The teenagers in this movie, All Jacked Up, ask, “Why is ‘my generation’ sicker than your generation?” The movie also states that 2/3 of the American high school students have middle aged diseases, such as an increase in blood pressure, increase in cholesterol, increase in diabetes, and an increase in waist size.
Funding in any agency is always a challenge, but this movie claims that the FDA, in addition to taxpayer dollars, also gets funding from pharmaceutical companies, so may be influenced by their interests. I was curious, so I did a quick search and found this article by Dr. Mercola that goes into more detail on this topic: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/05/01/fda-budget-increase.aspx.
The movie also asked about energy drinks and says that over time it affects the heart and blood vessels. A nice source for natural energy drinks is: http://www.foodmatters.tv/content/9-natural-energy-drinks.
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