You Don't Know These Foods Are Dangerous Because Of This Supreme Court Case - Thom Hartmann

[Rhiannon12866]

Latin American countries label these ultra processed foods but we can’t do this in America and big money is behind it.

[DFW]

1. I had to warn my wife about HFCS

When we went food shopping in the USA, I told her to avoid buying anything with HFCS. It has been illegal so long here in the EU, she didn’t even know what it was.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. That's not surprising, it's ridiculous that most other countries label these precautions, but not the U.S.

A lot of us mistakenly buy something not good for us - or that tastes awful (I can't stand saccharine) - without reading the fine print. But according to all that Thom said, it's not going to happen here anytime soon. Good that you knew and were able to warn your wife.

[DFW]

3. Both my parents and all of their siblings had cancer

I pay close attention to things like that.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Yikes! So did my Dad and his sister and brother, sounds like I had better start paying closer attention.

Thanks!

[DFW]

5. At least in the USA they are required to list the ingredients.

I have noticed that many cheaper restaurants, at least in the eastern states, offer Smuckers jam or marmalade with breakfast. Smuckers uses HFCS in all their jams and marmalades. I avoid them like the plague, as would anyone with a strong family history of cancer.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Thanks for the tip! Not that I eat toast, but it's a good thing to know - and pass on

[DFW]

7. I usually don't eat toast, either, but as most any Russian will tell you

They often use marmalade to sweeten their tea. I am a big tea drinker, and I always use marmalade instead of sugar or honey. Cinnamon or orange peel-clove tea sweetened with apricot marmalade—make my day!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Well, I drink coffee - have since my Polish grandmother gave it to my brother and me as kids when we visited

And when my mother made my lunch for school, no peanut butter and jelly for me, my favorite was peanut butter and butter on raisin bread!

[DFW]

9. That is at least plausible

My dad liked bread with peanut butter and mayonnaise, which, as far as I know, is a favorite torture tool used by the Taliban.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. LOL! When I was a kid I hated mayonnaise, now I can stand it, but certainly not with peanut butter!

My Dad liked bologna - not in a sandwich, not a fan of bread, just plain! And my brother seems to have inherited his appetite, plain bologna and soup, his favorite lunch.

[DFW]

11. Plain bologna and soup for lunch? Of my 100 favorite things for lunch

That would rank about 368th for me.