Low carb diets still have no respect in policy making circles, as seen in a recent report by a government panel advising the USDA on dietary guidelines. Jeff Volek, nutrition scientists takes the panel to task.
The most dynamic speaker at the USDA public hearing was Adele Hite, a scientific advisor to the Nutrition and Metabolism Society. She lost 60 lbs on a low carb diet.
My Testimony at the June 8, 2010 Hearing on the USDA Proposed Dietary Guidelines by Alyce Ortuzar, Well Mind Association Since the first published U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans in 1980, epidemics of disorders such as diabetes, asthma, cancer, and obesity have characterized Americans today as our sickest generation. The dietary [...]
The founder of a Pennsylvania Farmers market, Tom Maurer speaks out against the food safety bills, saying they veil a hidden marketing agenda.
The House recently passed a new food safety bill giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new power and more money. According to recently discovered documents, this will do nothing to protect our food. Since 1980 it has been the official national policy to dispose of sewage waste on grazing land, fruits and vegetables, parks school grounds and home lawns.
On my library shelf, is a wonderful little book by Dr. Henry Bieler, M.D., Food is Your Best Medicine. Written in 1965, before Big Pharma had such a stranglehold on the business of healing, this doctor details case after case of how nurturing food played a role in healing his patients.When my brother was very young, he was diagnosed by our pediatrician, Dr. Knop, as celiac. She was an old school German doctor, and worked in the prestigious Yater Clinic in downtown Washington, D.C. She looked like a fierce school marm, with her dark hair pulled back in a tight bun. In her clipped German accent, she prescribed a strict diet for my brother of nothing but cottage cheese…
Kim Alexander, a livestock producer in Travis County, TX speaks at a Listening Session in Austin, saying “Let the fire of liberty be lit.” See his impassioned comments on this You Tube video: Visit the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund website to learn more about the NAIS controversy: http://ftcldf.org
Rancher Mike Callicrate does a job evaluation of the USDA at a recent NAIS Listening Session, and finds they are failing the small farms in favor of Big Ag. See the video of his testimony…
Mike Murphy, author of the Veterans Against NAIS Petition, reports that famous farmer, Wendell Berry has pledged to go to jail in protest of NAIS at the Kentucky USDA Listening Session. I’d like to give Wendell our Heroes of Sustainable Agriculture award for that!
photo credit: sashafatcat But is the USDA Really Listening?? USDA Listening Sessions on their attempts at a National Animal ID and Tracking System have been packed with vocal opponents to this Orwellian plan. In city after city, the NAIS has been roundly condemned by those farmers and ranchers and even consumers who will ultimately pay [...]
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