Michael Jacobson
Michael Jacobson
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Switching to butter, palm oil, anything else would be an improvement.
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Parents do bear the primary responsibility to ensure their kids eat a healthy diet. But the food industry is making their jobs nearly impossible. The industry needs to accept its fair share of the responsibility.
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Our goal is to get it out of the food supply. There are healthier alternatives.
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My Pyramid for Kids doesn't dare to discourage children from consuming so much soda, fast food, candy, and other junk foods.
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Listening to them, you would think they want studies done on humans.
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We used to file all sorts of complaints with the government. Sometimes we'd get a response, but usually nothing happened. Now, when we have told companies that we're going to sue them, they show up in our offices the next week.
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While functional foods hold much promise, without effective regulation, they may merely become the snake oil of the next century.
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would help Americans reduce their risk of heart disease.
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Having the word 'limit' sends a much stronger signal. We wanted the guidelines to include the limit of Department of Agriculture already recommends, which is 10 teaspoons a day.
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We had asked for the FDA to consider two other options. One is to get rid of these colorings completely and let companies replace them with safer ingredients. But if the FDA decided to require labeling, at least to indicate that these are insect derived.
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Even the most careful consumers, consumers with nutrition degrees, can scrutinize labels and have no idea how much sugar is added and how much comes from the fruit or dairy product.
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But of course this silly legislative effort has nothing to do with encouraging personal responsibility and everything to do with pleasing a powerful and politically connected industry.
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Nickelodeon and Kellogg's engage in business practices that literally sicken our children.
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Nickelodeon and Kellogg engage in business practices that literally sicken our children. It's a multimedia brainwashing and re-education campaign -- and a disease-promoting one at that.