The Army

I made my own lunch this morning before going to work and spent my lunch break talking about E-chemicals in foods with a colleague. Turns out, he has excluded all E-chemicals from his diet since two years back and as a result his severe allergy towards nuts has now disappeared. A blood test confirms it.

Most foods that we buy in the supermarkets contain various E-chemicals to enhance the look and taste of the food, just like MSG (E 621) in many restaurant foods.

Sweden has a high tolerance of these E-substances in food products compared to most other countries. Sweden also has a high cancer rate and a lot of children are born with allergies and asthma. Research confirms that this can be linked to the E-substances in the food that we buy and eat.

I am determined to cut my E-intake from now on and I am currently on the hunt for the book “Äkta Vara” by Mats-Erik Nilsson to find out more.

I spent the entire evening in my kitchen going through my cupboard and fridge, and cooking two huge pots of E-free lentil soup and a massive mango salad. E-free obviously.