Public Health Timeline
Here is a timeline, as best as I can recall without doing any pesky research, of public health advice from the Media:
1950: Meat, starch and dairy will keep you healthy.
1962: Make your kids drink juice. It has vitamins.
1965: Mercury is good for your teeth. Fill your cavities with it.
1969: Eat wheat germ to be groovy.
1973: Bread is a wonder food. Replace all meals with bread.
1975: Older adults should take an aspirin a day if they don’t want to die of a heart attack.
1978: Juice is all sugar. Keep it from kids or they will get diabetes as their teeth fall out.
1983: Bread will kill you. Eliminate it from your diet.
1984: Cholesterol clogs and kills.
1985: Eggs have cholesterol and should be avoided at all costs.
1986: Tofu is good for you. Look — Asians eat it and they live forever.
1987: Flossing is more important than brushing.
1990: Meat, starch and dairy will immediately kill you.
1991: Moderate daily alcohol consumption will prevent heart disease and add years to your life.
