I hope there are no young people reading this who might lose hope (the older ones having lost it already), but there is so much stupidity fed to us by government drones (4.5 million of them, give or take) that you've got to be on your toes at all times to avoid getting dumber just by getting out of bed in the morning.
Case in point: In 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), at the behest of then-First Lady Michelle Obama during her short-lived and unsuccessful attack on obesity in America, decreed that the words "Added sugars" must be on all food labels, even on foods that don't have any, like pure maple syrup that comes out of a tree through a tube and straight into a jar.
The rule exists because "eating lots of sugar increases the risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease," insists the FDA. See, the sugars are "added" to your diet, making them "added sugars." Many Vermont producers of pure maple syrup are appalled, aghast, and other word like that over having to print this falsehood on their labels, but hey, what's a government for if not to further muddy already murky waters?
Similarly, all food producers have added the words NON-GMO to their labels, even on foods that couldn't be GMO'd if you tried. This folly was soundly debunked in a scientific article I read last weekend (in either the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times, I forget which), explaining that the whole GMO thing is a myth gone viral. GMOs are not at all harmful and in fact might be good for you. (Too bad the whole fiasco drove Monsanto out of business.)
Meanwhile the production of Snickers, M & Ms, Butterfingers, Almond Joy, Hershey Kisses, Three Musketeers, and all those yummy candies we force-feed our kids each Halloween continues unabated, while lots of other "stuff" -- like those orange corn syrup puffs and chocolate-flavored, calorie-laden cereals -- flood our supermarkets, packaged to look like food. But apparently if the label says "Added sugars," the government is off the hook.
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The rule exists because "eating lots of sugar increases the risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease," insists the FDA. See, the sugars are "added" to your diet, making them "added sugars." Many Vermont producers of pure maple syrup are appalled, aghast, and other word like that over having to print this falsehood on their labels, but hey, what's a government for if not to further muddy already murky waters?
Similarly, all food producers have added the words NON-GMO to their labels, even on foods that couldn't be GMO'd if you tried. This folly was soundly debunked in a scientific article I read last weekend (in either the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times, I forget which), explaining that the whole GMO thing is a myth gone viral. GMOs are not at all harmful and in fact might be good for you. (Too bad the whole fiasco drove Monsanto out of business.)
Meanwhile the production of Snickers, M & Ms, Butterfingers, Almond Joy, Hershey Kisses, Three Musketeers, and all those yummy candies we force-feed our kids each Halloween continues unabated, while lots of other "stuff" -- like those orange corn syrup puffs and chocolate-flavored, calorie-laden cereals -- flood our supermarkets, packaged to look like food. But apparently if the label says "Added sugars," the government is off the hook.
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