When it comes to food intake in America, it will not be ‘my body, my choice’ for President Kamala Harris if she is elected in November. In a town hall meeting on Wednesday, the Vice President, while campaigning for President against former President Donald Trump said she will change what Americans are allowed to eat.
Specifically, Harris said she would target America’s red meat consumption levels.
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“Certain countries have changed their dietary guidelines to reduce the consumption of red meat in light of the impact of the climate change. If elected, will you be supporting change in dietary guidelines? And then how will you plan on implementing the changes so that people effectively change the diets,” one town hall attendee asked.
“Yeah,” She said. “I think of the point that you’re raising in a broader context, which is that as a nation, we actually have to have a real priority at the highest level of government around what we eat and in terms of healthy eating, because we have a problem in America. The answer is yes. But I’ll also say this, the balance that we have to strike here, frankly, is about what government can and should do around creating incentives and then banning certain behaviors. Just to be very honest with you, I love cheeseburgers from time to time. I just do. I think that… But there has to be also what we do in terms of creating incentives that we will eat in a healthy way, that we will encourage moderation, and that we will be educated about the effect of our eating habits on our environment. We have to do a much better job of that, and the government has to do a much better job of that.”
Harris, who said she loves to occasionally induldge in a cheeseburger said she will work reduce America’s consumption of red meat.
“But would you support changing the dietary guidelines? The food pyramid, to reduce red meat, specifically,” she was asked.
“Yes, I would,” the Vice President responded.
