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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (214818)8/6/2007 6:20:23 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 793991
 
Oh gosh- I didn't mean it was a real conspiracy- on the nature of "let's get together and undermine everyone's health"- rather I meant it's cheaper to sell cheap products that people will eat, even if they are very bad for people, and if those products have a super long shelf life (and you can achieve that by adding lots of garbage), so much the better.

I don't "blame" the corporations- they are what they are- huge amoral entities designed to maximize profit. But our interests as healthy human beings are at odds with their interests to maximize profits- because there is less profit in fresh fruits and veggies than there is in a box of highly processed sugar cereal. I found a website once that showed the differential in profit. I will see if I can find it again.
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