To: President Donald Trump
Food stamps - Use changes could be a way to healthier eating
Improve the health of our lower class by changing food stamp benefits. Only simple whole foods, mostly with only one ingredient, not convenience items, should make up the eligibility list that food stamps could purchase.
Why is this important?
When I look at the shopping carts of many people who are on food stamps, there is often so much unhealthy junk going home to feed their families. Obeisity, diabetes, heart problems and overall poor nutrition could be solved if there was a restriction on the what foods could be purchased with food stamps. With the exception of some staple items such as bread and pasta (whole wheat preferably) items should be limited to single ingredient foods: such as milk, eggs, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, potatoes, whole grains. Yes, it may take some relearning in the cooking of more simple foods, but convenience foods with 15-20 or more mostly unpronouncable ingredients, artificial flavorings, food color and fillers are slowly killing our nation