Bill Clinton’s Dietary Advice

February 24th, 2010 admin

Former President Bill Clinton was released from the hospital a few days ago after undergoing a procedure to bypass a clogged artery. In a statement to reporters at an childhood obesity event of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation , Clinton blamed his poor health on “the habits I acquired in my childhood, mostly the way I ate and the way it interacted with my own biology and propensity to produce bad cholesterol…I ate too much fried food, too much ice cream, too much everything”. read more… Fried food – too much fats, …


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