How Sweet It Isn’t

Eating, if we are to believe the newspapers, is hazardous to our health.

I managed to ride out the cyclamate storm of 1969/1970 by pacifying my sugar cravings with the doctored-up versions of saccharin that promptly appeared. I obediently reduced my bacon consumption when some reporter informed me that the nitrite preservative treatment it received made it the most dangerous thing in my refrigerator. I even braced myself for higher beef prices after the banning of DES, the cattle growing stimulant.

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Elizabeth M. Whelan

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Eating, if we are to believe the newspapers, is hazardous to our health.

I managed to ride out the cyclamate storm of 1969/1970 by pacifying my sugar cravings with the doctored-up versions of saccharin that promptly appeared. I obediently reduced my bacon consumption when some reporter informed me that the nitrite preservative treatment it received made it the most dangerous thing in my refrigerator. I even braced myself for higher beef prices after the banning of DES, the cattle growing stimulant.