📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. Creators of the iconic candy brand M&M’s have been working to remove artificial dyes, but sweet lovers may not find the colors blue and brown in the upgraded Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) version. The Mars brand has been working to reinvent the candy without artificial dyes as part of President Donald Trump’s MAHA agenda, but the company has had trouble with the colors blue and brown, the New York Post reported Friday. Some natural food dyes listed were beet juice and powder, beta-carotene, butterfly pea flower extract, fruit juice, riboflavin, saffron, spirulina extract, turmeric, and vegetable juice. The website noted there were several main health concerns when it came to artificial dyes that included hyperactivity and neurobehavioral problems in children, along with the general risk of developing cancer. In July, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said almost 35 percent of the U.S. food industry committed to removing artificial dyes from products, Breitbart News reported. The United States’ obesity rate has dropped for the first time in 50 years under President Donald Trump’s administration, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this week. “Since President Trump came into office, obesity rates in this country have dropped by 2.5 percent,” Kennedy announced during an event in Charlotte. “That’s the first drop in 50 years.” Kennedy said that drop will have “significant impacts on health care costs in this country,” noting that obesity drives the vast majority of chronic disease. “Forty-eight cents out of every dollar that you pay to the federal government in taxes is now going to treat for health care, and about 90 percent of that is spent on treating chronic disease,” Kennedy said, noting that when his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was president, the nation did not spend any money on chronic disease and had the status as the healthiest country in the world. That is not the case present-day, as the U.S. has the “highest chronic disease burden,” he said, offering greater perspective. “When my uncle was president, three percent of children were obese. Now it’s 20 percent… 77 percent of our kids cannot qualify for military service because of chronic disease, mainly obesity. Kennedy also said that obesity rates shot up in the U.S. because of ultra-processed foods and misinformation about proper nutrition... “It’s not because they suddenly became indolent or lazy or hungry. It’s because they were being mass poisoned by ultra-processed foods, and because of the food pyramid and the dietary guidelines, we were directed away from protein, away from healthy foods,” Kennedy observed. When I was a kid, a typical pediatrician would see one case of type two diabetes over a 40 or 50 year career. Today 38 percent of American teens are diabetic or pre diabetic,” he said, deeming it a “terrible crisis.” Kennedy’s announcement comes months after the Trump administration unveiled a new, inverted food pyramid encouraging Americans to eat “real food” and prioritize healthy fats, protein, dairy, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. From the end of this year, the UK government is mandating mass medication of the public with synthetic folic acid added to non-wholemeal wheat flour. Folic acid given to pregnant women, it is claimed, prevents neural defects in their children. This is based on one study, which showed that for every neural tube defect “prevented,” nine babies died. Research on folic acid was then stopped because it was considered too unethical to research further. According to the BBC, more than 80 countries have introduced legislation which means flour is fortified with folic acid. And now the UK is set to do the same. In 2024, the UK government mandated that folic acid be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour. The requirement will come into force at the end of 2026 to prevent neural tube defects from forming in unborn children. However, “for every neural tube defect ‘prevented’, nine babies died (mostly miscarriages),” Dr. Clare Craig says. “It was then declared ‘unethical’ to research further.” Practical Advice: Learn how you can avoid unwanted medication by reading food labels carefully and sourcing unfortified flour from small independent mills. https://expose-news.com/2026/06/15/flour-fortification-with-folic-acid/ 
MAHA: M&M’s Maker Removes Artificial Dyes, Ditches Blue and Brown Candies to Go All Natural:
RFK Jr.: Obesity Rates Have Dropped for First Time in 50 Years:
Health risks and ethical violations of UK mandatory flour fortification with folic acid: