Are food dyes worth banning
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Date: 2025-09-01
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JimAlfredson
Let me preface this with some disclaimers: I realize that this is all anecdotal. I also think RFK Jr is a total kook and the current administration is full of grifters and frauds more intent on enriching themselves than serving the public.
That said, I see no reason why synthetic, artificial dyes should be legal and the old adage that a stopped clock is right twice a day applies here. This is one positive thing the current horror show of an administration could do.
Here's my anecdotal evidence. In my early 30s, I started experiencing a variety of ailments. I was getting horrible dandruff. My hairline was cracking and inflamed. My eyelids would sometimes puff up and swell and the skin would flake off. I started getting rosacea on my face. My knees and elbows were getting sore. My jaw was clicking when I ate. I had diarrhea often and lots of painful gas.
The wasn't all at once. The symptoms and the severity of the symptoms increased steadily over several years. Being a self-employed musician, I had no health insurance but I eventually went to a doctor that was a family friend of a bandmate. He stated the obvious; that I was having a systemic allergic reaction to something and I needed to figure out what it was.
So my wife and I eliminated the dyes from our detergent, soaps, shampoos, etc. It helped but only a little.
Then one night I was up taking care of our youngest daughter, who was a baby at the time and suffered from colic. In between taking care of my daughter, I was playing Diablo 2 (old school) online with my brother and eating a big tub of those orange jelly candies. After a few hours my eyes started to get dry and itchy, so I went to the bathroom to get some eyedrops and looked in the mirror. My eyelids were like golfballs, completely swollen and enflamed. I finally had my eureka moment. From then on, I took the synthetic dyes out of my diet.
Lo and behold, all my ailments went away.
As a touring musician, it was extremely hard to eat on the road and not accidentally be exposed to synthetic dyes. It's gotten a lot better in the last few years but about 15 years ago, they were in literally EVERYTHING. Salad dressings, pickles, meats, cereals, drinks, cheeses, olives, canned vegetables, canned fish (salmon, snack crackers, you name it.
My pet hypothesis is that I became sensitized to synthetic dyes from over-exposure. I'm the first to admit I have a huge sweet tooth. Often on the way to gigs, driving a couple hours to the show, I would drink a big Gatorade and eat some Swedish Fish. On the way home I'd drink another Gatorade and eat some M&Ms. I didn't know any better.
Obviously I've lost weight because of this which is a good thing. I was definitely not on a healthy path. But I fail to see any valid reason why these additives should be allowed considering that there is evidence of hyperactivity in children and I do believe that they are like mercury in that they will slowly accumulate in our bodies.
After all these years, I can accidentally have something with dye in it, like a stick of gum, and not be affected because I've successfully rid myself of the accumulation. But if I have too much, like say some ice cream with Yellow 5 in it to make it more 'creamy' in appearance, or some chicken noodle soup with Yellow 5 in it (I'm looking at you, Grand Traverse Pie Company, the first symptom is horrible digestive problems that can last for a full day.
Ban them. They are good for nothing.
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Let me preface this with some disclaimers: I realize that this is all anecdotal. I also think RFK Jr is a total kook and the current administration is full of grifters and frauds more intent on enriching themselves than serving the public.
That said, I see no reason why synthetic, artificial dyes should be legal and the old adage that a stopped clock is right twice a day applies here. This is one positive thing the current horror show of an administration could do.
Here's my anecdotal evidence. In my early 30s, I started experiencing a variety of ailments. I was getting horrible dandruff. My hairline was cracking and inflamed. My eyelids would sometimes puff up and swell and the skin would flake off. I started getting rosacea on my face. My knees and elbows were getting sore. My jaw was clicking when I ate. I had diarrhea often and lots of painful gas.
The wasn't all at once. The symptoms and the severity of the symptoms increased steadily over several years. Being a self-employed musician, I had no health insurance but I eventually went to a doctor that was a family friend of a bandmate. He stated the obvious; that I was having a systemic allergic reaction to something and I needed to figure out what it was.
