why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Partly supported
Karp: Totino's Pizza Rolls contain over 70 ingredients and banned chemicals
“Totino's has an ingredient label that's over 70 seven zero ingredients long. It doesn't even use real cheese. It actually says on the label imitation cheese. It has at least a dozen chemicals that are banned in other countries that are in the ingredient label.”
Assertion Contradicted
Karp: Over 90% of non-organic US wheat contains traces of glyphosate
“I don't remember the exact number, but it's in the high nineties percent. Might be 99%, might be 97%. Of the US wheat crop that's not organic has traces of glyphosate, which is Monsanto's herbicide also called Roundup.”
Assertion Partly supported
Karp: European wheat has lower gluten and is less inflammatory than US wheat
“So in Europe, the glyphosate's banned, and the gluten levels are much lower, and the strains of wheat that they typically use
Are typically a lot less inflammatory than the ones that they use over here.”
Assertion Supported
Karp: Daily Harvest's foodborne illness outbreak caused organ removals in consumers
“Daily Harvest had a foodborne illness issue where a bunch of people had to have their organs removed.”
Assertion Contradicted
Karp: Indigenous populations living ancestrally have zero modern lifestyle diseases
“And thankfully, there's a lot of populations out there that are still indigenous people, and they live the way that we lived 10,000 years ago, or even a thousand years ago. And they have none. And by the way, many of these indigenous peoples are in every conti…”
Assertion Contradicted
Karp: Ancient wheat contains magnitudes less gluten than modern wheat
“And the gluten level in fossilized wheat and the gluten level in some of these ancient grains, versions of wheat is, is magnitudes less than the amount of gluten that we're consuming today.”
Assertion Supported
Karp: 70% of Americans are overweight or obese and over 90% metabolically unhealthy
“70% of Americans are either overweight or obese. Over 90% are metabolically unhealthy.”
Assertion Supported
Karp: Totino's generates close to $800M in annual revenue
“And this business, from our last check, does close to eight hundred million dollars a year in revenue.”