Do you believe the government should regulate what we eat?...?

Yes, just like they are regulated as to how fresh food is supposed to be, the allowable level of contaminates and such. Before the FDA thousands of people were poisoned every year by tainted consumer products.

I have mixed feelings. My first reaction is no, who the heck do they think they are? It is my body. That is the same argument used for abortion. If they can ban certain foods, they might as well ban abortion too, since it is all about having a right to control your own body and what goes on inside of it.

At the bare minimum, they should be required to disclose everything that they put in food. Allergens should certainly be disclosed. They are more likely to cause immediate problems. A respiratory attack from a food allergy can take minutes, heart disease can take years.

I can understand though, why they would regulate this. So many people eat fast food, and I am sure most would not bother to read a chemical analysis of what they are eating, even if it were included with the food, on the bag, or on the place mat. I can see why the government would take an interest in this, especially with the push for nationalized healthcare. With so many uninsured people, the government probably should take steps to improve the health of people within reason. Not to impress other nations, but out of genuine concern and health cost-cutting measures.

Removing too much fat can be bad for certain segments as that can raise the rate of depression and violence. I believe fat is needed in making serotonin if I am not mistaken.

human beings nevertheless merely are not getting it. Why would desire to a center length enterprise keep that is inner maximum ins. for that is workers while that is going to go up in value. With agencies being taxed for each little thing at present it will be greater decrease priced for them to offload their workers into the universal public selection and pay the 8% penalty. in this stupid well being care bill they are going to make employers pay for the worker and likewise pay sixty two% of the households ins. acceptable now maximum workers are insured however the kinfolk is often paid by using the kinfolk at a decrease fee. How do you assume those agencies that are suffering now to be perplexed with the cost of well being look after the . It ain't gonna artwork. undeniable and easy. they are going to have not got any selection yet to pay the penalty and sell off everybody in the universal public selection this is the comparable as single payer united states of america well being care take over. additionally the government and their well being panels would be telling you in case you're obese or have an argument of a few scientific disability they'd decide for you do not deserve those severe blood tension pills till you unfastened weight or in the different undertaking you is probably not nicely worth it to spend the money on you. It happens each and all the time in different international places that have socialized drugs.

The govt. has laws to ensure that food is pure and clean, not contaminated or infected, to regulate processing, etc. I think that's a GREAT idea. I'm sure lots of people would rather let food companies do it however they want and 'let the buyer beware', but I don't like that idea at all.

When it comes to nutritional content, it seems kind of silly for the govt. to tell restaurants what they have to serve,or to tell you and me what we have to eat. I think there's a line and that's over it.

However, I think it's appropriate for the govt. to require food mfgrs and restaurants to publish nutritional information, so we KNOW when we're eating 70 grams of fat, 45 grams of carboydrate or whatever. I read nutritional labels all the time and I'm AMAZED at some of the information I find there.

And it's becoming obvious that many people read these labels and react to them. For one thing, it used to be that you had to -ask- for nutritional info at fast food restaurants, in some cases you even had to mail away for them, but now they make it more easily available. And food packagers and restaurants, even fast-food restaurants, are cleaning up their act just -because- they're forced to release nutritional information, obviously because people are reading them and reacting to them.

We went from a nation of 85% smokers to a nation of 7-8 smokers just through -education-! We can do the same with diet, in fact the process is already well underway.

I would like to see, though, companies forced to disclose genetically modified foods. They have to do this in Europe. I suspect a lot of Americans would avoid GM foods if they had the choice.

I'm not sure why the FDA approved half of these additives as "food" to begin with. Here we go again - we need the government to protect us from the mistakes government made.

/sigh

No, I don't know the solution other than to watch ingredients in what I personally eat. Personal responsibility works when all else fails!

No -- the closest that I would be willing to support is having some standards body that rates things by quality of ingredients or overall healthiness, the way that movies are rated.

But it should be just an advisory system -- people can pay attention to the ratings if they want, or ignore them if they want.

I don't approve of a govt playing parent and doing "what's best for us" -- when that takes away personal choice.

NO! No right at all. The government has no business telling us what we can and can't eat. that decision is ours. it is our choice to decide. if a restaurant want to voluntarily serve healthier food or prepare it in a healthier way, then fine. but don't have some self-righteous politician tell me what to eat and what not to.

Keep govt. out of my food. I will be responsible for making my own food choices.

You eat what you want, and I'll eat what I want. If you want to eat birdseed, fine. But your health illusions will not affect my diet. Go away.