Banning synthetic food dyes won’t improve health—it may worsen it.
FOOD DYES AREN’T THE ISSUE.
1️⃣ they’re safe at ingested levels.
2️⃣ they’re not banned in other countries.
3️⃣ they’ll be replaced with other dyes that aren’t safer, as stable, or as studied.
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FOOD DYES AREN’T THE ISSUE.
1️⃣ they’re safe at ingested levels.
2️⃣ they’re not banned in other countries.
3️⃣ they’ll be replaced with other dyes that aren’t safer, as stable, or as studied.
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National. Autism. Registry.
https://www.cspinet.org/cspi-news/fdas-plan-remove-food-dyes-industry-understanding
Loved your dissection of her in Immunologic last year. Thx for this thread and scicomm efforts in general.
Food dyes are out, measles is in
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9052604/
5️⃣ it’s NOT addressing issues ACTUALLY related to diet & health: food equity, food deserts, healthcare access, wage inequality.
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🔗 https://news.immunologic.org/p/are-food-dyes-used-in-the-us-banned
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It exploits the risk perception gap: when people worry unnecessarily about things that pose little to no risk or impact, yet don’t focus on things that DO impact health.
Read more ⬇️⬇️
🔗 https://news.immunologic.org/worrying-about-food-ingredients-this
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NATURAL FOOD DYES aren’t inherently better.
The source of a chemical has ZERO to do with the potential harm it poses.
Read this for more on that:
https://news.immunologic.org/p/cyanide-is-natural-aspirin-is-synthetic
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which makes it nicer on the stomach.
As someone with chronic illness and food intolerances it’s hard to find foods to safely eat in the US. But they are out there if one looks hard enough and are delicious!
They invalidate you statement.