What is Red 40?

Remember when you were kids and you used to tell your friends that the yellow 5 in your Mountain Dew caused your balls to shrink? I don't mean to be gross, but that's what we used to say. It turns out those color additives aren't so good after all!

Since the 1970s, food additives have been linked with psychological and behavioral disorders. Studies have also linked them to asthma, hives, eczema, and sleep distrubances. They're so bad that even Kraft, Mars, and even McDonald's, not exactly providers of wholesome, unadultured food, don't use them in thier products. Food manufacturers only use them color colorless foods such as soda, sprinkles, ice cream, ice cream and a ton of other processed foods. They don't affect taste, but just makes products look more attractive.

Let's take a look at our roster of offenders:

-Yellow 5 and 6 (no evidence that they shrink gonads but I wouldn't be surprised)
-Red 3 and 40
-Blue 1 and 2
-Green 3
-Orange B

Look for them at the end of a label. If your product has it, reconsider drinking or eating it. This stuff looks like crap to me.

Kevin