Movies

[skb]

As the race for the White House hots up, picked an old classic "All the President's Men". A number of times, mention of Senator McGovern comes up in the movie. It reminded me of his Committee and the first Dietary Guidelines that came about.

[Shanny]

Yeah - don't get me started on George McGovern! He was a pompous fool who ignored advice from his own committee because as senators, sez he, they just didn't have the luxury of searching all the little details of nutrition before passing their gawd-awful recommendations!        

[Grammabear]

Yep, don't get me started either.  I recently saw my sleep apnea doctor who recommended a "diet/nutrition" program for weight loss.  He doesn't know squat about insulin use nor managing diabetes.  I almost laughed in his face but I managed to put on a non-commital look when he inquired why I wasn't interested in his hospital's program.  Never mind it would have cost me $500 USD per month.

[rocky]

Don't know this one. who is McGovern ?

[skb]

He was the Chair of the Committee on Nutrition and I think, laid out the first US Dietary Guidelines. That's how the low-fat, high-carb juggernaut started rolling.

You can read about it here,

[skb]

Resurrecting an old thread, because I saw a great movie last night called "Dark Waters". If you haven't seen it. It's worth watching.