Comments on: How Government Will Control Our Diet

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:32:41 +0000

“How Government Will Control …” .. STOP right there! How gov’t will control ..

What happened to “Public Service” .. “Public Servant”? What!?!? No funerals this week?!?!

By: wardmama4

wardmama4 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:01:45 +0000

I really hate the NYTs – it is no wonder they are losing money. Mr. Pollen in his book says that the obesity is because of the government and it’s control of food. Exactly what I said (about the additives etc), which is the real cause of obesity. And of course the NYTs has to distort the message a bit – because it is the government who lays down all the controls and regulations and as I said – does not do the real vetting of the additives. Which are both what the problem is.

I am just so sick of government having their fingers in ‘solutions’ that both control and in the end create even more problems with the result that government invades even more and further into our lives and bodies – and No one is stopping it and pointing out that the Elephant in the Room is Government and growing bigger every single minute.

By: wardmama4

wardmama4 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:03:55 +0000

While I agree with some of the premise presented – I do not think it is now nor ever shall be ‘government’s’ – right to be the one doing the controlling.

The AMA and FDA should have and could have put a stop to this decades ago – at one point 2/3 of the food additives (colors, flavorings and preservatives) weren’t tested – they’d gotten waivers to postpone the testing – and low and behold just never went back to it – and the FDA just never cared.

Aspartame was denied as Aspartame in 1974 – but heck just repackage it, rename it, lie to the FDA (just in diet foods) and walla – it’s a keeper!

Convenience foods are the problem – laden with chemicals, sugars and colorings – they are poisoning the human body – but then not many people know how to cook real food anymore anyway. Or even know what real food is.

But I still don’t want Uncle Obama to tell me what I can and cannot eat – and that is why paying for your own – be it food, housing, insurance and medical care is the only fair and just way about it.

Get an Education, Work Hard and Eat Healthy – guess what – your peripheral costs are probably going to be a lot less.

Sit around griping about how unfair life is, getting up only to cash your check once a month and buying cheetos and beer with it – well then you pay for it – in more ways than one.