future president's health

[Guest guest]

The McDougall Newsletter - September 2008Hi Everyone, especially our American

members;

 

Dr. John McDougall, physician and promoter of low-fat vegan diet, has prepared

the following report on the health of the presidential candidates McCain and

Obama. It makes interesting reading for anyone, but as McDougall asserts, may

be particularly important for the consideration of American voters.

 

http://www.drmcdougall.com:80/misc/2008nl/sep/presidents.htm

 

Deborah

 

 

[Guest guest]

I found it interesting reading, though of course it has no bearing on who I

will vote for in a week (I'm in Canada)

 

I do think that a candidate who consumes a junky diet and is in poor health

is not going to be well-informed on issues like organic, non-gmo produce,

the agricultural lobbies, allergy labelling, school lunch programs,

preventative health care, alternative health issues, etc. The President can

also be a good or bad example of diet and exercise for our children, as

we've seen in the past.

 

Of course the President suffering a massive heart attack and dying while in

office would be inconvenient, but assumedly the VP would be ready to step in

as per protocols.

 

Certainly not the sole information that you want to base your votes on, but

interesting nonetheless.

 

Pam

 

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Amber Brown <amber_brown wrote:

 

> The personal health habits of the presidential candidates have little

> bearing on whether or not they will be good leaders, IMO.

>

> There are many more important criteria for selecting a president, like

> do they support the UN's new Codex Alimentarius guidelines which will

> severely restrict or eliminate our access to organic, non-GMO foods and

> nutritional supplements. No surprise Monsanto with their FrankenFoods

> are a big pusher of this one...set for approval Dec. '09.

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