Although I don't expect (or want) the government to legislate "good habits," I also expect better protective measures related to regulating the food supply.
One year, I took time to really research government-approved food additives. I am more than convinced that the tangled web we call "health and weight" leads to somebody's pocket.
How about this: MSG, labeled a "flavor enhancer" is actually a neurotransmitter added solely for the purpose of creating addiction to a particular food. Research the chemical.
High fructose corn syrup is an unnecessary, unhealthy super-sugar linked to increasing diabetes and heart disease.
And all of this creates life-long profits for pharmaceutical companies and many others (including folks involved in the approval process at all levels).
And I am far from being a conspiracy theorist. I look for the bright side of just about everything.
I don't expect the government to police my eating habits. But I also don't expect the government to (1) approve disease-causing additives as acceptable in the food supply and/or (2) profit from the ill effects of those approvals.
As TruthInLabeling.com put it:
"The FDA approves glutamate blocking drugs while at the same time the FDA approves glutamate containing food ingredients.
As a big supporter of "personal responsibility," I'm not naive enough to overlook potentially purposeful attempts to sabotage health and wellness for profits.
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Thanks, D.V.! See ya around in the blogosphere... :-)
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