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And so we begin to see the Trump-fueled genius in Robert Kennedy’s turn from vaccines to his new focus on food health. Make America Healthy Again! Kennedy’s old anti-vaccine policies are political kryptonite, since for whatever reason leftists have fully embraced vaccines for life. But food health carves off a mammoth segment of traditional liberalism, a political neighborhood that used to be owned by the left even more wholly than Tren de Agua’s new Aurora apartments.

But now, orthodoxy requires Democrats to defend junk food, genetically modified grains, and Roundup. It must be very confusing to be a Democrat these days.

This is the brother and sister that RFK Jr. was referring to during his endorsement speech at the Trump rally:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUH4Co2wE-I

This is powerful!

https://www.readtrung.com/p/the-dorito-fication-of-media

In his 2015 book, “The Dorito Effect”, Mark Schatzker writes about how industrial food production in the mid-20th century led to the rise of the flavour industry including massive companies that create chemical and spices to improve the taste of food.

One stat that stands out: the average American went from consuming 0.5lb of spices a year in 1918 to more than 3.5lbs of spices a year in the 2010s.

Why has there been such a growth in the use of spices? Because the industrial production of food creates relatively bland ingredients (vs. organic or small farm operations).

Conceptually, this makes sense. Producing food for larger and larger populations requires trade-offs that often come at the expense of taste. Food producers prioritize other considerations such as speed (how fast can it grow?), size (how much volume can it be given X inputs?) and resilience (can the product survive travel to market?).

“As [crop] breeders selected moneymaking traits like yield, disease resistance, and a thick skin for easier transportation, they ignored the genes that determine good flavor,” writes Schatzker.

A notable outcome of these trade-offs is that produce and meats hold more water, leading to flavour dilution (more water weight also means less minerals and vitamins).

Small-batch food growers don’t have to make these trade-offs and that is why their tomatoes, kales, chicken, and pork typically tastes better.

To counterbalance these taste-diluting effects, the food industry spearheaded the chemical creation of specific food flavours (“vanilla”, “smoked”, “orange”, “delicious delicious beef pho” and more).

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/18/congress/health-groups-aim-to-stop-rfk-00190215

"Save our BHT"

Joseph and the Pharoah saved grain products for years, but if we don't put BHT in the Fruit Loops, we're all gonna strave to death.

Over the near 20 years we've had a family, it has been an increasingly difficult struggle to find wholesome food for ourselves and our child. When and where we find it, it costs twice as much as "normal" food, but we buy it anyway. Now "normal" aka fake GMO food is 2X the price it used to be, while REAL food has risen maybe 25%.

Support your local farmers. Avoid all processed foods. This will be really hard in the coming winter, but plan appropriately.

It's highly ironic that a guy who shot up junk (heroin) for years, containing who knows what, would flip out over fast food.

I like some processed foods; have you ever tried to make your own cornflakes with the basic ingredients?

I like McDonald's square fish sandwiches, egg McMuffins, coffee, and apple pies.

RFK is a loudmouth but he's sometimes fun to watch for a few minutes.

Has he ever had an actual job?

Booger says

What do you mean when? It's already on the label, literally mandated by the gubmint to be placed there.

<Patrick says

Yes, the fake maple syrup is almost 100% fructose. Cane or table sugar is sucrose, a disaccharide which is one part fructose and one part glucose. That explains why sugar is 50% fructose. Maple syrup has less fructose than cane sugar (the difference being made up by more complex oligosaccharides of up to 10 simple sugars). I had no idea honey was 80% fructose. Fructose must be converted to glucose by the liver, so if you consume too much of it, your liver will end up looking like that of a veteran alcoholic.

https://diabetesmealplans.com/10998/maple-syrup-diabetes/

Maple syrup is lower in fructose than honey (80%) or table sugar (50%), but it does still contain around 40%

My biggest bad habit is hot dogs of all things. Not sure why, I just like them, and yes that sounds gay. Usually get them from a nearby butcher, but I know they still put preservatives in them but they have a freeze by date so probably not as much preservatives, hopefully.

I don't like breakfast food. So syrup is not even on my radar. I'm a protein guy. Try my best to get it from the source locally, not factory food. Easy for my area. Neighbor gives us fresh eggs once a month for free. Only a dozen, but that's a weeks worth.

I'm also a non-microwave person. I won't eat food if I know it was nuked in a microwave. I'm a fire guy. Pan, grill, smoker or electric oven heating coils or gas. My son wants two eggs every morning. I pan cook them and my wife microwaves them. I want to puke from the smell when she does it. She's a good cook, but gets lazy in the morning. Microwaved eggs are overcooked 9 out of 10 times and it makes the house smell like trash.

RWSGFY says

What do you mean when? It's already on the label, literally mandated by the gubmint to be placed there.

Yes, true for grocery bought food, but does McDonalds have a list of Big Mac ingredients on the wrapper?

Dear Mr. Kennedy,

Of the many issues you will tackle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, we implore you to work with FCC Commissioner Brenden Carr and immediately put an end to pharmaceutical companies advertising prescription drugs on television. This should be one of your earliest moves in the Trump administration. Why is this so timely?

