Food Dyes are a Red Flag - But The Real Problem is Bigger

[@quickcodecutter]

What a wonderful service you provide! I appreciate your succinct and articulately pronounced presentations.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks Quick Coder. Appreciate it.

[@robyn3349]

There are so many problems with our food, we have to start somewhere. And keep going.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Well spoken.

[@bibastarmedia9650]

Most of foods are highly processed - and it has less about meats, waaaay more about the rest of the foods, e.g. bread. Meats are attacked to promote cheap but unhealthy foods for unaware masses, feeding them addictive sugars in huge quantities (otherwise you won't feel any satiety nor fullness) that damage their health.

[@kari7398]

Yes!!! When I saw the march on Kellogg’s, I thought, “So say they take out the food dyes and people get the idea that they are now a good choice.” It’s still a bowl of candy and not a healthy breakfast 😢

[@iconoclastic23]

Man if Red 40 is unhealthy they got like 39 other Reds they could use

[@sandplasma]

Haha 😂

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Lol!

[@kylek29]

Personally, I prefer UB40, it's the dye used in Red Red Wine.

[@shrimpkins]

37 of the other Reds caused anal bleeding; the other two caused spontaneous combustion. True story.

[@shrimpkins]

@@kylek29 I see you

[@lowcashranch1412]

The statement "Most children have no adverse effects when consuming food dyes" could technically still be true even if 49% of children suffered adverse effects. This is how our government is able to do the things they do.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Semantics...

[@edl653]

That is not correct and an exaggeration.

[@lisacee3237]

What is an acceptable percentage of children with adverse effects? 20%, 10%, 5%, or 1%? At the very least, a warning should be added to the label!

[@LawrenceAugust_]

⁠@@edl653the person you’re responding to made a hypothetical about what could be *technically* said … they never claimed that this hypothetical scenario was in fact reality.

[@jackiedelvalle]

@@lisacee3237 Or just don't produce that shit?!! I mean, it's not exactly 'essential'...

[@MrMichaele606]

Thank you again Dr. Nick. As a neurologist who treats migraine, when I have my patients remove sodium nitrate/nitrite, MSG, potassium sorbate, aspartame, caffeine, alcohol, sulfites, OTC headache remedies, sodium benzoate etc from their diets completely, 90% have zero migraine including me! Keep up the great work! I’ve followed your suggestions myself, lost weight, HbA1c heading down for first time, BP 110 now. Thank you

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Love to hear it. Never had a migraine. Have had cluster headaches and WOWW... OUCH! And love to hear it on the A1c! Go you!

[@szymonbaranowski8184]

how about ocular migraines?

[@MrMichaele606]

Yes same triggers. With aura we call it classical migraine. Without aura we call it common migraine. Same triggers. Also (unfortunately) nuts, nut butters trigger via tyramine. I have found no way to block that trigger other than avoidance. I would love to eat handfuls of nuts ( macadamias, like Dr. Nick) but they trigger migraine sadly.

[@Adrafinil-]

Could you elucidate why MSG is a problem? I'm constantly told recently that it was seen as bad but there is no evidence of it being harmful in normal amounts.

[@MrMichaele606]

MSG increases glutamate. Glutamate is a naturally occurring neurotransmitter that plays a key role in brain signaling, and high levels of glutamate can lead to excessive neuronal firing, which is associated with migraine pathology

[@LithaMoonSong]

Those cereals are garbage.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

No Froot Loops for me...

[@Kroh13]

Correction all cereal is garbage

[@firstchoicefarm7767]

I ate so much of those growing up. Im sure glad none of my kids ever liked them. Homemade granola was only cereal we consumed much of.

[@aurapopescu1875]

Subsidized garbage!!! 😂

[@MyChilepepper]

Glyphosated.

[@Bobbi-upnorth]

I so agree with you, Nick. I don't understand all the effort into fixing the food dye issue when the ingredients are so horrible to begin with!

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Facts … I guess having a multivitamin after your happy meal is better than just the happy meal… but…

[@LawrenceAugust_]

The effort into fixing it is to give consumers options. I personally haven’t eaten any cereal in over 25 years, but I don’t expect people to adopt my behavior. And as long as I’m having to contribute to footing the bill for our “healthcare” system, I’d like for this toxic shit to go away, as it’s inevitable people will continue to eat cereal and the less damage to them, the better for all of us.

