I may have missed the point, but I had one. I am trying to avoid politics. Sorry to derail your thread. Carry on.
On Aug 3, 8:29 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > If you read the article, you seem to have missed the point. > > On Aug 3, 8:23 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Can bacon be considered a necessary evil? Am I too simple to be in > > this group? I love bacon but I avoid it whenever I am able. > > But let me tell you, bacon adds flavor to certain things like nobody's > > business. Is it nobody's business? I don't know. I think it should > > be a personal choice. Is it basically bad for you? I think it > > probably is. Certainly not something you want to eat everyday if your > > goal is a really long life. Are there exceptions to that? Probably > > Do I want to live a really long life? Not really. But ask me when I > > am really close to the end. I might want to extend it. Can't promise, > > but maybe. If you told me it was the bacon, I might have to accept > > it. It sure was good. > > > Is the goal of life to live long? Like 90 something? It doesn't > > look that great to me, but being that life is the only game in town, > > it might be good enough. What if you sacrificed every single really > > good tasting, good feeling thing in life just to live to 90? Was it > > worth it? I don't think so. > > > On Aug 3, 7:31 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > First, a lay of the land by a former FDA head: > > > > "Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler: “The End of Overeating: Taking > > > Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” > > > A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns > > > that the direct medical costs of obesity total about $147 billion a > > > year. That amounts to nine percent of all US medical costs. It’s also > > > over $50 billion more than the annual spending on cancer...." > > > > for the rest of this story, go > > > to:http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/3/former_fda_commissioner_david_ke... > > > > And now for the weapons: > > > > "From the McDonald’s McGriddle to Wendy’s “Baconator” to “baconnaise” > > > to bacon-infused vodka, bacon has become a ubiquitous ingredient in > > > many diets in this era of extreme food combinations. Arun Gupta of The > > > Indypendent writes, “Behind the proliferation of bacon offerings is a > > > confluence of government policy, factory farming, the boom in fast > > > food and manipulation of consumer taste that has turned bacon into a > > > weapon of mass destruction.” ..." > > > > for the rest of this story go > > > to:http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/3/arun_gupta_on_bacon_as_a-Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
