Re: Batter-coated french fries OK'd as vegetable

[Guest guest]

wrote:

The only fresh vegetable with a PRO-oxidant rating and cholesterol! It's a good source of saturated fat, and sodium too.

I did not make this up.

Read the article carefully, please:

...applies only to rules of

commerce, not nutrition,...

Second paragraph...

[Guest guest]

I read the article, thank you. Batter coated French Fries are

processed food - not a fresh vegetable in any stretch of the English

language, and shame on you for defending this farce.

" ...applies only to rules of commerce, not nutrition,... "

These two are not connected? I would not put it past someone to

exploit this unreality for a commercial interest. These are the

types of shenanigans that lead to things like " Raisins, hydrogenated

vegetable oil " . Maybe raisins with hydrogenated oil have a better

shelf life or make spoiled raisins palatable or something, but they

are not raisins and should not be sold as such. Look at what's

going

on with the adulteration of " organic " produce. Organic

produce is now

COMMERCIALLY defined to include items that were not raised

organically.

This type of unreality in the legal system is like a free radical in

a biological system. Accepting unreality, like highly reactive

radicals, starts a chain reaction, like dominoes. Eventually,

normally honest sensible people now find all kind of nonsense

tolerable that would have previously been an outrage.

In a biological system the chief danger of a free radical comes from

the damage they can do when they react with important cellular

components such as DNA, or the cell membrane. Cells may function

poorly or die if this occurs. The legal system and commerce are our

countries DNA and life blood. People become cynical, resigned,

apathetic, and compliant in a system that requires constant vigilance

to be healthy. Which one of these are you? I recommend you watch the

nightly news or read any newspaper and make your own analogy to the

legal system, unreality and free radical effects on a system.

Sorry for going so far off topic. I guess I am in a patriotic mood

today, it being July 4th and all. Thanks.

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> Read the article carefully, please:

> ...applies only to rules of commerce, not nutrition,...