Somewhat related...my current burning ball of fury is nutrition in general and how food relates to the environment...which is, in many ways, tied to obesity.
We (we as in humans in general and especially americans) just *don't eat right at all* and we don't eat right because we've been listening too long to people who not only aren't looking for their keys in the right places, but are also being told by people who have a vested interest in keeping them under the light poles to look in those wrong places.
Like...nabisco has started replacing trans-fats with non-transfats in their stuff, so suddenly "Fritos corn chips" can have a label slapped on them saying they're heart healthy! The hell they're healthy, not for humans and not for the planet. But nabisco paid some scientists to do a study on transfats, and the scientists duly reported that yes, if Fritos had nontransfats instead, they'd be healthier!
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Re: This is my burning ball of fury
Date: 2008-01-10 06:34 pm (UTC)We (we as in humans in general and especially americans) just *don't eat right at all* and we don't eat right because we've been listening too long to people who not only aren't looking for their keys in the right places, but are also being told by people who have a vested interest in keeping them under the light poles to look in those wrong places.
Like...nabisco has started replacing trans-fats with non-transfats in their stuff, so suddenly "Fritos corn chips" can have a label slapped on them saying they're heart healthy! The hell they're healthy, not for humans and not for the planet. But nabisco paid some scientists to do a study on transfats, and the scientists duly reported that yes, if Fritos had nontransfats instead, they'd be healthier!
GAH!