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American consumers deserve better. We deserve dietary advice, labeling
standards, and food safety programs that are objective and based on science
rather than on industry lobbying. Two in
three adult Americans are overweight ,
and one in three has heart disease
(including hypertension, or high blood pressure). Our government should act to reverse this
epidemic of illnesses of indulgence, not help industry sell us even more of the
very foods that are hurting us. 
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Senator Fitzgerald had the right idea, even if he lacked the votes to get it done. We must keep pushing lawmakers to disentangle the USDA from policy-making in nutrition, labeling and food safety, and leave it to its main goal of helping farmers. And in the meantime, treat dietary advice from the USDA as you would investment advice from a car salesman: with caution.
For more information, get the book Meatonomics.
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