Eat to Live 65advocating a diet loaded with animal protein, fat, and cholesterol. The
results of this fraudulent program were dramatic — in more ways
than one. Americans began eating more and more animal foods. The
campaign sparked the beginning of the fastest-growing cancer epi-
demic in history and heart attack rates soared to previously unheard-
of levels!
For years and years the USDA resisted lowering cholesterol and
dietary fat recommendations in spite of the irrefutable evidence that
Americans were committing suicide with food. Heavy political pres-
sure, lobbyists, and money blocked the path to change.^21
Promoting nutrient analysis of foods by weight instead of by
calorie became a great way to keep excess calories, cholesterol, and
saturated fat in the diet — a terrific strategy to create a nation with
an epidemic of obesity, heart disease, and cancer. Some foreign en-
emy out to destroy America could not have devised a more effective
and insidious plot. How ironic that this was the program designed by
our own government, promoted with our own tax dollars, and justi-
fied on the ground that it served the public interest.
With all the scientific data available today, including massive in-
vestigational studies on human health and diet, you would think
that people would know which foods are best to eat and why — but
most people are still confused about diet and nutrition. Why?
Part of the problem is that most of us are slow to make changes,
especially when they involve personal habits and family traditions.
Most people do not embrace change. They are more comfortable
with familiarity and cling to long-held but incorrect information. In
spite of a vast increase in nutritional information, much of it is con-
tradictory and has led to only more confusion.
Our government spends over $20 billion on price supports that
benefit the dairy, beef, and veal industries.^22 This money is given to
farmers to artificially reduce the cost of crops used to feed cows,
thereby helping to reduce the prices we pay for dairy foods, fowl, and
meat. Fruits and vegetables grown primarily for human consump-
tion are specifically excluded from USDA price supports.
Out of one pocket, we pay billions of our tax dollars to support
the production of expensive, disease-causing foods. Out of the other
pocket, we pay medical bills that are too high because our over-
weight population consumes too much of these rich, disease-causing
foods. Our tax dollars are actually used to make our society sicker
and keep our health insurance costs high.