Comments on: A Runaway Train- the Business of Food and Health “Care” http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care The Plog Politicians love to hate. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Robin Brande http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-177 Robin Brande Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:31:25 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-177 Yep, I know it. Generally I'm running away from all chemicals. I feel so much better when the fuel going in is all recognizable as food. Yep, I know it. Generally I’m running away from all chemicals. I feel so much better when the fuel going in is all recognizable as food.

]]> By: bj http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-171 bj Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:27:02 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-171 Oh, and Robin? It's not just the corn syrup, it's also any ingredient ending in the letters "ose". They're all sugars and sometimes there are three or four different types in one food. I buy plain yogurt and cut up fresh fruit, and use a little honey for sweetening. :) Oh, and Robin? It’s not just the corn syrup, it’s also any ingredient ending in the letters “ose”. They’re all sugars and sometimes there are three or four different types in one food.

I buy plain yogurt and cut up fresh fruit, and use a little honey for sweetening. :)

]]> By: bj http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-170 bj Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:24:49 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-170 Problem is finding places to buy that non doctored food. Buying "organic" doesn't make it so, since if you read the FDA requirements for that "organic" label they're a joke. Really. I've been slowly finding local suppliers for many things. I can't always get there, but I try to buy my milk locally from a farmer who sells it in glass bottles (OH, the TASTE is so much better!) and whose dairy herd is in pasture most of the year. Beef and chicken are bought from local producers who do not use antibiotics as a remedy instead of a rule like the large producers do. We have a few good local bakers who don't take the FDA guidelines for organic as the right way to do things, and they would NEVER use trans-fats. I just am NOT good at doing the bread thing. I do garden and freeze some stuff, but my garden here isn't big enough to supply me completely for the year. Someday . . . Problem is finding places to buy that non doctored food. Buying “organic” doesn’t make it so, since if you read the FDA requirements for that “organic” label they’re a joke. Really. I’ve been slowly finding local suppliers for many things. I can’t always get there, but I try to buy my milk locally from a farmer who sells it in glass bottles (OH, the TASTE is so much better!) and whose dairy herd is in pasture most of the year. Beef and chicken are bought from local producers who do not use antibiotics as a remedy instead of a rule like the large producers do. We have a few good local bakers who don’t take the FDA guidelines for organic as the right way to do things, and they would NEVER use trans-fats. I just am NOT good at doing the bread thing. I do garden and freeze some stuff, but my garden here isn’t big enough to supply me completely for the year. Someday . . .

]]> By: Robin Brande http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-169 Robin Brande Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:54:09 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/a-runaway-train-the-business-of-food-and-health-care#comment-169 Yep to all that. And as for your comment to me that if I wanted to avoid sugar I'd have to start producing my own food--I've been cooking about ten times more than usual lately for just that reason. Because I, too, have become an obsessive label-reader, and I can't believe all the things that have high fructose corn syrup, including my beloved yogurt. Out it goes. Out also go the processed bread and all those other things that seem healthy enough until you look more closely. So my house smells like fresh-baked bread, I've been cooking lots of soups, and so far so good, but I recognize that not everyone is willing to set aside the time it takes to do that. I try to make a bunch ahead on the weekend, but that still takes time. I think the answer here is not to drive ourselves insane, but to be more aware and do what we can. Ultimately feeding ourselves good, real, non-doctored food is just one more nice thing we can do for ourselves, like sleeping when we're tired. If I look at it that way, rather than as some punishment or strict new rule, I'm much more willing to take the time to knead myself some bread. Thanks for this post. Very interesting. Yep to all that. And as for your comment to me that if I wanted to avoid sugar I’d have to start producing my own food–I’ve been cooking about ten times more than usual lately for just that reason. Because I, too, have become an obsessive label-reader, and I can’t believe all the things that have high fructose corn syrup, including my beloved yogurt. Out it goes. Out also go the processed bread and all those other things that seem healthy enough until you look more closely.

So my house smells like fresh-baked bread, I’ve been cooking lots of soups, and so far so good, but I recognize that not everyone is willing to set aside the time it takes to do that. I try to make a bunch ahead on the weekend, but that still takes time.

I think the answer here is not to drive ourselves insane, but to be more aware and do what we can. Ultimately feeding ourselves good, real, non-doctored food is just one more nice thing we can do for ourselves, like sleeping when we’re tired. If I look at it that way, rather than as some punishment or strict new rule, I’m much more willing to take the time to knead myself some bread.

Thanks for this post. Very interesting.

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