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I was commenting on the post which I regard as false from the beginning. The idea that people who lived about 35 years for eons were somehow healthier than people who have 80 year old grannies is just silly. I know, for a fact, that most of the propaganda that comes out of the government, including the food pyramid, is influenced by lobbies from different ag states. Eat lots of grains and benefit the corn belt.

The thinking in this post is so full of generalizations and oversimplifications that it borders on conspiracy theorizing. It just happens to fall into a convenient prejudice of the left that corporations are somehow bad. Do some reearch and discover what a small part the evil big multinational corps actually play in our economy. Then relax and plant a garden or join a health club, if you want. but please stop generalizing about everyone in America and pretending to tend to our health.

I think she's talking to you 'generalizing about everyone in America')... AND me ('80year old grannie'). ?

The thinking in this post is so full of generalizations and oversimplifications that it borders on conspiracy theorizing. It just happens to fall into a convenient prejudice of the left that corporations are somehow bad.

I am speechless. I went out of my way to say that corporations are NOT bad; and that the solution to these problems was by the hidden hand of the market. Please, re-read the last paragraph, again.

The problem is that when corporations get beyond a certain size, their own existence and profit margins take precedence over their customers.

When that happens, smaller, more nimble companies step in to meed the needs which are going unmet.

How does that = "corporations are bad"??

I know, for a fact, that most of the propaganda that comes out of the government, including the food pyramid, is influenced by lobbies from different ag states. Eat lots of grains and benefit the corn belt.

This vanity was Part III. If you read Part II, you'll see that I was saying essentially the same thing. A lot of the corporations were taking advantage of government prounouncements (ill-founded ones, too) in order to push sales of foods which could be produced cheaply and had a long shelf life. I even compared it to the "military-industrial complex."

My proposal was to re-look at which foods and which supplements really are good for you, instead of just buying into whatever government pronouncement was playing on Dr. Phil that day.

Cheers!