It's been a while since I've tried to read a lot of news sites one right after another so doing it today forcibly reminded me my old computer just isn't up to online current events. News sites are the worst about cramming in all the bells and whistles—many very badly programmed—so I waste lots of time waiting for videos and ads to load or time out, rather than just getting on with reading the articles I'm there for.
Today's theme seems to be how much of our food has been engineered to taste so good that we eat way too much of it.
An innocent celebration of an American favorite:
What Iconic American Food Helped America Through WWII?
Ancestry.com, 19 December 2012.
Along with conserving gasoline, paper, clothes and rubber products during WWII, folks on the home front were expected to do their part by conserving food.
Two books that take a different view!
How the Food Makers Captured Our Brains
New York Times, 22 June 2009.
Dr. Kessler finds some similarities in the food industry, which has combined and created foods in a way that taps into our brain circuitry and stimulates our desire for more.
Article discusses:
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetiteby David Kessler
How Sweet It Is
New York Times, 15 March 2013
Because, while whole milk has gotten a bum rap as a source of saturated (read: bad) fats, resulting in a precipitous plunge in milk-drinking, cheese, though no less fatty, is still perceived as wholesome and dietarily innocuous. More to the point, we have a federal mandate to eat lots of cheese!
You Really Can't Eat Just One, and Here's the Reason
New York Times, 17 March 2013.
And that is the nub of Mr. Moss's case: By concentrating fat, salt and sugar in products formulated for maximum "bliss," Big Food has spent almost a century distorting the American diet in favor of calorie-dense products whose consumption pattern has been mirrored by the calamitous rise in obesity rates.
Articles discuss:
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Usby Michael Moss
Two more articles:
Bill would let farmers kill attacking wolves
Seattle Times, 18 March 2013.
Smith said wolf attacks, though infrequent, can be financially devastating to small farmers who operate on slim profit margins.
In a New Aisle, Energy Drinks Sidestep Some Rules
New York Times, 19 March 2013.
...the drink's maker has decided after a decade of selling it as a dietary supplement to market it as a beverage, a switch that will bring significant changes in how it is regulated.
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