Carmine might not be that bad for you... as long as you're not allergic to it.
A non-bias evaluation of carmine additive!
Our group focuses on food additive and the health effects of the three additives, including carmine, aspartame and partially hydrogenated oil. Because one of the important aspects of our project is about the health effects, we do have the tendency to point out or search for the bad side of these additives. That's not a hard task as we found out that all of these additives that I've mentioned earlier all have some type of health effects on one person or the other. However, While doing research on carmine, we also found an article that supported the use of carmine. It was written by Mike Adams, a consumer health advocate, CEO of Arial Software and executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, in 2004. His article started off with how carmine was made, which was similar to my previous articles. However, as it goes on, the article spoke more positively of carmine than the rest of my sources. The main argument of this article can be summed up into which coloring additives are worst. As the author said in his article, “Would you rather be eating pigment created by insects, or one derived through the refining of fossil fuels?” The author also argued that even though carmine can cause severe allergic reaction, that only effect a very small percent of the population, while the rest are fine from eating it.