[pfexec]

I'm in awe at the number of people that will go to bat for things like artificial dyes in food, only because the policy is coming from the present administration. It's just common sense. We don't need to be ingesting this shit. It's cosmetic and not needed for nutrition. Why are you feeding your child Fruit Loops and not Cheerios?

I personally have known people who develop migraines after eating food with artificial dyes. We can sit here and snipe and play semantics and argue over pointless details but why bother? Just get rid of them all.

[fabian2k]

I want these decisions to be bases on scientific and medical data, not on gut feeling or unfounded personal belief. I have no issue with regulating specific dyes or additives in food, or groups of related chemicals.

And your anecdote is not scientific data. You cannot draw any conclusions from that.

[tengbretson]

There is no scientific framework that can tell you the correct amount of non-food material to intentionally add to your otherwise fine food.

[pfexec]

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[faangguyindia]

> scientific and medical data,

which has never been been manipulated by funding.

[rootusrootus]

> I personally have known people who develop migraines after eating food with artificial dyes

Yeah, my mom was the same way when she had food with MSG in it. But only when she knew there was MSG in it.

[hollerith]

When your mom eats something that is bad for her and her brain can tell it is bad for her, then if that experience is repeated a lot, then every time it encounters that thing or even thinks about that thing, her brain will tend to cause a defensive reaction, which itself is unpleasant and can affect your mom's behavior. None of this need be conscious or deliberate.

[colpabar]

Not wanting multi-billion dollar conglomerates putting poison in everyone's food is a far-right position now, didn't you get the memo?

[Belopolye]

It's weird being a 90s/2000s anti-war, anti-globalization, and pro-labor Democrat in a 2025 world.

[4d4m]

+1. G.R.A.S. (generally recognized as safe) is long overdue for reform

[greygoo222]

You can live your life how you want. What the rest of us eat isn't your business.

[rightbyte]

Fluoride in communal drinking water is another thing I notice strange ingroup outgroup thinking in ...

[tayo42]

If I want to eat fruit loops, why are you getting involved?

We have options and can make our own decisions about what to eat.

[kelipso]

Your unhealthy habits should not be normalized but unfortunately it is via mass advertising.

[pixl97]

1. Because you'll feed them to your kids who do not make their own decisions, other than if they'll pay to remove cancers off their anus or die at home at 25.

2. Because a massive food industry would gladly lie about how unsafe their product is just like tobacco companies and they have far more money than you to befuddle the research.