Autumn2004, thank you for sharing this bit of information with us (and also the info in your other posts). It is scary to think about serving up foods at home when we just don't know if they do contain something that could hurt us. IMO with all the diseases that seem to be affecting more of our population, the USDA, etc... would be more careful about what is being sold in our country and passed off as "safe". And I don't know how to say this in a politically correct way, but, it is also very scary that our food is such "big business" that the government doesn't move to make changes because they would suffer monetary loss by being harsh about some things.
Jeana (DP), I also appreciate your input about "label intelligence", I have been getting better at reading the labels because we do try to avoid trans fats and the "empty calorie" type foods. I sometimes even look up some of the ingredients to make sure they are not the "plastic" forms of food. I nearly fell over when I heard someone comment at the doctors office that our "margerine" was just like eating plastic. (unhealthy and chemical ridden)
All of the other posts here do seem to show that as consumers and parents, we are all collectively seeking healthier food choices for our families and IMO this is the type of give and take that can lead to changes. I find it somewhat sad that in this case with Kelloggs, it takes litigation in a courtroom to institute a change when IMO it shouldn't have to go "that far". I feel that in some ways our government may be more aware about the dangers in foods, but by having an unhealthy population, it spurs on the economy with the drugs people take to "cure" an unhealthy cholesterol level or the weight loss surgeries that are done on a daily basis to "cure" obesity.
Again, I am sorry for rambling on, I do get caught up in my own thoughts and try to relay them in a manner that isn't too confusing! It's just a situation where I feel like I was raised "in the twilight zone", my parents grew a lot of our food (canned it/froze it for the winter months when it wasn't freshly available) and went to "hand pick" their cow/pig that was to be raised for dinners (gross, huh?) and hunted and fished for most of the other stuff that went into our bodies. The one food we took a lot of joy in having was... Kelloggs cereal. They didn't grow it and we got to eat something that we didn't have to work for! LOL!
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My grandpa's brother was a cattle rancher and my uncle raised chickens and turkeys. We always had a huge garden and apple, cherry, and pear trees. My grandma grew grapes. Growing up in a hunting family there are foods I did eat that I would never eat now but we never threw food away, we used it all.
