Dried Fruit Shouldn’t Glow in the Dark!

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Off hand, I can’t think of anything I eat that glows in the dark, but the bright orange mango slices shown here to the right sure look like they would! Funny how when I slice open a fresh mango…it’s yellow inside! And when I purchase additive-free dried mango slices (as shown below), they are brownish-yellow in color.

But I commonly see bright orange slices sold as “dried mangoes,” too, and they are full of additives, like sulphur dioxide & artificial colorings!

Dried mango slices should look like this! And they should contain “mango” and NO other ingredients! Yum!

Even more ridiculous is that the bins and packages containing these “glow-in-the-dark” varieties often state that they contain “sulphur dioxide for color retention“! Huh? For retention of what color exactly??? The artificial yellow #5 that they’ve added to the slices for some reason??? Or is it the yellow #6 color whose retention is aided by this sulphur dioxide?! I am truly perplexed, and I’m not even sure I want to know! Wow! It really should not be this complicated just to eat real food!

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This REAL food can REALLY mess up your taste buds!

About a week ago, I started having a strange bitter and metallic taste in my mouth (especially right after eating anything). Everything I’ve been eating since then, tastes FUNKY!!  I would’ve NEVER suspected this FOOD was the cause!! Here is the link to the FDA’s page regarding this matter. Be sure to contact them if you experience this reaction and find this food to be the culprit – http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm247099.htm

Here are a few more links I found on this issue: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/pine-mouth-pine-nuts-leave-bitter-taste-lingers/story?id=11097222

http://m.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2009/05/got-pine-mouth.html

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2011/03/07/pine-nuts-caused-terrible-taste/

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Food Marketing Translations

I wish I knew the original source for this graphic that I found on Facebook. It’s difficult to read, but I believe it says “TheWildDiet.com” at the bottom??? Well, either way, I thought this was great and had to share!

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It’s “Almost” Food!!

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