Additives make us better, faster, and stronger!

[stephbg]

I'm watching part 2 of a strange documentary series flying the flag for the wonders of food additives and preservatives.

Apparently, most of them are fine because they occur naturally (like arsenic, E-coli, and cobra venom), and the chemicals protect us from nasty bacteria if one should be so foolish as to eat a rotting pig. And Chinese restaurant syndrome (glutamate/msg/621 etc) sensitivity is all in the imagination *because* glutamates also occur in nature. Problem dismissed! It's a propaganda assault. I think I'll go gargle some DDT now.

There was nothing in the credits from part I last week to specify the funding sources. I know this because I deliberately recorded the end credits to check for declarations of industry support. Nothing, nor was there anything the web site of the film production company. I doubt it's worth asking them outright, but something is definitely awry.

Comments

[redbraids.livejournal.com]

I thought it odd too!

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

One supposes that they concentrated on things like lecithin and sodium alginate and xanthan gum rather than coal tar dyes, aspartame and red dye No.1.