So my wife and I eliminated the dyes from our detergent, soaps, shampoos, etc. It helped but only a little.
Then one night I was up taking care of our youngest daughter, who was a baby at the time and suffered from colic. In between taking care of my daughter, I was playing Diablo 2 (old school) online with my brother and eating a big tub of those orange jelly candies. After a few hours my eyes started to get dry and itchy, so I went to the bathroom to get some eyedrops and looked in the mirror. My eyelids were like golfballs, completely swollen and enflamed. I finally had my eureka moment. From then on, I took the synthetic dyes out of my diet.
Lo and behold, all my ailments went away.
As a touring musician, it was extremely hard to eat on the road and not accidentally be exposed to synthetic dyes. It's gotten a lot better in the last few years but about 15 years ago, they were in literally EVERYTHING. Salad dressings, pickles, meats, cereals, drinks, cheeses, olives, canned vegetables, canned fish (salmon, snack crackers, you name it.
My pet hypothesis is that I became sensitized to synthetic dyes from over-exposure. I'm the first to admit I have a huge sweet tooth. Often on the way to gigs, driving a couple hours to the show, I would drink a big Gatorade and eat some Swedish Fish. On the way home I'd drink another Gatorade and eat some M&Ms. I didn't know any better.
Obviously I've lost weight because of this which is a good thing. I was definitely not on a healthy path. But I fail to see any valid reason why these additives should be allowed considering that there is evidence of hyperactivity in children and I do believe that they are like mercury in that they will slowly accumulate in our bodies.
After all these years, I can accidentally have something with dye in it, like a stick of gum, and not be affected because I've successfully rid myself of the accumulation. But if I have too much, like say some ice cream with Yellow 5 in it to make it more 'creamy' in appearance, or some chicken noodle soup with Yellow 5 in it (I'm looking at you, Grand Traverse Pie Company, the first symptom is horrible digestive problems that can last for a full day.
Ban them. They are good for nothing.
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lftr_react
Sorry but, what are you talking about The EU does NOT say Red No. 3 is safe. The EU has a ban on this food dye. Finding an edge case where they allow it in a garnish does not equate to 'even the EU says is safe'. Saying this in a video is completely misleading nonsense.
And what's the argument again If we ban something, then the food industry will just use another potentially dangerous chemical
. Wow, I guess you're right. I forgot that only one non-essential food additive can ever be banned and the rest we just have to allow them to use. Boy, is my face red. HA! Get it Because of the food dye. .No
Anyway, all organisms are attenuated to ingest and reject chemicals that naturally occur in our environment. Synthesized chemicals are NOT naturally occurring. They are created by man. The fact that they are created from the library of chemicals in the environment is immaterial. The issue at hand is exposure to a configuration that the system has not encountered through the normal course of development and therefore might not safely metabolize (even if in a subtle way that takes decades to realize.
To err on the side of banning such things is completely reasonable and completely appropriate.
'DS' is a wonder to behold. Through it, uncontrolled lawlessness is supported in pursuit of a campaign of hate. Up to the point where we should consume that which is potentially harmful, purely because it is someone on the Right who is attempting to stop it. In this same way I have seen the afflicted group defend theft, murdr, human trafficking, the list just goes on.
One would have thought that maybe, just maybe, we could have found common ground on making food healthier. Sadly, it seems the answer is. not on your watch.
Not impressed with RFK because he didn't ban all the food dyes huh Shutting down GRAS not impressive either What about ensuring companies get the GD heavy metals out of baby formula. No biggie Junk food removed from SNAP. I suppose you think that one's a travesty. Look at this madman, trampling the rights of people to eat garbage on my dime. that will put them in the hospital also on my dime. What a monster.
Not to worry, soon you'll be able to vote people in to undo it all.
Utopia, here we come.
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Sorry but, what are you talking about The EU does NOT say Red No. 3 is safe. The EU has a ban on this food dye. Finding an edge case where they allow it in a garnish does not equate to 'even the EU says is safe'. Saying this in a video is completely misleading nonsense.
