Americans are sicker than ever. It’s time for dietary guidelines based on the
best science.‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Dear Supporter,

As a conscious consumer who takes control of your health, you may give little
thought, much less weight, to the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

It’s time you did. It’s time we all do.

The dietary guidelines handed down by the federal government dictate how
hundreds of millions of your tax dollars are allocated for nutrition programs
that serve vulnerable children, seniors and veterans—the very people whose poor
health increased their risk of getting, or dying from, COVID-19
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee: Americans
deserve dietary guidelines based on the latest, most rigorous independent
science.
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TAKE ACTION
[[link removed]]Every five years, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and
Agriculture (USDA) hand down an updated version of the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans
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And every five years, Big Food and Big Pharma lobbyists line up
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groups pretending to look out for you.

One of those “influencers” is the Center for Science in the Public Interest
(CSPI).

CSPI runs a pro-GMO Biotechnology Project
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So it’s no surprise the group didn’t recommend that the new dietary guidelines
advise Americans to eat organic, in order to avoid exposure to toxic pesticides.

CSPI also recommended
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as outlined
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science.

Ignoring the latest science on nutrition is bad enough. But CSPI, which has a history
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[[link removed]] Mercola.com, the world’s largest natural health website, for publishing
articles about natural health strategies for staying healthy during a pandemic.

COVID-19 laid bare just how unhealthy
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and how poor health makes us more susceptible to the coronavirus

We can’t afford another round of Dietary Guidelines for Americans that aren’t
based on rigorous, independent science.

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has completed its report. Next, the
U.S. House Appropriations Committee has to decide to either fund the guidelines
as submitted by the committee, or tie funding to stipulated changes.

The committee may also choose to fund an outside report by the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide more oversight to
the Guidelines.

TAKE ACTION: Tell Members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee: Americans
deserve dietary guidelines based on the latest, most rigorous independent
science.
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TAKE ACTION
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The OCA Team

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