Food Police

I loath the Food Police.
We all get what we are to do but Americans obviously don't want to because we are fatter than ever.

They've made Paula Deen Satan.
They act so high and mighty.
Now they want to regulate sugar as a toxin.

Look our parents and grandparents were thin and ate this stuff.
But they died younger. They weren't told what food was to be eaten in moderation or to be aware of the problems that could arise. They also moved more than we do today.

But I think there were other differences with the older generation.
They grew up eating real food. No chemicals and fake food.
Rick and I know very few people who eat real food.
Hell I don't even use microwave popcorn because it is loaded with junk.
I remember having someone over for dinner and they asked if I really made that mac 'n cheese from scratch. No blue boxes at my house but if you want to eat from them I don't care. I am not going to police anyone about their food.

It all comes down to moderation.
I think if you have a butter laden dish by Paula Deen every once in awhile it will not kill you.
If you eat like that all the time, it surely will.
How dumb must one be to think you eat like that all the time?
I have made some desserts by Paula for parties and such.
Always a big hit. No one ate the whole thing. A piece. Yummo!
But you can't eat a stick of butter a day or you will be in an early grave.
So why make her be Satan? She's not making you eat like this every damn day.

I watch a lot of Food Network TV and I find recipes and make them my own.
Cooking isn't like baking. It is not an exact science. 
These are ideas and you can make them meat free or eat them as they show them.
These are ideas like the ones on HGTV.
I don't always like the designers finished projects but I always learn a trick or two or tweak it to make it my own.

So the food police want to make it so that sugar can be a regulated toxin. 
Doesn't every adult know by now that eating a large amount of sugar isn't good for you?
Haven't we all heard over and over again how spiking your glycemic levels is a big cause of weight gain? And don't we all know that obesity brings on a plethora of illnesses?

I personally will eat sugar any day over the chemical of Aspartame.
Have any of you ever read this stuff?   Or this?
It will make you think twice about aspartame.
But if you want to injest it go for it. I will not police you or point it out to you.

Rick was having a lot of the side effects from aspartame and he had to do a detox.
It was scary. But once he got it out of his system he no longer had headaches or any of the other issues. He now drinks real coke only, made in Mexico no less, with real sugar.
It tastes a lot like the coke we know from being kids. Less sweet and actually better.
He now just drinks less of them.

I have never been a pop drinker (or soda if you call it that) just not my thing not for any reason other than I just don't like it unless I had a hang over.
For some reason a pepsi or coke the morning after always be what the doctor ordered.

So I don't drink anything with sugar unless I am having a Cabernet Sauvignon or in the summer I do love my Kool aid.  But if I did drink pop that would just make me use some common sense and drink less. Same with kool-aid.  These are just my personal feelings.
If you want to drink aspartame - go for it.
I am not the police and that's my point!
I will never come to your home or eat out with you and point out that I wouldn't do it that way.
It's your life, your choice, and who the hell am I to change your mind?

Now do we really need the government to tell us what we can and can't eat?
Parents feed their kids junk all day long. Chicken nuggets, blue boxes of mac and cheese.
I don't know people who actually make meals anymore that aren't out of a box.
(I know a time thing)
I also don't know parents who give their children milk either.
It's always sugar laden juice or pop.
I find that sad but again it's their life.
I am not the police.

So if adult people want to eat junk. Let 'em.
If adult people want to feed their kids junk, let 'em.
If adult people want to be vegan's, go for it.
If adult people want to smoke cigarettes, let 'em.
By God there comes a point when people need to be adults and take responsibility for themselves.

We have all been told and told again how to eat and be healthy.
If we chose not to do it who's fault is it but our own?

So if I want to have some butter - bug off.
If I want to eat red meat - bug off.
I will not eat fat free this or that because it is loaded with chemicals.
My own doctor has told me time and time again she would prefer I eat real food in moderation.

Having said all that I want the food police to leave me the hell alone.
If I am going to put real butter on my real popcorn don't say anything.
And if you do, don't you dare ask me for a taste of mine 'cause I will not share with the food police.

I have gone to dinner with people who say things like, "Are you really going to eat that?"
I generally just smile and say, "Yup, want some?"
And the last time this happened it was from a person who left the table while we were drinking wine after dinner to have a smoke. 
See?.....Food police drive me crazy!

Mange!