And what's the argument again If we ban something, then the food industry will just use another potentially dangerous chemical
. Wow, I guess you're right. I forgot that only one non-essential food additive can ever be banned and the rest we just have to allow them to use. Boy, is my face red. HA! Get it Because of the food dye. .No
Anyway, all organisms are attenuated to ingest and reject chemicals that naturally occur in our environment. Synthesized chemicals are NOT naturally occurring. They are created by man. The fact that they are created from the library of chemicals in the environment is immaterial. The issue at hand is exposure to a configuration that the system has not encountered through the normal course of development and therefore might not safely metabolize (even if in a subtle way that takes decades to realize.
To err on the side of banning such things is completely reasonable and completely appropriate.
'DS' is a wonder to behold. Through it, uncontrolled lawlessness is supported in pursuit of a campaign of hate. Up to the point where we should consume that which is potentially harmful, purely because it is someone on the Right who is attempting to stop it. In this same way I have seen the afflicted group defend theft, murdr, human trafficking, the list just goes on.
One would have thought that maybe, just maybe, we could have found common ground on making food healthier. Sadly, it seems the answer is. not on your watch.
Not impressed with RFK because he didn't ban all the food dyes huh Shutting down GRAS not impressive either What about ensuring companies get the GD heavy metals out of baby formula. No biggie Junk food removed from SNAP. I suppose you think that one's a travesty. Look at this madman, trampling the rights of people to eat garbage on my dime. that will put them in the hospital also on my dime. What a monster.
Not to worry, soon you'll be able to vote people in to undo it all.
Utopia, here we come.
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MikhaelHausgeist
It must be rule of thumb - if it brightly colorful it better TO NOT EAT IT. It is oldest and strongest instinct on humanity. Yet some love this junk. Rest in pepperoni I suggest.
By the way. Food in USA is a complete degeneracy. I honestly wonder how You people survive pass thirty. I clearly not digest such shit like USA's drinks, bread(despite where I am it is bulk of my diet, many other stuff. It is clearly vomit inducing and uneatable. This is just. Sick. Even meat is sick, literally, because so much hormones and other shit feed to livestock.
I've seen small owl which was feed by chicken part instead of insects which it's wild counterpart eat. That was. Horrifying. And I see same degeneration in people around me which suggest dietary dysfunction. Basically diet which not usual to our organisms. And I even not in USA where it is problem to buy some good enough vegetables or fruits. We have markets where we can buy homegrown stuff and not supermarket plastic shit, but we even there have good enough stuff which grown not it industrial way as in USA. We are what we eat.
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It must be rule of thumb - if it brightly colorful it better TO NOT EAT IT. It is oldest and strongest instinct on humanity. Yet some love this junk. Rest in pepperoni I suggest.
By the way. Food in USA is a complete degeneracy. I honestly wonder how You people survive pass thirty. I clearly not digest such shit like USA's drinks, bread(despite where I am it is bulk of my diet, many other stuff. It is clearly vomit inducing and uneatable. This is just. Sick. Even meat is sick, literally, because so much hormones and other shit feed to livestock.
I've seen small owl which was feed by chicken part instead of insects which it's wild counterpart eat. That was. Horrifying. And I see same degeneration in people around me which suggest dietary dysfunction. Basically diet which not usual to our organisms. And I even not in USA where it is problem to buy some good enough vegetables or fruits. We have markets where we can buy homegrown stuff and not supermarket plastic shit, but we even there have good enough stuff which grown not it industrial way as in USA. We are what we eat.
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aragusea
I’ve been pondering chemophobia (as a well-educated layman, not an expert in the field) and I have a thought about the origins of chemophobia in society.
I wonder if, in the early days of chemistry, there was not as much drive to purify the final product. Thus, some reactants and results of partial reactions and side-reactions remained in the final product in non-negligible quantities. Perhaps it was these other chemicals that caused issues. And this was poorly communicated to the general public or poorly understood by the general public. This might have led previous generations to believe that artificially created chemicals are inferior and more harmful than naturally occurring ones. (Another form of missing the nuance) And this misunderstanding has been passed on through the generations.
