Equating dairy with milk and hard cheeses, as the army did here, and as I often see elsewhere in USA, is misguided and unhealthy. The dairy world has so many other products, that are healthier for you. I am talking about cultured/fermented dairy food -- yogurt, kefir, buttermilk, sour cream, and fresh cheeses (cottage cheese, mascarpone, farmer's cheese...) Unlike milk, they contain probiotics, are low in lactose, and high in protein. Much of the world has them as a large part of daily nutrition, especially at breakfast. We should learn to do the same.
My son was at boot camp during the COVID scare. The recruits were not allowed any supplements at all. Nutrition seminars were organized and when my son asked about Vit C, Zinc, Vitamin D supplementation during the plandemic he was told the food they were given would suffice. Have you seen military food? Garbage. We ended up sending him Zelenko's protocol which he had to hide for fear of losing it.
What a concept - eating natural nutrient-dense whole food is the most healthy way to go! Hopefully the new nutritional guidelines will reflect this, plain and simply.
With the current rise in carnivore diets and many people having positive results/reversal of ill health, I think those are important questions. I have a feeling "strong men" aren't built on vegetables & potatoes.
And of course, the constant poisoning of the military w/'xines must be considered. I generally love MAHA stuff, but this seems incomplete to me.
Another initiative, a wrong turn codified in 1950, was the promotion of fluoridated water. That was a collusion between Big Sugar, Big Polluters, and the American Dental Association. Once in water, fluoride pollutes everything we consume. Moreover, the fluoridation chemicals we use are contaminated with arsenic, aluminum, and lead.
I remember growing up in California in the late 1950’s agriculture was prominent and most every household had a backyard vegetable garden. California citrus was shipped all across the USA.
Thanks for that historical perspective!
Good piece!
Equating dairy with milk and hard cheeses, as the army did here, and as I often see elsewhere in USA, is misguided and unhealthy. The dairy world has so many other products, that are healthier for you. I am talking about cultured/fermented dairy food -- yogurt, kefir, buttermilk, sour cream, and fresh cheeses (cottage cheese, mascarpone, farmer's cheese...) Unlike milk, they contain probiotics, are low in lactose, and high in protein. Much of the world has them as a large part of daily nutrition, especially at breakfast. We should learn to do the same.
It wasn’t their cooking
My son was at boot camp during the COVID scare. The recruits were not allowed any supplements at all. Nutrition seminars were organized and when my son asked about Vit C, Zinc, Vitamin D supplementation during the plandemic he was told the food they were given would suffice. Have you seen military food? Garbage. We ended up sending him Zelenko's protocol which he had to hide for fear of losing it.
What a concept - eating natural nutrient-dense whole food is the most healthy way to go! Hopefully the new nutritional guidelines will reflect this, plain and simply.
This article leaves me with questions:
1. What was the Army feeding before 1941?
2. What were the health results?
With the current rise in carnivore diets and many people having positive results/reversal of ill health, I think those are important questions. I have a feeling "strong men" aren't built on vegetables & potatoes.
And of course, the constant poisoning of the military w/'xines must be considered. I generally love MAHA stuff, but this seems incomplete to me.
Another initiative, a wrong turn codified in 1950, was the promotion of fluoridated water. That was a collusion between Big Sugar, Big Polluters, and the American Dental Association. Once in water, fluoride pollutes everything we consume. Moreover, the fluoridation chemicals we use are contaminated with arsenic, aluminum, and lead.
See: Neurath, C. The sugar industry’s efforts to manipulate research on fluoride effectiveness and toxicity: a ninety-year history. Environ Health 24, 62 (2025) https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-025-01154-x
I remember growing up in California in the late 1950’s agriculture was prominent and most every household had a backyard vegetable garden. California citrus was shipped all across the USA.