Care for a little dose of poison in your drink?
When you have friends over, do you fix something nice for them to drink, then offer to add a shot of flame retardant? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Me either.
Did you know this is what is happening to some soda you may be buying? (Which is yet another good reason to stay away from the stuff.)
It’s true – the citrus flavored sodas in the U.S. have a nice dose of flame retardant in them. Otherwise known as brominated vegetable oil (I know – sounds less dangerous that way, doesn’t it?). Otherwise known as an ingredient banned in Europe and Japan. Otherwise known as an item the FDA removed from the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) list for flavor additives in 1970.
But, in 1977, after petitions from the Flavor Extract Manufacturers Association to add BVO as a stabilizer instead of a flavor additive, the FDA gave “interim approval” for its use when limited to 15 ppm. This interim period continues today.
How in the world does the safety of BVO change when it’s added to something as a stabilizer vs. a food additive? Perhaps because of the limit of how much could occur. But are there people consuming enough of these beverages to go over this limit? How much is too much?
Does this encourage you to stop drinking this sort of stuff, if you do, indeed, drink it? (If you don’t, we’re good; feel free to make other uses of your time today!)
We’re being poisoned. Slowly. Surely. Is it any wonder that we – speaking of us in the U.S. – are becoming more and more ill? Last I checked, our bodies don’t do well on poison. And they never, ever are going to evolve to thrive on poison.
You being well is in your hands. Your family’s health is in your hands. Make the most informed choice you can to save it (and suffering and expense). Just say no to this junk. Send companies a message: Thanks, but I don’t buy poison. Produce something healthful, and I’ll be right with you.
As always, I don’t believe in black and white. A little bit of junk food isn’t going to kill you. A little bit of flame retardant? Probably not. But I don’t want to stake how well I feel tomorrow on a probably. Do you?
