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LipstickLeuger -> RE: Food Police (5/26/2015 5:51:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Kaliko
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ORIGINAL: LipstickLeuger
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ORIGINAL: KenDckey
So I was sitting here wondering (I know it is dangerous). But with the FDA forcing Transfat from our diet because it is bad for us and the move to have soda banned from us because of its sugar content and because salt is bad for our heart, are they becoming the dieticians of our daily diet? I am sure we can all point out other examples of bad foods and ingredients for us to consume.
No more hot dogs at the game because of the salt content
No more soda - salt and sugar
No more cake - salt sugar and transfat
At what point are the people allowed to say enough let us eat what we want and suffer the consequences?
How dare you wonder/think????? LMAO. It gets me into trouble often as well[:D]
In my opinion, it's too much babysitting and it conditions people to not take responsibility for their lives and their choices. That is IMO one of the biggest issues we face these days, not one wants to pay, after they play.....
Of course not everyone is educated at home on eating healthy. However, there are libraries, the internet, and other multiple sources(your doctor for example)where you could go to get information on eating healthy from. So ignorance is often a choice. It is actually much cheaper to eat unhealthy than healthy. Sure fruits and veggies and whole grain breads don't seem expensive if you have a good income, but white bread on sale for .99 , and Mac and Cheese in a box on sale for 1.00 ,is cheaper and more filling(takes less amount of it to fill you up)than greens and apples where you have to pay 2.00 a pound and 4.00 a pound respectively, and eat more to fill up. You get my drift I am sure.....so, for families on tighter budgets the sugar, fat and processed foods are actually cheaper. Companies make it that way as well to sell their products. So, of course they buy those items. For those who eat meat, leaner cuts of meats are much more than fattier ones. Plus a box of mac and cheese stays good for a long time, fresh fruit and veggies do not and require you to go out and buy them more often, running up your grocery bill and takes more time out of your day.
Even though I can see other points of view, I personally feel the FDAs role should be to only have truth in advertising on the package labels and consumers should be responsible for reading, and choosing, what they putting in their bodies.
I was watching something recently - it might have been "Fed Up" - and a woman was telling the interviewer that she had started feeding her obese son low-fat chips in order to help him lose weight. She changed her grocery shopping to incorporate more of these low-fat processed foods, and she genuinely thought she was doing the right thing. This was what she had learned. And how is she to know it's not true, when it's marketed all over the place as true? She was ignorant, yes, but she wasn't making the choice to be. She genuinely didn't know any better. I found it pretty startling, actually.
No fat is bad also because no fat or low fat products often have increased sugars in them and you eat a ton more to fill up on and there goes your calories for the day. LOL So, back in the early 90's, when we were all eating low and no fat, we were actually eating worse than if we ate fat. Everyone gained weight by the tons and could not figure out why. Meh. I say moderation in all things.
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