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...just families that define themselves through foods. Whole cultures do so too. Muslims eat halal and Jews eat kosher and Roman Catholics forgo meat on Fridays. Moroccans don't eat what Swedes eat, who don't eat what the Japanese eat, who don't eat what Croatians eat. When families leave their home countries and settle elsewhere, the cultural feathering they bring with them--language, dress, music--is often shed within a generation. But the foods linger. "The last part of a culture that gets lost are the food ways," says Barrett Brenton, nutritional anthropologist at St. John's University...
...approve such a message. "Move more" is not a problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has budgeted $193 million for its Verb campaign, encouraging young Americans to be active. "Eat less" is another matter. In the past, federal efforts to tell Americans to eat less meat have been foiled by lobbying from the Cattlemen's Association. Attempts to tell people to eat fewer sweets have raised the hackles of the sugar and corn-refining industries. Ultimately, the government winds up putting out such bland advice as "Choose two to three servings of lean meats" and "Moderate your...
...brainer, say nutritionists. They see a simple progression. As much as 57% of the corn we produce becomes inexpensive animal feed that helps keep meat prices down. But it also makes the meat fattier--and consumers fatter--than if the animals were fed grass...
WHAT YOU DO During the diet's initial phase, eat unlimited meat and fat, but no more than 20 g of carbs a day, or about one slice of bread...
...driver, needed to pay bills and save for his son's college education. He lasted just 4 1/2 months--until Iraqi insurgents bombed his truck and nearly killed him at gunpoint. "KBR said it would get better, but people started getting hurt bad," he says. "They'll find new meat. I guess that's the way it is in the money world. If it makes 'em money, they don't care if it costs them a life." In Ruby, S.C., John Shane Ratliff, 32, says he was attracted to the KBR job by the promise of as much...