This is my current hypothesis.
Does anyone know if anyone has proposed or studied this already (Or if it’s obviously not the case for some reason I don’t know yet)
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I’ve been pondering chemophobia (as a well-educated layman, not an expert in the field) and I have a thought about the origins of chemophobia in society.
I wonder if, in the early days of chemistry, there was not as much drive to purify the final product. Thus, some reactants and results of partial reactions and side-reactions remained in the final product in non-negligible quantities. Perhaps it was these other chemicals that caused issues. And this was poorly communicated to the general public or poorly understood by the general public. This might have led previous generations to believe that artificially created chemicals are inferior and more harmful than naturally occurring ones. (Another form of missing the nuance) And this misunderstanding has been passed on through the generations.
This is my current hypothesis.
Does anyone know if anyone has proposed or studied this already (Or if it’s obviously not the case for some reason I don’t know yet)
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stevenneiman1554
1: 55 honestly the coloring choice for mountain dew has always baffled me. I get the green color used on the packaging, but the actual drink is yellow, and there is exactly one place my mind goes when I see liquid that shade of yellow.
16: 15 not food-related, but the same kind of bad legislation is the reason why you always see those known to the state of California to cause cancer warnings. Anything known to cause cancer, even if the amount in the product is a negligible fraction of the minimum active dose, must be given that warning or you can get sued. The result is that companies will slap the label on something that they don't even suspect has any carcinogens even at tiny doses, because it's such a liability risk to not have the label. Which, of course, means that the label has zero informational value because it tells you nothing except that the manufacturer doesn't like avoidable lawsuits.
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1: 55 honestly the coloring choice for mountain dew has always baffled me. I get the green color used on the packaging, but the actual drink is yellow, and there is exactly one place my mind goes when I see liquid that shade of yellow.
16: 15 not food-related, but the same kind of bad legislation is the reason why you always see those known to the state of California to cause cancer warnings. Anything known to cause cancer, even if the amount in the product is a negligible fraction of the minimum active dose, must be given that warning or you can get sued. The result is that companies will slap the label on something that they don't even suspect has any carcinogens even at tiny doses, because it's such a liability risk to not have the label. Which, of course, means that the label has zero informational value because it tells you nothing except that the manufacturer doesn't like avoidable lawsuits.
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caseyglick5957
There is also a systemic issue if you develop an attitude of let's get rid of something if there is possibly any risk because that is super vulnerable to biased studies (vaccines, etc) and can lead to large problems elsewhere. Oh, this doesn't matter, we don't need it doesn't help a lot. I'm thinking of what happened to nuclear power, where there was any chance of harm, even though that harm is vastly less than coal (something like coal killed 2x the people between 1999 and 2020 than nuclear power has ever, if you include Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And yet any harm from nuclear is leading Germany to use coal into the late 2030s.
What's the harm in doing something unscientific isn't an attitude that's great to encourage, even if we demonstrably don't need the food dyes.
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There is also a systemic issue if you develop an attitude of let's get rid of something if there is possibly any risk because that is super vulnerable to biased studies (vaccines, etc) and can lead to large problems elsewhere. Oh, this doesn't matter, we don't need it doesn't help a lot. I'm thinking of what happened to nuclear power, where there was any chance of harm, even though that harm is vastly less than coal (something like coal killed 2x the people between 1999 and 2020 than nuclear power has ever, if you include Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And yet any harm from nuclear is leading Germany to use coal into the late 2030s.
What's the harm in doing something unscientific isn't an attitude that's great to encourage, even if we demonstrably don't need the food dyes.
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masterinico
I just know this. A number of parents I know said and agreed they heard Red40 could cause heightened burst of anger and rage that seemed to stem from nothing and be almost uncontrollable. Removing it from the child’s diet correlated to less of these outbursts or none. I myself started cutting it out of my diet and noticed a similar experience. Just a much more general ease of calmness and lack of random anger.
