Michelle Malkin » Obama’s war (er, kinetic action) on…Jell-O & Fruit Loops?!!

Obama’s war (er, kinetic action) on…Jell-O & Fruit Loops?!!

By Michelle Malkin • March 31, 2011 11:53 AM

The busybody hand of Michelle Obama looms large. New target: Jell-O, Fruit Loops, and that evil of evils…Minute Maid Lemonade. Via the NYTimes, meet the war (or rather, kinetic action — h/t chap) on dyed foods:

After staunchly defending the safety of artificial food colorings, the federal government is for the first time publicly reassessing whether foods like Jell-O, Lucky Charms cereal and Minute Maid Lemonade should carry warnings that the bright artificial colorings in them worsen behavior problems like hyperactivity in some children.

The Food and Drug Administration concluded long ago that there was no definitive link between the colorings and behavior or health problems, and the agency is unlikely to change its mind any time soon. But on Wednesday and Thursday, the F.D.A. will ask a panel of experts to review the evidence and advise on possible policy changes, which could include warning labels on food.

The hearings signal that the growing list of studies suggesting a link between artificial colorings and behavioral changes in children has at least gotten regulators’ attention — and, for consumer advocates, that in itself is a victory.

In a concluding report, staff scientists from the F.D.A. wrote that while typical children might be unaffected by the dyes, those with behavioral disorders might have their conditions “exacerbated by exposure to a number of substances in food, including, but not limited to, synthetic color additives.”

Renee Shutters, a mother of two from Jamestown, N.Y., said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that two years ago, her son Trenton, then 5, was having serious behavioral problems at school until she eliminated artificial food colorings from his diet. “I know for sure I found the root cause of this one because you can turn it on and off like a switch,” Ms. Shutters said.

But Dr. Lawrence Diller, a behavioral pediatrician in Walnut Creek, Calif., said evidence that diet plays a significant role in most childhood behavioral disorders was minimal to nonexistent. “These are urban legends that won’t die,” Dr. Diller said.

The food police’s regulatory solution: More government-imposed labels, of course.

Can someone please slap a health hazard warning label on junk science queen Michelle Obama?

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#301

On April 1st, 2011 at 9:53 am, stillontheroad said:

and really, except for a few rituals, who can tell the difference?
Is putting a woman in a hole and filling it with dirt to her waist and stoning her to death a ritual?
And who can forget flogging a 15 year old girl to death, can that be a ritual as well?
#302

On April 1st, 2011 at 9:56 am, MaverickThrowback said:

Are Fruit Loops and Juicy Fruits exempt ?

You know, the civil rights thing.
#303

On April 1st, 2011 at 10:25 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

On April 1st, 2011 at 9:56 am, MaverickThrowback said:
Are Fruit Loops and Juicy Fruits exempt ?

Chief Bromden: Mmmmmm, Juicy Fruit.
#304

On April 1st, 2011 at 10:58 am, BK said:

If one chooses to follow the beliefs of the fundamentalist Judeo-Christian-Muslim interfaith conglomerate (and really, except for a few rituals, who can tell the difference?)

Right. There’s no difference between Mother Theresa and Osama Bin Laden.

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure…..

Remember, it was 20 Baptists who flew those planes into the twin towers….

And those darn Methodists bombing the USS Cole!

And those Presbyterians doing the original 1993 bombing of the twin towers.

Don’t forget those Amish blowing up that plane over Lockerbie Scotland.

/sarc

Seriously? Bigotry against Christians and Jews is just plain irrational and insane.
#305

On April 1st, 2011 at 11:09 am, chapoutier said:

Seriously? Bigotry against Christians and Jews is just plain irrational and insane.

Because Christians and Jews can’t be terrorists?
#306

On April 1st, 2011 at 12:27 pm, ramblingman said:

On April 1st, 2011 at 11:09 am, chapoutier said:

Seriously? Bigotry against Christians and Jews is just plain irrational and insane.

Because Christians and Jews can’t be terrorists?

No, because they know the proper way to throw frisbees
#307

On April 1st, 2011 at 3:26 pm, Mayon said:

Because Christians and Jews can’t be terrorists?

I’ve never heard anyone say Christians and Jews couldn’t be terrorists. But, considering the difference in quantity between the two groups, it does say something.
12-20, the number of known terrorist attacks done over the last 10 years by all the major religions, except Islam, in the name of religion.
17000+, the number of known terrorist attacks by Muslims since 9/11 done in the name of Islam.

These, of course doesn’t include crimes of passion that may have been committed for religious reasons, such as honor killings. These also don’t count the acts of terror that may have been committed for non-religious reasons, such as by groups like WeatherUnderground.

So, Christians and Jews can very well be terrorists, but they aren’t killing near to 10,000 people a year for religious reasons.