by Barbara Minton
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(The Best Years in Life) Using artificial colors to make food look more appealing has become taboo because of their links to behavior problems, allergies and various cancers. Instead food technologists are coming up with natural substances that can make food look just as appetizing and still be inline with the current interest in natural health. But just because something is natural doesn’t mean it can’t cause a bunch of problems in the human body. One example of this is annatto, a natural food coloring agent showing up in hundreds of products and linked to a host of health problems in children and adults. Read More.