Doctor calls RFK Jr a 'hypocrite' after being spotted with ultra-processed energy drink that has cancer-linked ingredients

He has vowed to ace down connected additives and colorings, describing America's nutrient and portion proviso arsenic 'poison.'

But that didn't halt Robert F Kennedy Jr from enjoying an ultra-processed energy portion that contains perchance toxic chemicals during a caller workout.

The erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner was seen clutching a vessel of C4 Energy portion astatine Gold's Gym connected Venice Beach this week portion posing for a photograph with a erstwhile jiu-jitsu satellite champion.

The highly synthetic portion has 17 ingredients, including respective preservatives that person been linked to large wellness conditions, including cancer.

Advertised arsenic providing 'explosive energy' and 'superhuman performance,' the portion is said to boost vigor and absorption and should beryllium consumed 30 minutes earlier 'dominating exercise... and life.' 

However, the institution adds connected its website: 'These statements person not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.'

Kennedy, 72, said successful 2023 helium followed an intermittent fasting diet, lone eating betwixt noon and 7 p.m. - and erstwhile helium does eat, his fare is dense successful steadfast foods, including fish.

He has said he ne'er eats ultra-processed foods.

But helium is not supra enjoying the unusual cheat meal. He was pictured aft the predetermination indulging successful a ample McDonald's meal and soda with the recently elected president.

Now, successful a photo posted this week by jiu-jitsu satellite champion Jean Jacques Machado, RFK Jr is seen posing with a portion successful his near hand. 

The caption reads: 'Let’s taking attraction of our health, it’s not however agelong we unrecorded is however good we live, immoderate broadside you are bully for you but careless the broadside let’s beryllium healthy.'

While the statement is partially obscured, it intimately resembles a vessel of C4 Energy Non Carbonated, a show beverage made by the Texas-based institution Cellucor. 

Some viewers were speedy to constituent retired the irony that the wellness and anti-food additives advocator was captured holding a portion that contains respective harmful chemicals. 

One wrote: 'Health portion drinking a C4 [laughing emoji]'

And Dr Stuart Fischer, a doc successful New York, told DailyMail.com it was a spot hypocritical of RFK Jr if helium was really drinking the C4 beverage.  

Based connected the colour connected the vessel RFK Jr is holding, it appears to beryllium the watermelon flavor. 

The beverage contains 200mg of caffeine, a small much than treble the magnitude successful 2 cups of coffee, and is disposable successful a assortment of saccharine flavors. 

The archetypal concerning constituent successful the portion is sodium benzoate, a preservative. 

While the FDA has deemed the constituent arsenic 'Generally Regarded As Safe' (GRAS) successful foods astatine levels up to 0.1 percent, studies have shown it tin make escaped radicals - unstable molecules successful the assemblage - which harm DNA and lend to inflammation.

It's besides been linked to an summation in oxidative accent and a antagonistic effect connected immune system, liver, kidneys and fertility.  

And erstwhile combined with citric acerb - different preservative listed connected C4's statement - it tin signifier the carcinogen benzene, which damages DNA and raises the hazard of cancer.

It has besides been linked to ADHD successful children who devour ample amounts. Animal studies person shown it tin besides origin hormone disruption.

Scientists person stated further probe is needed to find what level of sodium benzoate is safe.

While RFK Jr's views connected vaccines are wide criticized, his projected changes to America's nutrient proviso are supported by a bulk of some Democrats and Republicans.

About 70 percent of some groups 'strongly oregon somewhat favor' restricting oregon reformulating processed foods to region ingredients similar added sugars and dyes. 

During his term, the Trump medication volition beryllium tasked with penning the newest mentation of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which supply nutrition recommendations for Americans each 5 years. 

RFK Jr, who is expected to beryllium confirmed arsenic the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), volition oversee the FDA, which regulates nutrient ingredients and additives. 

RFK Jr has said helium wants to ace down connected nutrient dyes but it isn't wide which additives could beryllium nether his microscope arsenic the FDA has deemed galore GRAS, contempt grounds to the contrary.

One of those GRAS additives is phosphoric acid, listed connected C4's ingredients label. 

This additive is utilized to set the acidity of foods and drinks and supply a sour oregon tangy sensation successful foods and beverages.

It is made from a mineral people recovered successful galore foods and is meant to assistance muscles retrieve aft a workout. 

The FDA has deemed the substance arsenic GRAS and the assemblage needs immoderate phosphoric acid.

However, excessively overmuch tin origin wellness issues, and intake successful the US usually exceeds requirements. 

Animal and quality studies linked excessive intake to an accrued hazard of reduced bony mass, osteoporosis and bosom disease

In 2022, RFK Jr posted about a survey that showed 'a nexus betwixt artificial sweeteners and cancer, adjacent aft controlling for factors known to lend to cancer, including age, value gain, carnal enactment and household past of cancer.'

The artificial sweetener sucralose is different constituent successful C4.  

RFK Jr hasn't mentioned sucralose specifically, but has said added sugars, specifically precocious fructose maize syrup, are partially to blasted for America's epidemic of chronic disease.

Sucralose, which is astir 600 times sweeter than regular sweetener is utilized arsenic sweetener substitute, most-widely sold arsenic Splenda. 

The FDA says the sweetener is GRAS, but studies person shown mixed results.

One study showed sucralose had nary effect connected humor sweetener portion another showed reduced insulin sensitivity and accrued humor sweetener and insulin.  

An carnal study showed 4 months of low-dose sucralose intake disrupted the equilibrium of the gut microbiome and accrued inflammation.

Experts accidental much more probe is needed. 

Artificial sweetener acesulfame potassium is besides utilized successful the drink. It is 200 times sweeter than array sugar. Similarly, the substance has been linked to an altered gut microbiome.

A study in mice linked the sweetener to value summation and an accrued hazard of chronic inflammation.

Preservative potassium sorbate is besides connected the ingredients list. Various research has shown this additive is associated with cistron and DNA harm and whitethorn lend to chronic disease.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to RFK Jr's squad and Cellucor for comment.