If you’ve ever wondered how Monsanto―a company that admits it wants to own the world’s food supply through its patented genetically engineered seeds―gets away with not having to label its products, all you have to do is follow the trail of money leading from their coffers into the pockets and campaign funds of well-placed politicians and regulators.
Click the link to read the rest of the article!But the problem is that we have become accustomed to restaurant portions and don’t think of them as too big. It is easy to spot a meal that may cause weight gain, especially when the food on the plate is stacked so high, you can’t see the head of the eater. But when everyone is the restaurant is served a pound of meat or fish and two cups of mashed potatoes or rice, we assume that this is a normal portion. Think about a steak restaurant. If the steak portions on the menu range from 8 ounces to 20, we regard the 8 ounces steak as a tidbit rather than twice as much meat as we should be eating at a meal.
Even the appetizers have fallen victim to portion inflation. As someone who prefers eating an appetizer and a salad rather than an entrée, I have been shocked at how much food is served for a course that typically is followed by the main meal and maybe even dessert. When some humongous portion of an appetizer was put before me recently, I asked the waiter if most people could eat another course after this one. “Sure,” he said. “This is just the first course.” It is only when we eat in another country that we realize how much less food is served.
The link above provides one of many reasons not to eat anything put out by Tyson Foods. This corporation represents everything that is wrong and broken with the American food industry.
Bribery, deceit, discrimination, unethical treatment of animals, pollution, exploiting illegal immigrants, and that doesn’t even begin to describe the terrible quality of food they put out - why would anyone eat foods from Tyson?
