Do Current U.S. Government Guidelines Allow Too Many Calories From Fat?
INTERESTING ARTICLE AND THE AUTHOR OFFERS UP ANSWERS…THIS FUELS A GREAT DEBATE ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF FOODS IN OUR DIET…. The No. 1 cause and cure of America’s health care crisis is right under your nose – it’s what you put in your mouth. Unfortunately, the scientific findings on diet and disease are marginalized by the political power of huge, mutually reinforcing commercial interests – meat, dairy, sugar, drugs and surgery. These industries are desperate to sell a solution that obscures their part in the problem. If they can convince people that the cause of our health crisis has nothing to do with eating unhealthy food, and everything to do with increasing access to drugs and surgery, Americans will spend trillions more on health care without improving their health. That’s what happens when you leave science out of public policy. If President Obama wants Americans to get the full benefit of scientific research on health, then he should add three measures to his health reform
