Q. Why are highly processed foods not illegal?

[Woodznutz]

People ARE responsible for what they choose to eat.

You can’t blame a merchant for supplying a legal demand.

Do you feel you have the right to dictate other people’s food preferences?

Of course not.

 

[Woodznutz]

Because people have a right to eat whatever they want.

Most who take drugs feel the same way about their drugs.

 

[Anathema]

As someone who has now been forced into eating a healthier diet due to mild high BP, cholesterol and type II Diabetes I’ll tell you why Americans eat bad food rather than good food….

1. It’s less expensive.
2. It tastes better
3. Its easier to prepare.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The effects affect more than the person, just as alcoholism affects more people than just the alcoholic.

So, you want to ban booze along with highly processed foods?

 

[Woodznutz]

So, you want to ban booze along with highly processed foods?

Not at all. But I think people should bear the responsibility for their decisions. Drunks and gluttons shouldn't pass the cost of their actions off onto others.

 

[Woodznutz]

You seem to be suggesting that processed foods should be illegal.

You are inferring that.

 

[dblack]

You are inferring that.

Ok. Well, I guess you're playing some kind of game then. Whatever.

 

[Woodznutz]

Ok. Well, I guess you're playing some kind of game then. Whatever.

I do have a 'game' in mind, in that I'm always looking for a deeper dive into topics. Review the above responses, do you see any indication of a deeper dive? All I see are knee-jerk reactions, like the old bootlegger whose craft was named among other sins by the pastor one Sunday

"He's quit preachin' and gone to meddlin'!"

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

It’s easy enough these days to check on what your filling your face with but the fact is the farther away from growing your own .. the more screwed you get.

Nature Is a Crime Against Humanity

 

[fncceo]

So, you want to ban booze along with highly processed foods?

Violent video games and music with too many notes?

 

[Woodznutz]

Violent video games and music with too many notes?

That would eliminate banjo picking.

 

[braalian]

For the same reason liquor and cigarettes aren’t illegal

 

[Woodznutz]

For the same reason liquor and cigarettes aren’t illegal

Both are taxed by the gov't. Lots of revenue.

 

[braalian]

Both are taxed by the gov't. Lots of revenue.

“Processed food” is too broad a category to be taxed as easily as those specific goods

 

[Woodznutz]

“Processed food” is too broad a category to be taxed as easily as those specific goods

I don't think processed foods are the problem that many think they are. I wouldn't drink unpasteurized milk for example.

 

[initforme]

I don't think processed foods are the problem that many think they are. I wouldn't drink unpasteurized milk for example.

Processed foods are a huge problem. Additives and chemicals. america has allowed corporations to hurt its citizens.

 

[Woodznutz]

Processed foods are a huge problem. Additives and chemicals. america has allowed corporations to hurt its citizens.

The bigger problem is a generally unhealthy lifestyle and ignorance and apathy about health. Many have the attitude that "Nobody loves me. I'm going to go eat worms" i.e. those 600-pound freaks you see on tv.

 

[citygator]

Before I weigh in here.. .. how processed are tacos? Because you will have to pry them from my cold dead hands.

 

[Captain Caveman]

A. Because the medical/industrial complex depends on them to deliver patients.

You're welcome.

Because it would ban most vegan foods.