GOP pushes back on effort to limit kids' food ads

[kangofu]

GOP pushes back on effort to limit kids' food ads
By Mary Clare Jalonick
Associated PressWASHINGTON - House Republicans are siding with food companies resisting the Obama administration's efforts to pressure them to stop advertising junk food for children

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[romp]

But if the US had socialized health care, they might have a reason to be interested...

I'm reading Whitewash: The Disturbing Truth About Cow's Milk and Your Health right now and it's amazing what will be reported as fact by EVERYONE in the name of pushing the US ag industry.

[beoweasel]

Citing scientific literature, Whitewash builds an unassailable case that not only is milk unnecessary for human health, its inclusion in the diet may increase the risk of serious diseases including:

Osteoporosis

...

Riiiiiight.

[romp]

His point is that osteoporosis isn't a lack of calcium but bone loss which is caused by many factors. As for dairy increasing the risk of osteo, maybe he means that people stop there since broccoli doesn't have a marketing campaign. :)

Fractures, calcium, and the modern diet
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 74, No. 5, 571-573, November 2001

Calcium, Dairy Products, and Bone Health in Children and Young Adults: A Reevaluation of the Evidence
PEDIATRICS Vol. 115 No. 3 March 1, 2005

[azetburcaptain]

Damn it, I do not like broccoli. It looks like a cauliflower that isn't ripe/someone made a mistake!!! I will eat another vegetable with similar properties, tho

[hinoema]

But how could you resist a broccoli that looks like a math problem?

[azetburcaptain]

Whoaaa that is really cool looking actually. But still, I'm not eating it. IDK this plant bothers me ok

[hinoema]

Strength training should also be mandatory for women over 40. It definitely helps with bone mass.

http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4261

So, ladies, eat your broccoli, lift your weights and leave off on the milk (*blecch*) and you won't be going "Ooo, me hip!"

[azetburcaptain]

but... cheese!!! How could anyone resist cheese?*

*aside from the people afflicted with lactose intolerance

[hinoema]

Well, I' hardly an expert on this, just studying it, but I'm learning that fermentation has amazing effects on food and its healthfulness- and I believe that includes cheeses. The fermentation helps partially 'digest' the more difficult compounds of some foods.

[sasha_davidovna]

My brother-in-law is lactose intolerant and that doesn't stop him!

Of course,my 4 year old calls him "Uncle Fart" as a result...

[thecityofdis]

You can pry my cheese from my cold, dead hands.

[alierakieron]

You and me both, my friend.

[vanillakokakola]

slowly lowering my bowl of milk saturated cereal...

[vanillakokakola]

not that i buy it without reading any evidence, but i felt like it was a very funny time to read that idea for the first time ever