PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Raul Rivera, Member of the Public, on Food Preservatives and Health
3:08:42
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Raul Rivera testified about the health risks associated with certain food preservatives and artificial sweeteners, urging the committee to draft bills to ban these substances from the food supply. He specifically mentioned insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and the risks of chemicals such as aspartame, sucralose, MSG, and carrageenan.
- Rivera emphasized the connection between western diet and type 2 diabetes
- He recommended the documentary "Sweet Misery" for information on aspartame
- Rivera criticized organizations like the ADA and American Heart Association for supporting aspartame, which he claimed is a known carcinogen
Raul Rivera
3:08:42
Good afternoon.
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Can you hear me?
3:08:43
Yes.
3:08:45
Good afternoon, Schulman, chair Schulman.
3:08:48
Mhmm.
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I wanna talk about, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
3:08:53
Actually, type 2 diabetes is when you do it to yourself with a, western diet.
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So we wanna urge the committee on health to to draft bills that are gonna ban food preservatives from our food supply.
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To name a few of these, preservatives, and chemicals, potassium, aspartame, sucralose, MSG.
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And for the parents who like to take their children out to eat ice cream, they should consider and look up a chemical called carrageenan.
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Carrageenan is a pro inflammatory chemical that's used in laboratories to induce cancer in lab animals.
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So we urge the council to draft bills to remove these preservatives from our food supply, ensuring our health and our future.
3:09:41
I think that's very important.
3:09:43
Also, when it comes to aspartame, artificial sweetener, that chemical was made possible not by doctors, not by health care professionals, but by elected officials.
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We we encourage the council to look at a a documentary called Sweet Misery.
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Again, a documentary is called Sweet Misery.
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The ADA, the, American Heart Associations supports aspartame, and aspartame is a known carcinogen.
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Thank you so much.
