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Originally Posted by Omaha
It's not about seasoning. I was talking about the crap that gets fed to the cattle. I have to warn you, if you start reading about this stuff, you'll probably change the way you think about food.
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Agreed. I've read about a lot of this stuff. Which again gets back to the point... even when we think we know what we're eating, we don't. Unless we raise our own cattle, we are horribly misinformed. So even if fast food is gross, consumers still have the right to know what goes into their food. Even if pink slime is harmless, consumers have a right to know it's in there and how much. As a classic case of how ****ed up labeling is, beef producers are allowed to claim beef as 100% beef, even if there's a significant amount of pink slime in there. Again, whether you like pink slime or not, you have a right to know if it's there. And our loose regulations enable that.
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I understand what you're saying and it's very possible that I take a lot of this stuff for granted. I spend a lot of time researching it because I find it interesting and practical. (I've improved my allergies, body composition, and overall health over the last few years largely by adjusting/improving my nutrition)
On a very basic level, I think everyone knows that calories out>calories in=weight loss. I agree that people get confused by marketing into believing they are reducing their calories when they really are not. That part can be frustrating, but the info is out there just waiting to be read. Also, I used Big Mac as an example because I thought we were talking about fast food. I really don't think anyone thinks their fast food is going to help them get healthy.
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