Healthcare
Posted By: Tiffany S 
Date Posted: October 6th, 2009 Category: Health Care Reform
In addition to alternative healthcare choices, regardless of what changes, there needs to be tighter restrictions on the food industry. The food industry spends billions of dollars to find ways to keep their customers addicted and fat instead of finding ways to help keep us healthy. Does it not send up a red flag that daily items such as toothpaste and soda have the same ingredients as antifreeze? Why is is more expensive for me to cook a healthy meal for my family rather than going to a fastfood chain? Start researching what is pumped into your food, this is part of the reason we are the fatest and one of the most unhealthiest countries.
Comment By: Jason Heller
Date & Time: October 11, 2009 at 12:34 pm
So true! As someone who travels a lot, I find it amazing that when I visit what we call a "3rd world country", that the fresh food is so inexpensive and the junk is so expensive, therefore you eat more healthy food. I actually loose weight when I travel even though I eat more carbs that I would ordinarily not do back home.
It's a shame what we call food in America…But this facet of affordable food does add to our economy, I am not justifying it but rather pointing out how interconnected and complicated these issues are.
Is regulation the answer? Is there a way to lobby for better food industry self governance?
Comment By: Tiffany S
Date & Time: October 15, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I know just what you mean, I lived in Lagos, Nigeria for about 3 months and not only did I eat the freshest foods ever, I ate as much as I wanted and still lost more than 30 lbs. When I came back here,I had developed some mild and serious allergic reactions to various foods.
Comment By: Mike Capizzi
Date & Time: October 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm
http://www.thechinastuday.com
A great read that supports all of the above comments; I would like to see the FDA distinguish between the good and bad carbs. Per today's labeling, carbs listed in soda appear just as those in organic wheat pasta. It's scary that most of the american public really doesn't know the difference!
What's even more scary is the obesity and smoking habits that occur with staff at every hospital; these are our clinicians and educators!!! As the China Study explains, through their studies, physicians spend little time on nutritional education.
Comment By: Mike Capizzi
Date & Time: October 17, 2009 at 7:07 pm
http://www.thechinastudy.com
This link/text supports the above I would like to see the FDA distinguish between the "good" and "bad" Carbs; nutritional labeling per a soda and organic wheat pasta seem similar; most Americans don't know the difference.
Further fuel, look at the amount of obesity and smoking within our hospitals today; these are our educators. In addition, The China Study entails the extremely limited amount of nutritional education in today's physician educational/resident programs.