HUNGRY GERALD

HG is always saddened by the sight at a supermarket checkout counter of a woman (children trailing) pushing a market stroller filled with large amounts of Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, etc. Not an ounce of nutrition in any of this junk—just sugar and chemicals. Fattening fluids that sugar coat the tongue. It was a pioneering man in the long ago midwest named F.W. Kellogg who encouraged Americans to abandon their grease bomb breakfasts for his corn flakes. Now, take a look at dry cereal shelves at your local store. More than a score of brands, targeted at kids and advertised to them, are filled with gross amounts of processed sugar i.e. corn syrup. This is the tiny tip of the iceberg. The American diet is based on processed, sugary food. The result is a prevalence of obesity and other health challenges related to the ludicrous American diet. Yes, there’s been new interest in eating natural-no chemicals or “additive”–foods. But, all this good stuff applies to the better educated (and more prosperous) part of the population.–and not the overwhelming majority. That’s why working  class families (who work at more than one job) are forced to rely on “fast food” and processed junk food to stay alive. A note from gourmand HG: Chinese food is getting sweeter. Ouch!