Arkansas governor sets an example.

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www.lef.org




A Healthier America | Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee used diet, supplements, and exercise to lose 100 pounds and eradicate life-threatening diabetes without drugs. Having made Healthy Arkansas a model for state-level preventive health strategies, Gov. Huckabee is taking on his biggest challenge yet—Healthy America, a campaign to improve America’s dismal state of health. more

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1. Oh yes, but sodas in school are fine

Bro-Gov does not want to take sodas out of schools. Bottom line is money. He only wants a healthier state when it doesn't cost money or cause a loss of revenue.

He's only attempting to take his "preventive health" message to the country because he wants to be another president from Hope.

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2. Sodas? Check it.

http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=2162
On Monday, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee announced that he was supporting efforts to restrict soft drink and other vending machine sales in the state’s schools after discussions with Arkansas Center for Health Improvement Director Joe Thompson, the AP reported. The proposals Huckabee supports would reportedly limit the size of soft drinks available to schoolchildren and restrict all vending machine sales to brief periods before and after the school day.

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http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2005/dec2005_awsi_01.htm
A New Kind of Politician
On the cover of this month’s issue is a photo of Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas. Life Extension does not endorse politicians, but what Gov. Huckabee is doing for the health of the citizens of Arkansas is unprecedented and should be emulated and pushed further throughout the United States.21

Citizens of Arkansas have among the lowest life expectancies in the US.22 They suffer epidemic levels of type II diabetes and cardiovascular diseases that are specifically related to poor dietary habits, cigarette smoking, and sedentary lifestyles. Gov. Huckabee was a personal victim of the traditional Arkansas diet, becoming overweight and suffering from diabetes at an early age.

Instead of accepting a disabled, shortened life span, Gov. Huckabee dramatically altered his diet and lifestyle to lose more than 100 pounds and reverse his deteriorating health. He is now at a normal weight, is free of diabetes, and has more energy than ever.

Using his political power, Gov. Huckabee initiated a broad-spectrum prevention program that mandates body mass index measurements for schoolchildren. Parents are sent a health report card and provided with nutritional counseling. Vending machines with sodas and snacks in elementary schools are now prohibited.

Gov. Huckabee’s diabetes intervention program requires Medicaid patients to attend a diabetes education center. The results have been reduced blood sugar and blood pressure levels and a lowered incidence of depression among diabetic patients in Arkansas. Gov. Huckabee has instituted exercise breaks instead of cigarette breaks for state employees. He restricts cigarette smoking within 25 feet of the entrances to state buildings. State and public school health insurance now pay for smoking-cessation programs and nicotine patches for all state employees and Medicaid patients.

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3. I didn't realize he had changed his stance on sodas

Thanks for the welcome, however, I have been around here for a long time. I'm here everyday reading, but seldom post.

I guess it is obvious I don't like our preacher turned governor...for many reasons.

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4. I would probably dislike his actions if I knew what they were.... but

I applaud this one good thing he is doing, this topic is one of my pet peeves... take care, 4mor.

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5. hmm...

>>State and public school health insurance now pay for smoking-cessation programs and nicotine patches for all state employees and Medicaid patients

Not entirely sure this is true. I will check my policy when I get home.

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6. Don't think so...you do have free counseling with Trestle Tree.

Personally, I thought Huck looked more like a gov, when he was chubby!