and the reason we were eating rice krispies was that our parents had been arrested, and the newspaperse pictures of these three cute children eating their second breakfast you know, with... so, that was the beginning of my memory. but i remember each time that they were arrested and, you know, locked up for a while until finally in the last period when i was in south africa, my mother was arrested and held under 90—day detention, and she was held incommunicado for 117 days. after that is when we left and came to england. yeah, so there was a lot of separation and i imagine a lot of anxiety in your childhood. there was a lot of fear, ithink, yeah. yeah. and because they disappeared, they were continually disappearing. and there, they were in danger. they weren't in the same kind of danger as their black compatriots, because at that point of time, white people, even in prison, were treated differently if they were politicos. but, yes, there was a lot of unknown happening. it's what turned me into a writer, i think. your father was, was a revolutionary. i mean, he believed, quite clearly

while the parent company of pop tarts and rice krispy treats is working to replace artificial additiveses. here to discuss is co-author of "good energy," kali means. so great to have you on. what is it about these good dyes? what do they do to your body? >> yes, particularly bht which is a preservative link linked to cancer, and the food dyes are linked to adhd in kids. kelloggs is putting these ingredients in the american version and right across the border in canada and europe they take the creed ingredients out. -- ingredients out. rachel: ray why aren't we clamoring for the same kinds of healthy goods that canada and europe are? >> i think parents are, but we don't have a free market in this country when it comes to the food, we have a rigged market. we actually have an advocacy group thats has 100,000 signatures on a petition, and we asked kelloggs about this on behalf of participants, and they said they've done focus groups, and kids prefer these ingredients -- [laughter] well, sure. rachel: you're right, the food industry has a lobby, and we as parents don't necessarily have that

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