Comments on: Food Subsidies – Our Biggest Threat http://goodmaneats.com/2010/03/13/food-subsidies-our-biggest-threat/ A Portland food blog Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jean http://goodmaneats.com/2010/03/13/food-subsidies-our-biggest-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-246 jean Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:34:57 +0000 http://goodmaneats.com/?p=1055#comment-246 Yes, you might also add: ruminant animals fed an unnatural, freakish diet of highly acidifying grains, like the feedlot raised cows eloquently described by Michael Pollan, rapidly get so sick that they can only be kept alive if they're pumped full of antibiotics. And the flesh and milk from those sick animals, in turn, is making us humans sick, replete as it is with freakish levels of omega 6 fatty acids, that promote the inflammatory response cascade that underlies almost all the major age associated degenerative diseases: atherosclerosis, type II diabetes, arthritis, alzheimers, you name it. Amortize the cost of your coronary bypass surgery over the cost of each "cheap" big mac, and it starts to look not so cheap anymore. Yes, you might also add: ruminant animals fed an unnatural, freakish diet of highly acidifying grains, like the feedlot raised cows eloquently described by Michael Pollan, rapidly get so sick that they can only be kept alive if they’re pumped full of antibiotics. And the flesh and milk from those sick animals, in turn, is making us humans sick, replete as it is with freakish levels of omega 6 fatty acids, that promote the inflammatory response cascade that underlies almost all the major age associated degenerative diseases: atherosclerosis, type II diabetes, arthritis, alzheimers, you name it.

Amortize the cost of your coronary bypass surgery over the cost of each “cheap” big mac, and it starts to look not so cheap anymore.

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