The Safety of our Food Supply Their is a lot of controversy right now about the safety of some food aditives that are present in our food supply. A few of the major concerns are about the following: Preservatives, MSGs, Food Dyes and Fat Substitutes. Before judging what is safe and what is not we must establish a few things: First of all, there is the question of dose. Some things may be extremely dangerous …showed first 75 words of 1292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1292 total…itself in the body. This however is not such a big problem because nobody eats chip for their "high" vitamin content! Another problem with Olestra is one involving digestive difficulties. People who consumed chips made with Olestra experienced "anal leakage". Will there ever be a fat substitute that would taste and feel like fat but would not be bad for our health like fat and that wouldn't cause any other problems? Only time will tell.