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#showusyourpeanuts

http://grist.org/list/john-olivers-takedown-of-the-sugar-industry-is-pretty-sweet/

In this clip, John Oliver takes on the sugar industry and its power on the Western diet. He specifically discusses the proposed “sugar added” labeling and how the FDA is currently hearing arguments from various associations who would face problems if the proposal was put into law. One of the amendments to the proposal that was raised was that it should be expressed in grams rather than teaspoons with the fear that teaspoons are a more understandable measurement and people will be turned off from products when they understand how much sugar is actually added.

John Oliver, in all of his comedic glory, suggested that neither grams nor teaspoons should be the measurement of sugar added. Alternatively, packages should display sugar added in terms of circus peanuts (you know, those gross, semi-porous orange clumps of sugar…). He then suggested that we all ban together in a social media outrage and use the hashtag #showusyourpeanuts to demand that food producers include an easy way to visualize the amount of sugar they add to their products on the label.

3 Comments

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  2. Jennifer Oddo

    Loved this video, I shared it as well. It’s ridiculous how much sugar Americans eat on a daily basis. Cool to see how it actually affects our bodies and brains. It is in EVERYTHING! We must escape the sugar wrath…

  3. Samantha Gleich

    Not only was this video HILARIOUS, but it was also extremely informative and shocking. I loved hearing about how sugar is an additive substance in the large quantities we Americans consume it in. Such a scientific analysis on the way in which sugar affects the human body leads consumers to further understand the ways in which industry takes advantage of the naïve consumers. Because these sugary products are somewhat addictive, consumers will constantly continue buying more. This repeated process of constantly stocking up on these processed, sugary goods helps the large corporations take advantage of us. With this being said, “added sugar” labels should be added to processed goods.

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