The Food and Drug Administration wants to define “healthy” foods as those which contain a meaningful amount of actual “food,” and America’s leading brands are outraged. #Colbert #Comedy #Health
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74.76 -> foreign
84 -> there's big news from the FDA they've
85.979 -> put out a proposal to update the current
87.9 -> definition of healthy is that necessary
91.439 -> we already know what healthy is it's the
93.659 -> potato chips with the lighthouse on the
95.579 -> bag
96.6 -> you can't feed junk to the grizzled
98.34 -> loners who protect our Rocky New England
100.079 -> Shores
101.52 -> now specifically this new FDA rule means
104.28 -> that manufacturers will only be allowed
106.5 -> to label their products healthy if they
109.02 -> contain a meaningful amount of food from
111.06 -> at least one of the main food groups so
113.579 -> from now on all food must contain
117.119 -> some food
119.96 -> up until now up until now
125.579 -> up till this rule Marie Callender's was
128.16 -> mostly just calendar
130.02 -> and just a hint of Marie
133.56 -> obviously any new labeling that helps us
136.02 -> eat healthier is good but food brands
138.239 -> aren't taking this sitting down with a
139.62 -> tub of Cool Whip for instance ConAgra
141.959 -> which accounts for 60 percent of sales
144.18 -> of all products labeled as healthy with
146.64 -> their Healthy Choice frozen meals so if
148.56 -> this rule goes through they're gonna
150.48 -> have to change the name of Healthy
151.86 -> Choice chicken linguine to just eat it
154.44 -> moms at book club
156.3 -> oh
158.28 -> other food companies good for Mom other
160.44 -> food companies are also protesting
162 -> General Mills Kellogg and post say the
165.72 -> proposal would exclude more than 95
167.64 -> percent of breakfast cereals from being
169.5 -> labeled as healthy well I can see why
171.36 -> they're fighting this I mean breakfast
172.56 -> cereals already have way too many rules
174.9 -> you want Lucky Charms you got to steal
176.819 -> them from a leprechaun
178.56 -> tricks are only for those who can avoid
180.239 -> a coked out rabbit
182.04 -> Froot Loops follow a weird British
184.019 -> toucan into the jungle where he'll make
186 -> you breakfast you want Frosted Flakes
188.04 -> you got to play basketball with a furry
191.819 -> most most
193.34 -> outraged of all might be the American
195.9 -> cheese Society also known as America
202.68 -> they are being they are arguing that
205.26 -> being healthy is more than just food
207.06 -> they say what we eat how and when we eat
209.7 -> even with whom we eat and our lifestyle
212.28 -> influences what is healthy for a group
214.08 -> or an individual healthy is a lifestyle
216.36 -> that includes exercise mental well-being
218.28 -> and other aspects Beyond food adding
221.58 -> cheese whiz is part of a healthy diet as
223.86 -> long as your diet also contains a 5k a
226.86 -> therapist another healthier diet and a
229.08 -> weeping spouse begging you to put down
230.7 -> the spray cheese so you can quote be
232.739 -> there when your daughter walks down the
