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In reply to the discussion: This just knocked my socks off!!!! [View all]bhikkhu
(10,726 posts)41. The FDA has been working on that for decades
The food pyramid, school lunch regulations to match, educational programs in all the schools, etc. You can't force moderation, but they have done a good job of doing what they can, within the bounds of what's reasonable.
I had to learn the nutritional guidelines in high school, in the early 80's, and even then schools here were required to serve lunches that went by the guidelines. In college 8 years ago, one of the degree requirements was a "Health" course, built around the latest FDA guidelines.
You can say that perhaps it hasn't made a dent, but imagine how much worse it could be! I eat well myself, and put what I know to good use cooking for my family.
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10 times more people die of tobacco related causes than gun related causes every year.
geckosfeet
Feb 2013
#35
It most certainly is the case. And I can walk into any store and buy ciggies.
geckosfeet
Feb 2013
#43
Yeah, thanks a lot. My cigarettes now cost an arm and leg due to the anti-smoking nuts.
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
#9
What if we included all the deaths due to guns from the Revolutionary war on?
Kalidurga
Feb 2013
#12
Also consider that most deaths in the civil war were from disease, not combat.
progressoid
Feb 2013
#17
Even in later wars -freezing in a trench in WWI or II. Dysentary, starvation, malaria etc.
geckosfeet
Feb 2013
#36