Comments on: Idiots running the school food programs http://blog.amber.org/2008/11/12/idiots-running-the-school-food-programs/ Thoughts of a minor lunatic Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: petrilli http://blog.amber.org/2008/11/12/idiots-running-the-school-food-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-52589 petrilli Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:01:27 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/?p=3544#comment-52589 1) I agree that home-baked cookies can be dangerous too -- as all things in excessive quantity can be -- however I think that it's likely to be _less bad_ generally than the massive amount of artificial crap stuffed in manufactured goods to cover up for the horrible quality of ingredients (i.e. cheap). 2) I also agree that food allergies exist, just that they are not nearly as common as people would like to claim. They jump from "I don't like X" to "X will kill me", without any sanity check in between. This is dangerous because, like _The Boy Who Cried Wolf_, it diminishes the importance of the small number of people with serious issues. I have observed that outside the US, the rate seems to be dramatically lower, which leads me to believe that either it's something in our food (dihexoflourobenzanate and other unpronounceable "additives") or we're just a bunch of whiners. Overall, people just need to stop checking their brains at the door. 1) I agree that home-baked cookies can be dangerous too—as all things in excessive quantity can be—however I think that it’s likely to be less bad generally than the massive amount of artificial crap stuffed in manufactured goods to cover up for the horrible quality of ingredients (i.e. cheap).

2) I also agree that food allergies exist, just that they are not nearly as common as people would like to claim. They jump from “I don’t like X” to “X will kill me”, without any sanity check in between. This is dangerous because, like The Boy Who Cried Wolf, it diminishes the importance of the small number of people with serious issues. I have observed that outside the US, the rate seems to be dramatically lower, which leads me to believe that either it’s something in our food (dihexoflourobenzanate and other unpronounceable “additives”) or we’re just a bunch of whiners.

Overall, people just need to stop checking their brains at the door.

]]> By: denis bider http://blog.amber.org/2008/11/12/idiots-running-the-school-food-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-52585 denis bider Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:13:14 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/?p=3544#comment-52585 Just because you make your cookies at home, doesn't mean they're not bad if eaten in quantities. Kids can get obese on homemade food just fine. If you want stories of real people with food sensitivities, read a bit from Karl Dahlke's experience: http://eklhad.net/adhd.html Just because you make your cookies at home, doesn’t mean they’re not bad if eaten in quantities. Kids can get obese on homemade food just fine.

If you want stories of real people with food sensitivities, read a bit from Karl Dahlke’s experience:

http://eklhad.net/adhd.html

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