The Tiny Lab Finding Danger in Your Medicine Cabinet

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I saw a news report on solar eclipse themed foods that are colored black, e.g. Sonic is offering a limited edition 'Blackout Slush Float'. I can't find an ingredient list for the float, but activated charcoal is often used in things like black cake icing.

Eating activated charcoal can interfere with the absorption of medications and reduce their effectiveness. This includes oral contraceptives.

There are other ways to make foods black, though, so this may not apply to the float.

Naturally black foods like blackberries, black beans, black rice and eggplant are full of anthocyanins which are healthful.

Here's an article from last Halloween on activated charcoal as a food coloring and potential interaction with medications:
https://www.self.com/story/activated-charcoal-drug-interaction

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