Your diet sound pretty sensible to me, Mike. We are not big eaters anymore, so we are particular about what we do spend our money on.
Only rich people have enough money and time to eat organic and worry about things like GMO apples. Most people are too poor to be worried about whether their apples turn brown or not - they just eat what they can find for a bargain at the local Safeway grocery store. Those folks that have to walk to the store usually shop at a convenience store using food stamps or get take-out food. And the vast majority of poor people live in a food desert. Millions of people eat in soup lines provided by charity. You live in a food desert if you can't walk a few blocks to buy reasonably priced nutritious food. If you have to take a bus or a car miles to the grocery store, you live in a food desert. Only rich people can afford good food to eat, that's my point. Most people are therefore addicted to junk food and consequently they are in bad health. What we need are good food stores in urban areas where poor people live, so they don't have to ride a bus five miles just to get to the Safeway. Relative to the rest of the world's population, you are in the 1% if you own a car and can afford gasoline. If you can afford to drive a car to Whole Foods or to a farmer's market, you are in the 1%. You are rich in comparison to the average world population. Only the elite in society even think about GMO or not. ---In [email protected], <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : Actually, I can more than afford to be on a similar diet but have never been into the *organic/ natural health food* craze. Organic/*inorganic*, all the same to me. I've always settled for Maharishi's *original* advice on diet," eat what your mother gives you", although that has been severely modified since undergoing gastric by pass. I probably follow closer to a paleo type diet of lean meats, fruits, nuts and vegetables, keeping sugar, grains and dairy to a minimum. If it can pass the FDA system, I'm cool with it. Just don't feed me any dog treats from China! Growing up a fat kid, I never expected to live past 40 and here I am 63 and in pretty good health. Every day is just icing on the cake for me as far as I'm concerned. I'll just keep doing my tapas and being a burden on SS, Medicare and my pension plan for as long as I can. From: "richard@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US The last time I checked this forum, I was the only informant that claimed to be on an organic natural foods diet and shopped at Whole Foods Market. Apparently I'm the only guy on FFL that can afford to shop at whole Foods and that's because I am not a big eater. Correct if I'm wrong about this. So, it's really funny reading about opposition to a "GMO" apple that doesn't turn brown. I would think that there would be more opposition to the insecticides and antibiotics contained on and in non-organic foods such as beef and chicken. So, maybe somebody could fill me in on the sources of the food they eat. Thanks. I know a guy that drives all the way across town just so he can buy a bag of unsulphured raisins. I live two blocks from Whole Foods and even that is a long walk. You can imagine how much destruction to the environment there is if thousands of cars are driven to the farmer's market every day just to check the labels on apples. It just doesn't make any sense. Go figure. ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote : Turq - I lin Hillsboro, Oregon. Took a job transfer here 20 years ago and moved from San Mateo, California. Last year, we had a GMO labeling requirement on the ballot. It was Oregon's most expensive election issue EVER. That tells me something. The labeling requirement lost, but they were outspent 3 to 1 by the Frankenfood Companies. Even if GMO food can be shown to be safe, I firmly believe we have an inherent right to know what we are being sold and putting in our bodies. Like, Bhairitu is pointing out a bunch of stores and products now label their products as non GMO anyway. New Seasons and Whole Foods are behind this effort. This is where our dollars go.
