10,000 *largely unvetted* food additives and nobody bats an eye. Then someone suggests restricting the [insert UPF food name here] and suddenly they're evil incarnate. Someone really said "I don't want to do the paperwork for basic ingredients" a few decades ago, and now they don't have to do the paperwork for the crazy stuff that actually needs the paperwork. They took the easy way out.
Nope. This is common knowledge. America has some of the healthiest food options compared to the rest of the world. So consuming chemicals is down to a personal CHOICE, not due to any lack of information. Most people outside of the US don't even have options like pasture raised heirloom breed meats and non-dairy additive-free yogurts.
I lived in Spain 2020-2021. I lost about 40 pounds. I had to cook most meals and took up Spanish cooking. It helped that there were no fast-food restaurants where I lived. I'd have to take a bus and a train to get to a bigger town. Also, I only had to work a fraction of the hours that I worked in the US, so I would walk along the coast and through the National Park daily.
“Health food” is a marketing gimmick though. No individual food is inherently unhealthy unless it is spoiled or contaminated. A person’s overall _diet_ can be healthy or unhealthy.
@@mimzy54321 “Healthy” isn’t a very useful word. No foods are healthy or unhealthy on their own. A more meaningful statement would be something like “Cheetos aren’t very _nutritious_ relative to the number of calories.” Cheetos are fine to eat. You probably shouldn’t eat a lot of them, but that’s because you would be consuming a lot of calories for little nutritional value, not because some ingredient in Cheetos are negatively impacting your health.
@@mimzy54321if you need calories yes its healthy you can literally drink enough water to die from bursting cells hence why water drinking competitions are no longer seen
@@samuelstephens6904 It's not just about nutritional values and calories. There are ingredients in certain foods that actively harm you. An extreme example of this would be a plate of steamed broccoli dipped in cyanide. Sure it's low calories and packed with nutrients, but it contains chemicals that actively do harm.
Thank you for highlighting this issue, corporate greed has suffocated the American spirit for too long we need healthy and nutritious foods to sustain us in these dark times. The government needs to step up and force antitrust laws.
The government is and always has been almost 100% complicit in ensuring the majority of food vastly available is NOT nutritious. Think twice about thanking anyone for this coverage as it is propaganda and highly misleading, funded by Pfizer
I agree, most of the stuff you see in the grocery store is pure trash for our bodies. However, large corporations lie to the public by saying their products are healthy and nutritious. They play both sides of the isle, they donate to both democrats and republicans. They know how to get their way in terms of legislation.
@RekdReation your anger isn't helping anyone. People exaggerate about obesity to feel superior as you do, as there are heavier athletes (without overtly muscilar builds) like world's strongest man or women's hammer throw. You also pretend as though a lot of life isn't dumb luck where you may outlive people with a better hand than you. But hey if you wanna equate every additional 50 pounds is 10 less years to live, feel free to fool yourself.
I genuinely believe this is the single most important issue faced by America today, bar none. There is nothing more crucial, individually and collectively, than a person's health - both mental and physical. The food we ingest into our bodies is the primary driver of our health or lack thereof. Think about it: we're literally taking physical matter and putting it inside ourselves. Getting this right is absolutely critical. Why is this THE most important issue? Consider these points: 1. The astronomical costs of chronic diseases linked to poor diet are crippling our healthcare system and economy. We spend far more on chronic disease treatment/management than we do on war. 2. Our quality of life and longevity are directly tied to what we eat. Health is intrinsically important. Without good health, nothing else matters. 3. Mental health, cognitive function, and even societal behavior are influenced by nutrition. Productivity, criminality, living harmoniously with others: all these things are influenced by our mental health, which we are more and more finding is tied to what food we eat. 4. A healthy population is more productive, creative, and capable of tackling other pressing issues. At a personal level, we should all strive to make the best dietary choices possible. But this isn't just about individual responsibility. As a society, we cannot stand idly by while corporate greed and corruption continue to profit from our sickness, addiction, and ignorance. We need to take action: 1. Ban all marketing of ultra-processed food products directed at children. Full stop. I’d go further with banning commercials on tv - like cigarettes - but that’s not gonna happen anytime soon. 2. Implement stark warning labels on ultra-processed foods, similar to cigarette packs, stating they're known to lead to adverse health outcomes and can potentially be addictive. 3. Launch massive public education campaigns about the dangers of ultra-processed foods and the benefits of whole foods. 4. Incentivize the production and accessibility of healthier food options, and disincentivize the production of junk food by implementing stricter regulations, more aligned with other developed countries. The food we eat shapes every aspect of our lives and our nation's future. It's time we treat this issue with the urgency it deserves and take bold steps to reclaim our health from the jaws of the ultra-processed food industry. Denormalize the ubiquity of ultraprocessed foods in our life and culture. We need to shift our cultural attitude towards ultra-processed foods. Just as saying "I could go for a cigarette" now often elicits concern rather than encouragement, we should react similarly to casual mentions of fast food cravings. Instead of laughing or agreeing when someone says "I could go for some Taco Bell," we should recognize this as a potentially harmful impulse.
I think with the cigarettes part we’ve done a lot of work on that and the smoking rates have gone down….but yeah banning smoking and alcohol ads would be a really good step!
Yes, Bernie Sanders mentioned labels advising of the health impact of these ultraprocessed foods, like cigarettes because the damage is similar, great idea!
I would caution on the "warning labels on everything" initiative. Case in point: California's Proposition 65. When everything has a cancer warning on it, the public stops paying attention to it, and companies start slapping the label on everything so they can't be sued for *not* having it on a product that should have required it.
The video couldn't even define what ultra processed foods are. At this point, the term ultra processed has just become a buzzword designed to instill fear.
And Pfizer, the sponsor of this CBS doc makes billions on the drugs they’ve developed and sell to combat the issues being discussed. Call me skeptical but I just can’t see Pfizer putting itself out of business so the question is: why did Pfizer pony up the bucks for this?
If they were to use beet root powder instead of red 40, things would still be red, and much better for you. Also, Turmeric instead of yellow dyes would make stuff yellow..
Omg my adhd can’t stand the dyes. Makes my symptoms skyrocket. I quit nearly everything. Went carno. Now my wild adhd is much better… or just less. Along with many other problems I had. I won’t ever go off carnivore. I feel too great lol. Been on long enough that even my taste buds changed. I still mentally crave but when I taste what I think I want, it tastes so fkkn gross now
I agree! That's heartbreaking that now a 13 year old has lost her mother, and they looked like they had a loving and supportive relationship. Crystal losing her life at only 44 years old feels so unfair, she had a lot more to do in this life. I hope Tiara and her family are holding each other close during this horrible loss~
Sadly, the U.S. economy actually thrives on suffering, both physical and mental. Type 2 diabetes alone is responsible for a disturbing amount of our GDP. Between poor health (crap in, healthcare expenses out) and social media making everyone feel angry and/or inadequate the current foundations of our precious economy are just plain disturbing.
Sadly you are correct. That and being at war somewhere in the world, keeping the wheels of the military-industrial complex greased. In short, the US economy thrives on death.
Thank you for doing this reporting! We need more reporting on health related topics and the dangers of ultra processed foods. It's a big problem in the US. What we eat is the most important decision we make everyday.
Hats off to Adam Yamaguchi for presenting these critical issues so we can all understand the problems we can face when we consume too many ultra processed foods. I have moved to as much whole food plant based eating as possible, and my cholesterol levels improved a lot. Thank you, Bernie Sanders for working to keep children more healthful by incentivizing healthful food production! Maybe the SNAP program can be improved so that food stamps benefits are higher if they are spent on healthful foods like fresh vegetables and fruits and whole grains! 😊
I believe SNAP here in Colorado has a "double up" campaign, where your benefits go twice as far (i.e. matched dollar for dollar) when spending them at certain farmer's markets... =)
And the repubs attacked Michelle Obama when she pushed for healthier lunches for school kids. There's too many politicians paid for by greedy food corporations!
This needs to be a daily news covered topic. This has been the norm for years. You try to eat healthy, and it is more expensive. You look at the choices up and down the isles, and it all comes from the same 4 companies that make them. And now you have places like Kroger merging with Albertsons, and the same companies controlling the food, being in charge of making it horrible for your health, getting you addicted to it, and then raise the products not effected by supply chain issues just to make record profits.