[@somethingelse9535]

Baby steps. Even RFK jnr understands this.

[@RickinICT]

@@LawrenceAugust_ As was pointed out in the video, consumers already have options. Unfortunately, many opt for the less healthy choices. What you mean to say, to be more succinct, is that you want to *take away* consumer options you disagree with. Just say it like it is, no need to 'sugarcoat' it.

[@LawrenceAugust_]

It’s not just food dyes in isolation… it’s the compounded problem of ALL the various additives, chemical exposures, etc It all adds up and is nearly impossible to determine what this toxic load is doing to human health.

[@williamburnell529]

If your young your health will thank you in the future, I was diagnosed with heart disease at 62, always in outwardly great shape but eat all the bad stuff, now at 66 and doing everything I can so my insides are as health as my inside. It wasn't easy giving up all the crap foods but I feel great, hope it extends my life.

[@Roberto-cg2gr]

Just discourage all highly processed carbohydrates

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

I chose to avoid them...

[@Roberto-cg2gr]

@nicknorwitzPhD Me and my family too. Best for RFK JR to have the same public health policy too. Have government subsidy to low carb whole foods

[@jackiedelvalle]

💯 Sadly, if you do that, a lot of yanks will call you a communist. See it all the time. Very often among those worst impacted.

[@somethingelse9535]

@@jackiedelvalle But it's the left wingers who are vehemently against MAHA. The legacy press mock it at every opportunity.

[@jaysonmarvich1297]

⁠@@jackiedelvalleNahh, the Commie/Fascist/Marxist Totalitarians want the proles to eat the high carb ultra processed slave food and insects so they can be equally poor and chronically ill obedient pill poppers. Those who love freedom and despise tyranny don’t follow the nanny state recommendations or support the companies coordinating with such Fascists in order to harm the citizens. Such companies aren’t capitalist anymore, they’re crony capitalist, fascist, and perhaps, treasonous. They know what they’re doing.

[@kevinw.weiser9820]

Love your channel. Definitely appreciate the knowledge that you so freely share. Even if RFK knows nothing other than these artificial colors shouldn't be in food, that is enough for me. In this modern world where food manufacturers usurp the meaning of words in order to deceive the public, plain common sense should tell you that these un-natural chemicals have no place in children' s food. They are only used in place of real ingredients because they are cheaper to produce than using actual food based colors and flavors, thereby increasing their profits with no regard for their consumers health.

[@aliciastanley5582]

Thank you for what you are doing , Nick. This is so important.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Welcome :)

[@DK-pr9ny]

The RxSugar cereals also have sunflower oil and natural flavors, which is typically where Maltodextrin is hidden.

[@dort5436]

Eggs, and butter and coffee is my favorite breakfast.

[@antonbelsky]

+ bacon

[@bakrantz]

I agree there are a fraction that may be susceptible to Red 40. This IBD connection as well as behavioral problems in certain children. But most people are not affected. What most people are affected by is the terrible macronutrient profile of these junky foods that use the dyes. They can swap dyes for sure and will following California's lead in the US, but if the junk food habits do not change I don't expect much health benefit from the swap. Even in Europe where they use carmine (produced from insects) instead of Red 40, there is still complaints about that food carmine dye. The dye issue will just be a never ending battle--distracting from the issue at hand--junk foods have terrible macronutrient profiles.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Feels like you are giving a "TLDR" of the video ;)

[@bakrantz]

@@nicknorwitzPhD Yes great take. Thanks for that!

[@estherkuz2075]

RFk jnr has got people concerned and talking which is great

[@johnsandberg1945]

Agree. Food dyes are not good but it you eat real food this is not even an issue. Don't eat this crap. And yes incentivize real food not crap.

[@jackiedelvalle]

Yeah, I looked at the list of the type of foods they're in and I've not eaten anything like that in at least a year - probably more like 10y but I don't want to be dishonest. I'm a savoury palette person so sugar doesn't appeal for starters. My background is Caribbean, and the savoury food I'm used to is off the chart in terms of flavours, so I'm just not interested in UPFs. I cook 99% of what I eat from scratch. Very happy to be in the kitchen 2, 3, 4 hours. I'm a single mum (late teens now though) and a boss in a firm, but I prioritise what's important and what's most likely to keep me out of the health 'system' here.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Sounds like a utopia

[@jerrycash5606]

Thanks Nick, good talk. Science standards need to gain some integrity...

