Froot Loop Facts, Ancient Symbols, and Self-Control

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October 20, 2024

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[Health & Wellness]

Froot Loops in the USA and Canada have different ingredients due to stricter regulations in Canada. While Canada uses natural colorants, the USA version contains artificial additives, including BHT, a preservative linked to cancer.

Sound Familiar?

Just like Kraft Mac & Cheese and Chick-fil-A, many popular U.S. foods are packed with preservatives and artificial additives not found in other countries' versions.

Froot Loops Canada (left)
Froot Loops USA (right)

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Butylated Hydroxyanisole - 15th Report on Carcinogens - NCBI Bookshelf

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK590883

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[Culture]

Dating back to 4000 BCE, the Diwali swastika is a common symbol of Diwali representing good fortune and wishes. This sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism derives from the Sanskrit words ‘su’ (good) and ‘asti’ (to prevail).

Big Picture: If you spot the swastika during Diwali, remember—it’s a symbol of celebration, not hate, representing good fortune and positive energy in ancient traditions.

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Hinduism ‑ Origins, Facts & Beliefs | HISTORY

Hinduism is a compilation of many traditions and philosophies and is considered by many scholars to be the world’s oldest religion, dating back more than 4,000 years. Today it is the third‑largest religion behind Christianity and Islam.

www.history.com/topics/religion/hinduism

10 Things You Need to Know About the Swastika - Hindu American Foundation

Related posts: 6 Things You Need to Know About the Symbolism of the Swastika How Can the Swastika Be Redeemed? Education, Education, Education. An Open Letter to GW President Steven...

www.hinduamerican.org/blog/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-swastika

[Psychology & Behavioral Science]

Can you wait? The Marshmallow Experiment of 1972 found that children who resisted eating one marshmallow for 15 minutes, in exchange for two later, demonstrated greater self-control—an early indicator of future success.

Big Picture: Delayed gratification is a skill that can be built, leading to positive long-term effects on success and well-being.

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Revisiting the Marshmallow Test: A Conceptual Replication Investigating Links Between Early Delay of Gratification and Later Outcomes - PMC

We replicated and extended Shoda, Mischel, and Peake’s (1990) famous marshmallow study, which showed strong bivariate correlations between a child’s ability to delay gratification just before entering school and both adolescent achievement and ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6050075

40 Years of Stanford Research Found That People With This One Quality Are More Likely to Succeed

40 years of Stanford research revealed the impact delayed gratification can have on our success in life. Read this article to learn the surprising results.

jamesclear.com/delayed-gratification

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[Science & Nature]

Octopuses are older than dinosaurs after scientists found a 330 million year old fossil in Montana.

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Octopuses were around before dinosaurs, fossil find suggests

Oldest known ancestor of octopuses unearthed in Montana in form of approximately 330m-year-old fossil

www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/08/octopuses-were-around-before-dinosaurs-fossil-find-suggests

When Did the Octopus First Appear on Earth? | Blog | Science Museum of Virginia

What has ten arms, two bad puns and 330 million years of history? Today's science story!

smv.org/learn/blog/when-did-octopus-first-appear-earth

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Froot Loops Ingredients [Health & Wellness]

The Dirty Dozen: BHA and BHT

Used mainly in moisturizers and makeup as preservatives. Suspected endocrine disruptors and may cause cancer (BHA). Harmful to fish and other wildlife.

davidsuzuki.org/living-green/dirty-dozen-bha-bht

Kellogg’s Froot Loops made with ‘harmful additives’ despite vow to remove dyes: shareholder

“Kellogg fills its most ubiquitous cereal products in the US..with harmful artificial dyes, such as Red 40, Yellow 6, and Blue 1,” Jason Karp wrote in a letter.

nypost.com/2024/03/14/business/kelloggs-froot-loops-have-harmful-artificial-dyes-shareholder

Tell Kellogg's to stop targeting kids with cereals full of artificial ingredients

foodbabe.com/babyshark

The Marshmallow Experiment (1972) [Psychology & Behavioral Science]

Study Name: The Marshmallow Experiment

Study by: Walter Mischel Stanford University

Participants: Children aged 4-5 years old

Experiment Details:

Setup: A child was placed in a room with a marshmallow and given a choice:

  • Eat one marshmallow now

  • Wait 15 minutes and get two marshmallows

  • Outcome: Some children ate the marshmallow immediately, while others waited for the reward.

Key outcomes among children who delayed gratification and waited for the second marshmallow:

  • Had higher SAT scores

  • Lower levels of substance abuse

  • Lower likelihood of obesity

  • Better responses to stress

  • Better social skills

  • Overall better life outcomes

Octopus Predates Dinosaurs by Millions of Years [Science & Nature]

Fossil coleoid cephalopod from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Lagerstätte sheds light on early vampyropod evolution - Nature Communications

The authors describe a new cephalopod from the Carboniferous (Mississippian) Bear Gulch Lagerstätte of Montana, USA. This specimen extends the fossil record of vampyropods back by ~82 million years and changes our understanding of their evolution.

www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28333-5