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Slogans Won’t Make America Healthier,
but Consumer Education Can

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Posted By: mc squared, 5/13/2025 10:36:29 AM

When HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that sugar is poison, you need to listen to what comes next. He’s challenging us to become better informed about the foods we eat and the impact diet has on our long-term health. Sugar is not a poison, and neither are the many FDA-approved additives that are being targeted by popular influencers at the moment. The discussion is being driven by catchy slogans that side-step, rather than engage, science. After all, the landscape of social media isn’t built for nuanced science communication. Rather, it seems to be built for influencers selling products with their pseudo-science talking points.

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I don't trust people saying what's good good for me, especially when they are at the influential Executive level.. Remember when Michelle Obama 'recommended' school lunches which were immediately served and thrown out?
Leave my food (and drug) decisions to me.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: TXknitter 5/13/2025 2:26:10 PM (No. 1949288)
Mrs. Obama was not that serious. You could tell the scattered way the program was implemented that it was about a platform to enhance Michelle NOT something for the children. The kid’s drinks she hawks now on Amazon ? The ingredient list shows you she was never as serious about MAHA as this Trump administration is. This is going to take time. The parents have to be willing to take the bull by the horns and take a child’s diet seriously.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Catherine 5/13/2025 2:35:11 PM (No. 1949293)
Sugar is in fruit, vegetables and carbs convert to sugar. Not much you can do about that but graze out in the field with the cows. You can't, nor should you, tell people what they can and can't eat. You can, however, demand the chemicals in our food be taken out.
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