What Marian Nestle said re yesterday’s Supreme Court decision:
The decision to overturn limits on corporate campaign contributions will affect every aspect of society, food included. …
When corporations fund campaigns, representatives make decisions in the corporate interest. It’s that simple.
Just a week or so ago, Michael Pollan noted that:
Right now the food industry creates patients for the health care industry and they have a sympathetic relationship, but that might change.
Yeah, in the not-so-distant future, the food industry will be continuing to be creating patients, but the health care industry will be turning them away. And we’ll not be able to do anything, because our elected officials will point “personal responsibility” fingers at us, thus keeping their corporate taskmasters happy.
I’m really afraid that things are going to get much worse before they get better.
Weight Maven is written by Beth Mazur. Beth believes that obesity is more symptom than cause and that the real problem is our Western diet -- especially sugar, refined grains, and industrial oils. Beth writes about nutrition, ancestral health & food policy. And cats!
