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         messing up the immune system, suppression of fever, kneejerk  for replacing healthy saturated fats with toxic trans fats in
         application of antibiotics for the slightest illness and then, the  the American food supply. Wootan objects to local food for
         final blow, exposure to virulent Staph. aureus in the hospital.  school lunches because the children might end up eating
         Such tragic outcomes will continue until the medical profes-  “full-fat cheese from a local farmer, and it’s still going to
         sion throws out the germ paradigm and wakes up to Mother  clog your arteries and give you heart disease” (USA Today,
         Nature’s laws.                                       December 2, 2009). Obesity prevention is the other reason
                                                              given for denying full-fat dairy products to children, but a
         GENOCIDE                                             recent Swedish study found that intake of saturated fat and
         There is just no other word to describe it. Arizona’s health  full-fat milk was inversely associated with body mass index
         director has issued an edict forbidding participants in the  (http://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/handle/2077/20457)—in other
         WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program from using  words, children who consume saturated fats found in butter
         their food stamps to purchase whole milk. They must buy  and whole milk end up thinner!
         lowfat, skim or soy milk. And only sixteen ounces of cheese
         is allowed per month (Arizona Daily Star, October 1, 2009).  LATEST SATURATED FAT ATTACK
         The program has also cut back on eggs, allowing only one  As consumers are becoming more likely to choose butter,
         dozen per month. Even during the austerity of the Second  and reports on the benefits of dairy fats are increasing,
         World War, British rationing regulations allowed one egg  those invested in the notion that saturated fats are dangerous
         per child per day. More attacks on good nutrition come from  have created a bit of a media frenzy over a report from the
         Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director for the Center for  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Journal
         Science in the Public Interest, the organization responsible  of Clinical Investigation, 2009;119(9):2577-2589). “Fat from



                                         WISE TRADITIONS 2009 AWARD WINNERS!























         Participants in our yearly membership drive receive a free  Presented by Sally Fallon Morell (left) winners of the 2009
         conference registration for signing up fifteen new WAPF mem-  WAPF Activist Award include Kristin Canty, Amanda Love,
         bers, and a gift for signing up six new members. Pictured with  Peg Beals, RN, Gené Walls and Kimberly Hartke. Not pic-
         Sally Fallon Morell (center) are Deb Chisholm, Shawn Dady,  tured: Caroline Graff, Stephanie Rivers and John and Jessica
         Jessica Freeman, Judith Mudrak, Laura Villanti and Lynne  Moody. The Activist Award was also presented posthumously
         Manthey Plichta.                                     to Katherine Russell, former chapter leader of Charlottesville,
                                                              Virginia.
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