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The Fight for Food Freedom

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    Dr. Pam Peeke argues that sugary and fatty foods are like drugs.

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-- job to help us exercise.

Eat less.

And -- way can he say more must be done to get healthy foods and the poor neighborhood.

My next guest is the author of the hunger fix which says Freddie and salty foods hard drugs like cocaine and -- And need to be kept away from kids.

Doctor -- Actually believes that the food is like Coke and math.

No -- not food to certain foods and it let less salty fatty.

Now sugary fatty salty foods that have been studied by.

World class science -- -- the National Institutes of Health.

But what's also fascinating here was what to do with all that I -- it's always something John I've been staunch allies about this.

And what does that mean I went through -- -- suffocation.

Because -- and thinking about this and end what is the role.

Of -- for instance government when you find out that in certain people.

When you have exposure to a lot of these refined processed foods are not part not apples and oranges canned tuna and arrested at.

I'm talking about the other staff that in certain people it it really you know based upon very credible brain scans an excellent work.

Really works on the brain and the reward senator just like for instance Coke meth alcohol and any other addiction to lights up in the -- you've got it.

Now when that happens.

You know you've got yourself a situation we have an impaired ability to be able to make a choice that that's good for you ask someone who's just you know and alcohol -- down.

Two bottles of wine you know -- India want to just do little moderation right now where you can because you know you're in full on addiction.

So what do you do should the government have a role in any of this.

Okay you ready.

Relate this is even -- why -- -- this stuff.

Since we last had a debate about I -- I invited you in this field grow -- because you're the bad -- you said that -- earlier.

In your broad trends full partner.

He's saying your book government needs to educate people won't immediately I said -- treat these foods isn't there some won't get in people need to.

Understand.

That certain people are variant are are very very susceptible to this but here's what you need to do if -- take.

Let's just take that -- bottle of nasty stuff they're OK so let's just say we take that right there.

If you say that -- have a 16 -- what am I gonna do if I have an issue like food addiction.

Honey I'm -- scored some other way.

You can charge you mean you can you know may be right around the eight ounces instead of sixteen ounces but somehow I'm -- a score of this thing.

And you can't do -- thing about that.

-- you're against mayor Bloomberg's ridiculous soda sized thing that you do the same your book make free programs available to get people to detox.

And get off these -- But I didn't say it was -- -- I said can we have program that you look at free programs aren't there -- they're already in existence right now and they're all done by.

By private organizations we able readers anonymous we have food addicts anonymous not government now okay had nothing to do -- These are all free video or all of the dying okay and and we actually agree about data told I was fossilized -- -- I'm just delighted to have.

-- let the other issue that I'm told there are food deserts where we're poor people live and therefore Michelle Obama says we have state -- supermarkets and are given tax breaks or -- pay for it because they can't get.

Fresh food and that's -- poor people are fat -- John you know ever since you know that original.

-- came out about the the food deserts we found out that by doing research.

It -- -- really wasn't true at all hopes there just is many super Louis area yeah and they actually do have the supermarket you still do have a choice.

And we're right back to where we go again.

You know what it really is I want to ground surge of citizens out there gorgeous highly enlightened about this.

Who can finally get on out.

And do something for themselves they're the ones with the choice here and they need to be doing -- for their families as well all volunteer.

Nutrition as part of doctor -- thank you may you won't be -- socialized and celebrate freedom.

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