The news reports of the proposed FDA ban on all trans fats has me so disconsolate I am about to scream…no, there is a noise ordinance preventing loud sounds coming from this neighborhood. An ordinance I probably support but that’s another something else…for later.
Where is the public outrage at having the FDA decide what FAT I should be able to consume? Who is in charge of the government, what happened to a republic with input from “we the people”? Are we all nuts or were they banned?
Are we one step away from having the FDA decide what our grocery list is made up of…no candy, bacon, eggs, ice cream…cookies or spam…okay they can ban the spam…but really what’s the FDA doing in my kitchen…fast or slow food joint.
Well the answer of course is protecting me from myself under the guise of lowering health care costs leaving us a better, healthier citizenry…too many of us living longer already… so in becoming more healthy we stand an improved chance to be an even bigger burden to the young people of our country…come on sheep it’s time to rise up and bleat.
How about the FDA reverse course and encourage retired persons or anyone over the age of sixty to up their consumption of da bad stuff. Coupons for Ruth’s Chris Steak house, for example, with special deals on French fries smothered in butter, sour cream and bacon bits stuffed into a twice baked potato…with Caesar salad followed by a good cigar with a nice brandy…or maybe a chocolate cream filled éclair…and espresso. Just leave the dessert cart right where it is.
Get the FDA outta my diet altogether! I’ll decide what gooey poisons and/ or good stuff to eat all by myself. By the way, try a Nashville Goo Goo cluster before they’re banned.
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Yeah, screw the FDA. If corporations want to sneak mercury in our feed, then they should have every freedom to do so.
ReplyDeleteDude...that transfat crap is killing people. I mean, it's seriously nasty. Don't you want your government protecting people from nasty stuff in your food?
ReplyDeleteI don't get you.
Yeah and for years butter was killing people. No matter what facts FDA comes out with this month they will change their mind down the road. Spending millions to kill mice so they can tell us what not to eat is mainly a waste. I'll eat what I like cause so far FDA cannot predict how I will die - from eating transfats, being hit by a car, being murdered - genes can also be a part of my demise.
ReplyDelete8:29 Just so you know, even if an item says "0 trans fat", it's a lie in 90% of food. The FDA will not do anything, just like they allow you to put "0 trans fat", if it have under 1 gram per serving.
ReplyDeleteAnd, trans fat gets a bad rap... It's processed trans fats that are bad... hydrogenated oils, hfcs, etc. Trans fats are found in cow and lamb, and are considered "healthy".
The nutrition industry is a joke, because the fda has their hands in it. People are so brainwashed by both sides.
And who pays the 40% food stamp receiving tranzy fat loving people's medical bills ????
ReplyDeleteCan you have your trans fat cake, fries, chips, Cheetoes pizza, donuts, Little Debbie snack cakes and Oreos AND pay for it too???