I'm going on 4 years clean and sober and I'm more proud of eating clean than my sobriety. Then again I couldn't sober up till I got the nutrition down.😃Life is good.
@@gm7304sober meaning not drinking by the way? That’s really good too….yeah as a college student myself I’ve been so careful about what to eat nowdays ! They seem to make a lot of fried foods which looks enticing but damaging long term
I know that addiction to alcohol can destroy lives and often end them prematurely. Junk food can do the same thing for those who are addicted to it. It is all designed to be as addictive as possible. Consider the mother of Tiara
He answered the question like a bureaucrat. It basically translates to, “We don’t make the rules. Take your complaints to Congress because they dictate what we can do,” just said in a bland enough way that lets him keep his job.
This kind of reporting on CBS is deeply needed! If you’ve found this, keep seeking out more information on what has happened and seek out those that are leading the effort to bring our children, our country and our world back to vibrant health. The latest RFK Jr. podcast on this subject with Calley Means is incredibly illuminating. I highly recommend it. 💥🙏
Yes, this reporting is great and more people and parents need to be aware of this issue. However RFK Jr is a quack and his spreading of anti-vax misinformation has caused many children to die.
The United States needs to get on the ball and do what Europe doesn’t put labeling on every package. I think it’s like a 1 to 4 or 5 or something like that and there’s color coding also involved on how healthy the food is. Every single thing is labeled. And they’re not tiny little numbers on the back of the package - they’re very large and on the front so you cannot mistake them.
This is why I shop on the outside aisles in the supermarket--fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, meat, and poultry. It's the inner aisles where are the unhealthy food is. Start cooking with fresh ingredients, instead of eating processed food.
Inner aisles have healthy things too, like canned beans and other vegetables, rice and other grains. Very cheap and healthy foods not to be ignored! Of course fresh produce is a must as well.
@kmshultz That IS the misconception really. You'd be surprised how awful the food you think are healthy can be for so many people who have undiagnosed health conditions they are completely unaware of. Phytates, Lectins, Round-up, Starches, Heavy metals, just to name a few. I learned this fairly late in my life only after doing a bunch of highly specialized tests that all grains (soy, corn, rice, wheat, etc), beans, and legumes were what was maing me sick my whole life. Avoiding certain 'healthy' foods at all costs is how I made my recovery and saved my life.
@@lars2894 That's why you have to look for good, clean brands with good ingredients; always look at the nutrition label and the ingredient list. We shouldn't have to do that in the first place, but that's what it's come to
@@lars2894 what kind of symptoms were you having? Sometimes I have more mucus, and thus, coughing, after eating something. Though I haven't narrowed down what it is exactly.
I was not expecting that ending! That poor girl, attempting to help her mom make better choices and in the end it wasn't enough. 😢 Plus how can Americans make better choices if we don't know what's in the actual food. They're really out to get us sick.
that was my first thought... big pharma wants us to keep eating the ultra processed foods so they can then in turn make prescriptions to prescribe to us to :treat: our ailment to make money. everything in the U.S. is designed with only money in mind...
Unfortunately politics and food are tied together. During the pandemic DJT laid off 30,000 FDA employees..including scientists who are in charge of food safety. Lobbyists for processed foods contribute to politicians..Republicans like DT and "corporate Dems like Joe Manchin", bribing them to turn the other way as companies like Conagra make record profits but continue to raise prices on their processed crud; mergers of supermarket chains selling foods like Tyson whose chickens have had issues or Boars Head which has been in the news for selling tainted meat products. You have to be aware of which politicians' campaigns are greased by these greedy food companies and vote accordingly.
When I went Vegan a year ago everything changed for me both physically and mentally...I dropped 55lbs efforlessly for the first time in my life. Today my annual bloodwork came back, and my cholesterol, tryglycerides ans bloid sugar levels were all within the normal range for the first time in 25 years!!
I'm going on 5 years whole foods I weigh 110 lbs. Food is medicine💪 If you can't stop eating processed foods. Try wearing a catcher's mask⚾ The only dope I'm on is flavored coffee creamers and sugar Exercise when you want too and especially when you "Don't" Movement is medicine too. I fell off the wagon 2 months ago and drank a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi😵💫I'm all good today I shook it off and I'm back on track.
NO COMPANY WILL EVER DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH UNLESS THEY ARE FORCED TO DO IT BY LAW! SEATBELTS ON CARS, ANTI LOCK BRAKES, BACK UP CAMERAS, AIRBAGS. THESE ARE SAMPLES OF THINGS AUTOMAKERS WERE FORCED TO DO BY LAW!!! THEY EVEN HAD COMMERCIAL SHOWING HOW THESE SAFETY FEATURES WOULD BE BAD FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF A VEHICLE..
I think awareness for the negative side of junk food has arrived everywhere, at least in the western world. People still choose to go to junk food places. Maybe they just don't care. If more people would go get healthy food, the market would change into this direction.
Im 54 and have only learned about this ultra processed food problem in the last year since going on a ketogenic diet... Its truly frightening that all the chemicals are allowed in our food... This is why the average age of adults is trending back down in the USA and around the world. Then there is the giant health care cost of all this unhealthy food and what its doing to people and its all because our own ignorance! I hope this message continues to get out about this !!!
I make my own plant based alternatives. Plain oats, beans, rice, corn tortillas, peanut butter, almond butter, coconut oil, etc. I have lots of food allergies that require epipens. Gluten, eggs, dairy, cashews, and can only handle small amounts of soy. It's very cheap to buy the ingredients. I make oat milk and oat flour in a blender. Bean & rice tacos with peppers, lettuce, hummus, and avocados. My breakfasts are 10 dollars a week from Trader joes.
@@JeffKohn yeah, it's not that addictive. It's easy to learn to look at it with disdain and quit. Cooking a few healthy foods in bulk for the week is easy and less expensive than ultra processed foods.
"Civilized man is the only animal clever enough to manufacture its own food and the only animal stupid enough to eat it." - Dr. Barry Groves (1936-2013)
American food: extremely large portions and overly sweet, including the ones with artificial sweeteners. You have to change the entire taste and satiety of the population. And eliminate all those canned/bottled drinks, juices and sodas. Teach children to only drink filtered/potable water.
I hear people addicted to this upf stuff complain that "healthy food" (as though their idea of healthy was even close to reality) doesn't taste as good, is boring, etc. They think people who eat healthy don't like the taste of their food or can't be excited about it? They seem to not be aware that junk food is an acquired taste. That your taste reception literally changes to accommodate your diet. When you eat less salty food your taste buds adapt and find the less salty stuff just as good. They've adapted their taste away from normal food and think normal food isn't normal tasting anymore (amd of course taste for them trumps all other factors).
@@Aaron.Thomasa friend of mine did an experiment a few years ago. He put msg into every meal he ate for one month. After that it took him like 2 weeks before normal food didn't taste super bland.
The only person in this video that mentioned "FAST FOOD" RESTAURANTS IS Crystal. She said that was her diet. She said she cut back on fast food a month prior to the interview. She died a few days later from a blod clot and hypertension. Here's the problem - you talk all about "ultra-processed" food, yet ONLY focus on what Americans get from the grocery store. These days, the majority of food that people, such as Crystal, get in their diet comes from FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS - take out, drive-thru and Door Dash-type delivery. ALL FOOD FROM FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IS ULTRA PROCESSED, with the HIGHEST LEVELS of known bad chemicals and ingredients. Yet, somehow, the producers of this video LEAVE OUT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS COMPLETELY! 🤫 I wonder why?
That's true - regular restaurants can get you really nice low processed food if you look (one here gets daily farmers market items) but fast food by very definition is ultra processed. If it wasn't ultra processed it wouldn't be called fast food. Subsequent reports ought to mention that more.
