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Who'd have thought this issue would cause such a panty twist?
The people at the Atlantic are doing a really good job of looking at this:
Industry Ire
There's SO much I can comment here:
The outward lies, the untruths, the pressure by an industry who's seeing the loss of profit. Need proof?
A quote from Janet Riley with the American Meat Institute:
"Meat is associated with weight control. It's not the number one source of fat in their diet." She also invoked her own two sons to emphasize that kids require animal protein in their diets. "Meat is what keeps them satisfied and out of the pantry," she told me.
Really? Do I need to discuss these facts again?
My personal favourite quote from the article:
In an editorial published earlier this month, Pork Magazine wrote, "The Baltimore school officials have taken it upon themselves to relieve dietitians and nutritionists of part of their duties, at least for the first day of the school week." Funnily enough, it was the school district's only dietician, Mahoney, who conceived the program.
Go read the article ... Armed with facts, any industry can dismantle any argument lodged at them. What I see everytime that I read an article like this, is a corporation who is less concerned with facts and more concerned with profit.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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2 comments:
"Janet Riley, of the American Meat Institute, went on Lou Dobbs' show on CNN last week to chastise Baltimore for depriving its students of key nutrients: protein."
People unfamiliar with the nutritional requirements of the human body, not to mention a child's body, should not be on a national news network commenting about lack of a particular nutrient. My two cents.
Thank you for your comment and I have to say that I completely agree. Unfortunately, when you're a talking head, no one gets to debate you and we know that facts mean so little these days.
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