http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/05/does-a-nation-of-ninnies-need-a-nanny/ Find Good Food with the Eat Well Guide. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:10:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/05/does-a-nation-of-ninnies-need-a-nanny/comment-page-1/#comment-1869 Ed Bruske Wed, 20 May 2009 09:53:21 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=363#comment-1869 In fact, Americans have reduced their consumption of fat. If only they were eating more good fat, as from pasture-raised meats. From the constaint rail against fat, you'd think it and meat were Americans' favorite food. That distinction falls to chips, crackers, breads, French fries and millions of other assorted carbohydrates that clog our supermarkets and food joints. If you're looking for something to blame for America's fat belly and ill health, put the blame where it belongs--on our obsession with cheap commodity carbohydrates. In fact, Americans have reduced their consumption of fat. If only they were eating more good fat, as from pasture-raised meats. From the constaint rail against fat, you’d think it and meat were Americans’ favorite food. That distinction falls to chips, crackers, breads, French fries and millions of other assorted carbohydrates that clog our supermarkets and food joints. If you’re looking for something to blame for America’s fat belly and ill health, put the blame where it belongs–on our obsession with cheap commodity carbohydrates.

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