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Showing posts with label Agribusiness. Show all posts

Study Reveals That 1 in 10 Teens Suffers from Liver Disease

Study Reveals That 1 in 10 Teens Suffers from Liver Disease

A shocking report shows that one in ten American teens are now suffering from liver disease—a direct result of the distortion and pollution of our food system that allows fructose to be treated as if it's perfectly safe.


'High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is known to be associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Now that we're seeing this once-rare disorder affecting one in ten teenagers, one must wonder how health agencies like the FDA can continue to ignore the devastation resulting from out-of-control Agribusiness, which is clearly profiting from the devastation of the people's health.

Instead, though, Dr. Vos is advocating the creation of community and school programs to promote healthy food, exercise, and weight loss. This is not addressing the root cause. It is, in fact, effectively blaming the victims for their poor health.'


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Michael Pollan: Forget Nutrition Charts, Eat What Grandma Said Is Good for You


'One grandmother is worth two M.D.s.'
Robert Mendelsohn, M.D


'Michael Pollan: Forget Nutrition Charts, Eat What Grandma Said Is Good for You
The author of 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' says science [think corporate 'Big Agribusiness' fake science] has supplanted cultural wisdom as a guide in telling us what to eat'.

Harry Kreisler (HK): In understanding food and agribusiness, politics is very important.

'Michael Pollan (MP): We're not aware of it, but food, like everything, is political. It is the biggest industry in the country; it's the most essential thing. We've had the luxury of not having to think about it for the last thirty years, thanks to Earl Butz and having all this cheap food around. But you know, if we as a society have to live without gasoline, which is unimaginable, we will figure out how to do it. We did it for millions of years. We've never lived without food. Food is really essential, and when you have anything that's essential, there is enormous political and economic forces that contend about how it will be organized.'

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