There’s a rising wave of outright disgust over what is happening with nutritional recommendations by most governmental authorities not just in the United States but in countries all around the world–namely, the blatant misinformation being propagandized to an unsuspecting public about a low-fat, high-carb, plant-based diet. But there’s a rising revolution bubbling up [...]
Last week I embarked on quite an adventurous journey that took me away from my daily routine in my hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina all the way to our nation’s capital in Washington, DC to stand before one of the most powerful government agencies overseeing nutritional public policy in the United States of America. [...]
The best part about interviewing people who are a part of the diet, fitness and health industry is watching what concepts attract people to the message of healthy living. While it can sometimes seem that most people are apathetic when it comes to health (with the exception of the smart people who [...]
It’s been a couple of weeks now since that 13-member Advisory Committee for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released their best recommendations for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the response from members of the low-carb community has been quite staggering in their underwhelmed opinion about what has been handed [...]
Dr. Brian Wansink opens up about the 2010 dietary guidelines process
If you’ve been following my work over the past year, then you already know about my concerns regarding the forthcoming 2010 Dietary Guidelines that will tell the American people how they SHOULD be eating to be healthy. I was encouraged when my podcast interview [...]
Click above to ENLARGE–if this weren’t so serious it would be funny!
Well, well, well, it looks like the USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has decided to move their third of five meetings this year online today and tomorrow for a special two-day web seminar in an act of apparent openness about the process of determining [...]
Let’s help shape the new Food Pyramid coming next year
Sometimes you can feel so powerless when you see such an influential governmental body like the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) continuing to do the same thing over and over again when it comes to the dietary guidelines they issue every five years. While [...]
Obama can bring REAL change by making Pollan Ag Secretary
Last month was an historic election in American history for a variety of reasons–some obvious, some not so much. But one thing about our incoming president is this central theme of his entire campaign over the past couple of years–CHANGE! President-Elect Barack Obama constantly [...]