Even the American Heart Association is Bought: Pushes SNAP Benefits for Cookies and Soda
Fighting heart disease one soda at a time
Is nothing sacred? Is everything so bought and paid for that the world has turned into an Orwellian nightmare?
Here we have the American Heart Association asking the Texas Legislature to not ban the purchase of soda, candy and cookies with taxpayer funding hunger programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).
You just have to see this video. Props to Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst for calling this out:
Sure the American Heart Association publishes reports against soda. They call sodas “SSB’s” (sugar-sweetened beverages) because yeah, everyone will remember that. Of course they never call out Coke or Pepsi by name.
The AHA’s juggling act is practically a circus routine: one hand’s waving a flag saying, “Minimize sugar-sweetened beverages, folks!”—with that clunky SSB label no one’s tattooing on their forehead—while the other’s slapping a “Don’t you dare ban Pepsi from SNAP!” sticker on Texas Senate Bill 379. It’s peak clever-by-half. The SSB thing is such a dodge—sure, it’s scientifically precise, but it’s also conveniently vague.
They’re not wrong; the 2021 guidelines and studies like that 2020 Journal of the American Heart Association piece hammer home how those drinks mess with your heart. But calling it “SSBs” instead of “soda” or “Pepsi” feels like a deliberate sidestep; keeping the message fuzzy enough that the average person isn’t picturing their fridge’s Pepsi stash. Meanwhile, their rep’s out there in 2025 testifying to protect soda’s SNAP eligibility.
We are sure they will be totally on board with Trump and Bobby Kennedy MAHA…
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