Why MAHA\u2019s push on Coca-Cola and ice cream is \u2018nutritionally hilarious\u2019
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Pop quiz: What\u2019s Coca-Cola with cane sugar and ice cream made with natural dyes?<\/p>\n
Answer: Coca-Cola and ice cream.<\/p>\n
Getting Coca-Cola to use cane sugar rather than corn syrup and ice cream manufacturers to stop their use of synthetic dyes are the latest achievements trumpeted by the Make America Healthy Again movement as part of its quest to reform the U.S. food supply<\/a>. But nutrition experts say that despite MAHA\u2019s rhetoric, these kinds of changes won\u2019t move the needle when it comes to Americans\u2019 health.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMy term for this is \u2018nutritionally hilarious,\u2019\u201d said Marion Nestle, one of the country\u2019s foremost nutrition experts and professor emeritus at New York University. Whether Coca-Cola contains cane sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, she said, it will still contain virtually the same amount of calories and lots of sugar. (Coke currently has about 10 teaspoons a 12-ounce can.) That means soda will still pose the same risks when it comes to chronic conditions<\/a> like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. \u201cIt\u2019s the kind of thing that makes nutritionists roll their eyes, because it doesn\u2019t make any difference,\u201d Nestle said. \u00a0<\/p>\n