Peter Jennings Report

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

 

Not sure if anyone caught Peter Jennings on ABC last nite, but he did

a special called " How to Gain Weight Without Really Trying. " Now,

I'm the first to admit that Mr. Jenning's reporting isn't always the

hard-hitting, objective work that I can support, but this special did

open some very good questions.

 

Of most import - the show focused on two main topics, governmental

subsidies of farming (giving more $$ to farmers who produce things

(like corn) that are being turned into unhealthy foodstuffs (high

fructose syrup)) and advertising geared toward children.

 

While factory farming wasn't covered in much detail, he did bring up

the use of antibiotics and the issue of animal cages.

 

While most of the information was old news to me, I was heartened to

hear that Kraft (one of the megaconglomerates and prone to the evils

of such)is instituting a policy to nutritionally improve many of its

prepackaged foods. How far they'll go or what form the improvements

will take is yet to be seen, so for now I'll stick to my fresh fruit

and veg. But, I am keeping a (happily) watchful eye on this company.

 

Anyway, it was a good program and nice to see focus on issues like

the connection between government and agriculture directly affecting

citizen's health. You can find out more on abc.com.

 

Have a great day everyone,

-K

[Guest guest]

Thanks for telling about that report. I was rather

wondering what spin he was going to give to the issue,

but I missed watching that show. Sounds like interesting

information was covered. I hope Kraft will change for the

better, but I am like you, quite skeptical and will wait and

see.

 

~ PT ~

 

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,

to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could

not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die,

discover that I had not lived.

~Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

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, " Jigilou Snicklefitz "

<jigilou>

wrote:

> Hey all,

>

> Not sure if anyone caught Peter Jennings on ABC last nite, but he

did

> a special called " How to Gain Weight Without Really Trying. "

 

> While most of the information was old news to me, I was heartened

to

> hear that Kraft (one of the megaconglomerates and prone to the

evils

> of such)is instituting a policy to nutritionally improve many of

its

> prepackaged foods. How far they'll go or what form the

improvements

> will take is yet to be seen, so for now I'll stick to my fresh

fruit

> and veg. But, I am keeping a (happily) watchful eye on this

company.