a proven carcinogen and is associated with leukemia!!! > In an effort to make their drinks more nutritious, many soft drink > manufacturers are adding vitamin C to their drinks in the form of > ascorbic > acid. You'll also find the same problem with naturally occurring vitamin > C > in many bottled health juice drinks. > > How bad is the problem? The FDA recently tested 84 drink products > including > health drinks and found that 54 of them had some detectable benzene. And > > some had levels as high as 79.2 ppb. Federal rules specify less than 5 > ppb > in drinking water. But there's no legal limit on benzene in drinkable > fluids > > other than water. Isn't that a bit strange? In 2001, California > published > information that manufacturers should keep benzene levels below 0.15 > ppb. > The soft drink industry is quietly moving to do something about it. > That's about 15 years too late. Testing in 1990 first revealed that some > > diet soft drinks may contain benzene. > > Action to take: This is not a small thing, although the so-called > experts > will try to tell you that there's no harm at these benzene levels. But > there > > is no safe level of benzene! No one is talking about how it reacts with > other carcinogens in your body, which could be a serious problem. We > already > > know it reacts with healthy substances like vitamin C. > > There is a solution. Eliminate ALL processed foods and unnatural health > drinks which contain sodium benzoate or benzoic acid. > > ALL moist or liquid processed foods have chemicals in them for > preservation. These preservatives when combined with vitamin C (ascorbic > > acid) may damage your health permanently. > > For thousands of years, those who inhabit the remote reaches of the > world > have understood the value of nutritional superfruits such as noni, > pomegranate, aloe vera and goji berry. Any of these is a healthy > addition > to your diet -- but none of them alone offers a complete range of > nutrients. > > Now, one drink has it all. > > Nikken Ciaga contains all these exotic ingredients and more, including > cherry, blueberry, grape and pear juices that contribute an array of > phytonutrients. > The combination creates synergy -- a multiplying effect where the > individual > > advantages of each are greatly increased. > > Ciaga offers 21 whole fruit, herb and natural organic extracts. The > name > represents the benefits it provides: Cardiovascular, immune, > antioxidant, > gastrointestinal and adaptogenic (for stress). > > The synergistic blend produces ORAC (antioxidant) levels that are more > than > twice as high as other nutritional drinks. It adds impressive levels of > > cardio and immune support -- benefits that the other drinks don't have. > Ciaga contains NO added water OR preservatives, is all natural, good for > > you, and tastes good. > > Enjoy Ciaga and drink to your good health!