N.Morgan on Nostr: Way to go, Texas! This is just the beginning. For far too long, our food system has ...
Way to go, Texas! This is just the beginning.
For far too long, our food system has prioritized corporate profits over public health—fueling an epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease while ultra-processed junk fills our schools, hospitals, and grocery stores. But today, Texas took a bold step toward change.
After testifying before the Senate and advocating for this critical bill, I’m thrilled to see SB 25 pass unanimously—setting a new precedent for food and health policy.
Here’s what SB 25 will do:
- Require food labels to warn Texans about ingredients banned in other countries
- Ensure daily PE for K-8 students—because movement is medicine
- Protect recess, PE, and sports from being taken away as punishment
- Teach high school students real nutrition and metabolic health
- Update nutrition training for doctors, nurses, and medical students—so we treat the root cause, not just symptoms
- Establish a nutrition advisory council focused on chronic disease and functional medicine
This is a historic win, but the fight is far from over.
Next, we need:
✔️ More states to follow Texas’ lead—this should be a national movement
✔️ Stronger policies to ban toxic additives outright—especially in children’s food
✔️ Food system reform that prioritizes real, whole food over ultra-processed junk
The tide is turning. Food has been at the center of our health crisis for decades—and now it’s finally becoming part of the solution.
Texas has set the standard. Who’s next?
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For far too long, our food system has prioritized corporate profits over public health—fueling an epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease while ultra-processed junk fills our schools, hospitals, and grocery stores. But today, Texas took a bold step toward change.
After testifying before the Senate and advocating for this critical bill, I’m thrilled to see SB 25 pass unanimously—setting a new precedent for food and health policy.
Here’s what SB 25 will do:
- Require food labels to warn Texans about ingredients banned in other countries
- Ensure daily PE for K-8 students—because movement is medicine
- Protect recess, PE, and sports from being taken away as punishment
- Teach high school students real nutrition and metabolic health
- Update nutrition training for doctors, nurses, and medical students—so we treat the root cause, not just symptoms
- Establish a nutrition advisory council focused on chronic disease and functional medicine
This is a historic win, but the fight is far from over.
Next, we need:
✔️ More states to follow Texas’ lead—this should be a national movement
✔️ Stronger policies to ban toxic additives outright—especially in children’s food
✔️ Food system reform that prioritizes real, whole food over ultra-processed junk
The tide is turning. Food has been at the center of our health crisis for decades—and now it’s finally becoming part of the solution.
Texas has set the standard. Who’s next?
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