Calley Means
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It's a huge deal, Charlie. The food industry is making the point that if you basically phase out ingredients that are banned throughout the rest of the world, it would impact 60 percent of food on grocery shelves in the U.S. They were saying that as if it was an argument not to do it. To me, that's an argument to do it. We have a huge problem where let's just take the food, guys.
These are petroleum and coal tar. Every study and every piece of common sense would tell you that if a kid eats that every day, it's going to cause issues. It clearly causes ADHD. Every other country in the world has led to the conclusion that it should be out of the food supply. The FDA, up until the Trump administration, has been a sock puppet of big food, big pharma.
These are petroleum and coal tar. Every study and every piece of common sense would tell you that if a kid eats that every day, it's going to cause issues. It clearly causes ADHD. Every other country in the world has led to the conclusion that it should be out of the food supply. The FDA, up until the Trump administration, has been a sock puppet of big food, big pharma.
And Charlie, it was momentous and extraordinary yesterday. As of 4 p.m. yesterday, the FDA said this petroleum-based dyes, that they were safe. Marty McCary got up there with Secretary Kennedy and said it is poison. They said the FDA and the U.S. government and the Trump administration is going to take common sense actions to get these no-brainer chemicals out of our food.
And Charlie, it was momentous and extraordinary yesterday. As of 4 p.m. yesterday, the FDA said this petroleum-based dyes, that they were safe. Marty McCary got up there with Secretary Kennedy and said it is poison. They said the FDA and the U.S. government and the Trump administration is going to take common sense actions to get these no-brainer chemicals out of our food.
Charlie, we talked about this a lot. There's a chronic disease crisis. President Trump and Bobby Kennedy talk about this all the time, right? We have 38 percent prediabetes rates among teens in this country. They're going to take common sense action, common sense wins.
Charlie, we talked about this a lot. There's a chronic disease crisis. President Trump and Bobby Kennedy talk about this all the time, right? We have 38 percent prediabetes rates among teens in this country. They're going to take common sense action, common sense wins.
And we're going to look back on history at this year and this first hundred days of the Trump administration when finally the HHS, the FDA and the U.S. federal government stood on the side of kids.
And we're going to look back on history at this year and this first hundred days of the Trump administration when finally the HHS, the FDA and the U.S. federal government stood on the side of kids.
Zero nutritional value whatsoever. They literally had scientists in a lab figure out how to combine literal petroleum to figure out how to make that neon red and that neon blue. And this is really important, Charlie, because this is, I'm a free market person. This is actually a free market movement. This is correction of corruption. I always talk about it.
Zero nutritional value whatsoever. They literally had scientists in a lab figure out how to combine literal petroleum to figure out how to make that neon red and that neon blue. And this is really important, Charlie, because this is, I'm a free market person. This is actually a free market movement. This is correction of corruption. I always talk about it.
The cigarette industry took over the processed food industry in the late 1980s and 1990s. They're the ones who really popularized these colorings. And they bought off the USDA to say they were safe. They bought off the FDA. They added 10,000 chemicals into our food. The cigarette industry owned 40% of the US food supply in the 1990s. So there was real corporate capture here
The cigarette industry took over the processed food industry in the late 1980s and 1990s. They're the ones who really popularized these colorings. And they bought off the USDA to say they were safe. They bought off the FDA. They added 10,000 chemicals into our food. The cigarette industry owned 40% of the US food supply in the 1990s. So there was real corporate capture here
to tell us that these ingredients were safe for the sole reason of making that color pop actually charlie it's amazing we've dug into this the u.s companies make the food make the fruit loops make all these foods in the u.s with watermelon juice with carrot juice and they ship them to canada and shipped into europe u.s exported food they make with safer ingredients
to tell us that these ingredients were safe for the sole reason of making that color pop actually charlie it's amazing we've dug into this the u.s companies make the food make the fruit loops make all these foods in the u.s with watermelon juice with carrot juice and they ship them to canada and shipped into europe u.s exported food they make with safer ingredients
So they've bought off the organizations here just to have that color a little bit brighter, knowing, knowing that it's harming kids. Actually, Charlie, Mr. Paxton, Ken Paxton in Texas, just filed a lawsuit against some of the food companies because he thinks that they knew this many years ago, and he's actually searching for evidence of that. But that's clear.
So they've bought off the organizations here just to have that color a little bit brighter, knowing, knowing that it's harming kids. Actually, Charlie, Mr. Paxton, Ken Paxton in Texas, just filed a lawsuit against some of the food companies because he thinks that they knew this many years ago, and he's actually searching for evidence of that. But that's clear.
I mean, the food companies knew what they were doing, and they said it's safe for kids. So... Again, just common sense. We've got a long way to go, Charlie. There's going to be win after win coming from Secretary Kennedy and President Trump. But but but these are no brainer actions.
I mean, the food companies knew what they were doing, and they said it's safe for kids. So... Again, just common sense. We've got a long way to go, Charlie. There's going to be win after win coming from Secretary Kennedy and President Trump. But but but these are no brainer actions.
you hit on something else. So I'll name the names, the Consumer Brands Association, the American Beverage Association. These groups to this day are arguing petroleum based dyes are safe. And the American Beverage Association, Charlie, another huge win from President Trump and Secretary Kennedy. They've said we need to take soda off food stamps. Why is soda