"In spite of what Mother taught you about the benefits of eating broccoli, data collected by the U.S. government show that the nutritional content of America's vegetables and fruits has declined during the past 50 years -- in some cases dramatically."
Stating the obvious? Still, eating vegetables has got to be better than junk food. Reply to this article / Report this article
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Heh heh, double post.
But I don't know - I guess that the topic of the taste of chicken doesn't often come up...? It is a really weird thing when you think about it, but as you said, I think a lot of people don't really like thinking about where their meat comes from when they go to eat it...
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It's a contentious issue - should people understand how the food reaches their plate? Is being ignorant of that such a bad thing?
I think we'd all agree that people should see how and where the food that is on their plate has made it there. The Guardian newspaper used to do an article each week about the 'history' behind each componenent of a typical restaurant meal, but I got the feeling that the only restuarants who volunteered for it were those who could see the marketing potential of highlighting the local sourcing of their chicken, for example.
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No, you make a very good point and I agree. A lot of people don't like to think about the food that they eat once having been alive when they eat it - just as people can sometimes be disturbed by things like buying meat that still has heads etc. attached.
I think it's a bit strange to want to be ignorant of this though - I mean, if the thought of the animal once being alive or the way it was killed bothers you, maybe go vegetarian..???
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Yea. That's me. If I really thought about how my poultry and meat arrived on my plate I'd never eat it. I love oxtail stew so I decided to make it. However, the whole idea of it grossed me out when I was the one making it. Even though it tasted good I couldn't eat it--at all.
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