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Yeppers...

[@UltraPvnk]

One of ur best videos, not unlike any single one of the previous. Thanks for the info.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Glad you liked it :)

[@rabokarabekian409]

Even as a little kid so long ago, Froot Loops tasted suspiciously to me like nothing but weird chemicals. On the other hand, I would add so much table sugar to Frosted Flakes every bite was gritty. I ate cereal bowls full of ice cream with chocolate sauce and peanut butter. We had at least three desserts available at every meal. Hey, even the prestigious National Government said 15% of intake should be sugar. So at 69, with "Type 2" diabetes now I am strictly meat and slow carb plants, with occasional cheese. Thanks, expert professionals.

[@67sdd]

Beilliant high level take on the problem as always! As for red dye, going back 20ish years, we learned something about my then young son. We eventually narrowed down, any time we gave him RED candy of any sort, he would go off the wall. Did not react that way with any other. ALSO, chocolate would do the same. Yet we discovered white chocolate had no effect on him. So, for his first ten or so years, at least as far as we could control it, we kept him away from those two things.

[@homomorphic]

Exactly. Sure food dyes aren't great, but being worried about consuming a potential inflammation promoting compound in a food that is saturated with a known mitochondrial toxin is comical.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

"still a bowl of sugar"

[@jackiedelvalle]

Depends what your personal health priorities are.........

[@homomorphic]

@jackiedelvalle ahhh... staying alive (aka producing ATP) is usually the top priority in most people's schemes ...

[@homomorphic]

@@jackiedelvalle for most people staying alive (aka producing ATP) is usually the highest priority ;-)

[@bobwilkerson9760]

Are you referring to sugars or glyphosate...???

[@shtogie5972]

Nick, thank you for the exceptional quality of your work-both your videos and your journalism as a whole. I'm incredibly surprised by the low view count but as I'm sure you're well aware, this kind of "condensed" content for more immediate "consumption" is not only needed, but appreciated. Great work. Again, just thank you.

[@illegalplants5319]

you don’t have to “both sides” everything. it’s ok to be critical about something with overwhelming evidence to support your position. it’s not always the case that “both sides” are making a good point. this is called False Balance or bothsidesism.

[@jackiedelvalle]

Yeah, but he's right to anticipate the fback......

[@cassieoz1702]

It's a way of anticipating the contrary argument and addressing it

[@dkeota]

We live in a society that gives us more choice than ever before. Choose wisely.

[@jackiedelvalle]

Hmmmm. Most of the 'choices' are owned by the same few billionaires who dominate the narrative about what's healthy. Doesn't appeal to me as I didn't grow up eating that shit, but a lot of people did and have zero clue re what's healthy, so they can only follow the 'advice' that's thrown at them. Who is throwing that, though...? Hmmm.......... 🤔

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Well put.

[@lachlanscanlan5621]

yes including some very dangerous choices. The first choice poeple should make is to not trust the words of others so easily. Slow down and take time to research. Maybe this wont suit some personality types but too bad unless you want to be a victim of modern hazzards.

[@amillar7]

I’d settle for taking pfas in the food supply seriously

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

That'd be good...

[@srudine]

Thank you Dr. Norwitz for your expertise and service! Channels like yours, Dr. Boz, and others are so helpful in bringing awareness to reversible critical health issues. Sugar and carb additions are incredibly real. I lost 40lbs on Keto this year but still struggle with controlling intake of "Keto-friendly" sweeter treats. I wish the dopamine response to these substances wasn't so high. I'm hoping Pendulum's Glucose Control will give me the edge I need since self control is so difficult. Love your channel and humor!

[@fronniebealer7808]

If you have a child with food dye mental health issues (I know quite a few of these people), then this is a huge issue. Rebecca Bevans has some informative posts on this issue.

[@cheffatgrams]

Why am I seeing RED right now? Thanks so much Nick you’re definitely my favorite new information source. Food is medicine. BTW please put a word in to get RX sugar back on the shelves of Walmart. I haven’t been able to find it there for sometime now. 😢

[@rxsugar]

Working on it!

[@cheffatgrams]

@ Awesome!!! I’ve featured y’all in my recipes but slowed down because of availability 😕

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks Chef. And bummer re Walnut. Didn't know that.

