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Tony Lyons: “The food pyramid...was controlled by big food, big ag, that…”

Featuring: Tony Lyons, President and Publisher of Skyhorse Publishing | New York

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One of the issues there, I think, is, you know, ties in directly with the food pyramid. So, you know, there was incredible progress made after more than 30 years of just a manipulated The food pyramid...was controlled by big food, big ag, that was meant to increase revenue, not to increase public health. So the idea that children for the last generation were going to school and eating donuts, eating sugary cereals, eating sodas or drinking sodas is a big part of the mental health crisis that started there. (1:26:05–1:26:25)

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Asserts that the food pyramid was manipulated by big food and agriculture to increase revenue.

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