Sugar is just one reason to keep her away from power; more laterSince 1990, Big Sugar has given just over $34.3 million in legalistic bribes to Members of Congress and candidates to Congress. The biggest recipient in the House is corrupt Blue Dog Collin Peterson (MN), once chair, now ranking member, of the den in inequity known as the House Agriculture Committee. He's banked $321,627 so far.
Sugar is deadly.I'm so lucky. While staying at a house in the country near a tiny village in Tuscany, Montespertoli, I immediately noticed that the gelateria in the square, where the whole town gathers every evening, serves dozens of flavors of ice cream, including two-- lemon and cappuccino-- that are senza zucchero, sugar free. My friends kept asking me why I'm such a fanatic.
First Jewish Speaker? How about one who isn't steeped in corruption?Want to know if your physician is competent? Has he asked you about your sugar consumption? If he hasn't, find another doctor. Sugar contributes to many of the maladies that most effect mankind, from cancer, diabetes and heart disease to tooth decay and dementia. But the powerful sugar industry is as willing to fight regulation as the tobacco industry was.
