Sen. McGovern’s lasting legacy
Last Sunday, we lost former U.S. Sen. George McGovern. Although many will recall his disastrous 1972 loss to Richard Nixon and his subsequent leadership in getting us out of Vietnam, his truly lasting legacy will be his war on hunger and malnutrition.
In 1977, following extensive public hearings, McGovern’s Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs published Dietary Goals for the United States, a precursor to today’s Dietary Guidelines. It marked the first time that a U.S. government document recommended reduced meat consumption.
The meat industry forced the Committee to destroy all copies of the report and to remove the offending recommendation from a new edition. It then abolished the Committee, voted McGovern out of office, and warned government bureaucrats never to challenge meat consumption again. (”Food Politics” by Marion Nestle, 2007).
Yet, after 35 years of studies linking meat consumption with elevated risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and other killer diseases, the MyPlate icon, representing USDA’s current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, recommends vegetables, fruits and grains, but never mentions meat, and shunts dairy off to one side (www.choosemyplate.gov).
And it all started with one brave senator from South Dakota.
— Tommy Caton
Terre Haute
Obama’s dreams not like Founders’
I keep intending to write my comments at different times but haven’t done it. This time is a must. I read Nancy Holden’s article in Sunday, Sept. 30 paper. I have to agree with it completely. It was very well written. I will not vote to exchange the dreams of our Nation’s Fathers for the dream of Obama’s father.
God Bless America
— Mary Finley
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