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The announcement Monday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin adding greek yogurt to subsidized children’s school lunches is bad news for the minorities the program is aimed at, because African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans have disproportionately high levels of lactose intolerance.

The injection of greek yogurt into the lunch program is being pushed aggressively by Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, whose New York dairy farms stand to benefit from the explosion in use of the newly popular greek yogurt.

According to a variety of sources, including the website WebMD and the U.C. Davis NCMHD Center of Excellence for Nutritional Genomics, anywhere from some 75-100 percent of blacks, Mexicans and Native Americans are lactose intolerant. By contrast, only about five percent of descendants of Northern Europeans have issues will milk, with the exceptions of Ashkenazi Jews – more than three quarters of whom are also lactose intolerant.

The symptoms of lactose intolerance can be excruciating, including nausea, cramps, painful gas, flatulence – what school kid wants to be doing that all afternoon? – bloating, and diarrhea. The symptoms develop within 30 minutes to two hours after consumption.

The likelihood of developing a response, as well as the severity, are related to the amount of milk product consumed. School cafeterias offering greek yogurt are doubtlessly not going to pull milk off the menu, meaning children can easily get two servings of dairy at a single meal. Should something like cheeseburgers or mac and cheese be on the menu that day, a lactose intolerant child’s body could be subject to a massive incursion of dairy.

Fortunately, it’s not clear whether children will like greek yogurt. It’s more sour than standard American yogurt and may not appeal to kids’ cravings for pure sweetness.

hiroad Respected Neighbor The Hilltop 5055 Posts	Little Timmy can't wait to get back to school! (LMAO) Feds add Greek yogurt to school lunches By Julian Hattem - 07/08/13 02:03 PM ET The Obama administration wants to add Greek yogurt to school lunch menus. On Monday, the Department of Agriculture announced it was looking to buy the yogurt for schools participating in a federally assisted program that subsidizes school lunches. A department official said in a statement that the introduction of Greek yogurt, which is high in protein, was aimed at helping schools offer a variety of healthy foods to kids. Because yogurt goes bad easily, the rollout will start with just four states: Arizona, Idaho, New York and Tennessee. Those states were chosen because they "represent different regions of the country with varying proximity to yogurt manufacturers and will help test distribution through different warehousing models," according to a USDA spokeswoman. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has pushed the USDA to add Greek yogurt to the federal program since last June, and cheered the announcement on Monday. "Schools in New York, and the other three states participating in the pilot, will soon see that Greek yogurt is an affordable and nutritious high-protein option for their menus,” he said in a statement. Schumer added that the USDA announcement was "a boon for New York yogurt and dairy industries, and it's beneficial for the health of our kids." So far this year, Chobani, a New York-based company that produces the best-selling brand of yogurt in the country, paid $80,000 to Cornerstone Government Affairs to lobby Congress on its behalf, according to federal records. The company first hired the lobbying firm last July, shortly after Schumer petitioned the USDA. The company, which owns the largest yogurt manufacturing facility in the world, a nearly one-million-square-foot plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, also praised the USDA announcement. "By offering this nutritious and tasty option to children in schools, it will help fuel their growing minds and bodies and support the development of healthy, balanced eating habits," the company said in a statement to The Hill. Once the USDA finds a supplier, the yogurt will be sent to schools in the four states that participate in the National School Lunch Program, which fed more than 31 million children each day in 2011. In exchange for subsidies and food from the USDA, schools that participate must offer meals and snacks that meet federal requirements. All the program's meals are subsidized to a certain extent, but students with lower incomes can receive free or cheaper food. The USDA will review whether the program is cost effective and develop the next steps by December. (Next step = spinach & broccoli ice cream) Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/lobbying/309603-usda-to-add-greek-yogurt-to-school-lunches#ixzz2YV01dh3i Please libs, please, please, leave us alone!!!!!! July 8th 2013 Report Reply

nigel Respected Neighbor Muscatine 773 Posts	If you want a real eye-opener, visit a local elementary or middle school and stand for awhile near the garbage can. It's mind-boggling to see the amount of food that gets tossed every day, and I can just about guarentee that the yogurt will go right in on the top of the pile. My solution....do away with the school lunch program. Encourage parents to pack reasonably healthy lunches and prosecute parents who don't feed their own kids. July 8th 2013 Report Reply
justcurious Respected Neighbor USA 2371 Posts	If you want a real eye-opener, visit a local elementary or middle school and stand for awhile near the garbage can. It's mind-boggling to see the amount of food that gets tossed every day, and I can just about guarentee that the yogurt will go right in on the top of the pile. My solution....do away with the school lunch program. Encourage parents to pack reasonably healthy lunches and prosecute parents who don't feed their own kids. Earlier this year an article in the Muscatine Journal reported that school lunches sales at Muscatine High School were down 300 a day from last year. That is 300 less lunches every. school. day. Kids do not like the new healthy lunches that our first lady has deemed would keep them from becoming obese. She needs a new hobby. I am certain that our high school is not the only one that is seeing this kind of decrease in school lunches. Not sure how flotus became so smart about raising kids as her mother is raising theirs living in the White House. July 8th 2013 Report Reply
hiroad Respected Neighbor The Hilltop 5055 Posts	Gee Chucky, those unintended consequences bite the dems again! Why is Obama’s USDA Trying to Poison Minority Kids? by Keith Koffler on July 9, 2013, 9:09 am The announcement Monday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin adding greek yogurt to subsidized children’s school lunches is bad news for the minorities the program is aimed at, because African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans have disproportionately high levels of lactose intolerance. The injection of greek yogurt into the lunch program is being pushed aggressively by Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, whose New York dairy farms stand to benefit from the explosion in use of the newly popular greek yogurt. According to a variety of sources, including the website WebMD and the U.C. Davis NCMHD Center of Excellence for Nutritional Genomics, anywhere from some 75-100 percent of blacks, Mexicans and Native Americans are lactose intolerant. By contrast, only about five percent of descendants of Northern Europeans have issues will milk, with the exceptions of Ashkenazi Jews – more than three quarters of whom are also lactose intolerant. The symptoms of lactose intolerance can be excruciating, including nausea, cramps, painful gas, flatulence – what school kid wants to be doing that all afternoon? – bloating, and diarrhea. The symptoms develop within 30 minutes to two hours after consumption. The likelihood of developing a response, as well as the severity, are related to the amount of milk product consumed. School cafeterias offering greek yogurt are doubtlessly not going to pull milk off the menu, meaning children can easily get two servings of dairy at a single meal. Should something like cheeseburgers or mac and cheese be on the menu that day, a lactose intolerant child’s body could be subject to a massive incursion of dairy. Fortunately, it’s not clear whether children will like greek yogurt. It’s more sour than standard American yogurt and may not appeal to kids’ cravings for pure sweetness. July 9th 2013 Report Reply

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