On Apr 4, 2005 2:33 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw an interesting PBS, Nova I believe, on food manufacturing and marketing > in America. One of the factoids that stuck in my head, was that if all us > Americans started eating the recommended 5-6 servings of fruit and vegetables > a day, then 300-500% of the current acreage devoted to these items would be > needed. > > Another was the food pyramid redrawn based on percentages of acreage > devoted to producing the food. Grains dominated (corn used to manufacture > just about everything) by far, followed closely by meat and sugar (especially > corn syrup).
It's interesting to think about how healthy eating will be looked at in the next 50 years or so. There is so much information available about how good/bad carbs (and other foods) are for us, but people still eat tons of them (myself included). I really wonder if in 50 years we are all going to look back at carbs in a manner more similar to the way we look at cigarettes today. For years and years we've known cigs are bad for us, and it took quite some time to overcome the misinformation campaign that the tobacco lobby has waged for decades. Now everyone pretty much agrees that they are very bad for you, but there are still some people who smoke because they like it or have become adicted to nicotine. I wonder if in 50 years we'll all be saying the same thing about some of the foods so commonly enjoyed today. -Cameron -- Cameron Childress Sumo Consulting Inc http://www.sumoc.com --- cell: 678.637.5072 aim: cameroncf email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152743 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