The sheer amount of dollars being spent on TV advertising by “Big Pharma” should raise suspicion among those who care about accuracy in media and information being consumed by the public. It is an old trick for an industry to buy off the news media for favorable coverage.

Historic Precedent to Ban Unhealthy Ads on Television

When evidence of the dangers of smoking cigarettes began to emerge in the 1950s, news organizations were reluctant to expose “Big Tobacco” because it was responsible for an abundance of media ad revenue. The same synergistic relationship exists today with “Big Pharma” and television news.

Similarly, as Big Tobacco began buying off the TV news more than 70 years ago, Big Pharma is doing that today. The incessant drumbeat of COVID boosters, RSV injections, and flu shot ads is run alongside news reporters covering up vaccine side effects, including increased cases of myocarditis, anaphylaxis, psychosis, and/or early death.

Nowhere is this more evident than with Novo Nordisk A/S’s type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic. While this drug may offer benefits to the millions of Americans who suffer from type 2 diabetes (some surveys place the number of Americans afflicted with type 2 diabetes at nearly 10%, with more than 30% considered pre-diabetic), at what cost? If your insurance doesn’t cover Ozempic, your monthly cost will be nearly $1,000. And you will be “hooked” for life.

Concurrently, what about the shameless promotion of Ozempic as an aid for weight loss? Can you watch a program on the nightly news on one of the alphabet networks or cable news without seeing ads for Ozempic touting its benefits to lose weight?

And what about the genre of late-night so-called comics like vax-shill Stephen Colbert? The late-night TV category is dying, with Colbert (CBS), Jimmy Fallon (NBC), and Jimmy Kimmel (ABC) suffering historic low ratings. If not propped up by “Big Pharma” ad dollars, will a ban on ads for prescription drugs be the final nail in their coffins? Let’s hope so, as all three ceased being funny years ago.

The Long-term Cost of the Chemicals in Our Food Chain

We know you are already on the record as having intentions of outlawing Big Pharma ads for prescription drugs on television. Today, among high-income countries, only the U.S. and New Zealand allow for such advertising. Almost all other countries are fully knowledgeable of the conflict between ad dollars and news reporting.

The longer this obvious conflict persists, the more the public will be misled and lied to about the real dangers of prescription drugs and the intentions of Big Pharma to buy off the news media to hide these dangers. A ban on this type of advertising will go a long way toward keeping the news media honest—or perhaps putting the worst of them out of the misinformation business altogether.

Among the many items on your agenda, once you take office, this is probably the easiest of them. Our broadcast news outlets operate under a license from the FCC and are obligated to serve the public interest at all times. Taking money from Big Pharma to cover up or lie about the potential damage the public will suffer through the use of their products cannot be tolerated any longer.

We both applaud your passion to Make America Healthy Again. Count us in.

https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/16/an-open-letter-to-robert-f-kennedy-jr/

HeadSet says

RWSGFY says

What do you mean when? It's already on the label, literally mandated by the gubmint to be placed there.

Yes, true for grocery bought food, but does McDonalds have a list of Big Mac ingredients on the wrapper?

Haven't been in years, but if it comes in a box still, I think it might actually be on there? I would get a McChicken when I tried to be fat, but that was a wrapper. I could see at least the basics being on the bottom of the box which I believe a Big Mac comes in. I've never had a Big Mac.... lol. Does that make me weird?

Outside of it being fried, I felt the McChicken was healthier if I'm going to eat like shit. I'd have their grilled chicken most the time. I'm 5-7 years removed from eating that stuff though. So I'm probably talking out my ass.

I have a weakness for Chipotle, compounded by the fact that I can walk to one. But my all time fave is Roberto’s in San Diego. Their carne asada burrito with guac and hot salsa es muy sabroso.

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

I have a weakness for Chipotle, compounded by the fact that I can walk to one. But my all time fave is Roberto’s in San Diego. Their carne asada burrito with guac and hot salsa es muy sabroso.

Never got the love for Chipotle. Was running to the shitter 20 minutes after eating and I mean running the 3-4 times I ate there. I have a strong gut too. For whatever reason it doesn't sit well with me. Obviously popular just don't want to poop my pants. Same with taco bell.

Authentic Mexican food doesn't do that to me. Even at Mexican AI resorts and that's not really true authentic. Gotta go off resort or Chicago for me. Elgin and Aurora, IL has some good Mexican as well. Too long of a drive for the meal though unless in those towns. Don't want to dox my location too much but there are some nearby in small towns that are pretty damn good, still 20 min away.

I had a 5 year or so Buffalo Wild wing binge. I'd go at least 1-2 times a week.

I can't understand why it is that the mainstream media never reports on the adverse effects of the COVID 'vaccines.' I'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they make $Billions annually off of Big Pharma advertising. I mean, just look at their smiling, reassuring faces and you just know that they would never lie for $$$.

They don't call them presstitutes for nothing.