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“Michelle Obama has convinced the owners of the Olive Garden to cut calories and sodium by 20 percent. They took the first lady’s advice because Michelle Obama is more Italian than anybody that works at the Olive Garden.” – Conan O’Brien
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Mrs. Obama really twisted Olive Garden’s arm with this one… “Sell 20% less food for the same price AND get credit for being healthy? You sure drive a hard bargain, Michelle”
I admire her efforts, but it seems that no matter what happens, the agricultural-industrial complex wins. Pushing to have skim milk in schools instead of whole milk? The dairy industry would be glad to sell you skim milk instead at the same price, with its higher profit margin. Does this end up helping kids? Doubtful. Skim milk has a much higher glycemic index than whole, and two different studies from Sweden (where fat is less villainized) showed that 1. Kids eating skim milk ended up on average consuming the same amount of calories per day as those drinking whole, and 2. Kids who drink whole milk have on average a lower bmi than those drinking skim.
Bottom line? I am concerned at how frequently political figures either knowingly or unknowingly support measures that are supposedly designed to end obesity, when all they actually do is increase agribusiness profits. (For an example of what I assume to be knowing support, see MBachmann’s claims that food safety guidelines are hurting small business owners… How many small business owners that run food processing plants do you know?)
Links? Who is pushing to have skim milk in schools? What studies in Sweden?