Victory for Jamie Oliver in the U.S. as McDonald’s is forced to stop using pink slime

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

We have spent how many pages in this thread talking about ammonia hydroxide. I've had 20 different opinions on both sides. After this many pages, there STILL doesn't seem to be anything close to a right or wrong answer. And we're talking about people who are doing the right thing, and at least doing some research to find an answer.

That tells you how unnecessarily hard it is to get the facts straight about what you eat. I completely disagree with you. I believe there are lots of people who are motivated to lose weight, but lose themselves in a massive sea of misinformation. They eat Panera and think they're eating healthy. They buy turkey substitute products that aren't breast meat. They drink gallons of orange juice instead of soda. And then, when they workout like crazy, try to eat sensibly and still don't lose weight, they become depressed and give up.

Again, people are entitled to eat how and what they want. I'm not judging them. But they need to know what they're putting in their bodies, and that goes way beyond education. It means that people have to have a better understanding of what goes into their bodies, and a healthy debate on ammonia hydroxide is a great example of that. Whether you agree with using it or not, there's one thing that's clear. It's an additive ingredient that is put into our food that most knew nothing about until someone like Jamie Oliver brought it to light.

How about YOU only eat at places that tell you exactly what is in the food and let others eat wherever the **** they want?

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

How about YOU only eat at places that tell you exactly what is in the food and let others eat wherever the **** they want?

/thread


... and pass your post on to Oliver.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

/thread


... and pass your post on to Oliver.

Yeah, end thread. It was a great point by Saul Good that apparently the best solution is for restaurants to tell only me what's in my food, while others cluelessly eat mystery food. That makes a lot of sense.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

How about YOU only eat at places that tell you exactly what is in the food and let others eat wherever the **** they want?

Oh good, now this ridiculous BS.

I am not telling people where to eat. Or what to eat. I am saying that every person has a right to know what they are eating. If they still want to eat food despite knowing it's terrible, that's their choice.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Oh good, now this ridiculous BS.

I am not telling people where to eat. Or what to eat. I am saying that every person has a right to know what they are eating. If they still want to eat food despite knowing it's terrible, that's their choice.

What sort of moron doesn't know fast food is bad?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Brock

What sort of moron doesn't know fast food is bad?

The world is full of morons who don't know what is best for themselves. That is why we need people like chiefzilla...to protect us from ourselves.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Oh good, now this ridiculous BS.

I am not telling people where to eat. Or what to eat. I am saying that every person has a right to know what they are eating. If they still want to eat food despite knowing it's terrible, that's their choice.

They currently have that right, and they have for quite some time. They can even take entire responsibility and raise/grow their own food so they know exactly what they're consuming.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Fish

They currently have that right, and they have for quite some time. They can even take entire responsibility and raise/grow their own food so they know exactly what they're consuming.

Or maybe we should actually have standards so that when people buy stuff... I don't know... it's clear to the consumer what they're buying?

Whether you agree with the way this ammonia hydroxide thing was presented, it's something that is added to your food unnaturally and sold to the consumer. And consumers have no idea this is happening. Even if consumers don't care that it's happening or educate themselves to believe it's unharmful, why shouldn't the consumer at least know it's happening to the products they buy? Why are we treating it like it's such a bad thing?