The FDA wants Americans to remain fat, unhealthy and ignorant.

I got my September Health News Letter from Bob Livinston and in the section entitled, "Walnuts Belong in Your Medicine Cabinet" it told what the FDA did and it pissed me off even more with our great Loser Federal Government. But I'll let you decide, becasue I might be a bias tick.

So heres part of what Bob wrote in his column:

The Food and Drug Administration sent a warning
letter to Diamond Foods, Inc., because the packaging
“misbranded” the product, causing them to be drugs.

The FDA’s letter says in part: “Based on
claims made on your firm’s website, we have
determined that your walnut products are
promoted for conditions that cause them to
be drugs because these products are intended
for use in the prevention, mitigation, and
treatment of disease.”

The labels cited studies indicating the
omega-3 fatty acids found in walnuts helped
lower cholesterol levels; protect against heart
disease, stroke and cancer; ease arthritis and
other inflammatory diseases; fight depression
and mental illness; and provide other health
benefits.

The FDA ordered Diamond Foods, Inc. to
correct the violations or face seizure of products
or court injunction.

Life Extension Magazine reported on the
letter in its August 2011 edition and cited a
number of published articles highlighting the
health benefits of walnuts. In other words, the
FDA is ignoring the science that proves the
healthful benefits of a natural food.

The FDA, which claims to look out for the
health of Americans, is doing just the opposite.
It obviously wants Americans to remain fat,
unhealthy and ignorant. How else to explain
an agency that ignores the science behind the
health benefits of natural whole foods while
allowing food manufacturers to get away with
the spurious claims they make on the health
benefits of processed foods like potato chips
and breakfast bars with simulated fruit
products they pass off as real fruit.

And it’s not just walnuts the FDA hates.
The FDA hates many natural foods like cherries,
blueberries, pomegranate juice and green tea.
All of these natural foods provide scientifically
proven health benefits, but the FDA ignores the
science and regulates whether and how those
benefits can even be stated on their packaging.