March 11, 2010
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This Is Why You’re Fat…
…don’t fool yourself.
Right after writing about Food, Inc. yesterday, I walked into a grocery store and saw these stacked right next to the salad bar of all places. Geez, it is such a mystery why people are so fat and unhealthy. Hmmm. I just can’t figure it out.
When a huge company like Doritos knows they can start producing a chip called “Late Night all night CHEESEBURGER” in the year 2010 and grocery stores will use key real estate on their end caps to display them because they know these types of products will fly off the shelves- all I can do is shake my head. It’s just plain disgusting and irresponsible on everybody’s part.
I’m not mean, I’m just honest. I used to think this stuff was funny. (I’m still a believer in rainbows and butterflies, that will never change- don’t worry. I just think about some things much differently now after educating myself with facts and being a bit more realistic and honest with myself.)
Consumers drive production. It’s simple. If we stop buying this garbage companies will stop producing it. As Americans we all have a choices that lots of people in other places aren’t privy to. Maybe we should respect the abilities we have in freedom of choice and start at least attempting to make smarter purchasing decisions on a daily basis. If they don’t listen now, eventually they will.
Gabi
March 12, 2010 at 3:53 pmDear Diane,
I’ve been on this case for a while now – I’ve watched the movie, tried but was not able to turn into a vegetarian, read all the labels of all the food and drinks I buy, then try to be reasonable on my options.
But let’s face it – junk food is cheap, and most of the people in the world will go for that because they can’t afford healthy and organic!
That’s why I support measures like increasing taxes on soda, but believe that there should also be a tax break and incentives on healthier food produce on the other hand, to start making this scenario change; because the cost of food is definitely one huge factor in the family groceries choices.
Now WHY we ended up where we are with the costs of junk food in the cheaper end is a story for another movie….