Food Warnings by Luddites
In 1968, the book, “Population Bomb”, said we’d all be dead by now because we’d all starve to death. Proof positives given in the book.
In 1979 Saccharin was said to give us all cancer. It was all a lie brought on by competing product manufacturers.
In 1974, eggs were attacked by cereal manufacturers that said eggs gave us heart disease. We know better now.
In 1974, sugar was being attacked as a fattening product. We now know it is good for us and more so than sugar substitutes.
Since 1869, Margarine manufacturers have tried to replace butter by making all kinds of claims that butter is unhealthy. We now know that margarine is evil and butter has good health qualities.
In the early 1990s we banned CFCs, the pressurized gases used in canned goods like hair spray. The Luddites told us that it made the ozone hole. They were wrong and the hole is still there. It is a naturally occurring atmospheric phenomenon. Ozone is created by all kinds of things and we ain’t about to run out.
Salt has been attacked for decades as bad for us. We now know that probably isn’t so true. In fact, many people have a deficiency in salt that causes all kinds of health problems like aching joints and muscles.
Gluten has been attacked and has become the food fad of recent years. People that don’t even know what gluten is will recall one web site after another claiming it is killing us all. However, we also know that isn’t true, and thousands of years the human race has consumed gluten products like wheat, and beer. Funny how people claiming to not eat gluten eat plenty of it in many foods they ignorantly do not know contain gluten.
High temperature foods are another latest food fad. Ridiculous things are said about heat such as, “Don’t eat pizza! It is baked at high temps that kill ALL nutritional value of the ingredients. Besides, pizza contains gluten.” Another favorite is, “Don’t eat Corn Flakes cereal! It is puffed at high temperatures that kill ALL nutritional value!”
I have to laugh at that. I took it seriously, and cut down on eggs. Then I started dating an MD, and she clued me in that the anti-egg propaganda was all wrong. Even though we eventually broke up, I'm still glad I learned the truth about eggs from her.
Nice list. Thanks.