Re: Are we protected from Junk Food Corporations?

From: DonQuijote1954 (nolionnoproblem_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: 31 Aug 2004 18:45:15 -0700

"Lictor" <ghostmlNOSPAM-REMOVE@online.fr> wrote in message news:<41343383$0$11393$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-07.noos.net>...
> "bencon" <conway_1979@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7cf6256f.0408301401.7d6ebc64@posting.google.com...
> > I do not want the government
> > deciding what I am having for dinner... Want that? Move to France...
>
> Well, you should check your own country before blaming the other
> countries... For your information, my government never issued any pyramid or
> anything telling the people how they should it, nor tried to enforce it on
> schools. There are only guidelines that dietitians must monitor the school
> menues, but what nutritionnal scheme they chose to apply is up to the
> dietitian. Likewise, in lieu of a food pyramid, there are advices that olive
> oil might be good for your health, but that's all, I can still buy 100% pure
> cooking lard or duck fat in *any* French supermarket. If you want dietetic
> advices, you turn to a doctor, not the government or the food and drug
> administration here...

They think you are socialist just because America is communist...

But going back to the subject, you get all the barrage of
preservatives, conservants, artificial colorants and hydrogenated oil
(trans fatty acids) there? You get complete ingredient label? The
former is very bad in America but the latter is very good.

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