Could it be like a placebo effect Not really imo that’s a fairly clear associated correlation. Could it be only some people are affected in this manner Absolutely.
Is there any real need for Red40 No.
So is banning it and forcing natural food dye options bad No.
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I just know this. A number of parents I know said and agreed they heard Red40 could cause heightened burst of anger and rage that seemed to stem from nothing and be almost uncontrollable. Removing it from the child’s diet correlated to less of these outbursts or none. I myself started cutting it out of my diet and noticed a similar experience. Just a much more general ease of calmness and lack of random anger.
Could it be like a placebo effect Not really imo that’s a fairly clear associated correlation. Could it be only some people are affected in this manner Absolutely.
Is there any real need for Red40 No.
So is banning it and forcing natural food dye options bad No.
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sumitshresth
We have cars, so why worry about food dyes is a logical fallacy. The presence of one danger does not excuse the introduction of another, especially one as frivolous as artificial food coloring. These dyes serve no purpose other than to mask unhealthy food and target vulnerable children. Their foundational purpose is therefore questionable.
If they pose any measurable risk to health, they should be removed. And yes, cars are incredibly dangerouswhich is exactly why we must work to replace them with safer alternatives like public transit and walkable cities. The path to a healthier society isn't about picking one battle; it's about fighting on all fronts.
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We have cars, so why worry about food dyes is a logical fallacy. The presence of one danger does not excuse the introduction of another, especially one as frivolous as artificial food coloring. These dyes serve no purpose other than to mask unhealthy food and target vulnerable children. Their foundational purpose is therefore questionable.
If they pose any measurable risk to health, they should be removed. And yes, cars are incredibly dangerouswhich is exactly why we must work to replace them with safer alternatives like public transit and walkable cities. The path to a healthier society isn't about picking one battle; it's about fighting on all fronts.
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Slotnikoff
As a type-1 diabetic for over 58 years. plus for the past several years, a vegan, perhaps it's easy to offer this advice, but here goes:
Whether it is safe to consume or not, STAY AWAY from ALL DYES. Or anything with artificial or natural flavor. Or anything with lab chemical preservatives.
After all, it is not anyone's obligation to purchase or eat the pseudo foods that humongous food corporations try to sell to us.
What can you nourish yourself with then Just an inexhaustible array of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that can be easily, even cheaply, gotten at various co-ops, farmers markets. even regular supermarkets!
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As a type-1 diabetic for over 58 years. plus for the past several years, a vegan, perhaps it's easy to offer this advice, but here goes:
Whether it is safe to consume or not, STAY AWAY from ALL DYES. Or anything with artificial or natural flavor. Or anything with lab chemical preservatives.
After all, it is not anyone's obligation to purchase or eat the pseudo foods that humongous food corporations try to sell to us.
What can you nourish yourself with then Just an inexhaustible array of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that can be easily, even cheaply, gotten at various co-ops, farmers markets. even regular supermarkets!
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Shigan4059
My main concern with synthetic creation processes is that I as a consumer dont have access to knowledge on the purity of these synthetics. The final product itself may be safe, but what comes with it What intermediate products are still present in the final batch of the product What left over petroleum precursors or catalysts or solvents are permitted to be present in the final product I dont know nor understand the implications of these processes, Im not a chemist, and i certainly cant take for granted that government regulation is either well informed or aligned with my family's interests.
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My main concern with synthetic creation processes is that I as a consumer dont have access to knowledge on the purity of these synthetics. The final product itself may be safe, but what comes with it What intermediate products are still present in the final batch of the product What left over petroleum precursors or catalysts or solvents are permitted to be present in the final product I dont know nor understand the implications of these processes, Im not a chemist, and i certainly cant take for granted that government regulation is either well informed or aligned with my family's interests.
