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In the past, says Stier, the federal government’s dietary guidelines
were intended exclusively to “promote health and reduce risk for major
chronic diseases.”
No more, says Stier: “For the first time in the history of the
guidelines, ‘sustainability’ is part of the agenda. Actual items on
their Dietary Guidelines working group agenda include ‘immigration,’
‘global climate change’ and ‘agriculture/aquaculture sustainability.’”
What’s more, says Stier, these new guidelines will cost the public
money: “By favoring foods which activists think have a smaller carbon
footprint, the new guidelines will increase the prices you pay for your
food. It will also increase the cost to all taxpayers, since the Dietary
Guidelines are used to set policy for food stamps (SNAP) and military
diets,” he says.
“The food guidelines, by law, are supposed to be based on a
‘preponderance of scientific and medical knowledge,’” said Amy Ridenour,
chairman of the National Center for Public Policy Research, who has
studied climate change polices for over a quarter century. “Science can
say with authority that eating green vegetables is good for you. It
can’t say that humans are causing catastrophic global warming with any
more certainty than it can explain why the planet hasn’t warmed since
the Clinton Administration. Moms and Dads across America deserve — and,
as taxpayers, have paid for — dietary guidelines they can use to help
them feed their families wisely. No one benefits from causing people to
wonder if the nutritional advice they are getting from their government
isn’t focused on nutrition at all, but has been polluted by
environmental activists.”
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