Comments on: In Which Your Gentle Narrator Continues to Stare Into The Abyss http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Anna http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1759 Anna Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:02:46 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1759 Completely unrelated but couldn't find your email address anymore: any ideas about Codex Alimentarius? Maybe you could write something about it? Please? :) Completely unrelated but couldn’t find your email address anymore: any ideas about Codex Alimentarius? Maybe you could write something about it? Please? :)

]]> By: Lauren http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1735 Lauren Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:01:02 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1735 I'm not sure if this will help bring you out of the abyss, it's a fairly small reassurance in the face of people feeding sugar-cardboard-spray-vitamin matrices to children. BUT, I took a flight on wednesday and, nutritionally speaking, the snack didn't suck. Usually the 7 am shuttle to DC hands you a clammy greasy donut stick but not this time - they gave us a nice little packet of granola with dried fruit. It was only 120 calories, had no high fructose corn syrup OR preservatives in it. Seriously, just oats, sugar, raisins, cranberries and a couple almonds. I’m not sure if this will help bring you out of the abyss, it’s a fairly small reassurance in the face of people feeding sugar-cardboard-spray-vitamin matrices to children. BUT, I took a flight on wednesday and, nutritionally speaking, the snack didn’t suck. Usually the 7 am shuttle to DC hands you a clammy greasy donut stick but not this time – they gave us a nice little packet of granola with dried fruit. It was only 120 calories, had no high fructose corn syrup OR preservatives in it. Seriously, just oats, sugar, raisins, cranberries and a couple almonds.

]]> By: lara http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1732 lara Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:59:03 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1732 Hm - strychnine would be worse than Froot Loops, I suppose... Hm – strychnine would be worse than Froot Loops, I suppose…

]]> By: kimmygirl http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1726 kimmygirl Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:54:37 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1726 OMG! So, let me get this straight-- these companies pay for their big green check mark, fee based on amount of products sold? I am going to look for these in the store with my children, and have a very LOUD teachable moment or two! OMG! So, let me get this straight– these companies pay for their big green check mark, fee based on amount of products sold? I am going to look for these in the store with my children, and have a very LOUD teachable moment or two!

]]> By: Maire http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1720 Maire Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:24:41 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1720 Froot Loops is better than what? A Snickers bar for breakfast? At least the Snickers bar is being honest. Froot Loops is better than what? A Snickers bar for breakfast? At least the Snickers bar is being honest.

]]> By: neal http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1718 neal Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:59:10 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1718 If it's backed by "most of the nation's largest food manufacturers," then you can bet it has one thing in mind... and it ain't the consumer's health. Cha-ching! If it’s backed by “most of the nation’s largest food manufacturers,” then you can bet it has one thing in mind… and it ain’t the consumer’s health.

Cha-ching!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1715 Elizabeth Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:28:34 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1715 Yeah, I'm trying to come up with what's worse than Froot Loops, and I'm drawing a blank on breakfast foods. Hell, a big old greasy-spoon breakfast would probably be better -- at least bacon and eggs have protein. I guess if you fed your kid, um, that meat-on-meat KFC sandwich for breakfast? Those pasta bread bowls? Pizza rolls smothered in gravy? Yeah, I’m trying to come up with what’s worse than Froot Loops, and I’m drawing a blank on breakfast foods. Hell, a big old greasy-spoon breakfast would probably be better — at least bacon and eggs have protein.

I guess if you fed your kid, um, that meat-on-meat KFC sandwich for breakfast? Those pasta bread bowls? Pizza rolls smothered in gravy?

]]> By: Lisa http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1714 Lisa Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:04:37 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1714 Kennedy's example of food that is a worse choice than Froot Loops was... doughnuts! Heads up, Dr. K: THEY ARE BOTH BAD CHOICES. Kennedy’s example of food that is a worse choice than Froot Loops was… doughnuts! Heads up, Dr. K: THEY ARE BOTH BAD CHOICES.

]]> By: Georgina http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1711 Georgina Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:09:26 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1711 Two books that might be of interest to you (both written by Felicity Lawrence): Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate Eat Your Heart Out: Why the food business is bad for the planet and your health [In EYHO, the author quotes a study done in the 1970s, in which rats were fed either cereal with added dried fruit, or shredded cardboard boxes with added dried fruit: when tested, the rats fed on the cardboard boxes were the healthiest of the two groups.] Two books that might be of interest to you (both written by Felicity Lawrence):

Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate

Eat Your Heart Out: Why the food business is bad for the planet and your health

[In EYHO, the author quotes a study done in the 1970s, in which rats were fed either cereal with added dried fruit, or shredded cardboard boxes with added dried fruit: when tested, the rats fed on the cardboard boxes were the healthiest of the two groups.]

]]> By: julie http://www.stumptuous.com/in-which-your-gentle-narrator-continues-to-stare-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1#comment-1710 julie Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:40:04 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3527#comment-1710 Why even have this Smart Choices? Funded by the top 10 food producers, to make busy people think their processed crap is not so bad? Even the lame explanation that people don't want to hear negative things about their food, or feel their choices are being curtailed, is ludicrous and smells of industry whitewashing. I don't eat much processed food anyway, will likely not come into contact with this label. Smoking cigarettes is a much better choice than smoking crack, maybe I should pick up the habit again? Could be worse! Why even have this Smart Choices? Funded by the top 10 food producers, to make busy people think their processed crap is not so bad? Even the lame explanation that people don’t want to hear negative things about their food, or feel their choices are being curtailed, is ludicrous and smells of industry whitewashing. I don’t eat much processed food anyway, will likely not come into contact with this label.

Smoking cigarettes is a much better choice than smoking crack, maybe I should pick up the habit again? Could be worse!

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