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[joshthevegan.livejournal.com]

I've seen that second image many a-time, and it never ceases to irk me because it's so freaking true.

[iain666.livejournal.com]

What's the "per x" on those federally recommended 26 servings?

The white sections compare "Sugar, Oil, Starch, Alcohol" to "Sugar, Oil, Salt" - not really like for like. Does the US government really think we don't need fibre anymore?

I am quite prepared to believe there is a lot of truth behind that second image but there's definitely some disingenuity (disingenuousness?) in the presentation.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Fibre is grains...

[iain666.livejournal.com]

Good point, I got that bit wrong. Everything else stands.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

I agree with the rest of it. Not to the point of dismissing the information, but whenever one sees something that's trying to say "X is worse than Y" yet they give two different stats or sources, it's prudent to be skeptical.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

I just said to my husband, "Hey did you know meat and dairy producers get more subsidies than grain producers? (we produce grain.)" And he said, "Yep." So it wasn't news to him. It's not enough, apparently, to make us start producing meat vs. grain, but that less than 1% on the fruits and veggies is just pathetic.

[spamwarrior.livejournal.com]

While it might be true, the value of the federal nutrition recommendations aren't actually that useful.

[joshthevegan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that portion of the image is a bit superfluous. The only purpose I can imagine it serves is to show the disconnect between what the government feels you should be eating, and what they are making it easier to eat.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

True, indeed.

My problem is, quinoa does not taste like a steak. Fix that problem and I'm 100% on board with becoming a vegetarian!

[joshthevegan.livejournal.com]

Maybe not quinoa, but I've had some "mwaty" tasting seitan before.

[joshthevegan.livejournal.com]

*meaty. Damn phone.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

I was about to ask, because neither of those things sound the least bit appetizing O_O

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I suppose advanced societies favor luxuries over necessities.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

And the beef and dairy lobby is more powerful than the fruit and vegetable growers lobbies...

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

We don't want infants learning a culture of dependency from birth so encouraging them to be bootstrappy by starving them and their parents is the thing to do.

/Republican logic

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

Those damn bootstraps again. How much you willing to bet 99% of the GOP are about as bootstrappy as Paris Hilton?

[ice-hesitant.livejournal.com]

The nutrition people are in the pocket of the grain industry, while the subsidy people are in the pocket of the livestock industry.

Bah.