In so many ways, it could be described as poetic justice, but the federal government has threatened to withhold as much as $87 million from Cook Country as a result of their imposition of a countrywide tax on sugary beverages. The rub comes from the fact that purchases made with food stamps are exempt from…
Read More »The latest edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been issued and one of its new recommendations is limiting sugar intake to no more than 10% of an individual’s daily caloric intake. The Guidelines are jointly published every five years by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of…
Read More »There were a number of stories about it in the Main Street Media as well, but the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee submitted its recommendations to the US Health & Human Services Department as well as the US Department of Agriculture this past week and they didn’t go over real well. The Committee, which was…
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