A recent NY Times article explains our country’s cheese addiction and what it’s doing to our health:

“Cheese consumption in the U.S. has almost tripled since 1970, adding calories and saturated fat into the American diet at a time when obesity rates are climbing.”

and

“Americans now eat an average of 33 pounds of cheese a year, nearly triple the 1970 rate. Cheese has become the largest source of saturated fat; an ounce of many cheeses contains as much saturated fat as a glass of whole milk.”

If you don’t know, eating saturated fat contributes to having high cholesterol and becoming obese.

The article continues, explaining how the government and the dairy industry have brainwashed young children into thinking cow’s milk is healthy:

“Dairy Management, through the ‘Got Milk?’ campaign, has been successful at slowing the decline in milk consumption, particularly focusing on schoolchildren.” [...]

“Dairy Management, which allotted $12.4 million for nutrition research in 2008, has moved on to finance studies on promising opportunities, including the promotion of chocolate milk as a sports recovery drink and the use of cheese to entice children into eating healthy foods like string beans.”

But it’s not just American cheese consumers who suffer poor health as a result of this cheese addiction, it’s also cows. Watch:

But the NY Times article isn’t about suffering cows, it’s about how the US government has basically bailed out failing businesses with cheap cheese at the expense of the American public’s health. It will make you sick to your stomach. Read the whole thing here >>

For more info about the history of cheese and other dairy products in the US, please read Dairy Industry Timeline >>

The government promotion of dairy could even be considered a tad bit racist. Check this out >>

And when you’re ready, take a look at these Dairy Substitutes >>

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