"Crunchy moms" believe additives/toxins are the source of Americans' health problems. Here, a crunchy mom makes home-made versions of crap food (Cheez-Its!). Oy vey. It's the crap food, people! Come on. @shannonosaka.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... - ThreadSky

tamarhaspel.bsky.social • 38 days ago

"Crunchy moms" believe additives/toxins are the source of Americans' health problems.

Here, a crunchy mom makes home-made versions of crap food (Cheez-Its!).

Oy vey. It's the crap food, people! Come on.

@shannonosaka.bsky.social reports
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/24/maha-movement-food-reform-conservative-moms/

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austinatl.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’m hardcore an anti-dye dad because of my experience with seeing some kids go ape shit wild on it. The kids it affects the most are the ones already struggling with ADHD like symptoms so lab tests from random scientists observations will never pick this up at scale. It’s a thing and it’s real.

austinatl.bsky.social•38 days ago

And it sucks for the kids that have the sensitivity because the smallest amount ruins the kid for the day. I compare it to a tab of acid. One little hit and you’re on dye all day.
BUT not all kids have it. My daughter was not sensitive to it at all. She could ingest it with no changes.

austinatl.bsky.social•38 days ago

People think I’m nuts because I can look at a kid under 10 years old and tell if they’ve had dye that day. It’s a real thing. I’m sorry these guys are the ones bringing it to light bc they’ll just mess it up. Sucks for the kids out there.

tamarhaspel.bsky.social•38 days ago

You don't know if it's a thing unless it gets tested in a rigorous, blinded way.

A trivial example: Everybody thinks backyard eggs taste better, but in blind tests, they don't.

Science exists to test, and either confirm or disprove, our observations about the world.

austinatl.bsky.social•38 days ago

You clearly have never been to a swim meet with and with out dye! 😜
This is a behavioral response I can trigger in certain kids when I give them dye. It does not affect all kids. But the ones it does, it does! It’s fact in Europe and the rest of the world.

tamarhaspel.bsky.social•38 days ago

do you give them dye, or do you give them food with dye?

tamarhaspel.bsky.social•38 days ago

This is a great example of how these concerns get traction. Once parents/teachers are convinced dyes affect behavior, they see it everywhere. Humans are wired for causality. But the evidence on it is pretty lousy, and decidedly mixed.

My #1 rule: disregard my personal experience, look at evidence.

rouhiroo.bsky.social•38 days ago

Some ppl need some basic chemistry classes. "Chemicals" are everything. Water is composed of chemical elements. Air. Grass. Rocks. ALL OF THE ABOVE. WRT to things we eat -- MOST things can kill/poison. EVERYTHING is a toxin at the right doses. These ppl are f*g stupid. #IJustCant

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