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gusdelmoba3185
My issue is with cross contamination. With synthetic dyes they can't be 100% bad stuff isn't carried over. They can and will cut corners. You are saying all companies care enough to keep it safe after a group of good intention people create the process but if you skip a step you make poison and a similar product. I just don't trust labs to create safe products for money when everyone is cutting cost. Look at the tobacco companies and how much they care for the consumer. All big companies don't care for you health or well being and I just don't trust synthetic products.
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My issue is with cross contamination. With synthetic dyes they can't be 100% bad stuff isn't carried over. They can and will cut corners. You are saying all companies care enough to keep it safe after a group of good intention people create the process but if you skip a step you make poison and a similar product. I just don't trust labs to create safe products for money when everyone is cutting cost. Look at the tobacco companies and how much they care for the consumer. All big companies don't care for you health or well being and I just don't trust synthetic products.
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Rob-n8m-o2v
I stopped eating many foods as I start learning what’s in them. Cereal, frozen pizza, frozen meals, some sauces, soft drinks, soups, bread, frozen fish, and the list goes on. The excessive amount of sodium, sugar, processed ingredients, preservatives, any fish from China, Vietnam, etc that are farmed raised, or pen raised. Even grass feed ground beef is not entirely grass fed. I cannot trust food today. Americans are so obese it hurts me to look at their shopping cart and seeing what they’re eating. Americans are killing themselves.
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I stopped eating many foods as I start learning what’s in them. Cereal, frozen pizza, frozen meals, some sauces, soft drinks, soups, bread, frozen fish, and the list goes on. The excessive amount of sodium, sugar, processed ingredients, preservatives, any fish from China, Vietnam, etc that are farmed raised, or pen raised. Even grass feed ground beef is not entirely grass fed. I cannot trust food today. Americans are so obese it hurts me to look at their shopping cart and seeing what they’re eating. Americans are killing themselves.
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ProxyFox45
I remember the Steak n Shake thing when they swapped from vegetable oil to beef tallow for their fries and went all in on MAHA, even got a social media post/endorsement from RFK Jr.
It is technically better but at the end of the day you’re eating potatoes fried in cow fat, if RFK Jr was serious he would tell people to stop eating at Steak n Shake.
The whole initiative is going to be ineffective at best and a detriment at worst, like with the full pulling of any mRNA vaccine research or his thumbs up to shit like raw milk
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I remember the Steak n Shake thing when they swapped from vegetable oil to beef tallow for their fries and went all in on MAHA, even got a social media post/endorsement from RFK Jr.
It is technically better but at the end of the day you’re eating potatoes fried in cow fat, if RFK Jr was serious he would tell people to stop eating at Steak n Shake.
The whole initiative is going to be ineffective at best and a detriment at worst, like with the full pulling of any mRNA vaccine research or his thumbs up to shit like raw milk
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breadfan262
Biologist here with some chemistry training. Just because synthetics are molecularly the same as some natural products doesn't mean that their purity or formulations are the same as naturally produced molecules. Natural products are almost always one of many related molecules that yield a spectrum of actions. I'm increasingly more skeptical that the government, often driven by lobbyist groups and capitalist interests, has a good idea of what is good for us or would promote a good-health ideas if it even knew.
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Biologist here with some chemistry training. Just because synthetics are molecularly the same as some natural products doesn't mean that their purity or formulations are the same as naturally produced molecules. Natural products are almost always one of many related molecules that yield a spectrum of actions. I'm increasingly more skeptical that the government, often driven by lobbyist groups and capitalist interests, has a good idea of what is good for us or would promote a good-health ideas if it even knew.
