Commentary

The Government War on the American Diet

By Joseph Groff
Wednesday, May 05 2010

“My body, my choice” worked for abortion advocates, but that does not seem to apply to the American diet. Federal and local governments for years have told us what we should and should not put into our bodies. Whether it's alcohol or cigarettes, saturated or trans fat, sugar or salt, legislators and regulators pick things off our table because they think they know better. Ronald McDonald better watch his back. The government is gunning for him and all of his little toy friends, too. The latest battlefront is where else but California, as the Santa Clara County…

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