NICE to Encourage Healthy Foods

Junk FoodThe administration's health supervisory body, The National Institute for Clinical Excellence, has revealed that the state should fund the food Companies to produce healthy food products. These foods in turn will be instrumental in saving the life of many citizens.

The report says that farmers should be paid to grow vegetables and fruits rather than to produce fatty meats. Also, the supermarkets should get tax exemption to store these foods at reasonable costs.

NICE has also asked for alterations in the manner of food production and consumption. According to them, 40,000 people would be saved if the producers decrease the quantity of salt and saturated fat in their food.

They are also making other moves to encourage the people to walk more rather than commute on cars.

However, the recommendations did not go well with the food industry, as it is of the view that they are unreasonable. NICE's document makes it mandatory for the ministers to negotiate with the food manufacturers and to convince them to decrease the quantity of the saturated fat in their products.

World Health Organization has given a list of toxic "trans fats". The manufacturers of processed foods will be asked to do away with these fats in their food items.