More on vision therapy

Today I received an email from a friend with this info:

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More than a dozen American varieties of Kraft’s Oscar Meyer Lunchables kids’ meals contain artificial food dyes, but not so the British versions. Starburst Chews, Skittles, and M&M candies—all Mars products—contain the full spectrum of artificial colors in the U.S., but not in the U.K., where the company uses natural colorings. Even foods that aren’t particularly brightly colored can contain dyes, including several varieties of macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes. Betty Crocker’s Au Gratin “100% Real” Potatoes are partly not real, colored as they are with Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, both derived from coal tar. Remarkably, in Britain, the color in McDonald’s strawberry sauce for sundaes actually comes from strawberries; in the U.S. it comes from Red 40.

I pasted this from the following link

http://www.cspinet.org/new/200806022.html

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Clearly what these people need is vision therapy.

I started out saying that sarcastically (shocking for me, I know!) but on second thought, I think I’m right after all. The manufacturers of food in the U.S. need to get a grip. Most of these foods are targeted at children (although it is the parents who buy them–and if parents don’t buy them, companies won’t make them–and I’ve done my share of guiltily buying dill pickles swimming in yellow 5 for my spoiled chidlers), but surely there is a better way. I am not in favor of governing what companies make, being more into free commerce and caveat emptor and all, but maybe the companies can adjust their vision. With a little vision therapy. I only charge $100 for 45 minutes.