Flavor-Boosting Ingredient Carries Risks for Some
By Bara Vaida, Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on June 16, 2015 July 23, 2015 – Lisa Baxter carefully reads food ingredient labels when she buys groceries. She carries around a list of things she can and can’t eat, and she has to be extra cautious of food ingredients using the word “phosphate.” Phosphates leave a metallic taste in her mouth, and they make her very itchy. “I feel like I have fleas,” says Baxter, 52, a social worker from…