How fortunate are these poor ignorant people to have Chris to tell them what they should eat.
Actually, in the US many foods proclaim proudly that they contain no trans-fats. As for your other foods, some people think they are bad, others that they are fine. Take your pick. Harry ********************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles. Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ********************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 3:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] 'slow-food' movement > > Coming back to the original topic... > > Harry Pollard wrote: > > If choices are made for people by some self > > proclaimed authority in government (or the church) then > > they will never learn to think for themselves. > > > > I like a society composed of independent individuals > > working together for the common good - not a herd of cattle > > doing what they are told because it's "good" for them. > > > > The chains are turning to salads and suchlike because they > > think their customers may want them. If their customers > > decide they want burgers oozing salty fat, that's what will > > come from their kitchens. The fast-fooders are merely > > responsive to the desires of their customers > > Informed choices require informed people and that they actually have > choice! > But in practice, neither is the case. People usually don't even know > what > e.g. trans-fats are and where they're hidden (virtually everywhere, from > ice-cream to doughnuts etc.), and avoiding nasties like MSG, > Aspartame > and colorants (even in medications!) and trans-fats is very difficult > EVEN FOR THOSE WHO KNOW about them. In practice, the only > way to avoid > junk ingredients is to make every single meal FROM SCRATCH > (including > more difficult things like yoghurt, cream, spinach, tofu, bouillon etc.) > from the basic raw materials. But today, who has the time and > knowledge > to do that? > > Wouldn't it be time- and health-economic to have junk-free ready > meals > available at the places where most people have to eat (i.e. restaurants, > company and cafeterias) and buy (supermarkets)? But profit > maximization > (by cheap ingredients, storage, transports and processing) prevents > that. > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/795 - Release Date: > 5/9/2007 3:07 PM > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/795 - Release Date: 5/9/2007 3:07 PM _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
