These days, it’s difficult to find examples of government doing anything that  makes sense. That’s all the more reason why a program embraced by New York City  is newsworthy. Dubbed the “Fruit and Vegetables Prescription Program,” it allows  doctors to “prescribe” fresh fruit and vegetables to overweight or obese  patients by giving them “Health Bucks” that are redeemable at local farmer’s  markets.

This program makes New York City the largest U.S. city to officially acknowledge  that fruits and vegetables have a role to play in preventing chronic  degenerative disease — an idea that the FDA insists is delusional. According to  the FDA, there is no such thing as any fruit, vegetable, supplement or superfood  that has any ability whatsoever to prevent, treat or cure any  disease. Sure, the FDA’s belief is ancient history in terms of  present-day knowledge about nutrition and disease, but it’s still federal  policy. And according to the FDA, the mere “prescribing” of a food as  something to prevent obesity automatically transforms that food into a “drug.”  Under current FDA regulations, then, NYC is guilty of promoting “unapproved  drugs” which are really just fruits and vegetables. But that’s how FDA logic  works.

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New York doesn’t  seem to be letting the FDA’s outdated delusions stop it from pursuing the  “Fruits and Vegetables Prescription Program,” however. Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs  and Health Commissioner Thomas Farley announced the program last week, and by all accounts the program has been met with widespread  approval. It allows families that are prescribed the Health Bucks to redeem them  for fresh produce at over 140 New York City farmer’s markets.

Source: NaturalNews.com