FELDSTED -- Getting our knickers in a knot over which available foods are healthiest is like sorting through a pirate chest of gold, silver and jewels trying to decide what we like best

Conservatives 'declaring war on Canada Food Guide' like they did on long-form census, Trudeau says -- Recently revamped guide is 'based on evidence, based on science, based on research,' PM says Peter Zimonjic ~~ CBC News ~~ Jul 18, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government's update to the Canada Food Guide in the wake of attacks by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer who suggested the changes were riddled with "bias" and driven by "ideology." ... Health Canada restructured the Food Guide in January, eliminating the emphasis on food groups and recommended servings. The new guide recommends eating protein that comes from plants more often as well topping up on "plenty of vegetables and fruits, whole grain foods and protein foods." ... "The process was flawed," Scheer said of the new guide. "Complete lack of consultation. Seems to be ideologically driven by people who have a philosophical perspective and a bias against certain types of healthy food products. So absolutely we want to get that right." CLICK HERE to read the full story   Most of us recognized revised Canada Food Guide as another attempt by the loony left to convince us that people are herbivores, not carnivores and continue to ignore it. From an electability standpoint, this is a clanger. Scheer might as well have hung a “For Sale” sign around his neck. Making the announcement at a dairy cartel meeting does not pass the smell test. We wonder who else is on his favoured supporters list. The Canada Health Food Guide is not on anyone’s list of issues that matter in choosing a leader and party to form the next government. A few million of us recall when doctors endorsed filtered cigarettes as healthier for us and millions more have tried doctor recommended diets to make us lose weight and get healthier. Some did but tens of thousands regretted wasting their time and money on each fad diet. We have such an abundance of food choices that we have the luxury of arguing over which items are healthier than others. We have no idea what real hunger or starvation is like. Our forefathers and most certainly our ancestors had no such luxury. They ate what was available and were glad of it. We had great migrations of people from one area to another when droughts, locusts, volcanic eruptions or other factors caused famines and people faced the choice of relocation or starvation. People forget that commercially available electric power in Canada did not exist before 1881 ... and widespread electricity availability did not occur until the 1920s, about a century ago. Prior to that we had no way to keep food from spoiling in the summer heat or having perishables freeze in the winter. The debate is unwinnable. Beef, cheese, eggs, fish, milk, mutton, pork and poultry have been part of our diets for centuries. None have proven to be toxic. If they were, many of us would not be here today. Getting our knickers in a knot over which of the foods available are healthiest is like sorting through a pirate’s chest of gold, silver and jewels trying to decide what we like best. The Canada Food Guide is another example of the federal government meddling in our lives instead of carrying out its duties and responsibilities. Governments do not know what is best for us and must stop pretending that they do. This focus on irrelevant minutia is maddening. John Feldsted