NYT Op-Ed Piece

The sugar industry is nervous, I've been seeing commercials to the effect
that sugar is grown on your friendly neighborhood farms, implying that if
you quit eating sugar they will go belly up. My response--grow broccoli!

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RRzVRR <[email hidden]> stated
| Just a slice from today's NYT Op-Ed that I was glad to read....
|
| From:
| The Food Pyramid Scheme
| http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/opinion/01wed2.html?th
|
| "This curious avoidance of the growing evidence about the dangers
| of added sugar would be inexplicable but for the fact that seven
| members of the panel - which was chosen by the Health and Human
| Services Department - have major financial and organizational
| connections to the food, drug and dietary supplement industries.
| It strains the imagination to believe that the sugar industry did
| not have undue influence this time around.
|
| The government will collect public comments on the panel's
| recommendations until Sept. 27. Public health advocates are
| generally satisfied with its other recommendations, which
| encourage, for example, eating more vegetables. But it's crucial
| that unambiguous advice about sugar consumption be in the final
| guidelines in early 2005."
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RRzVRR said:

Just a slice from today's NYT Op-Ed that I was glad to read....

The Food Pyramid Scheme
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/opinion/01wed2.html?th

Interesting indeed. I read the same article myself.
--
Debbie

Debbie Cusick said:

RRzVRR said:

Just a slice from today's NYT Op-Ed that I was glad to read....

The Food Pyramid Scheme
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/opinion/01wed2.html?th

Quoted message said:

Interesting indeed. I read the same article myself.

Considering that the original food pyramid wasn't based on anything sound,
either, and was concocted by a group of lawyers, this doesn't surprise me
in the least.

I think our government is rapidly losing any remaining credibility it may
have had in this and other health-related areas due to the amount of
influence this administration has allowed industry to exert on the
policy-setting panels and agencies. Just review some of the recent
scandals in the FDA and you'll see where this is going.

Dan
325/211/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes