we all very well know that many americans dont give a rats behind about what they are consuming. which is why we face the issue of obesity. i feel that i am going to take care of my body to the best of my ability up until the day i die. i will not live with the mindset " im going to die anyway". so i feel even though as an adult we should make the decision on our own , the government is the only way anything will be fixed. If it were up to us as adults instead of the governements PROTECTION about many other situations life as we know it would more or less be shot to hell....so it shouldnt be up to the governement but since humans overall are so helpless , there needs to be some guidance towards whats right and wrong for us....
Shouldn't we as adults make the decision whether to consume trans fats or not instead of having the government ban them?
Chef
2007/02/27 23:27:02
|
|
|||||
|
43 votes
|
|
67% | |||
|
16 votes
|
|
25% | |||
|
5 votes
|
|
8% | |||
The Trans Fat Controversy
Trans fats are on their way out of the American diet. Trans fats are created when vegetable oils are partially hydrogenated, a process that retards spoilage and allows the oils to be used in a number of industrial food processing applications. Some trans fats occur naturally in some vegetables and dairy products, but it is the trans fat that is used in cooking oil, and for baked goods like bread and cookies, that has gotten the attention of nutritionists and food activists.
Trans fats are on their way out of the American diet. Trans fats are created when vegetable oils are partially hydrogenated, a process that retards spoilage and allows the oils to be used in a number of industrial food processing applications. Some trans fats occur naturally in some vegetables and dairy products, but it is the trans fat that is used in cooking oil, and for baked goods like bread and cookies, that has gotten the attention of nutritionists and food activists.
A wide cross section of medical opinion blames trans fats for the lowering of blood levels of HDL (the good cholesterol) and an elevation of LDL (considered the bad cholesterol), leading to hardening of the arteries and coronary problems. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates the average America eats 4.7 pounds of trans fats every year. Both the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services have warned against trans fat.
I have a right to free speech and anything I ever say will offend some and not offend others. Americans need to suck it up if they are offended by words. I hear stuff all the time that offends me but that doesn't mean that which offends me should be banned.
Hate crimes... murder is murder is murder. It should make no difference if someone is murdered because they were protecting their home and family or they were murdered because of race, religion, or sexual orientation. That is a crime of thought. If one kills because they hate a certain group, they should pay the same penalty as the one who kills in the act of robbery or rape. It is unconstitutional the think we can hold someone to a higher standard because of what they were thinking.
The government is way too involved in our personal lives!
And besides... it's not like restaurants tell you up front whether their food has trans fats or not. Half the restaurants out there don't provide any nutritional information what so ever. Some do, but most don't. How are you supposed to choose or not choose when you have no idea?
And on the subject of choosing... apparently most of the people in this country have no idea what they're doing when it comes to nutrition. With all of the obese people in this country, apparently someone needs to tell Americans how to eat. What's so wrong with being healthy?
Smokers know the risks of nicotine, and the addictive factors of it. People who drink on a daily basis know the effects that alcohol can have on the liver, heart, etc. , if they drink too much. It is a conscious adult's decision to eat whatever they want, when they want, however they want. I agree that it is a great health risk, but I also understand that a "law" governing the product that we, as a people consume on a daily basis, is not a rational one. We're all free-thinking adults who have the right, BY CHOICE, to consume whatever food we feel the need to consume. If the government is policing our food, what do you think is going to stop them from policing the rest of what we do?
i think we should try to preserve our freedom and individual rights, but it isn't a simple matter of the actions of an individual that have no effect on anyone else. the ramifications of national health is tremendous. think about how much you have to pay for health care (you could be getting that money that your company has to pay for your benefits). how we eat affects so many things, i don't even think we fully comprehend the extent of it.
what about that fat tax people were talking about before? we have a tax on tobacco... and that way, people could still make a choice, right? or how about we give incentives to people who eat healthy and exercise?
we need to take better care of ourselves!
we all very well know that many americans dont give a rats behind about what they are consuming. which is why we face the issue of obesity. i feel that i am going to take care of my body to the best of my ability up until the day i die. i will not live with the mindset " im going to die anyway". so i feel even though as an adult we should make the decision on our own , the government is the only way anything will be fixed. If it were up to us as adults instead of the governements PROTECTION about many other situations life as we know it would more or less be shot to hell....so it shouldnt be up to the governement but since humans overall are so helpless , there needs to be some guidance towards whats right and wrong for us....