Fast Food Ditches Unhealthy IngredientsSo What WERE They Feeding Us Before?By Sydney Barakat Food giants such as Chipotle, Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds, Coke, and more have been boasting about their transition to natural ingredients, (Chipotle even went completely non-GMO). Although the switch to healthier alternatives is a highly admirable gesture, it makes us wonder, well what were we eating in the first place?! To answer that question weve basically been eating flame retardant, paint, sunscreen, and other common household items. Yup. No, we kid. Or do we? Surprisingly and quite disturbingly we actually HAVE been eating ingredients that can, indeed, be found in the aforementioned items. For the sake of delving into the specifics of the most concerning findings, here it goes: Dunkin Donuts will be eliminating what is known as titanium dioxide a chemical that can be found in sunscreen, cosmetics, paints, and so on from its products. Dunkin Donuts used TiO2 (its scientific name) to give its powdered donuts a whiter and brighter appearance. Yum! Coke will be discontinuing its use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO), which is pretty much flame retardant. Sounds thirst-quenching, right? Well, before you respond, let it be known that this chemical has been linked to several negative health effects once it has been built up in fatty tissue. Other additives from these major companies include dyes, artificial spices (i.e., fake black pepper), and antibioticswhich have been linked to a growth in drug-resistant bacteria, just to name a few. Again, making our food healthier is a big step forward and it is applaudable. But these startling discoveries lead us to wonder why some of theseartificial ingredients and additives were deemed safe in the first place and why its taken so long to begin eliminating them. Sydney Barakat writes for theAntiMedia.org, where this article first appeared. Tune in! Anti-Media Radio airs Monday through Friday @ 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. So thankful that the organic revolution is in play. The Food Babe lays it all out in her book. The Food Babe Way. Since Monsanto and the like are trying to destroy our bodies with GMOs it stands to reason we cant fight city hall but we can fight back and demand unadulterated food on our plate. I still will not be eating any of this crap. I dont trust big business for a nano second. Let people eat their swill, what concern is it of yours. Fascist busybody scum. 