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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!

Well, I too have been thinking. Your post reminds me of a MLM sales pitch. It follows their pattern to a T. There are unrecognized forces at work in the modern world. You need something only found in an exotic place. Pay us $100/mo for the secret to eternal youth. Ask yourself this. Why doesn't this important breakthrough winning the Noble prize instead of just seeting up a Canadian website?

One example should refute your idea that big corporations are not sensitive to customers: New Coke, remember that one? You have never run a small company if you think they are not sensitive to profit margins. Whereas large corps have cash reserves, small companies can easily be undone by small changes and a few unprofitable weeks.