Agriculture Secretary: Americans Need to ‘Adjust’ Their Tastes to Like Healthy Food

From The Blaze.com - Eating well isn’t that hard, Americans just need to tweak their taste buds to find it more palatable, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said this week. Speaking to members of the National Restaurant Association on Monday, Vilsack said Americans need to “adjust” their tastes so they’ll like the healthful foods the government wants them to eat. “You know, as we deal with this issue of reducing sodium and sugar, it sounds simple to do, but you all know better than I do, it’s not as simple as it sounds,” Vilsack said. “It’s going to take time for people’s taste to adjust and they will adjust over time, but it will take some time.” To achieve this, Vilsack told the audience that the department has “a number” of research projects underway to make nutritious foods more “appealing.” “So, we have to make sure that what we do is create the appropriate transition. At the end of the day, though, we’ve got to deal with this,” he said. Read more
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Anonymous said...

The government just needs to SHUT TF UP. We decide for ourselves about EVERYTHING in our own lives. It ain't their business what we do, eat, drink, ingest, drive, walk, talk, wear, or anything else personal. And it ain't no one else's business either. Leave me alone and I will leave you alone. Mess with me and ...

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