CV. AGAR SARI JAYA, When two years ago the rainbow-colored food trend, food now with a new color has been shifted. Yes, the food and beverage black color is expected to get a lot of attention in 2017.

Food and drink at the trendy black start mid 2016. A number of menus in the restaurant started serving dark colored, such as burgers, juices, until the ice cream. The black is also interesting if in the photo.

The black color comes from the activated charcoal. Charcoal this one is made from regular charcoal preheated gas that has pores. These pores are used to absorb chemicals. That is why this type of charcoal has healthy benefits.

A kind of charcoal is already a long time we know as diarrhea or poisoning. Charcoal has the ability to bind to chemicals and dirt, then remove it from the body. That's why detox charcoal regarded as material.

"Charcoal works by binding to toxic substances or drugs in the stomach before it was absorbed by the body, so that the effect of pumping the stomach, though not really pumped," said Julie Upton, a doctor of nutrition.

According Dr.Jeffrey Morrison, nutrition specialist, activated charcoal is safe for consumption. "But it must be used with a doctor's prescription, because if used inappropriately can make the treatment ineffective," he said.

Activated charcoal is included in the diet generally have lower doses than in medicine. But do not expect the effect will be as dramatic as advertised, for example, to treat a hangover, whiten teeth, or detoxification.

Scientific studies that prove the benefits of charcoal for various health disorders are also unclear.

Even so, there's no harm in trying to consume food and drinks colored slab. Limit consumption of no more than three times a day.