Food for Thought

I read an article by Milvi Tiislar in The Toronto Star which was published on July 3rd 2006 and it really made a dent in my head.

We all know obesity and awful dietary choices are a problem in modern North America (I don't think we are any better than The Americans on this). The price of good food - fruits and vegetables - is much higher than sugary, starchy, fatty pre-packaged food. For most of us this just means you notice that when you look at the grocery bill. We have the choice to eat well if we spend a little more.

For very poor people, those on welfare for example, money is so tight that every penny has to be accounted for so you need to buy the cheapest food you can to can fill stomachs. This means that fresh fruit is just too damned expensive to even be considered.

In another article in The Star, way back in 1995, Thomas Walkom, who had the Queens Park beat then, hit the Mike Harris nail on the head: The problem was that poor people had too much money and rich people did not have enough money - this was not only wrong it was in fact "common sense" that we reverse that trend.

Well this is what we got folks - obesity and borderline malnutrition in poor people because they have no choice and obesity and poor nutrition in the rich who have all of the choices.

The rich can afford liposuction.

What helps you when your child has "rickets" ??

TF