[HOTTIEBOY]

Actually - the food pyramid is horrible and largely created to appease lobbyist interests

While I do agree that EVERYTHING has a money trail, I cannot except the fact that something that passes across hundreds of peoples desks and dozens of boards and commitees can be accepted and presented to the entire population while knowingly being something that would be harmfull.

But then again, I am not a doctor or a nutritionist so I cannot state any facts either way.

[Hoodlum91]

You'd be surprised. In DC, money talks - not much else.

The only thing more powerful than cash in the dc gov't is pet agendas of the party in power, and even then it's back to who donates the most to campaigns and the party.

I've only been in DC for 4 years, but it's been more than long enough to open my eyes to the BIG difference between inside the beltway mentality and the rest of the country.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

“While I do agree that EVERYTHING has a money trail, I cannot except the fact that something that passes across hundreds of peoples desks and dozens of boards and commitees can be accepted and presented to the entire population while knowingly being something that would be harmfull.”

Old thread... but...

What a ridiculous comment.

The government does idiotic things all the time that meet your criteria.

EPA, FDA, Dept of Education, you name it.

Your argument is a logical fallacy - appeal to authority.