[@cheffatgrams]

@ No worries, Nick! I'm really excited about their response and hopeful to see it back on the shelves in 2025.🤞🎉 Also, I hope you don’t mind, but I gave your channel a mention in my latest recipe.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

@@cheffatgrams Thanks! Of course I don't mind. I'm honored :) What recipe?

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

Several decades ago I remember my classmates claiming yellow 6 will make your member smaller. Dunno if there's any truth to that, but it's interesting to still be having similar conversations all these years later.

[@joelnorris4064]

Thanks Nick, another great review of the facts. I agree with you the eggs and water. Grew up on the sugar cereal and causes hypertension and heart disease. Important to keep informing people.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Informed consent... requires being informed. To the future!

[@joy_1939]

Very well presented video. So Ture! Love your channel. Merry Xmas!!!

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks Joy. Appreciate it. Happy Holidays to you too

[@skincraftorganicsllc8537]

I completely agree!! I have to laugh every time I see organic Oreo cookies or other high sugar, highly refined crap... how stupid.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Lol... labels... labels... labels...

[@PaulRyan-x4f]

Red 40 is regulated in the EU/UK

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Well... I moved :(

[@PaulRyan-x4f]

@@nicknorwitzPhD I meant that it red 40 and other stuff are a generally known problem elsewhere in the world

[@paulpladin9590]

Well done. Complicating this is the tribal fear of anything "Petrochemical". We don't know how to systemically rank-order the relative risks of different things in our environment so that we can effectively target them from worst to "Scary sounding but functionally meh". We have a target rich environment for change and no plan to marshal scarce resources to effect proper change. This leaves us at the mercy of interests that are very well positioned to obfuscate any efforts at change. We seem prone to legislation by boogie-man. What we are doing with refined starches and sugars (and the starch is worse) is insanity promoted as "Balanced Nutrition". Starting anywhere is a recipe for failure. There is fixed resource and will to address these problems. Pick the biggest health impact one and FOCUS.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

"legislation by boogie-man" - like this... can I steal it ;)

[@paulpladin9590]

@@nicknorwitzPhD I'd take it as a compliment. I get fussy about this stuff but I do try to help.

[@jacobcochrane9069]

Bravo. I think most folks pointing to food dyes would agree. The reason for pointing to food dye is not that it's a major player. It's that food manufacturers (say that out loud) and regulatory bodies already acknowledge the issue with them, and in some cases just turn a blind eye. So it's the precedent that's really being pointed to.

[@CFCJesterFool]

Just use spray paint on your big bowl of sugar loops. Problem solved. :)

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Your microbiome will hate you...

[@og8425]

YUP, as a researcher I encounter the issue of hypothesis/prompts/questions being wrong for a test every single day. It's a very hard concept to teach as well unless the person is good at interpreting data and naturally good at math.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Well... that's a minority...

[@sarahb.6475]

Being autistic I do not do well with any red dye even the stuff on paper..it makes my face burn if I try to use notepaper with red ink - dye.. In the past have also reacted to red shoe boxes. The red inks are bad. No idea why its always the red ones though. I certainly never eat anything that is red. On an almost carnivore diet...

[@dparry659]

SNAP can buy sugar laced drinks but not rotisserie chickens??

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Yep

[@turbdonkey]

Agree with your take here. I believed that RFK pointing out the difference between cereal in Canada vs the same cereal here wasn't about the cereal itself but more just an easy example highlighting how our government allows garbage in our food that even our closest neighbors don't allow. But yea, long story short, don't feed your kid cereal. Also, are you using AI to generate your thumbnails?

[@marcusquiros]

These artificial food dyes are clearly not what we want in our food but it’s not hard to avoid them. Just buy real Whole Foods instead of processed garbage foods. My son has had averse reactions to artificial blue since he was very little.

[@im.empimp]

Part of the problem is who has access to what types of foods. If you're an adult, with a car or living somewhere with easy access to a decent grocery store, and you have a decent income, and you know that there are implications of junk vs whole foods, then yes, they're easy to avoid (if you're watching this, you probably fall into this group). However if you're a child, live in a food desert, have a very limited amount of money for food, or simply aren't ever exposed to information like this, then it's a whole different story. While I have many problems with RFK Jr, I absolutely support policies -regardless of whether they are spearheaded by people like RFK Jr. or someone else- to remove/reduce subsidies for clearly unhealthy foods or to implement policies that simply make healthy food easier to access and more affordable,.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

I agree that we each have the power to avoid, as individuals, today. No need to wait for policy change.