Wow, really sad to know that Crystal passed. We don't know, but potentially if she had started the same diet with her daughter she could still be here. I love processed foods, but my body seems to know moderation and I know that its a result of my mother instilling in me the value of balance. Growing up, everyday I pretty much had a home cooked meal and it consisted of protein, vegetables, with rice or root vegetable such as yams, sweet potatoes. Not to mention the amount of fruits I was surrounded by in the Caribbean: mangoes, guineps, Apples, bananas, sugar cane, wild raspberries, naseberries, tamerinds. We did have fast food like KFC and later on even Burger King. But those were once in a while treats, like maybe at the end of the month or on a Friday night. Sometimes, it would be a two piece chicken combo shared between 5 people. Recently I had a delicious bacon cheese burger with fries and a coke at a food court. Seriously, it was super good, but by the time I finished it, my body was telling me, ok, you don't need to have this for a while. So, the key is, moderate your kids accessed to these processed foods a young age.
I interviewed for a data scientist job at PepsiCo a while back. The role was all about using AI and machine learning to boost marketing. They use really advanced math to sell as much of their products as they can, and most of their stuff (except for a few like Quaker Oats) isn’t exactly healthy-think sodas and chips. They even use scientific methods to make their food so irresistible that you can’t stop eating it. PepsiCo doesn’t have any reason to want to sell less. We’re seeing issues with ultra-processed foods and health problems like high blood pressure in the U.S., partly because we’re pretty well-off (food costs less of our income compared to other countries) and because these ultra-processed foods are super tasty. What can we do about it?
most of it never gets consumed either. just sits on shelves until it goes bad because the amount of people who can afford ANYTHING in eurocentric culture keeps exponentially shrinking every single year since the ussr collapsed and the euros decided they no longer had any reason to act humanitarian anymore...
@@saturationstation1446 Food waste is a big issue, but it’s mostly with fresh items like produce, meat, and dairy, grains not processed foods, which last longer
Along with the food, we need to look at the supply chain for food markets. There are food deserts in U.S. where processed food from Dollar Tree is more prevalent than organic grocery stores.
Omg I can’t believe Crystal died! RIP! I can’t deny my addiction to ultra processed foods. It’s not the price. Most of the time it’s laziness. It’s time consuming to prepare a fresh meal and as someone who like diversity in day to day meals, I’m hitting up the Popeyes drive through after 3 days of meal prep. I pray I get it together soon because I’m already overweight but I let myself go this summer smh
Look into healthier convenient options like unsweetened beef jerky, string cheese, bananas and other accessible fruit, ready-to-eat chicken, ready-to-eat eggs (e.g., hard boiled), nuts, and whole milk. These are not superfoods, but they’re convenient and a lot healthier than anything you’ll get at a fast food restaurant.
My heart goes out to the daughter who lost her Mum. My family struggles with diabetes and it took me Grandmother from me. My Mums life were constantly hindered by diabetic complications. She passed at 58. I'm 40 now and I miss them so much. It's hard trying to change your lifestyle and getting those you love involved. Watching them pass away from something you're actively changing is devastating.
This month I realized my diet had far to many processed foods. So I began eating 90% Whole Foods. Yes, I’ve cut the amount of food I consume too. Still, I’m baffled by how quickly I’m losing weight, yet still feeling full. No more frozen pizza nights for me!
Thank you for sharing this. It really effects minority communities, and we need more food education, I was 70 lbs overweight with major health issues and I got my life back. Praying for America. The ending is more real than you know! Parents please take care.
So sad that Crystal could not change her eating habits like her daughter. Obesity is similar to being addicted to drugs. I hope her daughter is okay. 😢
@@k.h.6991the key reminder is addiction. Sugar addiction is no joke. If she’s been eating this way for 35 years it’ll take more time to make the change, I’m sure you’ll agree. It’s so weird when people make judgements thinking if it were me I’d just stop…. If it were that easy there would be no addiction.
As an European living in the US for 16 years: it is still shocking to me. We're outliers because we don't like or buy processed foods and most people are surprised to see that my kids don't bat an eye at kale salads and "adult food". It's a huge culture problem, because honestly it costs less to buy raw ingredients in bulk, even organic ones, than the processed stuff. People are just no aware of it or have no idea since they were never exposed to food outside the US. Even schools in France have homemade food cooked and prepared on site. Here I have to make my kid's lunches or they would eat fast food every day for lunch. Not only is it bad for them, but it costs more per student as well.
unfortunately Crystal is not what the average American looks like at the doctors office. I work in healthcare and it's an epidemic. I do MRI and many more people just don't fit than 20 years ago..
I think a great solution would be to adopt the list approved by Europe here in the USA and then discontinue our current list. Then, each new chemical the US food companies want to add should go through a vetting process to prove it's safety and discover any side effects.
An oldster now, if I eat "convenience" foods the negative effect on how I actually feel is very obvious. I've eaten snack foods from other countries and they are definitely much better. Not so greasy and fluorescent and taste better and don't have the weird sick feeling afterwards. I'll still buy pretzels once in a while, and pop my own popcorn, but things like potato chips are now gross, rather than good. Even candy and other sweets familiar from my youth are no longer good and that isn't because of my aging taste buds, it is because of their lousy ingredients.
I’m like you, I’d love to eat a bag of lays or some Reese’s peanut butter cups but it just doesn’t taste the same as they did back in the day and leaves me feeling like crap afterwards. I just can’t eat processed stuff like that anymore
You know Japan has less food regulation than the US. In fact among developed countries they are least regulated. I think the problem is more cultural. When i went to Japan I noticed even busy folks focus on eating nutrient dense food like Miso Soup, Natto, and also teach youngsters to eat right.
That’s actually taught in schools, and kids learn basic cooking skills in school too. In the US, practical everyday skills of any kind are usually sectioned off into elective classes or after-school clubs, and they have been for decades. A lot of Americans reach adulthood with minimal, if any, skills related to planning and preparing meals, and it absolutely shows.
My 16year old son was diagnosed last year with ulcerative colitis. His GI Dr would not say diet contributed to it and they wanted to put him on biologicals, which I refused and asked if we could start off with the least aggressive medication (Mesalamine). After suffering from another flareup we changed his diet to VERY MINIMALLY processed foods and lots of organic fruits and veggies. No more flare ups. No biologics. Common sense over $$$
In my opinion, I feel as if it is the food companies and the pharmaceutical companies working almost in tandem against us. If the food supply gets better and people start eating more healthy foods, then the need for pharmaceuticals will decrease. Keeping us hooked on unhealthy food generates profits for the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals...as well as gymnasiums, the diet industry, and even the clothing industry as people's clothing size fluctuates when they try to lose weight. What's shocking is how different the food is in say, Canada or the EU vs the U.S., many ingredients and additives that are common here are outlawed in other countries. Edit: just saw the very end of the video. Heartbreaking...so sad for that young girl.
Not necessarily. There is something called food deserts in parts of the country. They can be found in both rural and urban areas. Where it is hard to find affordable and nutritious food.
Not true. The main reason why the US food industry continues to add artificial sweeteners, emulsifiers, food colorings etc to US food is because it makes production cheaper than other methods of production and therefore higher profits.
What a great subject... CBS Reports was the gold standard in long form investigative reporting... This is an important story and could have been great! but its just not the same... It lacks the same quality the CBS was known for. Good story telling with intriguing content .
If only you had a chance to interview Nina Teicholz. She could have really added some serious context to this story as she is actively engaging the corrupt nutrition guidelines committees directly.
I only visited the US once, to Nevada. I was surprised how nearly 95% of the street scenery were big (Fast food) chains. It was tough finding any "normal restaurants". When we bought our own groceries, the price tag was also noticeable higher, almost as if being normal food is treated as a luxury commodity.
They diversified when government introduced more and more restrictions and sales declined. So they bought up the UPF corporations and they're using the same playbook of denial: "no proof" that these products are addictive and promote disease.
The food industry gives you less but you pay more. They should take out high sodium and take out the sugar. If not, they should be prosecuted. FDA should be more active in ingredients in foods. Because companies are getting richer and the people are getting sicker.
