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Submitted by momisonacid (United States), Sep 14, 2010 19:42

Politician should not be making diet recommendations for anyone. As much as we would love to believe we are all the same that is just not the case. There are multiple health issues out there that require special diets. A one size fits all diet will not work for everyone in part to special health needs and genetics.

Not to mention science is always coming up with new information concerning what is healthy and what is not. For instance:

Fructose is bad now regardless if it comes from high fructose corn syrup or fruit.

http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37385

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/5/1189

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/11/fructose-index-is-new-glycemic-index.html?showComment=1227294060000

And saturated fat appears not to cause heart disease now:

http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/reprint/88/4/1617?maxtoshow&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT&fulltext=Untested+alternative+weight+loss+diets&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/293/1/43?maxtoshow&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT&fulltext=the+scarcity+of+data+addressing+the+health+effects+of+popular+diets+is+an+important+public+health+concern&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

http://www.atkins.com/Science/ScienceArticlesLibrary/ArticleDetail385/Meta-Analysis-of-Prospective-Cohort-Studies-Evaluating-the-Association-of-Saturated-Fat-with-Cardiovascular-Disease.aspx

Not to mention that health concerns may have more to do with the bacteria that live in our intestines than the foods we eat:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6654607&ps=rs

http://www.wellnessresources.com/weight/articles/how_imbalanced_digestive_bacteria_cause_obesity_heart_disease/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95900616

The bottom line is we do not know everything that we need to know regarding human metabolism yet and government intervention into diet could cause more harm than good.

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