[@ava.artemis]

Thanks you. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Most people believe things are safe because companies have set things up precisely to ask the wrong questions about what proves things are safe, and they’ve convinced government regulatory agencies of the same things. It’s been a giant distraction and misdirection campaign from the very beginning.

[@robski7644]

Hells ya Nick. Good breakdown on this one 🙌🏻

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Cheers Rob Ski 😄

[@jeremyashford2145]

The food dye thing is a red flag, pun intended. It is something very very obvious and a staring point for the bigger discussion that you broatch.

[@pumpkin67704]

Another great video! So informative in just a few minutes! 👍 👌 👏

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks Pumpkin :)

[@edl653]

"Vroom" diet! Yeah, Nick would make a huge amount of money if he worked on Madison Avenue. 🤣- On a serious note, cost if a factor. Non-sugary, high protein cereals are twice as expensive as brand name sugary cereals. A large segment of the population in day-to-day living can't afford the better options. One example is regular Cherrios which is inexpensive compared to non-sugary protein cereals and has relatively minimal added sugar (HFCS). Yet, Honey Nut Cherrios which has a whole bunch of added (8x) sugar is even cheaper than regular Cherrios because sugar (HFCS) is cheaper at ~$0.79 lbs versus ~$1.07/lbs oat flour. (Yes, oats are carbs, but fructose has additional negative effects over simple carbs glucose.) A bushel of oats is twice as expensive as corn. This is where corn subsides come into play. It is a more complex problem when looked at beyond health matters and even ties into energy production. 40% of corn produced in the US goes into ethanol production. Few politicians want to make food or fuel more expensive or anger the farm lobby. - Great video as always.

[@charliebravo8954]

Important point Nick! Sugary cereals are NOT Grrrreat!

[@LV4TD101]

If you have to add color to food to make it more appealing, you probably shouldn't eat it. Natural whole foods are colorful and taste great on there own with no additives 🙂

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Nothing wrong with an orange egg yolk or pink salmon or wild blueberry

[@tallcedars2310]

Twizzlers twists are made with RED 40. If you like a certain candy, google what dyes are used in it.

[@methanial73]

Key word "susceptible". Next thing is to figure out who is susceptible. People need to know that a basic piece of advice that pretty much always seems true is that whole foods are best. Items used are not used for health reasons, but greed reasons. I would like to see a shift towards making ingredients actually healthy, like a red color that adds to the nutritional profile of a food.

[@nicktheodorou3474]

Great video. Thank you. Absence of evidence, isn't evidence of absence, but I don't know why for some individuals the absence of evidence leads to conspiracy theory. Everything we do has a level of risk. That risk should be quantified. The level of risk (for most individuals) from food dies would be almost negligible when compared to other risk factors. I am not indicating that the risk shouldn't still be considered. The best we can do is educated people to critically think and analyse risk and make the right choice. If we don't buy products than they will stop being made. The consumers money talks. I don't worry about ingredients in products because my diet is 90% whole foods (most times than not this is more than 95%). I would think a packet of M&M's once a month would be almost negligible, but I do understand that some people do better not having these foods as having them can lead to and increase in consumption of these types of food.

[@neatengineering]

Should be called 'Sugar Loops.'

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Eat The Rainbow, Taste the Rainbow, Watch Your Pancreas Cry Rainbow-Colored Tears

[@billyhughes9776]

I do agree that food dyes shouldn't be the focus, BUT, we have to remember the general public in America has been lied to about food for decades. It is going to take a long, long time for a majority of people to unlearn, or be, deprogramed. I don't see it as a bad thing to, for a short time, to focus on food dyes, their potential harms and frankly uselessness in any type of food or drink. If that gets a broader conversation started, even better.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

If it's the first domino, I'm for it... not the domino I would have chosen... but here we are.

