Nurul Ain 5C - Reflection

Health is better than wealth. Keep your head up by having a healthy body.

Control your food consumption and always choose a better one.

As we all know, food additives give us a lot lot lot lot lot of bad effects.

So, open your eyes and mind! Refrain yourself from stuffing on food additives that give us bad effects.

Including myself, we all should change for a better living :)

ps; Why dont you try this attractive game that tells us more about food :D

Click on these pictures to give a try!

SESERIANS,

 KEEP CALM AND STAY HEALTHY :D

Reflection

By taking part in Chemistry Blog Competition, I had broadened my knowledge about food additives. I can get to know more additives that are added in our food that we eat in our daily life. Now, I can identify the goods and the bads of food additives. In my personal opinion, food additives should not be banned as it is very useful in food industrial. But, this does not mean that we can eat all the food as we like. We need to choose the food that we want to eat wisely so that it will not give bad impact towards our health. As the saying goes, we are what we eat. Keep calm and loves food people!

Food Island in Chemistry World

Let's row your boat and visit our Food Island in Chemistry World. Adding your knowledges about what is food additives actually and is it beneficial or harmful? Through your journey, you also can know more about purposes of using food additives in our food. Various types of food additives also will revealed and all the questions that are dancing in your mind will be answered after you have finished your journey. Enjoy your trip :)

Experiment #2 on food additives

Researchers found that almost all the teenagers all over the world tend to craze and fall in love with fast food. As in Malaysia, Mc Donalds become the favourite fast food among the youngsters. But dear friends, did you know that fast food which you were crazed at contains a lot of food additives which are very dangerous to our health and also our growth.
Did you know that, to improve the appearance and shelf life of foods, many fast food menu items contain stabilizers. These ingredients keep foods from separating. Common stabilizers include xanthan gum and soy lecithin. For manufacturers, soy lecithin offers an affordable way to maintain food quality. However, this ingredient may pose health risks for those who have soy allergies. If you have food sensitivities, research fast food restaurants' nutritional information to identify unsafe ingredients.
Besides that, a common additive in processed meats is sodium nitrite. This ingredient has both beneficial and harmful characteristics. On the one hand, it prolongs the shelf life of foods, keeping them safe for you to eat. On the down side, eating processed foods with sodium nitrite increases your intake of sodium and increases your risk for high blood pressure. A study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, published in the May 2010 issue of “Circulation,” found that consumption of processed red meats increases your risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.
Another common ingredient in fast food items is saturated fat. Whether it is from the french fries or the burger, a diet high in saturated fat increases your risk of developing atherosclerosis, a major risk factor for heart disease. Saturated fat content shows the dilemma that fast food restaurants face. Ground beef with higher amounts of fat is less expensive than lean choices. To keep costs down, some restaurants may buy higher fat varieties.
 Let us change our lifestyle by avoid from eating fast food as the ingredients of it are now revealed. Make a good choice for the sake of your life. So now, do you think you still want to eat Mc Donalds? Think twice and makes your decision wisely dear readers :)

What the world say about food additives?

Click to enlarge. Source; twitter.com

The issue of food additives has been talking worldwide. Everyone are now very aware about the food additives. Based on the screenshot from twitter, we can see that some part of the world saying that food additives are benefecial, but some them said that it was not. Dear fellow readers, what do you think about it? Are food additives friends or foes?!

Experiment #1 on food additives.

Imagine if we don't use food additives in the making of this cake, the cake might not last longer. This cake are safe to be eaten after two month, but the texture of the cake started showing some changes like growing of mould was after 6 months. This experiment has proved that food additives are very useful to make sure the food last longer. This is very important because we don't have to eat this food in a short time, it can be any time that we like before the expired date. This concept have been used in the making of certain food that have their own season, especially the fruits. We can preserve the fruits and add some additives in order to make it last longer and we can eat the fruits anytime without waiting for its season. 

 what a 15years-old girl thinks of food additives? ;)

currently, we're on our way to post more about food additives. SO stay tuned :D

From, Nurul Ain and Anis Dayana

Anis Dayana Bt. Rosli 5 Cattleya

Hey hi hello. It's Anis Dayana from 5C typing on the keyboard. Let us explore the world of Chemistry in food additives together with me and my partner Nurul Ain. Good luck to everyone!

NURUL AIN ZAKARIA 5CATTLEYA

It's a hello from me, Nurul Ain Binti Zakaria from 5 Cattleya.

i am one of my class representatives for this Chemistry Challenge 2013.

So all the best to all participants :D

So here are some gifts for all food lovers ;D :

 keep calm and let's do this!