I figure if any of us actually knew what most of the ingredients in our food were, we'd never eat anything again. I looked at my Wrigley's
Extra gum and see that it's sweetened with "Phenylketonurics," which contains "phenylalanine." 8O
As for drinks, I drink a lot of bottled water. I figure it
looks clear and healthy, so it can't be all that bad. And it's about the only bottled food product on the planet that has only one or two ingredients.
You know what scares the hell out of me more than any artificial sweetner? "Meat" and "cheese" products that don't require refrigeration and have lists of ingredients longer than most EULAs. Read the back of a beef jerky package sometime. When something in your food contains an ingredient with thirty-seven letters, a hyphen, and then seventeen more letters, be afraid... be
very afraid.
Actually, I thought of something equally frightning... Jelly Belly jelly beans. When I pop something round and chewy into my mouth and it tastes like popcorn... that's just a bizarre sensory experience.
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Dave