[@richardjaffe9972]

Interesting you stated you once had ulcerative colitis. Typically once diagnosed you always will have it but maybe without symptoms and be in remission. Unless you have surgery like I did that could treat it. 😢

[@MyChilepepper]

Come on peeps. Feed your progeny steak and eggs.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

First I need progeny

[@3dstaco]

'Da market can just choose a low sugar alternative'. Not everybody watches keto videos. The super majority of people don't understand how they are being poisoned, especially when there's advertising to propagandize the opposite. Basically you're being naive(probably willfully) and then you plug your alternative

[@richardjaffe9972]

Would love to hear your take on EMF harm from cell phones and towers. 😮

[@AnneMB955]

All good to know but all too hard to bother. I’ll keep buying my meat with no additives. Best choice for me. 👍🇦🇺

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

You do you ;)

[@cassieoz1702]

'Prestigious Journal' and 'Peer Reviewed' have become meaningless terms

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

It's certainly not a perfect system. And yet, I know few people who would oppose their work being published in NEJM, BMJ, Cell, Science or Nature.

[@cassieoz1702]

@nicknorwitzPhD my issue is mostly the past research, that's been (rightly) criticises, often by the keto/low carb experts because 1) bad study design 2) correlation being misrepresented as causation, 3) references that do NOT say what the body of the paper claims they say, 4) the (statistically) strongest findings being buried in the article depths, 5) conclusions that are NOT supported by the published data ... And, of course, ex-editors of NEJM and BMJ have revealed all about what it actually takes to get published. It makes 'peer review' and 'prestigious journal' possibly a sham, but certainly not a recommendation. The 'prestigious institution' label fell into disrepute a long time ago.

[@cassieoz1702]

I think the degree to which the system has been corrupted has been and will continue to be ignored or down-played by academics because ... what else is there to aspire to?

[@carlsapartments8931]

another home run topic absolutely hit the nail on the head

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks Carl

[@jaym9846]

I see other kids throwing a tantrum on the cereal isle floor becuz Mum didn't put Fruits Loops in the cart. Luckily, I prefer Captain Crunch instead.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Was Cinnamon Toast Crunch Kid

[@robertlaveyra9940]

Seems like simple enough logic but we remain small voices in a cascade of cultural norms. Many, even in my family, just don’t want to hear it even when they suspect I am right. But, thank you for your excellent presentations and you are right, products are popping up that could be helpful.

[@dacisky]

Well put. They are just bowls of cheap sugar.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Indeed

[@PhiIosophyGeek]

Stay curious! :D

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Stay curious my man!

[@g.s.5868]

honestly, how many look at the ingredients of the things they buy in the supermarket? it has to be cheap and taste good (addictive)...

The question is if some people are susceptible or if some people are resistant.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Addressed in the video :)

@nicknorwitzPhD oh, where? I can't find it rn.

[@JulioMacarena]

RFK has raised the Red 40 issue. He also knows about sugar, seed oil, and processed food issues. This video is sinply clickbait.

[@rafaimasvento]

👏👏👏 Brilliant ending. Exercise choice.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

A good choice at that...

[@connorgray2896]

Great vid as always mate, you're doing important work. Quick question: what are your thoughts on fruit and raw honey- healthy or entirely dependent on the host that consumes them and the quantity? I hear people say sugar is sugar, whether from raw honey or pure cane sugar, wondering what the truth is and I hear a lot of noise on both sides. You are a trustworthy source, be cool to see you make a vid about this one day and it would no doubt get a lot of views haha! Merry Christmas when it comes, Nick!

[@connorgray2896]

Okay, the question wasn't that quick aha

[@kirkwolak6735]

I love the legaleze around "Shows no sign of...", lists very specific things that we are not really talking about. I know 2 parents who both report that keeping their child off of dyes is critical, and they have many anecdotes where family members thought they were being over protective... Until they noticed the personality shift/hyperactivity. Also, in contrast to its reported safety profile. Umm, where exactly do they collect these reports at? Is it like the VAERS system where it's likely 90% under-reported? Do people even know how to report here? Is it for doctors only?

[@Appleblade]

Since you have many ears and perhaps the fewest red flags of any health influencer, let me suggest you begin a regular 'conflicts of interest' aside (perhaps a link to your investment profile). It would do two things: 1, let your audience know what products you see as 'the future' choices of informed people (they might want to follow your investment pattern), 2, remove concern that financial interests will steer your choices and strength of support for health related products... drugs, foods, devices, etc. There is nothing wrong with enriching yourself with investments in the best products (capitalism is a great system when not abused), and would be good to avoid the risk that corporate shills or other bad actors reveal conflicts of interest that throw shade on your so-far stellar rep.

