Kyle Diamantas on Fixing America’s Food System

About this video

FDA official Kyle Diamantas discusses the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) loophole in US food law. He explains that a 1958 law required petitions for new food additives but exempted GRAS ingredients, and claims that exemption now covers the vast majority of new ingredients, leaving FDA without records or safety studies for many of them. He describes an interagency effort to reform how FDA regulates these substances.

Key takeaways

• Diamantas claims the GRAS exemption has become the main route for new food ingredients
• He states FDA often has no record or safety studies for industry-designated GRAS ingredients
• He frames reform as fixing corporate capture of an existing regulation, not creating a new one

Episode details: published May 13, 2026 · 5.4K views · 1:22 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Gary Brecka is a commercial health figure, not a physician. The claims described are Brecka’s or his guests’, presented for education — not medical advice and not endorsed by Self Growth Videos. Consult a qualified professional before changing your own health practices.

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