From the age of two years, an American child is more likely to consume a sugar sweetened product than a fruit or vegetable on any given day. "I grew up believing that processed food, period forget about ultra-process, was just not good for you," he says. Many emulsifiers or colorings that are really just standard in a lot of American food are banned in other countries.
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