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...Department. Written into its charter is a conflict of interest wider than a side of beef. Unlike its sister regulatory agencies, the USDA is obliged to promote as well as police agricultural products. Nutritionists are quick to point out that the department is responsible for regulating most of the fattier -- unhealthier -- elements of the diet. But its mandate to promote the consumption of beef, pork, dairy products and eggs gets in the way of its concerns for American health. "There's no David Kessler heading the USDA, and there never will be," says Bonnie Liebman, chief nutritionist at the Center...
...University of Illinois last week offered a cold-weather tip: eat more often, change to a fattier diet. At 20 below zero, human guinea pigs, who in an eight-hour period ate three meals high in fats and carbohydrates (starch and sugar) at two-hour intervals, had higher body temperature and better coordination than those who ate one meal rich in protein (e.g., meat...