First the health Nazis attacked tobacco, after getting traction on that issue they began attacking fast food joints, then they turned their sights onto soda... the health food zealots won't be satisfied until red meat is outlawed! I don't know about you but I'm very angry and Hades will freeze over before I sit down to a supper of raw carrots and celery washed down with a disgusting glass of grapefruit juice. Fast food is just that... just something fast and convenient... soda is just a snack drink. I wouldn't go to a McDonalds or a BurgerKing for a salad or a piece of fruit and if that's all they served or even a majority of their menu I would go else where. Only a fool would attempt to eat fast food three times a day/seven days a week. But it is convenient when your either in a hurry or on the run. Are you as angry as I am? Are you sick and tired of the health food Nazis attempting to dictate what you can eat and drink? How much would you care to wager the HMO's are the ones ultimately behind the health food propaganda? ----------------------- Control tobacco, food ads to beat cancer - panel By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Thu Aug 16, 12:14 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/hl_nm/cancer_usa_dc;_ylt=Ap3_o.sabt8ApNmBJxcrP469j7AB A new presidential report on cancer takes on not only tobacco companies but the food industry while calling on the federal government to "cease being a purveyor of unhealthy foods" and switch to policies that encourage Americans to eat vegetables and exercise. The report, issued on Thursday, also urged changes in public and private insurance policies to encourage doctors to spend more time counseling patients on how to stay healthy by eating right, exercising and avoiding tobacco. "Ineffective policies, in conjunction with limited regulation of sales and marketing in the food and beverage industry, have spawned a culture that struggles to make healthy choices -- a culture in dire need of change," said the report, available on the Internet at http://pcp.cancer.gov. "Moreover, the panel was troubled to find that the efforts of those committed to an America less burdened by cancer often are compromised by federal, state, and local policies that have decreased the availability and affordability of healthy foods, limited physical education in schools, and created a built environment that discourages physical activity," it said. Several reports have shown that a third of all cancers are caused by tobacco use, and another one-third by obesity and inactivity. "This country must not ignore its moral obligation to protect the health of all Americans. We can and must empower individuals to make healthy choices through appropriate policy and legislation, and the panel urges you to use the power of your office toward this life-saving goal," the President's Cancer Panel, chaired by Howard University's Dr. LaSalle Leffall, wrote in a letter to Bush.
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no one has the right to tell me what i can eat or deink. if they dont like it they dont have to consume it but what i do is none of their business.
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just wait til we have a national healthcare plan and then the gov't can really start dictating our health choices.
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I wonder why they don't target alcohol. Could it be that they are the ones consuming most of it?
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Cows are killing us now . Hey look at one time the buffalo they said cover an entire state . Millions roamed free . and herds would leave a trail 3 miles wide across the plains .
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Oh, I agree with you completely. I had an uncle to die at age 90--smoked all his life--died of old age, not tobacco. Knew a lady to die of lung cancer--never smoked 1 cigerette or around second-hand smoke. It is anti-everything now. Yes, I am so sick of it all. I could go on and on but serve no purpose. lol Thank you so much--love opinions like yours. ;-)
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No, I am not. But as a chef, I have dealt with dietary schizophrenia from american diners for 20 years. It is part of doing business. Now, one thing I support is education...you say 'only an idiot would eat it three times a day...' well, that is because we now KNOW that you should not eat it that ofetn...because of 'health nazis'. Also, if the gov't wants to subsidize school lunch programs, or regulate the quality of food in prisons or hospitals, I can tell you that I certainly support my tax dollars being used to nourish, and NOT fatten children, inmates, patients, etc...So in those sectors, it makes sense. Children can't learn on sugar alone, and patients can't heal well with high fat diets. As far as eliminating what adults who use their own money to purchase their food, and their own money to pay for their healthcare, that will never happen. For the rest, who enjoy the same premiums I pay for iunsurance, even though they may smoke or eat like crap, I say let them eat cake. Just charge them more for their insurance and let those of us who make good choices enjoy lower costs because of it.
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It is appropriate to encourage eating establishments to offer choices. Some people don't have a choice where they can eat. There are the mothers who would like to eat a salad but don't mind their kids eating the "Happy Meals." But market demands should drive the owners' decisions. I agree with you MANDATING what can or can't be served is wrong. Having worked for an HMO, I doubt seriously they are driving this trend. HMOs don't care. They are purely a dollars and cents organization. This trend is coming from the government which increasingly feels it should mandate our lives in every way. As someone else here said, it will only get worse if we move towards universal health care. Just look at the stupid legislation coming out of England lately and you will see our future.
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Wait until they control Health Care. Then you'll see what government run wild can do to you. You'll eat what they tell you or find your health care suspended. Like T-bone? Have some grass instead. Mandatory menus featuring the health food craze of the month at all restaurants. Mickey D and the Burger King will be executed at dawn with politically correct "kinder/gentler" bullets.
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As a nurse for 10+ years, I can say life is a crap shoot. You are what you eat. If people go on the aurgument that the can eat what they want, then in that same mind set the health conscience can be grossed out also. It all falls under freedom of choice. As a health conscience eater, I could care less what other people eat as long as they use good manners. Plus, the upside of people eating poorly and chancing poor health keeps my paychecks a comin' in. So carry on!
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Hello Dr. Evil, loved you on 60 mins. I agree we should learn about the food we eat, and make up our own minds on what to feed ourselves.
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If it bothers you, ignore it. Go eat your fried food and live with the consequences. I have no doubt that on this diet you will feel like crap but hey, it's your choice. So what if other people don't agree with you or if you don't agree with others; I care not, your opinion doesn't affect my life and mine shouldn't affect yours. I'm a raw foodist and I eat this way so that I can feel great. It's my damn choice and I appreciate the research that supports my aims. Do you think it would be better for this research or opinions to be censored? Just because you don't like to hear it? Tough titties, it won't happen. Deal with it. Eat your burgers, be gassy, be flabby, be constipated, and be content to ignore the messages of health zealots who rub you up so much the wrong way. Bottom line, get over it.
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right on
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