Mr yamaguchi failed to show how this is all part of the system and medical field. There are many food deserts and the non processed foods are only made available for a few
There is so much truth to this!!!!!! Was on Prednisone long term in the early 80’s for asthma. Doctor told my mother I would be very hungry, do not stop him from eating just make sure as much of it as possible is home made. Meals from scratch, hamburgers that were just burger and no added seasoning etc, chocolate chip cookies, etc. Food was either eaten in season from the garden, or preserved with traditional procedures (Freezing, canning). Grew up on a family dairy farm so always outside running around working, shoveling manure, playing in the dirt pile etc. Currently take medicines and thank my mother every day for the delicious meals she prepared for us growing up and instilling in us the benefits of consuming a healthy diet!!!!!
Managed a grocery store for over 10 years and was amazed what people could buy with SNAP. Donuts, cookies, chips, soda and chocolate milk were the most purchased items with SNAP in my store. Around the holidays they would buy lobster and crab legs but had to remind them that if we steam it then its prepared food which is taxed and not eligible for SNAP. Most couldn't understand that and argued with me!
No the first step would be making real food more affordable. I know plenty of people who get ebt that want to eat better it’s just the real food is much much more expensive. And if you’re getting ebt you’re already struggling financially
I've been looking after my 81-year-old mom for thirty years, taking her to the doctor at least four times a month, and she was on 13 pills a day. After switching her diet to healthier options with fresh and whole foods and cutting out 95% of ultra-processed foods, I saw a huge change. Now, she visits the doctor just once every six months and is down to 3 pills. She's healthier than she was decades ago. After seeing this transformation, I decided to dive into the healthy foods business, starting with pure, unrefined Palmyra palm sugar since sugar is a big issue. Palmyra palm sugar is made from the flower sap of the Palmyra palm tree and doesn't go through much processing. It's got a low glycemic index and keeps all its nutrients.
just don't go full vegan or prepare for that good ride to crash hard. Surprised to say the Bern is on the right track on this issue. The whole "save the children" is classic politician, but that does increase the chance of anyone else caring.
@taruden2529 crash hard how? Its scientifically proven that its the best diet to a long and healthy life. I want to be 80 traveling the world not with replaced knees in a nursing home. I say mostly plant based because i eat ethically sources (amish) eggs and honey. But i dont eat ANY meat or dairy. I also try to do Dr Gregors daily dozen. I feel amazing when i do his daily dozen lol highly recommend to everyone
@@Aaron.Thomas it is not possible to be Vegan long term without supplementation. Something strikes me as off about that. If it works for you them more power to you.
I highly recommend everyone stream the documentary “Fed Up”. The government knows that the food industry is poisoning Americans but the food industry lobbies are too powerful to allow changes to be made. The program is a real eye opener.
Thing is, if you know how to shop and cook, you can eat healthily and tastily on a small budget.. Peasants have always eaten whole grains, root veg, legumes and veg like cabbage. The legumes are the main thing for protein, and you can make a black bean burger that tastes way better than a McRubbish burger for about a quarter of the price. There are heaps of frugal-cooking websites. A good British one is Eat Well for Less. Great tips and recipes.
I love the poor guy in this film demonstrating ultra processed plant based milk with tons of sugar. He is obese, then of course they list the health impacts, obesity, etc. Sadly. Fortunately, I have never eaten any of this crap, nor will I. Now there might be other reasons why this man was overweight, and I did not say to to put him down in any way. I am just making a point as an example. But honestly ultra processed, even like cheetos or potato chips, etc. that are spicy that taste amazing are very dangerous for our health. As an epidemiologist, when these companies suggest that there is no causality of health effects. In that, there are other contributors. True. However, there have been so many cases where those who were consuming ultra processed foods regularly, once they stopped and ate fresh vegetables and improved their nutrition with real food they suddenly became healthier, had more energy, slept better, and reduced stress.
This video should go viral: 10,000 chemicals in our foods compared to 400 in Europe?!
This is a crime against Americans
a crime against humanity
10,000 *largely unvetted* food additives and nobody bats an eye. Then someone suggests restricting the [insert UPF food name here] and suddenly they're evil incarnate.
Someone really said "I don't want to do the paperwork for basic ingredients" a few decades ago, and now they don't have to do the paperwork for the crazy stuff that actually needs the paperwork. They took the easy way out.
Nope. This is common knowledge. America has some of the healthiest food options compared to the rest of the world. So consuming chemicals is down to a personal CHOICE, not due to any lack of information.
Most people outside of the US don't even have options like pasture raised heirloom breed meats and non-dairy additive-free yogurts.
I lived in Spain 2020-2021. I lost about 40 pounds. I had to cook most meals and took up Spanish cooking. It helped that there were no fast-food restaurants where I lived. I'd have to take a bus and a train to get to a bigger town. Also, I only had to work a fraction of the hours that I worked in the US, so I would walk along the coast and through the National Park daily.
@@kennielsen3896 Every time I visit Europe, i lose weight
A grocery store that has a health food section should make you wonder about the rest of the store.
“Health food” is a marketing gimmick though. No individual food is inherently unhealthy unless it is spoiled or contaminated. A person’s overall _diet_ can be healthy or unhealthy.
You can’t really tell me Cheetos are healthy bud
@@mimzy54321 “Healthy” isn’t a very useful word. No foods are healthy or unhealthy on their own. A more meaningful statement would be something like “Cheetos aren’t very _nutritious_ relative to the number of calories.” Cheetos are fine to eat. You probably shouldn’t eat a lot of them, but that’s because you would be consuming a lot of calories for little nutritional value, not because some ingredient in Cheetos are negatively impacting your health.
@@mimzy54321if you need calories yes its healthy you can literally drink enough water to die from bursting cells hence why water drinking competitions are no longer seen
@@samuelstephens6904 It's not just about nutritional values and calories. There are ingredients in certain foods that actively harm you. An extreme example of this would be a plate of steamed broccoli dipped in cyanide. Sure it's low calories and packed with nutrients, but it contains chemicals that actively do harm.
Take care Tiara, I'm so sorry for your loss, but stay strong, stay healthy. rest in peace Crystal 🙏
Did she get jabbed?? Died suddenly from blood clots in young people is becoming quite common.
Thank you for highlighting this issue, corporate greed has suffocated the American spirit for too long we need healthy and nutritious foods to sustain us in these dark times. The government needs to step up and force antitrust laws.
Corporate greed is the hallmark of capitalism which happens to be the American spirit.
The government is and always has been almost 100% complicit in ensuring the majority of food vastly available is NOT nutritious. Think twice about thanking anyone for this coverage as it is propaganda and highly misleading, funded by Pfizer
@@masterlightjames950exactly, as long as the politicians pockets are getting lined by the food lobbyist nothing will change… capitalism at its finest.
Talk about corporate greed! Do you realize that this was sponsored by Pfizer?
I agree, most of the stuff you see in the grocery store is pure trash for our bodies. However, large corporations lie to the public by saying their products are healthy and nutritious. They play both sides of the isle, they donate to both democrats and republicans. They know how to get their way in terms of legislation.
Damn…. THAT ENDING hurt.
that caught me off guard like woah
indeed very sad. But was is really unexpected?
@taruden2529 yeah, blood clots and stuff some drop dead. Easier to stereotype weight.
whoa
@RekdReation your anger isn't helping anyone. People exaggerate about obesity to feel superior as you do, as there are heavier athletes (without overtly muscilar builds) like world's strongest man or women's hammer throw. You also pretend as though a lot of life isn't dumb luck where you may outlive people with a better hand than you. But hey if you wanna equate every additional 50 pounds is 10 less years to live, feel free to fool yourself.
I genuinely believe this is the single most important issue faced by America today, bar none. There is nothing more crucial, individually and collectively, than a person's health - both mental and physical. The food we ingest into our bodies is the primary driver of our health or lack thereof. Think about it: we're literally taking physical matter and putting it inside ourselves. Getting this right is absolutely critical.
Why is this THE most important issue? Consider these points:
1. The astronomical costs of chronic diseases linked to poor diet are crippling our healthcare system and economy. We spend far more on chronic disease treatment/management than we do on war.
2. Our quality of life and longevity are directly tied to what we eat. Health is intrinsically important. Without good health, nothing else matters.
3. Mental health, cognitive function, and even societal behavior are influenced by nutrition. Productivity, criminality, living harmoniously with others: all these things are influenced by our mental health, which we are more and more finding is tied to what food we eat.
