The federal committee responsible for nutrition guidelines is calling
for the adoption of “plant-based” diets, taxes on dessert, trained
obesity “interventionists” at worksites, and electronic monitoring of
how long Americans sit in front of the television. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) released its far-reaching 571-page
report
of recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday, which detailed
its plans to “transform the food system.” In response, DGAC called for diet and weight management interventions
by “trained interventionists” in healthcare settings, community
locations, and worksites. “Government at local, state, and national levels, the health care
system, schools, worksites, community organizations, businesses, and the
food industry all have critical roles in developing creative and
effective solutions,” they said (
bigger gov't). “Align nutritional and agricultural policies with Dietary Guidelines
recommendations and make broad policy changes to transform the food
system so as to promote population health, including the use of economic
and taxing policies to encourage the production and consumption of
healthy foods and to reduce unhealthy foods,” its report read. “For example, earmark tax revenues from sugar-sweetened beverages,
snack foods and desserts high in calories, added sugars, or sodium, and
other less healthy foods for nutrition education initiatives and obesity
prevention programs.” Align nutritional and agricultural policies with Dietary Guidelines
recommendations and make broad policy changes to transform the food
system so as to promote population health, including the use of economic
and taxing policies to encourage the production and consumption of
healthy foods and to reduce unhealthy foods,” its report read. “For example, earmark tax revenues from sugar-sweetened beverages,
snack foods and desserts high in calories, added sugars, or sodium, and
other less healthy foods for nutrition education initiatives and obesity
prevention programs.” (
higher taxes and more regulations) As expected, the committee recommended that Americans move toward “plant-based” diets, after months of
discussions in meetings regarding environmentalism and food policy. DGAC said its recommendations to eat less meat are intended to
“maximize environmental sustainability” out of concerns for climate
change. The major findings regarding sustainable diets were that a diet
higher in plant-based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains,
legumes, nuts, and seeds, and lower in calories and animal-based foods
is more health promoting and is associated with less environmental
impact than is the current U.S. diet,” DGAC said. GAC recommended Mediterranean-style and vegetarian diets as the best
options. Vegan, lacto-ovo vegetarian, pesco-vegetarian, and
Mediterranean diets are the most environmentally friendly, with the
least greenhouse gas emissions, it said. “All of these dietary patterns are aligned with lower environmental
impacts and provide options that can be adopted by the U.S. population,”
the report said. “Current evidence shows that the average U.S. diet has
a larger environmental impact in terms of increased greenhouse gas
emissions, land use, water use, and energy use, compared to the above
dietary patterns. This is because the current U.S. population intake of
animal-based foods is higher and plant-based foods are lower, than
proposed in these three dietary patterns.” (
environmentalism run amok)...
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Larger governments at all levels, higher taxes, more regulations and more control is all that is needed to transform the system and create environmental nirvana across the earth. These tools have worked so well in Russia, East Germany, China and other nations that its time we implement them here.
Meat producers really shouldn't worry though, after all, the report also says, “no food groups need to be eliminated completely to improve sustainability outcomes over the current status.” So all of you don't have to go, a few can remain.
And no one should be suspicious that the higher taxes and larger programs will all benefit the same folks who wrote these recommendations.
Just sit back, relax, and let the Sierra Club and Michelle Obama select your menu.
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