You're Eating … What?

Funny....Are bugs not found in nature?...natural ingredients. Many other countries eat all sorts off dead bugs as a delicacy. I personally prefer eating a bug to a chemical made by man.

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I find this far beyond disgusting,I have an extreme phobia of bugs and now I will stay away from everything that has red coloring (carmine) and was already staying away from jelly beans so there's no problem there(and now I realize I won't be able to eat fruits anymore because of my phobia...geez thanks to food companies)...If they take the bugs because they eat red berries why don't they use their brains and take the freaking berries instead???.Think about it,the bugs eats the berries,you are all aware that what goes in ,goes out...I am not interested to eat something that is in the process to become ****,especially not from freaking disgusting crawling things like bugs.Another thing,gummy bears...I love them but let's be honest,if I want meat I'll cook myself a steak...thank you.I think we should have the right to know what we're eating but let me tell you,we will know some of it but not everything,especially not with the status of the economy...let the population eat disgusting stuff,after all,it's less expensive to produce...

Let us think about what this article did not mention.   This is an item that EVERY human, animal, insect and plant on the planet of ours REQUIRES, Water.  The world has been in existence for around 300 million years.  In that time the amount of water present has not changed.  In that time frame everything on this planet has required the use of water, for all animals, the water is consumed and what is not required by the body becomes waste, urine.   That waste, for many millions of years just went straight into the ground, is now processed and then placed back into the environment.  For many people in the world their drinking water comes from surface water that is treated before being sent though the underground pipes.  We know what happens in areas where drinking water cannot be treated before people use it.

Just think about that Tyrannosaurs Rex the next time you drink a tall cold glass of water.

I wish we were all more aware of these "natural" additives. Why is none of this truly public knowledge? Don’t we have the right to know what we are eating?! “Natural” has now taken on a new meaning. There are certainly a lot of “natural” occurrences that I do not want to consume! While I understand the need to not over-label products, some items should really be more specific. Raspberries and many other berries have natural coloring that could be used. It would be nice to know where these ‘dyes’ and colorings are coming from! The public should be made more aware. I try to eat as healthy as I can, without being too overly-concerned, and also try to keep my 17-year-old daughter informed.

We do need to know details … I feel that if you take the time to look into some of these ingredients you should be able to find out exactly what they are.

To Hi_Hi-Kat:  The stuff that converts milk to cheese is called the "Mother", and its usually a specific mold used for a specific cheese, cultured just for that purpose, not just randomly acquired from some kind of contaminent floating around in the air or left in an unclean container being used. Manufacturers have to keep the area clean and have a predictable product when its finished.  And to MusicSway:  consumer groups are making food manufacturers bend over backward to label every minute particle in a food, without reguard to the enormous cost of changing labels everytime someone gets a bug up their ---.  Some companies can just be driven out of business over the enormous burdon of regulations that are ever changing, and thats the real issue.  Many vegetarian types are anti-businesss/anti-capitalist types, who care more about tiny bugs than they do about the small businessman or the economy.  A big glaring ommission is, however, that the amount of potassium in foods is not usually mentioned, even though the research proves that the amount of sodium in our diets must be counter balanced by at least twice as much potassium in order to prevent high blood pressure, and a host of related health problems associated with the consumption of excessive amounts of sodium in processed foods in this country.  It would be nice to get such important facts, but foods that don't state their potassium content can be boycotted, as well as foods containing high amounts of sodium.  And this is a subject that involves everyone, not just heart or kidney patients.  The issue of an animal product in a food coloring is minute, compared to this problem, since excessive sodium is poisoning all of us slowly. Its nice that there is at least sodium content on the labels now, however.  One has a fighting chance by selecting fresh fruits and vegetables which have the needed amount of potassium in them, to eat along with the high sodium processed food to cancel out the potential imbalance.  This labeling cost was at least justified.