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Caustic Commentary
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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