Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "RFK's Plan To Control What Poor People Eat" video.

@manderly33 Are you being contrarian just for the sake of it? This entire segment felt like it, too. RFK might be insane but these used to be liberal and left-leaning concerns. Republicans were the ones obsessed with burgers and guns. God you people are so annoying. Europe's standards are higher for a reason. EU crops, for instance, generally aren't allowed to be sprayed with inorganic pesticides, while they are in the US. rBGH use is still widespread in the US cattle industry. Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance is also a concern, which is why US beef can't be exported to many places. Chickens in the EU are vaccinated and so don't carry a risk of salmonella, unlike in the US, where the resulting eggs are washed and sterilized, needing to be fridged. EU eggs can be kept out because the shell keeps them from spoiling. Add to that the risk of salmonella from the chicken meat. Food colorings (known to be carcinogenic, such as Red 40 or Yellow 5) are still allowed in the US. Just look at the German version of Froot Loops to see a great example. In general, the FDA takes a more hands-off approach to regulating, they wait until after an ingredient has harmed or killed Americans to ban it. The EU requires a company to first prove that the ingredient is safe. They don't have a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) designation. There's a whole lot more, but the crops and meat that Americans grow are full of crap. Sorry. Anything they export would need to follow EU protocols, so they're saving their healthiest foods to export. While leaving the Americans to gobble up the irridated scraps. Same goes for whatever prepared foods they're selling. Oh, and whiskey is alcohol, so no real need to poison it any more than alcohol already is one.
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@michaelthelen4750 What you eat matters a LOT. Fiber and protein versus sugars and carbs. Calories in, calories out simply isn't true. Food isn't just made of calories lol, fiber slows absorbtion of calories and protein and fat are more satitating than sugar, which reduces the urge to overeat. There's a series conducted by a British doctor changing his diet by eating the same number of calories for a month as before, but switching only to processed foods. He maintained his exercise and lifestyle, allowing only the calories to change. He gained weight as a result.
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@outoftheforest7652 We can show compassion for his difficulties in life... that doesn't mean we have to agree with all his opinions. Especially because he seems to have swung way too far the other way— ever notice how drug addicts or ex-cons get fixated on clean living? Overcompensating for what's already been done. I wouldn't trust them to speak for the millions of Americans who just want more healthy food options. Even if that's what he speaks to, he's going about it the wrong way. While I agree with his assessments in general, doing away with seed oils and replacing them with tallow, or doing away with GMOs, is just plain stupid. Health nuts called nuts for a reason.
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