Pete Posted March 30, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted March 31, 2011 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 I really enjoy reading the articulate comments on this brilliant article. I agree with all the authors' suggestions. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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