[@kylek29]

Glass half full, if we can put up with RFK Jr's crazy beliefs and get him to take on the food/sugar industry's focus on junk, just maybe we can salvage some good .. assuming everyone doesn't die from a previously extinct disease in the meantime. That last part was a joke of course .. we likely wouldn't see a resurgence fallout for a decade or so.

[@T-aka-T]

Why should people have to put up with that!? Change is not dependent on having some "leader" to impose it. And do you like his chances (even on the 25%of his sane beliefs/behaviour) in a corrupt govt with access via money and deregulation as a primary goal - and an incoming guy who already "owned" the Dem royalty by making him pose with McDonald's. Pure "gotcha" moment. And now, he has bowed, and will keep bowing, or he is out. Plus, of course, he's a nutter.

[@Gamerallday2012]

You look healthy, well done!

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks.

[@stevetonnesen3666]

You continue to be a blessing with your work. Please do continue. I think commercially available cereals are awful, by the way.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks Steve! Will continue!

[@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK]

Sugar is the problem; we are a sugar addicted country!

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Seems we are... I have a video on Food Addiction in the pipeline...

[@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK]

@nicknorwitzPhD can't wait to see it..

[@nicktheodorou3474]

I think hyper palatable ultra processed foods are a much bigger issue. In many recent hyper palatable studies the combination of salt and fat appeared to be more hyper palatable than sugar. There are many people on high carbohydrate low fat (whole food diets) that have the exact some health outcomes as people doing low carbohydrate high fat. Everything in multifactorial and to blame sugar alone isn't the right method. If sugar alone was the problem I think people would just be buying bags of pure sugar to eat. Why would you bother with other ingredients if sugar was what you where addicted to.

[@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK]

@@nicktheodorou3474 I agree to a point Nick, coming from the restaurant business the high surgery carbs such as syrups, BBQ sauces, then top it with different breads and desserts, there's sugar everywhere. The highly processed food in today`s market even in high end restaurants is overwhelming. I know of 74 different names for sugar that is put on labels to not have to the sugar content go up on the content label. Most food additives are a derivative of sugar, so people don`t have to eat it by the bags, it`s mixed in just about everything we touch. lol.

[@rockcreekoutdoors5965]

Man i agree. I have been successful at getting most of the food dyes out of my families food but am being fought over dye free options. Already been in several arguments over Fast food especially with my parents its tough to get people to care these days when you have so called miracle drugs like ozempic.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Let’s not a “miracle” tempt us into forgetting what the root of the problem really is… (hint: not a drug deficiency)

[@larsulrich2761]

The healthy cereal Dr. Norowitz linked to is $30 for 6 1.35 oz portions. Thats $60 a pound + $10 shipping for a total of $70 for a standard box of cereal. If you can tolerate wheat, Grapnuts although a bit carby may be the way to go. 100% whole wheat, barley niutritional yeast, salt & vitamins. One serving has 7 grams of fiber & no sugar. $4.93 for 29ozs at Walmart. $109 for the equivalent amount of low carb cereal plus $10 shipping.

[@CJWass09]

Red 40 contributes to ADHD in people without the diagnosis and makes symptoms worse in those diagnosed.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Have good data on this, out of curiosity?

[@illegalplants5319]

you should read Esterogeneration by Dr Anthony Jay

[@CJWass09]

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3441937/

[@charleeghee7195]

My research indicates that and more. I believe the majority (if not all) manmade food has great potential of causing harm. Thus I strive to eat as mother nature profided - natural and whole. I believe that it must be helping because I have no health issues and I'm not a spring chicken. I'll keep trying. 😀

[@CJWass09]

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3441937/

[@prunelle19]

I don't think food dyes should be a main concern in our food supply, there are more important things to worry about and we don't need this kind of distraction ....ok, great, you can relax and eat your black and white m&m without guilt! 😅

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Feels like you’re writing a TLDR of the conclusion of the video. Did you watch the whole thing?

[@littlemiss4041]

How about lactulose (yellow colouring)? Worrying whilst unsurprised...Never assumed artificial colouring is "natural" - not present in nature-therefore, AVOID.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

can artificial be natural? aren't those mutually exclusive terms?

