your food is becoming less colorful

Red dye # 3 banned by the FDA due to possible health effects.



This may be the first of many food additives. The FDA is a useful government body. Sometimes used as a political weapon.


I don't mind some of their decisions. What I mind is the studies that show you need to consume 3 million of these products for them to be possibly harmful....and the product gets banned.

Red dye # 3 banned by the FDA due to possible health effects.



This may be the first of many food additives. The FDA is a useful government body. Sometimes used as a political weapon.


I don't mind some of their decisions. What I mind is the studies that show you need to consume 3 million of these products for them to be possibly harmful....and the product gets banned. Originally Posted by VitaMan

Testing of prescription drugs, food additives, and even vitamins isn't easy. Even on things that are necessary for healthy living like vitamins, taking too much of a vitamin also causes illness.


While testing at levels more than likely to be consumed helps improved the safety, how much is too much?