4. A healthy population is more productive, creative, and capable of tackling other pressing issues.
At a personal level, we should all strive to make the best dietary choices possible. But this isn't just about individual responsibility. As a society, we cannot stand idly by while corporate greed and corruption continue to profit from our sickness, addiction, and ignorance. We need to take action:
1. Ban all marketing of ultra-processed food products directed at children. Full stop. I’d go further with banning commercials on tv - like cigarettes - but that’s not gonna happen anytime soon.
2. Implement stark warning labels on ultra-processed foods, similar to cigarette packs, stating they're known to lead to adverse health outcomes and can potentially be addictive.
3. Launch massive public education campaigns about the dangers of ultra-processed foods and the benefits of whole foods.
4. Incentivize the production and accessibility of healthier food options, and disincentivize the production of junk food by implementing stricter regulations, more aligned with other developed countries.
The food we eat shapes every aspect of our lives and our nation's future. It's time we treat this issue with the urgency it deserves and take bold steps to reclaim our health from the jaws of the ultra-processed food industry.
Denormalize the ubiquity of ultraprocessed foods in our life and culture. We need to shift our cultural attitude towards ultra-processed foods. Just as saying "I could go for a cigarette" now often elicits concern rather than encouragement, we should react similarly to casual mentions of fast food cravings. Instead of laughing or agreeing when someone says "I could go for some Taco Bell," we should recognize this as a potentially harmful impulse.
Very well said!
I think with the cigarettes part we’ve done a lot of work on that and the smoking rates have gone down….but yeah banning smoking and alcohol ads would be a really good step!
Yes, Bernie Sanders mentioned labels advising of the health impact of these ultraprocessed foods, like cigarettes because the damage is similar, great idea!
Agree 100%, well-summarized.
I would caution on the "warning labels on everything" initiative. Case in point: California's Proposition 65. When everything has a cancer warning on it, the public stops paying attention to it, and companies start slapping the label on everything so they can't be sued for *not* having it on a product that should have required it.
Thank you European Union for not giving us an American FDA system.
Best of luck to Bernie Sanders
It's better yet I would like the EU system to be stricter with allowing additives.
The fact that 2/3 of US population doesn't know what ultra processed foods are is incredible...
well it's not like Uncle Sam produces propaganda for fruits n veggies. wake up
It is be are am is!
I had not heard of this until fairly recently, but we all just need to be educated.
depends on definition. could be more
The video couldn't even define what ultra processed foods are. At this point, the term ultra processed has just become a buzzword designed to instill fear.
Big tobacco companies have bought many ultra processed food companies.
And Pfizer, the sponsor of this CBS doc makes billions on the drugs they’ve developed and sell to combat the issues being discussed. Call me skeptical but I just can’t see Pfizer putting itself out of business so the question is: why did Pfizer pony up the bucks for this?
And they’re using the same marketing and lobbying playbook that they used with tobacco.
@@chrisbaker2669 No, most are owned by chemical and pharmaceutical companies.
“The FDA says it’s committed to overseeing the safety of the food supply”
Red dye 40 would like to disagree.
Red 40 isn't banned anywhere on the planet. Hydrogenated oil is what's killing everyone.
If they were to use beet root powder instead of red 40, things would still be red, and much better for you. Also, Turmeric instead of yellow dyes would make stuff yellow..
They don’t do a damn thing. Just sit on their perch.
Omg my adhd can’t stand the dyes. Makes my symptoms skyrocket.
I quit nearly everything. Went carno. Now my wild adhd is much better… or just less.
Along with many other problems I had.
I won’t ever go off carnivore. I feel too great lol.
Been on long enough that even my taste buds changed.
I still mentally crave but when I taste what I think I want, it tastes so fkkn gross now
@@HoneyBeeCrafts same, the same snacks I loved then are horrible now.
Poor Tiara and her family. My thoughts are with her and her family 😔💔
I agree! That's heartbreaking that now a 13 year old has lost her mother, and they looked like they had a loving and supportive relationship. Crystal losing her life at only 44 years old feels so unfair, she had a lot more to do in this life. I hope Tiara and her family are holding each other close during this horrible loss~
I'm sure that your thoughts being with them will MASSIVELY help them.....NOOOOTTTT!
@@bobjames6622 Your comment is massively unhelpful.
Eating poorly was always a choice.
@@bobjames6622 is it 1992? You are really dating yourself with the "not" jokes
Remember when Michelle Obama caught so much grief for trying to improve school lunches ??
That’s because the food lobby is so strong
It was still ultra processed, it just tasted and looked like feces.
That’s because her lunches were bad. There was more waste cause kids didn’t like the food so they didn’t eat it
@@nathanielm77Kids love junk food more doesn't mean we feed them that.
@@oness1334 I agree. But at least they are eating something and not throwing out the food and going to waste.
How unfortunate. R.I.P to Crystal
Sadly, the U.S. economy actually thrives on suffering, both physical and mental. Type 2 diabetes alone is responsible for a disturbing amount of our GDP. Between poor health (crap in, healthcare expenses out) and social media making everyone feel angry and/or inadequate the current foundations of our precious economy are just plain disturbing.
Sadly you are correct. That and being at war somewhere in the world, keeping the wheels of the military-industrial complex greased. In short, the US economy thrives on death.
Thank you for doing this reporting! We need more reporting on health related topics and the dangers of ultra processed foods. It's a big problem in the US. What we eat is the most important decision we make everyday.
Hats off to Adam Yamaguchi for presenting these critical issues so we can all understand the problems we can face when we consume too many ultra processed foods. I have moved to as much whole food plant based eating as possible, and my cholesterol levels improved a lot. Thank you, Bernie Sanders for working to keep children more healthful by incentivizing healthful food production! Maybe the SNAP program can be improved so that food stamps benefits are higher if they are spent on healthful foods like fresh vegetables and fruits and whole grains! 😊
I believe SNAP here in Colorado has a "double up" campaign, where your benefits go twice as far (i.e. matched dollar for dollar) when spending them at certain farmer's markets... =)
Problems, not "issues."
Yes, many states now have programs that double the dollars of food benefits spent on produce at farmers markets and some stores (that opt in).
And the repubs attacked Michelle Obama when she pushed for healthier lunches for school kids. There's too many politicians paid for by greedy food corporations!
Local, Seasonal, Organic :) Support Local Farmers Markets
That's the only way to go.
This needs to be a daily news covered topic. This has been the norm for years. You try to eat healthy, and it is more expensive. You look at the choices up and down the isles, and it all comes from the same 4 companies that make them. And now you have places like Kroger merging with Albertsons, and the same companies controlling the food, being in charge of making it horrible for your health, getting you addicted to it, and then raise the products not effected by supply chain issues just to make record profits.
I'm going on 4 years clean and sober and I'm more proud of eating clean than my sobriety. Then again I couldn't sober up till I got the nutrition down.😃Life is good.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@visibletoa11userz Only took me 50 years.😃Weeeeeeee🍎
@@gm7304sober meaning not drinking by the way? That’s really good too….yeah as a college student myself I’ve been so careful about what to eat nowdays ! They seem to make a lot of fried foods which looks enticing but damaging long term
I know that addiction to alcohol can destroy lives and often end them prematurely. Junk food can do the same thing for those who are addicted to it. It is all designed to be as addictive as possible. Consider the mother of Tiara
I've always only shopped the perimeter of the grocery store. Stay out of the aisles.
The FDA guy is a true politician. He answered the question without answering the question😅
He answered the question like a bureaucrat. It basically translates to, “We don’t make the rules. Take your complaints to Congress because they dictate what we can do,” just said in a bland enough way that lets him keep his job.
Yes, and did you notice at the start of the video. Sponsored by pfizer. There's your answer.
This kind of reporting on CBS is deeply needed! If you’ve found this, keep seeking out more information on what has happened and seek out those that are leading the effort to bring our children, our country and our world back to vibrant health. The latest RFK Jr. podcast on this subject with Calley Means is incredibly illuminating. I highly recommend it. 💥🙏
Yes, this reporting is great and more people and parents need to be aware of this issue. However RFK Jr is a quack and his spreading of anti-vax misinformation has caused many children to die.
