--- title: Food Additives Are Everywhere date: 2011-01-14T21:07:00Z modified: 2011-01-14T21:07:00Z permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/food-additives-are-everywhere/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1714 categories: - Books - Food Sensitivities - Kids - Living Naturally tags: - food additives in our diet author: Elizabeth --- β€œThe average American eats about 20 pounds dry weight of additives each YEAR. This is ten times the amount used 40 years ago. Those who eat a lot of packaged, processed, or take-out foods may eat twice the average amount or more. Children in particular have a very high intake because many of the manufactured foods that appeal to them are rich in additives.” [![food allergies and additives](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514PFCXn0oL._SL110_.jpg "food allergies book") ](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892818751?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0892818751&adid=0FNXVJ7PQ8MGB3YB4JYE)Jonathan Brostoff M.D. and Linda Gamlin (Author), β€œ_Food Allergies and Food Intolerance: The Complete Guide to Their Identification and Treatment_,” p. 414.