MEL Magazine:

We’re often told that you should never eat anything (or put anything on your body) if you don’t recognize everything on the ingredients list. But since most of us have no idea what xanthan gum or potassium benzoate are — or more importantly, what they’re doing to our bodies — we’re decoding the ingredients in the many things Americans put in (and on) themselves.

This edition: Emergen-C Super Orange, which is made from 30 separate ingredients that we’ve broken down in the exact order they appear on their website.

I love these analyses of the foods and products we ingest. This one is even more instructive, showing how useless this “cold medicine” actually is.