PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Elaine Perlman, Executive Director of Waitlist Zero
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Elaine Perlman, Executive Director of Waitlist Zero and a kidney donor, testified about the potential health risks associated with fruit juice and yogurt in children's menus. She emphasized the harmful effects of high fructose corn syrup, sugar, and dairy products on health.
- Highlighted the presence of mercury in foods containing high fructose corn syrup
- Discussed the negative impact of high sugar intake on heart health and triglyceride levels
- Argued against the perceived health benefits of dairy yogurt, citing issues with trans fats and nutrient absorption
Elaine Perlman
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Hello.
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My name is Elaine Perlman.
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I donated my kidney to a stranger, and I'm the executive director of Waitlist 0, working hard to end the kidney shortage that kills 25 Americans every day by passing 2 federal bills, the End Kidney Desk Act and the Honor Our Living Donors Act.
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I am also a proud mentor with Plant Powered Metro New York.
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We aim to prevent and reverse chronic diseases.
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Today, I'm speaking about the harms of ingesting 2 things that remain on your healthy food menu, fruit juice and yogurt.
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Many fruit juices and yogurts are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.
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In the recent study of 50 different brands of foods containing high fructose corn syrup, 30% of all the foods contained measurable levels of the heavy metal mercury, a known neurotoxin and cardiac toxin, while 60 percent of the dairy products in the study contained mercury.
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In 17/76, Americans ate £4 of sugar a year.
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Now it's £160 per year per person.
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Sugar is a leading cause of heart disease, the annual killer of 700,000 Americans.
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High dietary sugar intake leads to increased triglycerides.
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What are triglycerides?
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Picture a sticky, globby, fatty substance that blocks our arteries.
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This globby fat turns our arteries from flexible pipes with clean pink walls to arteries that are hardened, inflexible, and low functioning.
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So please, skip the fruit juice, and in strength and instead, drink the cocktail that makes our bodies sing with happiness, that oxygen hydrogen cocktail, water.
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And how about yogurt?
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Some people mistakenly believe that cow's milk yogurt is a healthy food.
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Yes.
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Yogurt has healthy probiotics.
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We can get probiotics from fermented foods or nondairy yogurt.
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What is bad about dairy yogurt?
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It naturally contains 1 to 5% of trans fats.
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Other yogurt additives may include food coloring made from crust bugs and butter fat, which is even more addictive than yogurt.
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What if fruit is added to yogurt?
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The milk proteins block the fruits vitamins, minerals, and plant chemicals from getting into our cells.
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The absorption of the fruits nutrients are actually blocked by dairy.
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Sweetened fruit juice and yogurt are killers that harm our cells.
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Please cut fruit juice and yogurt from the children's menus.
