Many things that are risky in excess are essential or safe in moderation.
Nutrition isn’t black+white - neither is eating.
I've been writing about diet for decades, and I think @marionnestle.bsky.social has been more consistently right than pretty much anyone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...
Banning Froot Loops ought to take care of it.
But seriously: I don't care if you want to ban food dyes, but focusing on them and other non-issues makes it easy to ignore the real health problems.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...
Thanks to Alistair Kitchen, reporter for this episode, and the rest of the Cooked team @jamesbullen.bsky.social & @carlsmithaus.bsky.social.