Food, Waste and poison

Just a quick blog entry to ask a question?

Is the appearance of food worth dying for?

http://www.itv.com/news/britain_1708997.html

Beyond the article about a carcinogen being placed in food to improve appears I want you to think a little deeper about this.

1) All the Dyes in our foods are created; therefore, waste is created in transporting these dyes and in the creation of these dyes - just to make the color of food look "appropriate".

2) We are polluting our bodies with substances that are there solely for the appearance of the food. This can be a non-obvious carcinogen or there are possible allergic reactions or worse - long-term ill-health effects that we simply do not know about at present.

3) Damage to the environment is caused in the creation of these dyes. Either they are formed chemically, in which the by-products of creating these dyes is unknown and could be everywhere - poisoning our environment or they are created through the growth of plants - that would probably be better used either as forested land or growing food that contributes to the human body rather than aids the way our food looks.

Personally, I think that dyes should not be in our food. They are unnecessary.

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--Added 2005 02 21

So, now the entire scope of the contaminated foods becomes known.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/PA_NEWCONSUMERDyemo19cancerdye?source=&ct=5

The above article indicates that Crosse and Blackwell worcestor sauce contains an ingredient that is normally used for material objects and coloration - and is illegal for food products.

That sauce was then used by many other food providers - to create their products.

So, I reiterate: coloring of food is not necessary. I personally do not care what color my food is as long as it tastes good. Green macaroni and cheese would at least make things interesting. For even one person to have their lives threatened over the looks of a food product - is rediculous.

I prefer not to be poisened by my food. I prefer not to even have the possibility of being slowly poised by my food exist. This means that artificial coloration of food is not relevant and is indeed a cause for questioning of a people's sanity that coloration of food is more important than health.

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