Yesterday I decided to flip through the Netflix online movie database on the Wii. I enjoy watching Documentaries so I chose this one called "King Corn". Not sure when it was released, but it was about these 2 guys that move to Iowa to grow an acre of corn and follow it through to where it winds up in the food chain/supply. It was very interesting, to say the least!!
I found Iowa to be pretty home townie. I liked the small downtown feel. I like at the end how they bought the 1 acre and kept it corn free. I felt bad for the farmers that got ran off and the poor cows that had to eat that corn grain stuff. It's made me take another look at what *I* eat. Today I went and bought the Dr. Pepper & Pepsi cases that are made out of pure sugar and not the high fructose corn stuff. There's something to be said about the sodas and drinks made from real sugar compared to the high fructose corn stuff. Different luxurious taste indeed!!
Anyone else seen this documentary??
I liked that one. We don't buy anything with HFCS in it anymore; we switched to all organic about three months ago. My heartburn, eczema & allergies went away on their own, and now I don't take the medicine anymore. We also switched to mostly wheat bread. I think the extra fiber has helped clean out toxins.
If you liked King Corn at all, you will absolutely go apey if you watch Food, Inc.
Also, Super Size Me. One little gem from that one "In one small McDonalds Hamburger there can be pieces of up to 3000 different cows". And that was in the bonus material.
P.S. a new study has been published that shows cancer cells love fructose.
What a crop o' craaap!
It is sickening that so much of our population has become so distanced from the source of their food. Today's media goal is to scare everyone away from virtually everything. Believe me, you would not drink tap water if you knew the whole story. Then we come out with cute little movies like "Babe" to discourage the consumption of meat. News Flash: Everything you come in contact with is shortening your life.
Humans are omnivores. We eat what is available. Corporate profit drives what will be made available to those not harvesting their own food. Individuals have zero control over what is most readily available for consumption. All humans truly desire is something that will keep them alive for as little expense as possible, routinely. Sure, we will treat ourselves from time to time, but, for the standard daily fare, cheap is good. McDonald's and Popeye's Chicken exist because WE KEEP THEM PROFITABLE.
This country did not grow from scattered adventurers along the coast lines to what it is today by feasting on tree leaves and grass. It grew because it was a huge natural resource to feed the needs of more than just the few with direct access to it. Entrepeneurs established trails over which to transport the goods to the markets. Today we call those highways, railroads and pipelines. Cities grew up from tiny villages. Guess what profession grew out of the need to define those boundaries and pathways.
In summary: DON'T B!!TCH WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL!
King Corn came out in 2007. I found it very enlightening. It was shown on public television here and I think I have it recorded somewhere. I should dig it out and watch it again.
I used to live within 25 miles of the Cargill plant in Eddyville, Iowa. They produce enough HFCS to sweeten 30,000,000 (as in 30 million) cans of soda.
Every day.
Somebody's buying that soda.
Holy Cow
I am not "scared" about anything. I simply will not be a puppet for the four companies that produce nearly all of America's food and tell us it is "safe".
Most of the ability to not support the Wal-Mart's, Cargill's, Smithfield's, Kraft, etc. is knowing where to shop. I love whole foods/trader joe's. I think some people shop at whole foods to be trendy, but if you are interested in fair trade, ethical food production etc., you would probably want to shop here secondary and primarily at local farmer's markets, specialty shops, etc.
I am a local/fresh foods person. We have immediate plans for our own chicken coop and milk goats when our current lease is up this fall. Growing up in central WV we hunted, grew, and fished probably half of all of our food.
I'M NOT ***CHING WITH MY MOUTH FULL, I'M VOTING WITH MY FEET.
You are right people are more distanced from their food source than ever. And not only that; a lot of what people eat these days isn't food at all.
Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's spring water.
The big food corporations in America own the FDA.
Briscoe Darlin had it right, sometimes you need to sit in the kitchen and watch 'em cook.
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> Somebody's buying that soda.
The sad part is you can predict obesity by income level. The poorest people in America are also the fattest. The big food industry in America has lobbied to get legislation passed that subsidizes their main ingredient in practically everything, corn. So they turn around and create a pestilence on the poor population with the number one killer in America, obesity. It has been postulated (most likely correctly in my opinion, look at America's fat problem) that HFCS is addictive, doesn't allow the brain to send the "full" signal, which causes obesity, which in turn causes diabetes, and also causes cancer.
My point is that Big Food is slick, they get the government to make their ingredients practically free so that they can disease the populace and then the government have to pick up the medical tab on the other end.
I saw King Corn on its first tour, with the producers doing a Q & A afterward. It reinforced some ideas I had already come to.
HFCS is not good for you. With sucrose or more complicated sugars and starches the body has to do some processing to get it ready to enter the blood stream. Fructose needs no such processing and goes right into the blood stream where it has to be dealt with. Mainly it gets converted to triglycerides and stored as fat, to the extent it exceeds the body's immediate fuel needs. Triglycerides are one of the things on your cholesterol report. Dealing with it can be hard on the liver and pancreas, promoting diabetes.
I had been drinking a lot of soda at work, and quit. My cholesterol and triglycerides dropped into the good range in a few months.
The movie had a few interesting personal connections for us. The Santa Claus on the street is the minister who married us. One of my former office mates has a cousin who is mentioned as a corn farmer. They drive past an independent motel in another state that my stepdaughter recognized as where she stayed when her car broke down.
There's a Beer Leg movie? Where have I been?
> I liked that one. We don't buy anything with HFCS in it anymore; we switched to all organic about three months ago. My heartburn, eczema & allergies went away on their own, and now I don't take the medicine anymore. We also switched to mostly wheat bread. I think the extra fiber has helped clean out toxins.
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> If you liked King Corn at all, you will absolutely go apey if you watch Food, Inc.
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> Also, Super Size Me. One little gem from that one "In one small McDonalds Hamburger there can be pieces of up to 3000 different cows". And that was in the bonus material.
See, this makes me wonder because Wendell has horrible pollen/grass allergies and sometimes I wonder if it is because of what's in the food we eat that will cause them to be even worse. I had one of those pure cane sugar Dr. Peppers today and WHAT a tremendous difference in taste. Wow.
Super Size Me was an eye opener. I haven't seen Food, Inc. yet but now you have me wanting to watch it. :pizza:
> I had been drinking a lot of soda at work, and quit. My cholesterol and triglycerides dropped into the good range in a few months.
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> The movie had a few interesting personal connections for us. The Santa Claus on the street is the minister who married us. One of my former office mates has a cousin who is mentioned as a corn farmer. They drive past an independent motel in another state that my stepdaughter recognized as where she stayed when her car broke down.
I am going to try to give up sodas after September 13, 2010. I've been wanting too for a long time and have cut down tremendously but I figured after the 13th I can do it 100%. Well try too anyhow. 😐
Wow you do have a lot of connections to that movie!! That Santa Claus was funny!! :clap:
> There's a Beer Leg movie? Where have I been?
Smart Ass. 😛
