a week ago when he came out o and said, you know, we need to kind of moderate this stuff. it s close to big brother. it s frightening to anyone who understandscy what democracy about.. but this woman in particular and all her sweetners singing mary poppins i mean, i don t know this nina yankovic s is she she jankovics is she related to weird al yankovic? i mean, i don t know what s going on there, but this is this is a group of people who realize those numbers are in the tanks. c they can t complain about the messaging. they can t complain about y the media. so they re going to tell youou what s the lie. here shest my question. s if they decide that something is disinformationt, what is the sanction? what is the consequence? who polices w in who is in charf it? and in the end, what is what what will they do to you and why is this the department of justice where a crime they re talking about we don te have a crime that they say thato is happening across america.
pictures, you see hundreds of protesters descending upon that hearing, some had to be dragged away in their wheelchair, screaming in opposition to that bill. now, during that hearing we heard from the republican cosponsors of this bill defending their latest and revised draft of this bill. of course, some very specific changes made in this 11th hour intended to would very specific senators. senators like senator murkowski, collins, those that are leaning no but potentially could get to yes. we know that this new revised bill has some very specific sweetners for their states of alaska and maine. as of now we have not heard from either senator enough to get them on board. they both indicated in the last days it is very unlikely they can get to yes on this bill but not an out right no. on this hour in capitol hill they are huddling to try to anticipate the next steps to plan out what will happen with
is made early treatment is important. and they have that sweetner ascertain,r asper tain they say they re removing it from the sodas. asper tain is the number one reason for why sales has dropped and pepsi has been listening to it and they want to listen to consumer concerns. and diet coke has splendau not asper tain. they have asper tain but they re not changing it but you never know. we should be careful with anything we drink that s not natural. we should reach for a glass of water from time to time but can these sweetners be harmful? it s not likely.
cannot plan on in the manufacturing of these. why can t we still use sugar but in decreasing quantities and in less regular amounts. heather: nutritionists are saying safety was never the issue, anyway, so, what was the main issue? the unknowns you are speaking of in essence the unknowns. some of the sweetners make you crave that artificial sweetner. this is an unknown mechanism that still hasn t been fully developed. people have been eating natural sugar for years in south america the artificial sweetner we use called stevia is produced from a plant so maybe they need to look at natural products. in my book, we should decrease what we take in on a regular basis. gregg: my wife is addicted to chocolate. but stevia is interesting because it is natural, organic,
emergency medicine in the bronx joins us to let us know, safe or not? thanks for having me. i have to stay it is still unknown whether they are safe over the long term use in your lifetime. look historically sugar was a treat for dessert or special occasions and you go to the soda shot and have a coca-cola or a treat with your friends and neighbors. now, sugar is such a large part of our diet that we are looking for alternatives and substitutes to decrease the calories we get. gregg: so, do we really know if the sweetners hurt us? guest: in the past when we have developed something artificial many times years later we find out the side effects or other things we