Dr. Ana-Maria Temple compares marketing claims to actual health outcomes in children. A pack of Pop-Tarts contains 100 g of sugar, which can impair immune function for up to five hours, yet the package claims it's good for heart health. She connects ultra-processed foods to common pediatric issues like tantrums, eczema, asthma, and ADHD.
Okay, how about this one? Any children who throw tantrums, are slightly annoying, and moody. Anyone have those people? Eczema, asthma, ADHD, attention issues? Pack of Pop-Tarts, that's 100 grams of sugar. That reduces your child's immune system from working properly for up to 5 hours. Unbleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, folic acid, cheddar cheese, annatto, vegetable oils, canola, sunflower, soybean. On the front of it, it says, good for your heart health.
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