The United States needs to get on the ball and do what Europe doesn’t put labeling on every package. I think it’s like a 1 to 4 or 5 or something like that and there’s color coding also involved on how healthy the food is. Every single thing is labeled. And they’re not tiny little numbers on the back of the package - they’re very large and on the front so you cannot mistake them.
What’s he recommending? Bear ? Whale ? Worm ? 😂
@@justjane2070 yes but only if you live near Central Park for one and have large enough car straps for the other 😖
Why on earth would anyone want to eat food that’s been created in a lab and not food that was produced on a farm?
If we had fast organic food for work life people would be healthier
Because corporations have to make a lot of money.
This is why I shop on the outside aisles in the supermarket--fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, meat, and poultry. It's the inner aisles where are the unhealthy food is. Start cooking with fresh ingredients, instead of eating processed food.
Inner aisles have healthy things too, like canned beans and other vegetables, rice and other grains. Very cheap and healthy foods not to be ignored! Of course fresh produce is a must as well.
@@kmshultz Fair, and the frozen fruits and vegetables as well.
@kmshultz That IS the misconception really. You'd be surprised how awful the food you think are healthy can be for so many people who have undiagnosed health conditions they are completely unaware of. Phytates, Lectins, Round-up, Starches, Heavy metals, just to name a few.
I learned this fairly late in my life only after doing a bunch of highly specialized tests that all grains (soy, corn, rice, wheat, etc), beans, and legumes were what was maing me sick my whole life. Avoiding certain 'healthy' foods at all costs is how I made my recovery and saved my life.
@@lars2894 That's why you have to look for good, clean brands with good ingredients; always look at the nutrition label and the ingredient list. We shouldn't have to do that in the first place, but that's what it's come to
@@lars2894 what kind of symptoms were you having? Sometimes I have more mucus, and thus, coughing, after eating something. Though I haven't narrowed down what it is exactly.
I was not expecting that ending! That poor girl, attempting to help her mom make better choices and in the end it wasn't enough. 😢
Plus how can Americans make better choices if we don't know what's in the actual food. They're really out to get us sick.
What do you suggest people should eat and drink for better health?
The irony of Pfizer sponsoring this video.
That was the first thing that caught my eye!
that was my first thought... big pharma wants us to keep eating the ultra processed foods so they can then in turn make prescriptions to prescribe to us to :treat: our ailment to make money. everything in the U.S. is designed with only money in mind...
Disappointed...it's not by one of the big pharma companies that make the weight loss drugs like Eli Lilly or Novo Nordisk.
My covid 19 vaccination is by Pfizer ❤
This!!!
CBS News you should make more of these reports than covering politic all the time. This is way more interesting , important, and better. Thank you
Unfortunately politics and food are tied together. During the pandemic DJT laid off 30,000 FDA employees..including scientists who are in charge of food safety. Lobbyists for processed foods contribute to politicians..Republicans like DT and "corporate Dems like Joe Manchin", bribing them to turn the other way as companies like Conagra make record profits but continue to raise prices on their processed crud; mergers of supermarket chains selling foods like Tyson whose chickens have had issues or Boars Head which has been in the news for selling tainted meat products. You have to be aware of which politicians' campaigns are greased by these greedy food companies and vote accordingly.
It's not about individual choice, it's about corporate greed.
Illusion of choice
People have free will. No one is a captive of corporate America. Eat food, not junk
Corporate greed should be limited by regulation.
It is choice... but would most people make that choice if they were informed correctly? I doubt that...
@@JeffKohn people have the illusion of free will when your choice are based on the lack of information or corporate lies regarding food.
When I went Vegan a year ago everything changed for me both physically and mentally...I dropped 55lbs efforlessly for the first time in my life. Today my annual bloodwork came back, and my cholesterol, tryglycerides ans bloid sugar levels were all within the normal range for the first time in 25 years!!
RIP Crystal, that is heartbreaking. Wishing the best for her family.
The irony of this expo. Preaching sustainability while serving a single chip sample on mini plastic bowls.
Greetings from germany. We've also proplems with UPF, but not as big as in the states. Take care what you eat, because you've only one life!
I'm going on 5 years whole foods I weigh 110 lbs. Food is medicine💪 If you can't stop eating processed foods. Try wearing a catcher's mask⚾ The only dope I'm on is flavored coffee creamers and sugar Exercise when you want too and especially when you "Don't" Movement is medicine too. I fell off the wagon 2 months ago and drank a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi😵💫I'm all good today I shook it off and I'm back on track.
Exercise is most important it is something a lot of people need more of, including me.
Right on man! I love the energy and vibe
NO COMPANY WILL EVER DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH UNLESS THEY ARE FORCED TO DO IT BY LAW! SEATBELTS ON CARS, ANTI LOCK BRAKES, BACK UP CAMERAS, AIRBAGS. THESE ARE SAMPLES OF THINGS AUTOMAKERS WERE FORCED TO DO BY LAW!!! THEY EVEN HAD COMMERCIAL SHOWING HOW THESE SAFETY FEATURES WOULD BE BAD FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF A VEHICLE..
And you can’t even trust laws cause they were bought and paid for by said companies
We need more access to healthy food stores and restaurants. We don’t need more McDonald’s
I think awareness for the negative side of junk food has arrived everywhere, at least in the western world. People still choose to go to junk food places. Maybe they just don't care. If more people would go get healthy food, the market would change into this direction.
@@Mnbvcxzlkjhg1 most ppl are sugar addicts
Im 54 and have only learned about this ultra processed food problem in the last year since going on a ketogenic diet... Its truly frightening that all the chemicals are allowed in our food... This is why the average age of adults is trending back down in the USA and around the world. Then there is the giant health care cost of all this unhealthy food and what its doing to people and its all because our own ignorance! I hope this message continues to get out about this !!!
R.I.P Crystal :(🙁
Food is grown. Not manufactured.
Great video Adam. Please do more about UPF and its dangers! Do more about whole food plant based diets. That's how I gave up meat.
I make my own plant based alternatives. Plain oats, beans, rice, corn tortillas, peanut butter, almond butter, coconut oil, etc. I have lots of food allergies that require epipens. Gluten, eggs, dairy, cashews, and can only handle small amounts of soy. It's very cheap to buy the ingredients. I make oat milk and oat flour in a blender. Bean & rice tacos with peppers, lettuce, hummus, and avocados. My breakfasts are 10 dollars a week from Trader joes.
“Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?”
Chris van Tulleken
Going to read...thanks !
We can stop. I stopped 10 years ago and have never looked back. Never felt better than I do now, going on 70.
@@JeffKohn yeah, it's not that addictive. It's easy to learn to look at it with disdain and quit. Cooking a few healthy foods in bulk for the week is easy and less expensive than ultra processed foods.
"Civilized man is the only animal clever enough to manufacture its own food and the only animal stupid enough to eat it." - Dr. Barry Groves (1936-2013)
If you can not make a meal of it in its natural state it was not meant for human consumption.
Ants, mindless as they are, do it too.
American food: extremely large portions and overly sweet, including the ones with artificial sweeteners. You have to change the entire taste and satiety of the population. And eliminate all those canned/bottled drinks, juices and sodas. Teach children to only drink filtered/potable water.
I hear people addicted to this upf stuff complain that "healthy food" (as though their idea of healthy was even close to reality) doesn't taste as good, is boring, etc.
They think people who eat healthy don't like the taste of their food or can't be excited about it?
They seem to not be aware that junk food is an acquired taste. That your taste reception literally changes to accommodate your diet. When you eat less salty food your taste buds adapt and find the less salty stuff just as good. They've adapted their taste away from normal food and think normal food isn't normal tasting anymore (amd of course taste for them trumps all other factors).
@@Aaron.Thomasa friend of mine did an experiment a few years ago. He put msg into every meal he ate for one month. After that it took him like 2 weeks before normal food didn't taste super bland.
The only person in this video that mentioned "FAST FOOD" RESTAURANTS IS Crystal. She said that was her diet. She said she cut back on fast food a month prior to the interview. She died a few days later from a blod clot and hypertension.
