Pete Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 An Eaters Manifesto I just read 90% of sugar beets is genetically modified. It would be nice if that **** was labeled so we could make healthy choices without being subjected to being the guinea pig
Pete Posted March 31, 2011 Author Posted March 31, 2011 "[using a spectrometer to track the corn carbon] ...Dawson and his colleague Stefania Mambelli prepared an analysis showing roughly how much of the carbon in the various McDonald’s menu items came from corn, and plotted them on a graph. The sodas came out on top, not surprising since they consist of little else than corn sweetener, but virtually everything else we ate revealed a high proportion of corn, too. In order of diminishing corniness, this is how the laboratory measured our meal: soda (100% corn), milk shake (78%), salad dressing (65%), chicken nuggets (56%), cheeseburger (52%), and French fries (23%). What in the eyes of the omnivore looks like a meal of impressive variety turns out, when viewed through the eyes of the mass spectrometer, to be the meal of a far more specialized kind of eater. But then, this is what the industrial eater has become: corn’s koala. Michael Pollan"
CowgirlsFan Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 An Eaters Manifesto I just read 90% of sugar beets is genetically modified. It would be nice if that **** was labeled so we could make healthy choices without being subjected to being the guinea pig I agree reading labels is an important key to good health.
Pete Posted April 2, 2011 Author Posted April 2, 2011 I really enjoy reading the articulate comments on this brilliant article. I agree with all the authors' suggestions. Any thoughts?
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