Snowe Boiled and Steamed Over USDA Proposal Restricting Potato Consumption in Schools[Fish Update]

Senator Snowe said a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) limiting total servings of starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn, green peas, and lima beans) to one cup per week and eliminating these vegetables from breakfast meals is not grounded in scientific data and does not make economic sense. In letters to First Lady Michelle Obama, founder of the Let’s Move campaign, and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senator Snowe urged reevaluation of the nutritional and economic impacts of this proposal.

Senator Snowe recently joined her colleagues in calling on President Obama to resolve a discrepancy within the Administration regarding women’s nutrition during pregnancy. The issue involves conflicting federal guidance on the amount of seafood women should consume during pregnancy. Snowe is concerned that while the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have issued new guidelines suggesting women consume at least eight ounces of seafood per week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still issuing guidance that is nearly a decade old.

“Pre and post natal care is too an important issue on which to send mixed messages. The FDA needs to update its recommendation, based on the most recent and reliable science, and ensure women know the benefits of consuming seafood,” said Snowe.

"This can feed an army." Before the harvesting began, she said she and daughters,
Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, already had helped themselves to some sweet potatoes
"This can feed the Obama family, and an army, but poor mothers on the WIC program
and those peons who attend public schools will not be permitted to enjoy the nutritious vegetables such as the "common spud"."
Sweet potatoes and regular potatoes share some nutritional similarities,
yet also share a host of unique features. Both potatoes, are said a very good source of vitamin C, and a good source of
copper, fiber, vitamin B6, and potassium. While potatoes are a good source of
manganese, sweet potatoes are a very good source of this trace mineral and a good source of iron.

THE POTATO: In terms of nutrition, the potato is best known for its carbohydrate content (approximately 26 grams in a medium potato). The predominant form of this carbohydrate is starch. A small but significant portion of this starch is resistant to digestion by enzymes in the stomach and small intestine, and so reaches the large intestine essentially intact. This resistant starch is considered to have similar physiological effects and health benefits as fiber: It provides bulk, offers protection against colon cancer, improves glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, lowers plasma cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations, increases satiety, and possibly even reduces fat storage.[57][58][59] The amount of resistant starch in potatoes depends much on preparation methods.
Eat more potatoes! The potato actually ranks highest in potassium per serving among the 20 best-selling fruits and vegetables in the United States (ACNielsen).

States that grow the most potatoes effected by the new limited consumption menu in school program advised under Michelle Obama, founder of the Let’s Move campaign.

2010 Petition Of Independent Researchers Urging FDA To Update Fish Advice. Over the past six years a wealth of science has been produced that shows the real risk to pregnant women and unborn children is in not eating enough fish.”There is persuasive new evidence that consumption of more than 12 ounces per week of most marketplace species will actually improve fetal neurodevelopment. This improvement occurs in spite of methyl-mercury in most, if not all fish."

This reminds me of the saying, "A liberal is a liberal until the first time he gets mugged".

Snowe has been doing the "RINO Suffle" with a glint in her eye for the obamaloid for two years - supporting obamacare and anything else the tag-team of obama-pelosi-reid threw at her.

Now her state - Maine - is the big potato state, and I would imagine she has quite a few constituents really pissed about moochie's potato ban.

It's one of those "changing your horse in mid stream" things for Snowe. Her ego needs the DC elites, but without the peoples' votes...she goes back to taking in ironing, or whatever she did before becoming a RINO.

Welcome to the real world, Snowe...

Idaho is bigger than Maine but yes is well known for its commercial production--jobs: It encompasses over 500 businesses generating nearly $300 million in annual sales, employing over 2,600 people, and providing over $112 million in income to Maine residents. T reported total impact of the potato industry on Maine’s economy is $540 million in sales, 6,100 jobs, over $230 million in personal income, and over $32 million in state and local taxes.
Distribution of Reporting Students by Employment Category During Harvest
And yes Maine has a new Republican Governor LePage who is really upsetting old dawg Democrats!

In the last two years, though, Politico notices a lot more party-line votes from Snowe amid rumors of a feud with Harry Reid. The “spat” apparently started with the ObamaCare bill, from which Reid excluded Snowe along with most of the other Republicans in the Senate. Snowe had provided a key vote for Reid on the Porkulus bill despite Reid and Nancy Pelosi locking Republicans from drafting that bill as well. Snowe’s voting record has tilted much more towards the GOP since then, which is why Politico speculates that Snowe is voting rightward out of spite with Reid — which has made Reid’s life a lot tougher in the past two years writes Hotair.

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