Smart Choices not the best choices
Pardon me if I resist applauding ConAgra, General Mills, Kellogg, Kraft, PepsiCo and other major food manufacturers who, as reported by the Daily Herald food editor, announced their participation in the "Smart Choices" food-labeling program.
It sounds good, but a little research reveals that the Smart Choices Label program is not an autonomous nutrition watch group, setting healthy standards for the food industry. It is just another PR tactic just like their TV jingles, news releases and coupon ads that claim cheap and tasty nutrition will be found in their eye-catching, convenient packages.
Unfortunately, after fattening up on their undernourishing foods, the public sits in the doctor's offices with diabetes, heart disease, obesity, arthritis and prostate cancer. They blame themselves and wonder what they did wrong. The doctor tells them to eat nutritiously and get more exercise.
The fact is that, they could strap a treadmill to their derrières but, if they continue to eat the food giants' products, it will make no difference.
Why are Americans overfed and undernourished? Why is there a health crisis? Ask the Federal Drug Administration. It is supposed to stop genetically engineered organisms from being put into our food without telling us.
Gail Talbot
Huntley