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Even though additives and preservatives are necessary for food, they can cause many health problems. They can cause different kinds of allergies like hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder in some people who are sensitive to specific chemical [82, 91]. They also can cause asthma, hay fever, tight chest, headache, hives, and allergy like rashes. Some of the danger food additives are as follows:

 • Benzoate: it causes allergies like rashes and asthma. It can also cause brain damage.

 • Red dye 40: it can causes certain birth defects and possibly cancer.

 • Caramel: it commonly used in flavoring and coloring agent. It causes vitamin B6 deficiencies, genetic defect and cancer.

 • Saccharin: it causes bladder cancer, tumors, affecting skin, and toxic reaction.

 • Caffeine: it is used as color and flavoring agent in food. It causes nervousness, occasionally heart defect.

 • Sodium chloride: it can cause high blood pressure, kidney failure, stroke, and heart attack.

We should avoid the food which contains danger additives and preservatives for minimizing the risk of health problems. We should check the ingredients of sealed food before purchasing them from markets. We should eat organic food because they do not have any artificial additives and preservatives in food. We should try to eat freshly prepared food as much as possible rather than eating sealed food.