What is Junk Food?

August 5, 2010 admin No comments

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You would think that with 300+ million people in the US that there would be enough money made by the food industry in just feeding all of us 3 meals a day.

Turns out that is not correct. The food industry thinks we need junk food.

There is not enough money to be made in actual fruits and vegetables then there is to be made in fruit and vegetable juices, or fruit and vegetable flavored drinks, or fruit and vegetable chips, or fruit and vegetable syrups or fruit and vegetable candies, fruit and vegetable flavorings or to make a long story short just about any fruit and vegetable snack.

Eat an orange and the food industry can only be paid for the orange. Squeeze the orange and use all the parts and it can really jack up the profits.

Now add all those profits up and it barely even covers what these food giants make in government subsidized commodity crops.

Oh yes, you and I are paying these food giants millions and millions of dollars to grow corn, wheat and soybeans (for just a few examples) with our tax dollars.

The byproducts are in turn used to make fast foods, snack foods and beverages which are very high profit,very high caloric and very low nutritional value food items.

Isn’t it nice to know our tax dollars are going to work for us to make us fatter and less healthy.

At least it keeps the medical and pharmaceutical industry hard at work developing medicines and supplements to keep us healthy, trim and fit.

What a great Catch-22. Even though it is a negative Catch-22, it works like a charm.

Don’t you think it is time to get off this bandwagon and take charge of your own health and fitness?