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For two years I've thoroughly enjoyed researching the food additives "scientests" produce and put into all processed food. Also how the FDA classifies them as G.R.A.S. (Generally Recognized As Safe) With about 95% of the research I've done over the last two years the actual science, toxicity reports, manufacturing processes and pure technical aspect of it suggests otherwise. When you see something that is "hazardous by definition", toxic, poisonous or corrosive and it's in the food you're eating, you would surely have to stop, think and ask, "That's going to go in me. Wait... It passes through the placental barrier? It decreases the testicular weight in mice? It's produced with volvano ash? It's processed with asbestos and krypton gas?" Now, my main argument is this: If you know the food additive is toxic, corrosive or hazardous by definition, if it requires flammable or corrosive DOT stickers while transporting, if it has saftey precautions, spill procedures and you must wear suitable protective clothing while handling... Can you even assume it's safe to eat? Irregardless of the exposure limits, the actual amount in food itself, how many regulations and standards there are or how low the toxicity may be... It is the general principle that the additives are still put in the foods you eat on a daily basis. I personally don't believe that when a tomato is dropped you have to evacuate the area and seal off the exits. Because that is exactly the procedure for some of the chemcial agents the FDA allowed in food.

Your Daily Additives – Acesulfame Potassium

Yet again we see another synthetic chemical manufactured with toxic, cancerous components. Among all the controversy and insufficient data surrounding this additive, like many others, it has still been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as G.R.A.S. (Generally Recognized… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – Ibuprofen

It’s funny the research on this was very simple. I have to ask: Would you ingest a combustible acid for a headache? Or would you rather natural compounds like manganese, magnesium, potassium and water, chia seeds, a variety of nuts,… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – L Cysteine

I have to ask: Do you like to eat taco wraps, bread and pizza shells? How about human hair, animal feathers and petroleum? This is by far the most revolting additive I’ve come across in general principle. It is processed… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Aluminum Lake

General research: Dyes used for food are chemically classified as azo, xanthene, triphenylmethane, and indigoid dyes. Although certifiable color additives have been called coal-tar colors because of their traditional origins, today they are synthesized mainly from raw materials obtained from… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Yellow #5

Considering hyperactivity runs in my family from my grandpa, to my dad, to me down to my son, I never learned the connection that has been presented in modern-day studies that food dyes are classified a main contributor. Ironically enough,… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Blue #2

I have to ask: If you need protective gloves, splash goggles, lab coat and a respirator, should whatever your working with stay in a lab and not be put in food? Do you have to consult a specialist before cleaning … 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Blue #1

I have to ask: If you need personal protective equipment to handle food…Can you assume it’s safe to eat? I don’t think avocados are corrosive, you don’t necessarily need splash goggles to slice into a watermelon, or a dust respirator… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – Dye Week – Red #40

I have to ask: If you need personal protective equipment to handle food…Can you assume it’s safe to eat? It’s safe to say avocados aren’t corrosive, you don’t necessarily need splash goggles to slice into a watermelon, or a dust… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additive – Sodium Nitrate

I have to ask: If you need personal protection to handle “food” ingredients… Can you assume it’s safe to consume? Yet, the FDA still insists putting this chemical in processed and cured meats. Even though the OSHA (Occupational Safety and… 0 Shares |

Your Daily Additives – Dye Week

I once saw a picture that read, “Warning. Keep out. Dangerous poison. pesticides and herbicides used” This was next to a crop of the science experiment the FDA and Monsanto call food. A subtitle read, “Amazing how it’s poison and… 0 Shares |