In a recent interview on Fox News Channel's "Jesse Watters Primetime," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
expressed his concerns about the alarming decline in testosterone levels among young males in America.
He attributed this worrying trend, in part, to the consumption of processed foods laden with harmful additives.
During the interview, Watters, the show's host, set up a display of popular snack foods, including Flaming Hot Cheetos, Skittles, Trix, and Froot Loops. He then referred to a statement made by Greg Gutfeld on "The Five," where Gutfeld claimed that he grew up eating Froot Loops every day and turned out fine. Watters humorously countered that Gutfeld had, in fact, turned out to be "hyperactive and deranged."
In response, Secretary Kennedy highlighted the drastic changes in the ingredients of Froot Loops over the past two decades. "Well, if you look at the ingredients for Froot Fruit Loops 20 years ago, it was very, very different than it is today. And today we use chemicals in Froot Loops that are banned in virtually every country in the world," Kennedy stated.
According to Breitbart, Kennedy pointed out that Froot Loops sold in Canada are made with vegetable dyes, while those sold in the United States are made with petroleum synthetics. He expressed his disapproval of this practice, stating, "And as I said in that clip, nobody wants to eat petroleum."
Kennedy also revealed that he had confronted food companies about this issue. He recounted telling his staff, "if they want to eat petroleum, they should put it in their food themselves at home. They shouldnt be feeding it to Americans who without their knowledge, without their consent."
In a significant move towards healthier food options, Kennedy announced plans to ban certain food dyes. "And today, we announced that were going to get it out of the food. So there are nine dyes, Jesse, two of them we are going to ban immediately, Orange B and Red Dye 2. Were going to accelerate the removal of Red Dye 3, so were going to bring it down to under a year and the other six dyes within 18 months."
Kennedy also criticized the suppression of scientific research on these additives over the past 30 years due to industry influence. He pledged to conduct "real science" on issues that Americans care about, such as ensuring their children are not consuming poisonous food.
He further lamented the state of American health, stating, "Weve got the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world. When my uncle was President, three percent of Americans had chronic disease. Today, it is 60 percent. Seventy-four percent of our kids cannot qualify for military service."
Kennedy also highlighted the plummeting fertility rates and the shocking revelation that an American teenager today has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man. He also mentioned the early onset of puberty and the obesity epidemic, with 74 percent of Americans being obese or overweight.
In contrast, he praised Japan's approach to nutrition, noting that only three percent of Japanese are obese, attributing this to their attention to what they feed children in schools. Watters concluded the segment with a light-hearted comment about the exception of sumo wrestlers in Japan's otherwise lean population.
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