Here's the problem - you talk all about "ultra-processed" food, yet ONLY focus on what Americans get from the grocery store. These days, the majority of food that people, such as Crystal, get in their diet comes from FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS - take out, drive-thru and Door Dash-type delivery. ALL FOOD FROM FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IS ULTRA PROCESSED, with the HIGHEST LEVELS of known bad chemicals and ingredients.
Yet, somehow, the producers of this video LEAVE OUT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS COMPLETELY!
🤫
I wonder why?
That's true - regular restaurants can get you really nice low processed food if you look (one here gets daily farmers market items) but fast food by very definition is ultra processed. If it wasn't ultra processed it wouldn't be called fast food.
Subsequent reports ought to mention that more.
There are lots of documentaries on fast food. This was all about the ultra processed food in general.
because you cant do it without mentioning specific brands, who happen to be advertisers, it would hit the bottom line CBS.
Wow, really sad to know that Crystal passed. We don't know, but potentially if she had started the same diet with her daughter she could still be here. I love processed foods, but my body seems to know moderation and I know that its a result of my mother instilling in me the value of balance. Growing up, everyday I pretty much had a home cooked meal and it consisted of protein, vegetables, with rice or root vegetable such as yams, sweet potatoes. Not to mention the amount of fruits I was surrounded by in the Caribbean: mangoes, guineps, Apples, bananas, sugar cane, wild raspberries, naseberries, tamerinds. We did have fast food like KFC and later on even Burger King. But those were once in a while treats, like maybe at the end of the month or on a Friday night. Sometimes, it would be a two piece chicken combo shared between 5 people. Recently I had a delicious bacon cheese burger with fries and a coke at a food court. Seriously, it was super good, but by the time I finished it, my body was telling me, ok, you don't need to have this for a while. So, the key is, moderate your kids accessed to these processed foods a young age.
Guineps? You must be puerto rican. You forgot parcha (passion fruit), and coconuts. 😁
Now a video on seed oils!
‘The US is a country that likes individual choice’
It’s not a choice when people are not aware and educated on it!
The food and health industry in America have a special relationship. Your poor health is the source of their PROFIT. Cook your own fresh food.
Whoa! Mainstream media actually reporting on this. Finally!
As we better understand our microbiome, it becomes more clear how these ultra processed foods are killing us.
What a great documentary. It's just unfortunate that this wasn't shown on broadcast TV.
Answer is corporate greed and unregulated fillers.
Also humans are genetically programmed to gorge up the richest foods whenever available (to survive famines and winters).
Processed food is evil and bad for you no matter what anyone says.
I interviewed for a data scientist job at PepsiCo a while back. The role was all about using AI and machine learning to boost marketing. They use really advanced math to sell as much of their products as they can, and most of their stuff (except for a few like Quaker Oats) isn’t exactly healthy-think sodas and chips. They even use scientific methods to make their food so irresistible that you can’t stop eating it. PepsiCo doesn’t have any reason to want to sell less.
We’re seeing issues with ultra-processed foods and health problems like high blood pressure in the U.S., partly because we’re pretty well-off (food costs less of our income compared to other countries) and because these ultra-processed foods are super tasty. What can we do about it?
most of it never gets consumed either. just sits on shelves until it goes bad because the amount of people who can afford ANYTHING in eurocentric culture keeps exponentially shrinking every single year since the ussr collapsed and the euros decided they no longer had any reason to act humanitarian anymore...
@@saturationstation1446 Food waste is a big issue, but it’s mostly with fresh items like produce, meat, and dairy, grains not processed foods, which last longer
Along with the food, we need to look at the supply chain for food markets. There are food deserts in U.S. where processed food from Dollar Tree is more prevalent than organic grocery stores.
Omg I can’t believe Crystal died! RIP!
I can’t deny my addiction to ultra processed foods. It’s not the price. Most of the time it’s laziness. It’s time consuming to prepare a fresh meal and as someone who like diversity in day to day meals, I’m hitting up the Popeyes drive through after 3 days of meal prep. I pray I get it together soon because I’m already overweight but I let myself go this summer smh
Look into healthier convenient options like unsweetened beef jerky, string cheese, bananas and other accessible fruit, ready-to-eat chicken, ready-to-eat eggs (e.g., hard boiled), nuts, and whole milk. These are not superfoods, but they’re convenient and a lot healthier than anything you’ll get at a fast food restaurant.
My heart goes out to the daughter who lost her Mum. My family struggles with diabetes and it took me Grandmother from me. My Mums life were constantly hindered by diabetic complications. She passed at 58. I'm 40 now and I miss them so much. It's hard trying to change your lifestyle and getting those you love involved. Watching them pass away from something you're actively changing is devastating.
Crazy how they want to implement more regulations but do not want to ban those chemicals all together 🧐
So sad her mom died she was on a path to change with her daughter. I wish her daughter the best❤
This month I realized my diet had far to many processed foods. So I began eating 90% Whole Foods.
Yes, I’ve cut the amount of food I consume too. Still, I’m baffled by how quickly I’m losing weight, yet still feeling full.
No more frozen pizza nights for me!
Thank you for sharing this. It really effects minority communities, and we need more food education, I was 70 lbs overweight with major health issues and I got my life back. Praying for America. The ending is more real than you know! Parents please take care.
So sad that Crystal could not change her eating habits like her daughter. Obesity is similar to being addicted to drugs. I hope her daughter is okay. 😢
She did change. However it was too little, too late.
@@k.h.6991the key reminder is addiction. Sugar addiction is no joke. If she’s been eating this way for 35 years it’ll take more time to make the change, I’m sure you’ll agree. It’s so weird when people make judgements thinking if it were me I’d just stop…. If it were that easy there would be no addiction.
As an European living in the US for 16 years: it is still shocking to me. We're outliers because we don't like or buy processed foods and most people are surprised to see that my kids don't bat an eye at kale salads and "adult food". It's a huge culture problem, because honestly it costs less to buy raw ingredients in bulk, even organic ones, than the processed stuff. People are just no aware of it or have no idea since they were never exposed to food outside the US. Even schools in France have homemade food cooked and prepared on site. Here I have to make my kid's lunches or they would eat fast food every day for lunch. Not only is it bad for them, but it costs more per student as well.
unfortunately Crystal is not what the average American looks like at the doctors office. I work in healthcare and it's an epidemic. I do MRI and many more people just don't fit than 20 years ago..
My favorite part of visiting the USA and to see all the different processes food you have.
I think a great solution would be to adopt the list approved by Europe here in the USA and then discontinue our current list. Then, each new chemical the US food companies want to add should go through a vetting process to prove it's safety and discover any side effects.
passing away at 44 years old that is so young the reality is the fast food industry and ultra processed foods are killing people
An oldster now, if I eat "convenience" foods the negative effect on how I actually feel is very obvious. I've eaten snack foods from other countries and they are definitely much better. Not so greasy and fluorescent and taste better and don't have the weird sick feeling afterwards. I'll still buy pretzels once in a while, and pop my own popcorn, but things like potato chips are now gross, rather than good. Even candy and other sweets familiar from my youth are no longer good and that isn't because of my aging taste buds, it is because of their lousy ingredients.
I’m like you, I’d love to eat a bag of lays or some Reese’s peanut butter cups but it just doesn’t taste the same as they did back in the day and leaves me feeling like crap afterwards. I just can’t eat processed stuff like that anymore
RIP to Crystal. Praying for her daughter and other loved ones.
I recently developed inflamatory reactions to seed oils & soy. It is IMPOSSIBLE to find packaged foods without one or both.
that's because none of that is food. Its all slow acting poison.
Thank you America for addressing this problem
And creating it.
These things are banned most other places.
10:45 I wish we could do that to the alcohol industry here too because it’s basically the same thing as tobacco in that it gets you addicted!
Alcohol use is SUPER grandfathered into our culture. That’s never going to change. It’s always going to get a pass.
I would like to see a comparison on additives and food substitutes to Canada.
You know Japan has less food regulation than the US. In fact among developed countries they are least regulated. I think the problem is more cultural. When i went to Japan I noticed even busy folks focus on eating nutrient dense food like Miso Soup, Natto, and also teach youngsters to eat right.
That’s actually taught in schools, and kids learn basic cooking skills in school too. In the US, practical everyday skills of any kind are usually sectioned off into elective classes or after-school clubs, and they have been for decades. A lot of Americans reach adulthood with minimal, if any, skills related to planning and preparing meals, and it absolutely shows.
