Research out of Tufts University three years ago created the Food Compass—a new guide to what is healthy that rivals the Food Pyramid for sheer lunacy. Advising us that Froot Loops and Pringles are healthier choices than meat and eggs, the authors of that research are now promoting ESG + Nutrition, in which their Food Compass informs governments and private enterprise on how to get the population of the world to follow along.
Years ago I read the Dept of Agriculture had more employees than there were family farms. The old joke was an AG employ arrived at work to find a coworker in tears. When asked why, the reply was,”My farmer died.”
If you’ve seen the Dept of Ag building in Washington DC, it’s not too far off. Looks to cover 2 city blocks, 5 stories high. Plus the dept of forestry building next door, also under Agriculture.
How many of the offices are still in use?
Add in all the state, county, local ag agencies…
Need advice on what kind of apple tree to plant? We have a full time guy for that even though there are only two commercial òrchards left in the county.
Stupid filter
I hear Trump has started to include RFK Jrs talking points. I hope so. Some of you may be familiar with the legal battle being waged by Robert Barnes in defense of Amish farmers.
Food Freedom matters as much as Health Freedom when it comes to bodily autonomy.
I’m reminded of a comment by Vinay Prassad, a science researcher who became known during the Covid debacle. He remarked that most nutrition studies are bunk. Couple that with all the new knowledge emerging on the microbiome and it’s effects. It’s early days, maybe it will pan out or it could turn out to be a band wagon.
Bottom line, solutions have to be found for the health epidemics that have no end in sight.
These types of studies are a war on intelligence as much as they are a war on agriculture. You’d think that most people would realize that the conclusions of this study are so ridiculous that the authors had to be processed food industry stooges masquerading as scientists.
Unfortunately, as we learned from covid, the majority of people are quite susceptible to propaganda paid for by corporations, peddled by “experts” and pushed by the media. An example of propaganda and the war on intelligence: the virus can’t infect you when you’re sitting down in a restaurant (no mask), only when you’re walking in the restaurant (mandatory mask). Nevermind that the mask worn could not stop the virus anyway…
The war on agriculture happens when the bureaucrats and politicians enact mandates and laws about what you must eat and what farmers are allowed produce. Yes, we’re already on that path but the war on intelligence is always the first battle. The same people who failed to see that the ridiculous covid laws were really just compliance tests will also fail next compliance tests about food, diet and agriculture.
Froot loops n Pringles…eh.?
I’m sure this has been given the stamp of approval somewhere in DAVOS or Geneva.
M’self however, I think I ‘ll stick with my Bacon, Eggs, Sourdough Toast n real Butter, Lrg glass of 2% & 1/2 glass of OJ followed by a cpl of Mandarin oranges.
Like most of us that remained pure bloods, my scepticism these days is at a constant heightened awareness when it comes to so called “experts” or “studies” spewing complete garbage on Everything from Food, Climate Change, Vaccines, Weekly Pandemics, Ukraine etc,
The VAST majority of it being 100% BS.
What’s wrong with Fruit Loops? Ok the dye makes kids retarded but honestly, ignoring that and the effects of a high sugar diet and no nutritional value, seriously, what is wrong with Froot Loops? Next they will be coming for my Pop Tarts.
They can have my pop tarts when they pry them from my cold dead hands
RFK Jr. Any comment from me would detract:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr on X: “Thank you @loanly_hipster. Yes, together @realDonaldTrump and I will Make America Healthy Again. #MAHA https://t.co/WNhmQhdUaI” / X
https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1832584331459432723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1832584331459432723%7Ctwgr%5E4c8fadae22d593e9c43ece54e3073b2e644d7972%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2024%2F09%2Fmust-see-robert-f-kennedy-jr-releases-moving%2F
Think about it. No doubt Kennedy would have preferred to work within the D party. It’s hard to fathom the stupidity of the DNC. Their loss is our gain.
“Advising us that Froot Loops and Pringles are healthier choices than meat and eggs…”
Haw haw. And that’s a cynical, no-humour-found “haw haw”. In my quotes page I have an article on a British teenager who since he was 14, had eaten nothing but Pringles, white bread and chip shop french fries. He disliked certain textures, and that was all he felt like eating.
At 17 in the article, he’d just been declared blind. Severe vitamin deficiency.
And I found myself asking, “WHERE the #^@%#$!!! were his PARENTS??? Were they just criminally negligent, or did they themselves, thanks to a catastrophic SJW-ruled school system, not have the slightest clue about nutrition themselves?”
” – Well, that’s all he’ll eat!”
“Then let him starve, and when he gets hungry enough he’ll eat what you put in front of him.”
“We TRIED that – the school threatened us with jail for child abuse…”
Didn’t use any pyramid. Ate as my grandparents and my parents ate and they made it into their 90s healthy. I am an octogenarian and eat much the same way but still throw in some fast food. Not everything will kill you.
If it will “keep” throw it out; if it will spoil eat it before it does. Anyway, everyone knows that caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and chocolate are the essential food groups. ;>)
What about bacon?
You can walk around the produce section of the supermarket all day long and not suffer from a single craving..
I view it as salt and pepper.. Something I have with my meal..
Tufts University? Do they specialize in wacky hairstyles?