Here's an example of how aggressive our primary competition
(sugar) is in their lobbying efforts.

In contrast, USA beekeepers have been bogged down for years
with infighting over the makeup of the board of directors
for a simple marketing and promotional organization.

The World Health Organization dares to indirectly suggest that
people might want to limit their intake of sweeteners, and
the Sugar Association PUBLICLY warns them to either suppress
their report, or face severe financial retaliation bordering
on extinction:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17583-2003Apr22.html

  "The sugar industry has launched a vigorous campaign to discredit
  a World Health Organization report on healthful diets, questioning
  why the Geneva-based group would urge people to derive no more than
  10 percent of their daily caloric intake from sugar additives...

  ... Hoping to block the report, which is scheduled for release today,
  the Sugar Association threatened to lobby Congress to cut off the
  $406 million the United States gives annually to WHO. The funds
  account for nearly a quarter of the organization's budget...

  ...WHO's report suggests that people can reduce their susceptibility
  to obesity, diabetes and some heart problems by curbing the amount of
  sugar they consume. It warns that 'unbalanced consumption of foods high
  in energy (sugar, starch, and/or fat) and low in essential nutrients
  contributes to energy excess . . . and obesity.'...

  ...association is attacking WHO's report on scientific grounds. He noted
  that the National Academy of Sciences issued a report last fall saying
  added sugars could amount to as much as 25 percent of a person's daily
  diet without harming one's health..."


                        jim  (Who notes a highly suspicious, recent, and
                        direct correlation between more "super-sized"
                        food and more "super-sized" people)

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