As an Afro-Latina who lived both NYC & the Washington D.C. metropolitan areas, these “food-like” products Dr. Bragg is referring to are prominent in minority communities. Some communities don’t even have a supermarket/grocery store & riddled with “Dollar” stores instead. 😱😵💫 I believe there is even an inflation report stating that sales and stocks in dollar stores have skyrocketed. All you see in dollar stores are “ultra-processed” food-like products…no fresh fruit/vegetables in these minority communities. On the other hand, just because something is labeled healthy doesn’t mean it is healthy. I’m 1000% convinced that eating “veggie” meat (filled with unregulated soy) and drinking almond milk (containing gut-harming carrageenan) is behind some serious gastrointestinal issues I’ve had in the past decade. I’m forced to eat healthy at this point to avoid ending up in the hospital again. If I don’t understand the ingredients, I don’t make a purchase…and this is how I silently protest the food on the shelves. Thank you Erika for bringing this topic to your platform 👏🏾🙏🏾🧿🪬✨
I hear ya, I also have gut issues that force me to eat healthy. I do drink almond milk. But I never did until the gut issues started. We're all different, though!
I remember voting for a law on the ballot in California. If passed the law would require full transparency on food labels (meats included). I was shocked that it didn't pass. What parent wouldn't want to know what their child was consuming?
one thing about food companies i learnt from working in a rebranding/packaging area of a food company is that, the expensive food stores are selling exactly the same food in alot of cases but just with higher prices, they literally just change the packaging, i know this because i worked on those machines, the only food that got somewhat differently treated was the organic food but even then, it was processed through the same machines which barely got cleaned down before use i guess what im saying is that if you want to eat healthy, don't think the food in the expensive store is better, you need to do your research into that specific brand
Food preferences are ingrained in childhood and our bad decisions are now 3 generations in. Marketing is strong, but traditions are stronger. The struggle is real.
Yes agree targeting children is bad and we need to also understand that targeting teens as well as adults is bad too. Europe won’t even sell M&Ms with certain food dyes that are linked to causing cancer I think it’s yellow number 7 and red number 9 something like that but here in the good old USA we are giving it and companies are aloud. Not cool. They should be held accountable
Nestle markets powdered whole milk in the US under two brand names. Klim (spell it backwards) and Nido. Often side by side on the shelf. Nido's label is in Spanish and English, and it usually is cheaper than Klim. But the Klim packaging is only in English, and more expensive. Nice, huh?
たしかに , indeed. I lived in Japan and I visit often. Christmas is all about KFC. There is no Christmas is Japan so when every one is going to KFC then ….😁
Clarification on lactose intolerance. Over time we have decreased amount of “lactase” which breaks down lactose. The more consistent you eat it the more likely you will not become intolerant but if you don’t eat anything with lactose for a long time you’re more likely to become lactose intolerant.
All of this is well known and been exposed countless times and obvious anyone who claims not to be aware of this is …. Also @ the checkout , doesn’t matter what is displayed or @what height , child level , you’re the parent , you’re paying , you make the ultimate decision, not the child , tantrum or not 🤷♂️🤷♂️🙄
Can lactose intolerance be intolerance to some new product used in milk making/cleaning products for the factory mashines etc? Instead of the actual milk?
In the US it only took what, seven years after allergend had to be listed before WHEAT (gluten) was added to the list? Ingedients are much better to compare not than they were in the 80's but the old "portion size" game is still bring play. If the are 7 servings per 18 ounce package but you teally eat a half pack...What did you eat?
10:30 I would have thought schools didn't want energy drinks there period. I remember commercials, Kraft mac and cheese , cin. Toast crunch, Nerf, I I tried each but not a life time customer.
Why do you immediately think it's the government's job to protect children from advertising. It's the parent's job. It's parents who choose what to feed their kids for breakfast, and it's parents who raise their kids not to have crazy tantrums when they don't get what they see on tv. Stop relying on the government to mould you into someone better. That's the job of parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles. Not corrupt bureaucrats.
You're brainwashed by corporations. Unions are bad right? Walmart is good, junk fees good, monopolies good. It's our fault for being born at the turn of the century.
In an ideal world, we don’t need government or companies to protect us, but the average person is either uninformed or misinformed. Laws would hopefully, better inform average people.
We have more laws now regulating everything including food-safety, and yet people are generally completely ignorant about everything not revolving around their specific, narrow interest, and celebrity-lifestyles, and our food is still not safe, our water is still tainted by endocrine disruptors, people are still using microwaves that destroy nutrition in food, and non-stick pans that bend their sense of self in various ways, etc. More laws do not make for better humans. Better parenting, populations with higher impulse-control and higher average IQ, made for better humans and better societies. @@mailinglist2451
Further to my “ athletes comment a breakfast cereal named nutrigrain , has some nutritional benefit, goes great as a snack with beer 🍺, was endorsed by an Olympic athlete .. it’s full of added sugar .. sellout
I just feel the need to comment. I got an Apple credit card commercial on this with a guy who didn’t have any money on him to buy a candy bar so he applied for and was accepted for the credit card to pay for a candy bar. It just sounds really sad.
How exactly can anyone target people of colour with advertising? Are there more people of colour in the advertisements? Is it on billboards in mainly black communities? Can we have an explanation? Thanks
@@IamWanderwoman she didn't though, she just implied it appears more in their devices somehow. Didn't provide any evidence or explain how that fantasy might work.
Umm . It’s the “ athletes “ who should know what is healthy and isn’t to have a conscience and not endorse rubbish , just for $ss , not that they should endorse rubbish but demand , suggest healthy like , water be advertised..