Cause of Education and of course the Character. They are less prone to do dishonorable things.
My 16year old son was diagnosed last year with ulcerative colitis. His GI Dr would not say diet contributed to it and they wanted to put him on biologicals, which I refused and asked if we could start off with the least aggressive medication (Mesalamine). After suffering from another flareup we changed his diet to VERY MINIMALLY processed foods and lots of organic fruits and veggies. No more flare ups. No biologics. Common sense over $$$
In my opinion, I feel as if it is the food companies and the pharmaceutical companies working almost in tandem against us. If the food supply gets better and people start eating more healthy foods, then the need for pharmaceuticals will decrease. Keeping us hooked on unhealthy food generates profits for the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals...as well as gymnasiums, the diet industry, and even the clothing industry as people's clothing size fluctuates when they try to lose weight. What's shocking is how different the food is in say, Canada or the EU vs the U.S., many ingredients and additives that are common here are outlawed in other countries. Edit: just saw the very end of the video. Heartbreaking...so sad for that young girl.
Have you been watching the movie Fifth Element where the evil bad guy demostates how breaking a glass cup generates additional GDP for the economy?
Bernie Sanders should have been president of the USA since a long time. Sadly with the two current candidates nothing will change on this matter.
Ironically, most processed food is more expensive, per pound, than fresh, homemade food.
Not necessarily. There is something called food deserts in parts of the country. They can be found in both rural and urban areas. Where it is hard to find affordable and nutritious food.
Not true. The main reason why the US food industry continues to add artificial sweeteners, emulsifiers, food colorings etc to US food is because it makes production cheaper than other methods of production and therefore higher profits.
Maybe if you value your time at only federal minimum wage...
@@mum2jka Absolutely true. Higher profits for lower quality processed food.
@@crash.override This has nothing to do with the cost of the food. Feed your family, and pets, processed garbage, to save time? Wow
What a great subject... CBS Reports was the gold standard in long form investigative reporting... This is an important story and could have been great! but its just not the same... It lacks the same quality the CBS was known for. Good story telling with intriguing content .
If only you had a chance to interview Nina Teicholz. She could have really added some serious context to this story as she is actively engaging the corrupt nutrition guidelines committees directly.
I only visited the US once, to Nevada. I was surprised how nearly 95% of the street scenery were big (Fast food) chains. It was tough finding any "normal restaurants". When we bought our own groceries, the price tag was also noticeable higher, almost as if being normal food is treated as a luxury commodity.
Feels like I'm watching Soylent Green
It’s people! It’s people!
Deep condolences to Crystal's family. So sorry for your loss, stay strong.
If it comes in a wrapper, can or box, SKIP IT
Those are the most tasty foods.
Now, will CBS refuse advertising from ultra processed food producers?
Big Tobacco owns these food companies.
They diversified when government introduced more and more restrictions and sales declined. So they bought up the UPF corporations and they're using the same playbook of denial: "no proof" that these products are addictive and promote disease.
The food industry gives you less but you pay more. They should take out high sodium and take out the sugar. If not, they should be prosecuted. FDA should be more active in ingredients in foods. Because companies
are getting richer and the people are getting sicker.
make dirt taste like steak ≠ solution to food problems
I like it that the music changes into solo guitar (ukulele) whenever they discuss farmer’s market food.
Mr yamaguchi failed to show how this is all part of the system and medical field. There are many food deserts and the non processed foods are only made available for a few
RIP Crystal and you were aware and on the road to better health 😪
Great video please bring more awareness!!!
There is so much truth to this!!!!!! Was on Prednisone long term in the early 80’s for asthma. Doctor told my mother I would be very hungry, do not stop him from eating just make sure as much of it as possible is home made. Meals from scratch, hamburgers that were just burger and no added seasoning etc, chocolate chip cookies, etc. Food was either eaten in season from the garden, or preserved with traditional procedures (Freezing, canning). Grew up on a family dairy farm so always outside running around working, shoveling manure, playing in the dirt pile etc. Currently take medicines and thank my mother every day for the delicious meals she prepared for us growing up and instilling in us the benefits of consuming a healthy diet!!!!!
First step is to ban this "food" from SNAP EBT purchase.
Managed a grocery store for over 10 years and was amazed what people could buy with SNAP. Donuts, cookies, chips, soda and chocolate milk were the most purchased items with SNAP in my store. Around the holidays they would buy lobster and crab legs but had to remind them that if we steam it then its prepared food which is taxed and not eligible for SNAP. Most couldn't understand that and argued with me!
@@joekerr7975”around the holidays”
And what’s wrong with that? Everyone deserves a nice meal around the holidays if no other time
No the first step would be making real food more affordable. I know plenty of people who get ebt that want to eat better it’s just the real food is much much more expensive. And if you’re getting ebt you’re already struggling financially
@@ArchThaBoss you bullshiting and you know it.
@joekerr7975 government sponsored poisoning followed by "Healthcare".
Just look at people before WW2 and how they look now and you will have your answer
Cigs and beer baby 🎉
I've been looking after my 81-year-old mom for thirty years, taking her to the doctor at least four times a month, and she was on 13 pills a day. After switching her diet to healthier options with fresh and whole foods and cutting out 95% of ultra-processed foods, I saw a huge change. Now, she visits the doctor just once every six months and is down to 3 pills. She's healthier than she was decades ago. After seeing this transformation, I decided to dive into the healthy foods business, starting with pure, unrefined Palmyra palm sugar since sugar is a big issue. Palmyra palm sugar is made from the flower sap of the Palmyra palm tree and doesn't go through much processing. It's got a low glycemic index and keeps all its nutrients.
I feel the Bern! ❤ been plant based 4 years now thanks to what the health and other documentaries including my own research and I could never go back
just don't go full vegan or prepare for that good ride to crash hard. Surprised to say the Bern is on the right track on this issue. The whole "save the children" is classic politician, but that does increase the chance of anyone else caring.
@@taruden2529 20 years now, when does that crash come? At 30 years? Or 40 years? Guess I'll have to keep waiting.
I didn't know Bernie had more reasons for me to love him. The most direct, no-nonsense congressman we have at the moment.
@taruden2529 crash hard how? Its scientifically proven that its the best diet to a long and healthy life. I want to be 80 traveling the world not with replaced knees in a nursing home. I say mostly plant based because i eat ethically sources (amish) eggs and honey. But i dont eat ANY meat or dairy. I also try to do Dr Gregors daily dozen. I feel amazing when i do his daily dozen lol highly recommend to everyone
@@Aaron.Thomas it is not possible to be Vegan long term without supplementation. Something strikes me as off about that. If it works for you them more power to you.
I highly recommend everyone stream the documentary “Fed Up”. The government knows that the food industry is poisoning Americans but the food industry lobbies are too powerful to allow changes to be made. The program is a real eye opener.
Make healthy foods more affordable
Thing is, if you know how to shop and cook, you can eat healthily and tastily on a small budget.. Peasants have always eaten whole grains, root veg, legumes and veg like cabbage. The legumes are the main thing for protein, and you can make a black bean burger that tastes way better than a McRubbish burger for about a quarter of the price. There are heaps of frugal-cooking websites. A good British one is Eat Well for Less. Great tips and recipes.
@@sarahsnowe organic fruit and veggies are expensive to me and that’s what we eat a lot of
Thank you for making this very very informative video!!!🙌🏼
I love the poor guy in this film demonstrating ultra processed plant based milk with tons of sugar. He is obese, then of course they list the health impacts, obesity, etc. Sadly. Fortunately, I have never eaten any of this crap, nor will I. Now there might be other reasons why this man was overweight, and I did not say to to put him down in any way. I am just making a point as an example. But honestly ultra processed, even like cheetos or potato chips, etc. that are spicy that taste amazing are very dangerous for our health. As an epidemiologist, when these companies suggest that there is no causality of health effects. In that, there are other contributors. True. However, there have been so many cases where those who were consuming ultra processed foods regularly, once they stopped and ate fresh vegetables and improved their nutrition with real food they suddenly became healthier, had more energy, slept better, and reduced stress.