Know what's in your food

American kids are eating an inordinate amount of unhealthy food.

—Prof. Emily Oster, Brown University

Most grocery store items are incredibly misleading. 100% pure juice, apple juice sounds like a healthy option to most, but in reality it contains more sugar than soda.

—Prof. Emily Oster, Brown University

Multigrain is a deceptive marketing buzzword. It doesn't mean whole grain, and can include refined grains that are not good. So people buy "multigrain" thinking it's healthy, when in fact it's junk food.

—Dr. Robert Davis, PhD, Food Policy

67% of our calories come from ultra-processed food, with 10,000+ chemicals in the food system. In Europe, they allow only 400. We're eating 9600 different chemicals that EU doesn’t even permit.

—Dr. Casey Means, MD, Co-founder, Levels Health

Europe enforces stricter regulations on fast food advertising to children. In contrast, the US primarily relies on industry self regulation where guidelines are voluntary and not consistently enforced.

—Prof. Emily Oster, Brown University

95% of the people on the USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee have a conflict of interest with the food industry.

—Calley Means, ex-Lobbyist for BigPharma / BigFood

80% of medical schools in the United States don't require a single nutrition course. Yet, 90% of our healthcare costs are tied to diseases tied to food. I didn't learn anything about nutrition at Stanford Medical School

—Dr Casey Means, MD, Co-founder, Levels Health