Check your current multivitamin or any supplement, you will probably find these toxic ingredients in there also, unless your bottle is from Grown By Nature. There’s a reason for what I do…
5 hour Energy simply gave me a platform to shout from when they gave false advertisement "It's key ingredients (5 Hour Energy) can also be found in everyday foods like "Avocado, Broccoli, Bananas" …Thanks 5 Hour chemical (as the energy is used from your body to detoxify from your body)
1) NIACINAMIDE (chemical B3)-
***Formulation (merck index 1996) - Coal tar derivatives, 3-cyanopyridine; ammonia and acid
Linked to:
Cancer
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Biochemical or cellular level changes
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Endocrine disruption, Data gaps
“One or more animal studies show brain, nervous system, or behavioral effects at high doses”
*RTECS®- Nucleus (Calcutta) 1985NIACINAMIDE• mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sister Chromatid Exchange ( human lym)
2) Pyridoxine Hydrochloride <hcl> (chemical B6)</hcl>
******Formulation (merck index 1996)- Petroleum ester & hydrochloric acid with formaldehyde
Linked to:
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Use restrictionsContamination concerns
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Endocrine disruption, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Data gaps, Biochemical or cellular level changes
“brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) (pigeon LD50)
• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Convulsions or effect on seizure threshold (pigeon LD50)
• respiratory - Dyspnea (mouse LD50)
• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Excitement (rat LD50)
• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Spastic paralysis with or without sensory change (rabbit LD50)”
3) Folic Acid (chemical B9)
*Processed with petroleum derivatives and acids; acetylene
Linked to:
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Data gaps, Biochemical or cellular level changes
“One or more animal studies show reproductive effects at moderate doses”
“• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Coma (mouse LD50)
• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Convulsions or effect on seizure threshold (mouse LD50)
• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Muscle weakness (mouse LD50)”
4) Cyanocobalamin (chemical B12)
Cobalamins reacted with cyanide
This ingredient:
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Data gaps
“2,715 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results ->”
(I apologize as the following I’m not sure what chemicals were used in their production, but the effects are documented worldwide)
5) Sodium (synthetic form)
(RTECS®- "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva 1988 SODIUM
•
mutagenic - biochemical (rat TDLo)
• blood - Changes in cell count (unspecified) (rat TDLo)
• cardiovascular - Changes in heart weight (rat TDLo)
• biochemical - Dehydrogenases (rat TDLo)
• biochemical - Effect on mitochondrial function (rat TDLo)
• gastrointestinal - Other changes (rat TDLo)
6) Taurine (chemical isolate amino acid)
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Endocrine disruption, Data gaps, Biochemical or cellular level changes
“One or more animal studies show brain, nervous system, or behavioral effects at very low doses”
“1,975 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results ->”
7) Glucuronolactone
This ingredient:
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Data gaps
“• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rabbit LD50)”
8) Malic Acid-
This ingredient:
Use restrictions
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)
“340 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results ->”
9) PHENYLALANINE, L-
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Data gaps
“One or more animal studies show respiratory effects at high doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient)”
“8,791 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results ->
10) Caffeine (synthetic, not naturally occurring caffeine as in coffee)
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Persistence and bioaccumulation, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Biochemical or cellular level changes
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Endocrine disruption, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Data gaps
“One or more animal studies show reproductive effects at low doses”
“One or more animal studies show biochemical changes at very low doses where the human health implications are not yet well understood”
11) Potassium Sorbate-
This ingredient:
Cancer
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Data gaps
“• kidney or renal system - Changes in bladder weight (rat TDLo)
• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Food intake (animal) (rat TDLo)”
:” One or more animal studies show brain, nervous system, or behavioral effects at high doses”
12) Sodium Benzoate- This ingredient:
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Use restrictionsContamination concerns
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Biochemical or cellular level changes
“• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Convulsions or effect on seizure threshold (rat TDLo)
• kidney or renal system - Other changes (rat TDLo)”
“• reproductive - Fetal death (rat TDLo)
• reproductive - Fetotoxicity (rat TDLo)”
13) EDTA (preservative found added to many foods, i.e. bacon)
This ingredient:
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Allergies/immunotoxicityUse restrictionsContamination concerns
Other strong concerns for this ingredient:
Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Enhanced skin absorption
Other moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Neurotoxicity, Data gaps
See products containing EDTA
Neurotoxicity
type of concern
product conditions
reference
One or more animal studies show brain, nervous system, or behavioral effects at moderate doses
RTECS®- International Journal of Toxicology (Continous: Journal of the American College of Toxicology,Taylor & Francis Health Sciences) V 2002
RTECS®- Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju 1962EDTA
• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Convulsions or effect on seizure threshold (rat LD50)
References:
1 )http://gbn.grownbynature.com/truthinsupplements.pdf
2) http://www.ewg.org/chemindex/list
3) http://5hourenergy.com/healthfacts.asp
