Fw: H.R.339

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Write a letter to your rep telling them to vote no on HR 339. I brief

description of HR 339 is Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act -

H.R.339. This House bill would protect the food industry from obesity or

weight-gain lawsuits. Below is a sample letter. Change it how it meets what

you want to say or write your own. My rep was Doolittle and I would be

surprised if he voted yes on this but encouragement from their district always

helps in how they vote. JG

 

Quick note, I mention WIC checks below just because what they are allowed to

spend them on and what I have seen women buy (including one woman bought 10

gallons of apple juice and one lb. of white sugar (sugar I don't believe was

with WIC checks). There was nothing nutritious there and she was way overweight

and her child looked malnourished. I've also seen cartsful of milk in the

gallon jug which has no nutrition left in it from sitting under the flouresent

lights.) I am not saying that everyone who uses WIC checks buys bad food for

their children just that most do (at least in our county) and all children could

benefit from fresh fruits and veggies no matter what family they live in. JG

 

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March 11, 2004

 

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[recipient name was inserted here],

 

H.R.339--the Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act. The last

thing America needs is another law protecting the companies and not the

people. Next time you are in line at the grocery store, look around you.

Look at who has mainly to all box food (synthetic food) like pop tarts,

general mills cereal, and campbells condensed soup in their grocery cart?

Then look at the person who has mainly fruits and veggies and maybe a

little rice and some bulk foods in their cart. Fresh salad greens,

mangos, avocados, apples and oranges, etc. What does each person look

like (after all, you are what you eat). Who is overweight? Who has

fruits and veggies in their cart and no meat? Perhaps those people are

starting a weight lose program or already at a good weight for their

height and age. Look at the women on WIC. What are they buying and what

do they look like (let me tell you, when I started to pay attention to

that, it made me think the government should be handing out fresh fruits

and veggies grown locally and organically for those poor children instead

of handing their moms WIC checks.)

 

America Unfortunately needs to be protected from itself. Yes, it is their

responsibility that they buy the junk that are on the shelves as

convenient food, but a few major lawsuits here a few there has changed

things in America for the better. Put the big corps in a position where

they are losing too much money and maybe they will disappear and the

farmers will prevail. Make them immune to answering what they already

know about their so called foods (same goes for the dairy industry who

says eat dairy to lose weight; that is against common sense) and America

loses again. We the people lose when any mandate is put in place, when

the tobacco industry is allowed to lobby, when the AMA is treated like

some kind of expert even when they say things that contradict the actual

studies published in their own journal. This is the area of politics I am

learning about and we (the naturopaths, homeopaths and holistic nutrition

students) must know to survive. This is my field of knowledge. Please

vote no on HR 339.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

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