Lou Dobbs: Meatless Mondays "unhealthy indoctrination?"

October 21, 1:01 PMTacoma Healthy Food ExaminerDeirdre Grace

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School lunches featuring veggies...oh no!
photo courtesy Deirdre Grace

CNN’s Lou Dobbs finds himself stirring the pot once again with a segment on Monday evening’s show blasting a new policy in Baltimore schools – going veggie one day a week by offering up a vegetarian lunch on Mondays.

Predictably, the American Meat Institute, a trade organization of processors and packers, were quick to decry the new policy. American’s over-reliance on meat as a source of protein, however, has been soundly linked to a myriad of our country’s health challenges.

There’s meat and there’s meat, as well. Few cafeteria lunches feature grass-fed angus beef or organic, free-range chicken breast. Too often, the “meat” school districts can afford is comprised of the lowest cuts, processed and shaped into logs, stars, or cartoon characters and then deep-fried in trans-fat laden oils.

Skipping the processed, deep-fried, machine-shaped nuggets once a week…unhealthy indoctrination or the ingredients for healthy living?

How about, Congratulations to Baltimore for giving kids an introduction to real food?

For more information:  Read all about it and watch the video at the Huffingtonpost.