Mary Sparrowdancer
Fluoride
Mary Sparrowdancer is the author of The Love Song of the Universe, (2001, Hampton Roads), and is a science and health writer with training in clinical laboratory sciences, including bacteriology, electroencephalography, hematology and microscopic evaluation. www.sparrowdancer.com
Mary co-authors a health newsletter with Dr. Luise Light, author of “What to Eat,” (2006, McGraw-Hill). Luise is former USDA Director of Dietary Guidance and Nutrition Education, and was the creator of the real fruit and vegetable Food Pyramid. www.luiselight.com
[2004] National Fluoride Database Launched by USDA By Mary Sparrowdancer
[2003] Fluoride -The Battle of Darkness & Light by Mary Sparrowdancer
[2003] "LET THEM EAT ANYTHING" by Mary Sparrowdancer
The true pyramid that Luise and her team developed....... not have starch as the foundation. Instead, it called for a base of a wide
variety of fruits and vegetables, with 5 to 9 servings daily. Whole grain
cereals and grains were recommended in amounts of 2 to 4 servings daily - with
the smaller amount for females and those with less active lifestyles. The real
pyramid that Luise and her team created placed baked goods, crackers, sweets and
other low-nutrient foods up with the sugars and fats at the top of the pyramid,
where they were recommended only as occasional treats.
"But what happened?" Luise
wrote, stating that there had been a deliberate, unexplained switch made at the
political level that completely distorted the pyramid ......
"Instead of fruits and vegetables making up the base of the diet," she wrote,
"the cereals and wheat products were made the base of the pyramid, and the
recommendation [for starchy foods] was no longer 2 to 4 as we had determined but
switched 6 to 11 servings! We couldn't believe it! What possible rationale could
there be for such an unprecedented and unjustified switch? In fact the health
consequences of encouraging the public to eat so much refined grain, which the
body processes like sugar, was frightening! But our exhortations to the
political heads of the agency fell on deaf ears. The new food guide, replacing
the 'Basic Four,' would be a promotional tool to get the public to buy and
consume more calories, sugar and starch." Ultimately, this would result in a
poorer quality diet.
What was given to the public in the 1980s was a pyramid with a foundation
based (in more ways than one) on dough. And the American people - with full and
innocent trust in the health advice given to them by the government - then
attempted to follow the new health-based plan. The result would be profit and
gain for some, and the torments of ill health and weight gain for countless
others. [2003]
Fluoride -The Battle of Darkness & Light by Mary
Sparrowdancer