Gaines Gunn0:00 So I was just about to get started on my work for the day and I grabbed a Red Bull and I was thinking about the food dyes that we all have in our food here in America.0:10 I know it's like kind of a big topic.0:12 I know some of our political leaders were talking about it recently.0:15 And so like I know here in the US, like Red 40, um, like Blue Twelve and all these other food dyes are in our foods, but in Europe they're all banned.0:24 And so it kind of got me thinking, like, what are we actually putting in our bodies and how's it affecting us?0:30 Um you can see on the Red Bull it has Red 40 in it.0:33 And, you know, so I I just started looking it up and I'm like, this is really interesting.0:37 I think it causes my my brother has ADHD.0:40 Um and so, you know, the the the research says that it causes hyperactivity and um some neuroissues in children and there's even some some speculation that it might cause cancer.0:51 So I think it's really interesting that, you know, these organizations like the FDA, they're supposed to support us citizens and you know, protect us from these things, yet it seems like they're maybe putting profits over our health.1:03 Um I think this is an important topic that we should all, you know, discuss and think about because if our organizations aren't to be trusted, then like what's going on?1:12 We need to actually make some forward movement on this and decide whether or not these should be in our foods and if we should be putting them in our body.
Carl Dagher0:00 Yeah, again, so I think this is a really interesting topic.0:03 Um from personal experience, I uh studied abroad in Europe this summer for three months.0:08 Um I think one of the biggest things I noticed when grocery shopping was how seriously the Europeans took their food regulation.0:16 Um almost on every packaging there was a food rating or a health rating on like from A to E, kind of explaining how healthy the food was.0:25 Um and I think that's that's a really really important thing to have in society, like knowing what you put in your body.0:31 Um yeah, the food may taste different, um, but you definitely feel better when you're eating all natural food.0:38 I think the biggest thing I noticed is when I came back to the US and I'd read the back of a package, I'd see all those ingredients and I didn't even know what 95% of them were.0:48 Um in France, I mean, although it was the packaging was was in French, I was able to Google translate and it was kind of kept down to uh to a couple ingredients.0:57 But I think it's a really big thing.0:59 Like I've tried to do to go out of my way to find foods without dyes and without like these processed um ingredients like seed oils.1:09 Um it's it definitely has a big impact on how you feel.1:12 Like you can just be sluggish during the day and I noticed like if I don't eat right, I feel horrible.1:17 So I mean yeah, at uh to an extent it feels like the government is prioritizing profits rather than the well being of its people and you know we're slowly poisoning ourselves with these dangerous uh ingredients.
Om Patel0:00 What's up, Gangs?0:01 I thought your post was pretty interesting talking about you know a lot of the food additives that we have in the United States of America compared to a lot of places or a lot of other countries like Europe.0:10 Um I definitely do think there's there needs to be a crackdown on the regulation uh in terms of you know like the FDA regulating what we eat and what is put into what we eat.0:20 Um a lot of these food additives, like you said, can cause a lot of major issues, like including cancer, which is kind of scary to even think about.0:27 But yeah, we really need to speak up and make a forward change in a movement in terms of you know really being day really being able to just kind of regulate what we eat um to make sure that we have a healthier future.