[@littlemiss4041]

@@nicknorwitzPhD FD&C Yellow No. 6 in lactulose. I just looked it up. It's also used for Hepatic Encephalopathy patients (H.E.might be "autoimmune/autoinflammatory). Thank you for your great research data.

[@IQTech61]

You are not being dismissive. You are looking at the big picture.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Thanks... I thought so... tried to

[@msdawntreader]

You are so good. Keep it up. And can you instruct us/me on blood pressure? That would be fabulous.

[@g.s.5868]

allowed in USA and not outside USA... you wonder why... same as big pharma prices for imported meds made in india... 10x price gouge, who allowed this scam? bought politicians...

[@szymonbaranowski8184]

get glycine, it at least is sweet and anti-inflammatory while not messing up biom as sugarless sweeteners without similar alternative or less harmful addition many people can't change, except getting extreme in general but then they can't influence anyone moderate

[@BriansRoar]

It's funny that the dye numbers don't get more attention. The numbers indicate the version of the dye, currently in mass use AND the version NOT YET banned. I remember when they used yellow #5. Now it's 6. What was wrong with 5? Was it toxic? Did it harm an acceptable amount of people to get quietly replaced? Where are the class action law suits for experimenting on the public with our food?

[@arielkozak]

The most obtainable change that can happen is to replace food dyes. Replacing seed oils will be a little more difficult because you have to replace it with something. That wont cost too much

[@DebbieJensen-g7p]

Professor…. I continue to learn and be enlightened. Plz invite RFK on a podcast….. Happy Christmas friend!

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Ha! You think I have that kind of pull?! Don't pump up my head too much ...

[@DebbieJensen-g7p]

Haha! Yes! I think you can happily debate him….. or at least educate him!

[@nancienordwick4169]

The campaign to "fix" the food problem by harassing food sellers makers is huge. Even Costco eliminated their lovely decadant chocolate cake most recently and reduced the size of their cookies a few years ago to appease dedicated complainters. I agree, it's the consumer who should be making better choices.

[@LucasTigy2]

it's not that people don't want a healthier cereal, it's that you can't really find one that's truly affordable. kinda makes me wonder if we could readjust the countries subsidies to help with that or if the regular cereal just never was meant to be as cheap as it got. either way, we messed up

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

It's a sad truth that healthy diets tend to cost more than fast food and UPF-based diets. But it's worth investing in... if you can.

[@anonymoussource7999]

Forget cereal. Bacon and eggs is the way to go…🥓🥓🥓🥚🥚🥚

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

I'd choose the latter as well.

[@HuniHu-x2q]

I know that getting rid of artificial dyes can improve ADHD in kids. More study needs to be done. Who knows, maybe T1 diabetes?

[@suewestby824]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

You are welcome!

[@richardjaffe9972]

Thanks for the science. Are you familiar with any third party independent reviews on consensus? Always concern with biases maybe through contributors doing the studies or those gleaning. 😅

[@andrewweinert3796]

Soft drink is basically 12% w/w sugar 0.5% w/w citric or phosphoric acid. What ever colour and flavour you want

[@dcoderjr]

I think the bigger issue with this idea of choosing better options is the most easily accessible foods are run by so few corporations that all use the same ingredients in the US but the same companies make healthier options in other countries because they have to. Im libertarian but we dont have a real free market in the US and we also don't have a government putting our well being first. So we end up in unnecessarily difficult situations with the worst from all sides

[@JesusMartinez-mk6fc]

Nick, the Fruit Loops lawyers will be wearing very colorful silk neck ties dyed with red 40 and yellow 6. 😁 I was never a big Fruit Loops fan, my cereal poisons of choice growing up as a kid and teen were more like Captain Crunch, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Chereos. Hey!... it was the 70s, we were all in the dark.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

I was a Cinnamon Toast Crunch kiddo

[@JesusMartinez-mk6fc]

@@nicknorwitzPhD Ooh yeah, I loved those too but they were introduced to the Canadian market when I was a young adult, at the time when I was starting to become more health conscious and when I was weaning myself off those very sugary cereals.

[@lisacee3237]

Here we go again. Food industry is looking a lot like the cigarette industry from the past. They know the truth but don’t care.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

They care... just about something else $

[@dczech4138]

Government can help, sure, but I think main problem mainly in US is diet/lifestyle culture.

[@nicknorwitzPhD]

Social norms need to change. Have a video on that for January... stay tuned.