Should the government stop people from using food stamps to pay for soft drinks and other junk foods? The question, for many nutrition experts, is a no brainer. America is flooded by a tsunami of diet-related diseases. While Uncle Sam can’t force anyone to eat their fruits and veggies, the government can at least make sure that taxpayer dollars aren’t used to subsidize the Frankenfoods that are driving the belt-popping rates of obesity and chronic disease.
On this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to trade places and be the interviewee with my good friend, business partner, and host of The Broken Brain Podcast, Dhru Purohit to talk about my new obok Food Fix and why it’s the most meaningful project I’ve ever worked on.
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Trump got million people off food stamps.
He is trying to cut SNAP benefits so that would certainly help.
understand that the goal of the globalists – who own the majority of those interests – coke/soda shares/con-ag/big pharma/hospital shares – are getting richer at every phase while citizens’ health is destroyed through propaganda advertising and govt subsidy. It’s the Slow Kill Plan. But besides eliminating soda and sweets, foodstamps should ONLY be given to legal Citizens and their children: Not to Illegals, their Anchor Babies, or anyone on any kind of Visa.
CapeKell excellent! Thank you for saying this!
44 or 46 ? 🙂
To be precise: 44 Million AFRICANS
And what is the point of this comment .. Have you ever been to the projects dear heart. I can tell you haven’t .
Do you feel good now ?
Real good. I bet.
Awe… I apologize, I didn’t notice your hair color til just now.
Or that you body shape.
That says it all..
Made sure your pic had THOSE, in it.
Now your comment makes perfect sense.
Do you mind explaining your comment? How do you know for sure? Could you ever really know?
We pay for the food that causes the diseases , then we pay for the disease caused by the food.
Start voting . The local voting is what controls the laws. The president vote is important but he only signs the laws. He doesn’t make em.
Food companies put deadly chemicals in our food and its legal to label an ingredient under a certain term that looks harmless or title the product with misleading words as a marketing gimmick to increase sales. Now, Some ppl ive known hate food stamps and are embarrassed to use them and other ppl ive known think its the best thing since sliced bread. It boils down to will that person or household find a way to raise their income amd get off of food stamps or will they milk it until food stamps are ineffective. I think its a lack of knowledge for alot of the ppl on food stamps, whether they’ve been on it as a kid and grew up and stayed in the cycle or they just dont see how they can budget their income to provide groceries without a link card. Its a sensitive subject for some bc we know the stereotype (elephant in the room is that mostly black ppl are on food stamps) statistics are never 100% anyway just a good estimate but again once more ppl no matter the ethnicity learn to increase income, grow their own food, or change their eating habits it seems that the amount of receivers would decrease but i also understand that there still are other kinks to be worked out.
I agree with the points he is making. The thing about food stamps is one can choose the food you buy, but because of the lack of education on all levels of understanding healthly lifestyle, the people with get the unhealthy food because it cheaper and they can get more for their money. WIC is even worse because they have already chosen for you with a list of options.
I have to say that the fact that 1/4 of our citizens is in poverty is not because ‘we don’t care for each other in a rich country’. It’s most often because that 1/4 never took advantage of the world’s best education system in that rich country, got educated, and prepared themselves for lives in the ‘real world’ with real world responsibilities. You don’t need to ‘learn to code’ or be Bill Gates; you can learn to cut hair, fix cars, be a plumber or electrician, or hundreds of other jobs to bring in a decent income. I don’t have all that much sympathy for people who spent their time paying attention to their iPhone in class instead of the teacher for twelve years.
This is kind of a base knee-jerk reaction. yes, cell phones have been a distraction since the inception, but many cannot afford tuition for college or even in tech schools. I agree that “you can lead a horse to water …” but sociological oppression is deeper than what you are saying. And if you are a teacher, shame on your shallow thinking. I pity your students.
@Tom Sparks I’m not a teacher, I’m retired military. I couldn’t afford tuition for college either. That’s why I studied my butt off during study periods during the day, worked taking tickets and showing customers to their seats at a movie theater, bussed tables or washed dishes at a restaurant and was a janitor at a hospital on varying nights during my college years. And when I was hauling those dirty dishes to the kitchen, I was being paid 90 cents an hour, plus busboy tips, and $1.25/hr to sweep, mop and wax the hospital floors. My parents couldn’t afford to send me to college, either. The reason millionaires keep some of their money in banks is so that banks have the money to loan to students for tuition for those without the gumption to work to pay their own way.
A rather sad state of affairs – Support Bernie folks to the Max.
Yeah cause the government is doing so bad at implementing food stamps and nutritional standards we should give the government more power and reach to fail at even more programs… doesn’t make sense.
This is the plot of the board members of the National Grocers Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in which Coca-Cola is one of the top members. We also must consider the factors of food insecurity is that large supermarkets have pulled out of poor neighborhoods (Atlantic CIty, NJ is a perfect example) leaving only convenient stores. Poor people on SNAP have no transportation to stores that have healthy foods. ALSO — SNAP prohibits using the funds for any “prepared food” or hot food — so you can’t buy a rotisserie chicken or hot soup from a deli or salad bar. It’s a plot — these people have no choices (many also have no education on nutiriton for health). Sad nation.
2 completely separate issues… government is very bad at nutritional expertise just like it is at everything like implementing social programs- which why we should shrink government power- not expand it. Also, America’s bottom 10% are in the worlds richest 1% so not sure where the travesty is…
Instead of asking who is paying for it. Ask who is getting paid.
I’m on FS and I get $194/m. (the max amount) I always have too much month at the end of my Food Stamps because I buy REAL food and cook it myself!
I’m on a Keto Diet to treat/prevent Cancer and because I’m trying to keep it “Clean” Keto, there just isn’t enuf.
Here’s a few things you should know:
FS won’t pay for liquid stevia extract because it’s a “supplement”.
Public Health Insurance won’t pay for it either for the same reason.
As economical as a bottle of stevia extract is in the long run, it has to come out of any cash I have.
I can make it to the end of the month if I buy food at the Dollar Store and if I buy food that causes Cancer/Diabetes/Heart Disease/etc.
It is a *MYTH* that people can afford to eat healthier food on Food Stamps. Big Ag is sponsoring all the foods that cause disease and they are literally giving it away. The *Commodities* program is the same way. The govt. took away hunting/gathering/fishing rights and lands from the Fist Nations and “compensated” them with all the most toxic “foods” you can imagine. They are all dying of Diabetes and other illnesses and disorders. It’s murder disguised as just compensation and kindness. They are murdering all of us. And someone is making alot of money off of that.