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Feds: America Should Adopt ‘Plant-Based’ Diet
Free Beacon ^ | February 20, 2015 | Elizabeth Harrington

Posted on 02/20/2015 9:05:18 AM PST by Cheerio

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Under Obie we have Nanny State on steroids!!!

We were warned that the passing of Obamacare would put the regulation writing agencies into overdrive, all under the disguise of "controlling health".

The report is open for public comment for 45 days, and will be used as the basis by the government agencies to develop the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines are used as the basis for government food assistance programs, nutrition education efforts, and for making “decisions about national health objectives.”

DGAC proposed a variety of solutions to address obesity, and its promotion of what it calls the “culture of health.”

“The persistent high levels of overweight and obesity require urgent population- and individual-level strategies across multiple settings, including health care, communities, schools, worksites, and families,” they said.

1 posted on 02/20/2015 9:05:18 AM PST by Cheerio
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To: Cheerio

Cows eat grass and are therefore “Plant based”.


2 posted on 02/20/2015 9:06:29 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Cheerio

Sounds like they are in need of stupidity “interventionists” .


3 posted on 02/20/2015 9:07:04 AM PST by Vaduz
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If it were up to me this entire committee would face a firing squad.

Meat and potatoes made America great and their plan is to make Americans physically resemble people from India.

To me that’s treason.


4 posted on 02/20/2015 9:07:34 AM PST by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: cripplecreek

But, I thought grass eating cows cause methane gas and that causes global warming. /s


5 posted on 02/20/2015 9:07:59 AM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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To: Cheerio

Obamunism on parade.


6 posted on 02/20/2015 9:08:28 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Cheerio

We’re from the government and we’re here to help.


7 posted on 02/20/2015 9:08:35 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: MeganC

Yes, they want us all to be chestless, scrawny weaklings. Better to control.


8 posted on 02/20/2015 9:08:48 AM PST by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Vaduz

GMTA...INTERVENTIONISTS.....LEAPED Off the monitor!!

I cant wait for Revrunt Al sharpton to try to comment on that one....


9 posted on 02/20/2015 9:09:00 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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10 posted on 02/20/2015 9:10:41 AM PST by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: Vaduz

Think of the thousands of federal jobs this will create. They will assign each family an “interventionist” who will visit the house monthly, weigh each person, provide dietary guidelines, and report back to the feds.

For those who are overweight but not “poor”, there will be penalties such as increased health insurance premiums. For those who are overweight but “poor”, they will get increased dollars in food stamps and decreased health insurance premiums so they are not discouraged from seeking health care.


11 posted on 02/20/2015 9:10:45 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Cheerio

man did not fight his way up the food chain to eat lettuce all day.


12 posted on 02/20/2015 9:10:56 AM PST by cynicalman
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To: MeshugeMikey

“POTATO FAMINE!”


13 posted on 02/20/2015 9:10:58 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Cheerio

Every day we get closer to; nothing else to lose!

Freedom is just another word.


14 posted on 02/20/2015 9:11:17 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Cheerio

In honor of this decree, I went out and bought some baby back ribs.


15 posted on 02/20/2015 9:11:35 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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NO

16 posted on 02/20/2015 9:11:43 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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And how would you get enough protein on a plant based diet? I need a gram of protein daily for every pound of bodyweight because even at 56 I am an avid weight trainer. You can only eat so many beans.


17 posted on 02/20/2015 9:11:51 AM PST by circlecity
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18 posted on 02/20/2015 9:12:13 AM PST by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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To: fwdude; tx_eggman

As much as y’all don’t want to hear it... I’ve been “plant-based” for 2 1/2 years now, and have never felt better, or had better stats at the doctor’s office.

I’m just not an activist about it. It’s a personal choice.

And, yes, I’d eat meat in a heartbeat in a survival situation.

And yes... yes, I do miss bacon.


19 posted on 02/20/2015 9:12:26 AM PST by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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“plans to “transform the food system.”

If that doesn’t make the hair on the back of your neck stand up, it should.


20 posted on 02/20/2015 9:12:44 AM PST by V_TWIN
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