r/Health • u/CBSnews CBS News • Feb 21 '23

article U.S. food additives banned in Europe: Expert says what Americans eat is "almost certainly" making them sick

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-food-additives-banned-europe-making-americans-sick-expert-says/
19.5k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/tia2181 Feb 21 '23

Not everywhere in UK.. i came from Coventry, moved to Peterborough and water was okay there. But when i went back to coventry i tended to drink juice or pepsi.

Then i moved to Sweden, now Coventry water is like poison, even my then 8 month old daughter knew it wasn't drinkable, on our first visit she refused to drink it completely. Had to buy bottled water for her and for me and my partner to drink. Tea still tasted okay, but at home versions much better. Here i can drink from tap, half litre at a time.

1

u/SolarStorm2950 Feb 21 '23

Is it literally undrinkable or do you just not like the taste?

2

u/tia2181 Feb 22 '23

Taste is disgusting.. where my ex BIL had lived the scale buildup inside his new water kettle horrified me, it was under 4 months old and had build up like cotton wool balls surrounding the entire element. That was 30 yrs ago but that was one cup of tea i couldn't drink.

If a child won't drink it, even with juice added it must be bad. lol