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Archgeek0
The one thing I'll give the nutters who freak out about these things is that I'm pretty sure Red 40 wasn't examined closely enough. It makes me queasy in mid to large amounts, and I've a friend with a bad sensitivity to it - she has a drink with that specific dye in it and her throat starts trying to close up on her. That is of course, no excuse for smug, self-satisfied decrying of things like riboflavin by astonishingly uninformed political patsies ('Tis just vitamin B2, for farts' sake)
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The one thing I'll give the nutters who freak out about these things is that I'm pretty sure Red 40 wasn't examined closely enough. It makes me queasy in mid to large amounts, and I've a friend with a bad sensitivity to it - she has a drink with that specific dye in it and her throat starts trying to close up on her. That is of course, no excuse for smug, self-satisfied decrying of things like riboflavin by astonishingly uninformed political patsies ('Tis just vitamin B2, for farts' sake)
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trysta73
some of your assumptions here are based in normal eating habits, the issue comes down to abnormal eating habits that come with people who assume all food they're being given is completely safe, you shouldn't base your assumptions off your own eating habits and knowledge especially when eating disorders are so prevalent in this country. speaking from experience, red 40 has very similar symptoms as caffeine even in adults, it may depend on the person but the effect is very pronounced for me
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some of your assumptions here are based in normal eating habits, the issue comes down to abnormal eating habits that come with people who assume all food they're being given is completely safe, you shouldn't base your assumptions off your own eating habits and knowledge especially when eating disorders are so prevalent in this country. speaking from experience, red 40 has very similar symptoms as caffeine even in adults, it may depend on the person but the effect is very pronounced for me
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veraxis9961
I think there is a big misconception here that natural flavors are made from the actual fruit or whatever in question. My understanding is that this is not the case, and that it only need to come from any kind of natural precursor. Your natural [insert fruit here] flavoring may be synthesized from some completely unrelated plant via a chemical change. I am sure there are other examples, but natural artificial vanilla (the molecule vanillin) can be made from lignin, a wood byproduct.
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I think there is a big misconception here that natural flavors are made from the actual fruit or whatever in question. My understanding is that this is not the case, and that it only need to come from any kind of natural precursor. Your natural [insert fruit here] flavoring may be synthesized from some completely unrelated plant via a chemical change. I am sure there are other examples, but natural artificial vanilla (the molecule vanillin) can be made from lignin, a wood byproduct.
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Thermodynamicool
I've enjoyed your content and been a sub for a few years. But I can't take the essay reading style lately. I really want the full effort, full opinion, and engaged Adam, I once subbed for. If I just wanted to read the article, I'd seek out sources that gave me interesting sources to read. Please get away from the reading format, before I just stop coming back. You're too interesting and engaging for me to walk away from, without saying something.
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I've enjoyed your content and been a sub for a few years. But I can't take the essay reading style lately. I really want the full effort, full opinion, and engaged Adam, I once subbed for. If I just wanted to read the article, I'd seek out sources that gave me interesting sources to read. Please get away from the reading format, before I just stop coming back. You're too interesting and engaging for me to walk away from, without saying something.
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andyl980
Always best to make food from scratch where You can control the additives (as much as one can of course unless You are Amish and grow everything Yourself) but short of that, Avoid Brand Name foods with any chemicals including food dyes and shop at stores like Trader Joe's where food is made from Food and coloring comes from other food like Beet Juice for red and Turmeric for Yellow. Yes, Your food isn't fluorescent but at least its made from Food
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Always best to make food from scratch where You can control the additives (as much as one can of course unless You are Amish and grow everything Yourself) but short of that, Avoid Brand Name foods with any chemicals including food dyes and shop at stores like Trader Joe's where food is made from Food and coloring comes from other food like Beet Juice for red and Turmeric for Yellow. Yes, Your food isn't fluorescent but at least its made from Food
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nawson
Adam, Adam, Adam I’ve always praised you for bringing a very sound and unbiased voice to a lot of complex issues. But this vehement bashing of the Trump administration I’m disappointed in you, buddy.
RFK Jr. has also been encouraging bans on the use of snap to purchase certain junk foods, which is directly contrary to your criticism. I’m also pretty sure you are aware of that
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Adam, Adam, Adam I’ve always praised you for bringing a very sound and unbiased voice to a lot of complex issues. But this vehement bashing of the Trump administration I’m disappointed in you, buddy.
RFK Jr. has also been encouraging bans on the use of snap to purchase certain junk foods, which is directly contrary to your criticism. I’m also pretty sure you are aware of that
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