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http://www.examiner.com/article/katie-couric-is-fed-up-with-the-food-industry-s-role-health-problems


Katie Couric is "Fed Up" with the food industry's role in health problems.....(as I attempted to share a few days ago after viewing her afternoon t.v. show.) The film was featured at Sundance Film Festival.

To most viewers, Katie is the epitome of cheerfulness, positive energy and lack of negativity.

Thank you Rubicon and thank you Villages PL.

You both understood totally what the message in the film was all about. The majority of food out there is not simple fresh whole food, but loaded with additives, flavor enhancers, chemicals, yeast derivatives, artificial colors, high sodium and higher yet SUGAR.....whether it be fake sugar, corn syrup or what have you. Especially restaurant food and fast food.

The Documentary producers are the ones who said that this next generation of children (being raised now) might live longer lives but sicker lives. NOT I. I'm paraphrasing that.

The people who came before us may have had harder physical lives, compared to our own high tech world......with modern conveniences and abundance of "prepared" foods, loaded with preservatives and junk.

However, they ate simple unadulterated foods........as back in their day there simply were NO PROCESSED FOODS. They grew and prepared their foods from scratch.

Amazing that those humble dishes (and recipes) evoke such nostalgia, when today we can literally have anything we wish in the way of exotic couisine, just by dining out.

Not to go off topic, but I am proud of our Governor for having the courage to sign into legislature the GMO law.

That's just one small issue. There are so many issues in the big wide world of FOOD being manufactured today.

Those who live near farmers markets, given the advantage of purchasing locally grown fresh foods are truly lucky.

This post is NOT meant to inflame or whatever it is that some think.

It is meant to be a positive step towards slowly changing our diets, within reason, in moderation.........depending on others whom we have to "feed", not just ourselves. I've always said that I could toally become a vegetarian........but other family members crave other things........so we oblige them. Many are in the same boat.

My adult children are 46 and almost 43; raising beautiful healthy chilren of their own. They all follow a super healthy diet, high in veggies and whole fruits; growing their own for the most part..........free range chickens, etc. We always had a frig and pantry filled with healthy food..........nothing was rationed. Neither kid ever had a weight problem and are both still thin in their 40's.

Our kids also walked everywhere. Not so for many of the kids today who get chauffered everywhere. Not all, but many.

My children's generation was the last who could safely walk without fear of being abducted or molested in their small town. It never entered my mind, actually.

Now, parents are fearful their kids might be snatched up, thus drive them everywhere........

Thus, I myself, totally "get" what FED UP documentary is all about.
I've seen it with my own eyes. Not all, but a large portion of the youth today are overweight. This is the next generation. This is the generation that MIGHT live longer but will live sicker according to the film............not me.

This entire thought process was a spinoff to the thread regarding how long would we like to live.....past 90, etc. Some shared their ancestors' ages at death. Lots of longevity in our grandparents day............compared to today when so many are diagnosed at early ages with cancer and heart disease.........and diabetes. Not to mention auto immune diseases. But, then we didn't have yoga mat chemicals in our foods.

Not all messages can be "sugar coated". No pun intended.

We are pushing 70, not 17. Have lived long enough to see it all.....and realize the differences between our grandparents' generation, our parents' generation, our own generation and our middle aged children's generation (thankfully our kids are mature adults as well as healthy ones)...........and now have a glimpse into the future of our baby, toddler, young child, pre teen and past teen grandchildren. All good, so far. Thankfully. Good solid food choices and ingrained healthy habits.

The documentary FED UP was for the ones who eat more than their fair share of fast food, soft drinks, processed meals, etc. You can see this generation of kids waddling around town. If they are that heavy as children, what will their old age be like?

It is funny that our government surplus foods that go to the schools do contain a lot of CORN/corn syrup. Or CHEESE. But then again that's a different thread.........one for Villages PL to explain, with his own wisdom and knowledge.

PEACE