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Originally Posted by Villages PL

Thanks, that hit the spot; it helps to explain a lot. It seems the main goal is to promote agricultural products. I was a little confused because sometimes it seemed as though health was the purpose or goal, when, actually, promoting agricultural products trumps health.

A recent column in the Daily Sun, by the Sumter Extension Service, may serve as an example: In this column of 09-20-13, it was stated that "Apples are a wholesome snack...", and it gave various reasons why apples are healthy. In the next paragraph, it mentioned that apples are great in such items as "muffins, cookies, ice cream, cakes, cobblers and pies", among other things.

All of the above items usually contain a lot of highly refined white flour and sugar. These are the items that promote weight gain, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, constipation, and many other health issues. But, having said that, white flour and sugar are agricultural products. So it all makes sense now.

The way I see it, they are trying to have it both ways. They want to appear to be interested in promoting health, but promoting agricultural products is their main purpose. You might say they have a built in bias.

In todays environment fault can be found with just about anything that is reported.