It may be politically more expedient to promote an increase in consumption of healthy items rather than a decrease in consumption of unhealthy items, but it may be far less effective.
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More on appealing to vanity to improve fruit and vegetable consumption in my video Eating Better to Look Better (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-better-to-look-better/).
But aren’t there some folks who are down on smoothies? Here’s what the science says:
• Are Green Smoothies Good for You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-green-smoothies-good-for-you)
• Green Smoothies: What Does the Science Say? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/green-smoothies-what-does-the-science-say)
• The Downside of Green Smoothies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-downside-of-green-smoothies)
The flipside of free fruit programs is to tax instead of subsidize. See my video Would Taxing Unhealthy Foods Improve Public Health? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/would-taxing-unhealthy-foods-improve-public-health/).
More on that kind of paternalistic attitude that you don’t care enough about your health to be told the truth in Everything in Moderation? Even Heart Disease? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-even-heart-disease/) and Optimal Diet: Just Give it To Me Straight, Doc (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/optimal-diet-just-give-it-to-me-straight-doc/).
I’ll explore this same patronizing attitude when it comes to physical activity in my next video, How Much Should You Exercise? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-should-you-exercise).
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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
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