Idiocracy: Food Packaging Should Have Traffic Light Labels?

Heather Callaghan

The main character in the movie Idiocracy goes to the hospital of the future and tries to tell the clerk about his problem. She apathetically scans her finger over a bunch of picture buttons that indicate a medical problem - she doesn't have to think. Imagine if everything was even further reduced from Idiocracy into nothing but basic colors and shapes. It would almost be like shopping with Big Bird as your guide.

"Should food products be labeled with traffic light symbols to make health-related information on ingredients easier to understand?"

Apparently, this very topic has been up for debate...according to researchers at the University of Bonn. This writer would like to show you that this is really only yet another study that benefits Big Food, not the obesity-ridden consumer.

Food Matters: Are You Fed Up?

Heather Callaghan

But what will you do about it?

The movie documentary FED UP may not have played at theaters near you - but very recently, it was made available on DVD and online. The tagline is: "It's time to get real about food." But will viewers really be empowered to do that when they watch?

Are you interested in seeing it? The trailer is below.

This writer cannot align herself completely with the views and messages of the movie since it hasn't been viewed yet.

(And I have suspicions about its ultimate message...)

Study Proposes Outrageous Solution In Lieu of Family Dinners

"It's been great kids - gotta go!"

Heather Callaghan

It's true - magazines, television and other popular media increasingly urge families to return to the kitchen, stressing the importance of home-cooked meals and family dinners for both physical health and emotional strength.

It's almost like a sick joke to finally push for things that are so out of reach for the average family. Especially after decades of culture creation eroding family life away, and an economy deeper in the toilet than ever before. So what could researchers have to offer? But first...

Foodist "extraordinaire" Michael Pollan wowed audiences with this obvious gem - that the average family spends four minutes in the kitchen cleaning up after dinner. And oh, what could they possibly be eating with a four-minute cleanup, with nary enough time to wash pots and pans? I didn't get swept away by his Chomsky-esque observations. I first heard about him for his standing up for the Food Safety Modernization Act a few years ago - a sweeping power giveaway to the FDA à la global Codex guidelines. It will do the opposite of keeping food affordable, safe or local.

So one must ask himself - how helpful are these astute observations?

Canned Food and Wine Ingredient Causes Adverse Reactions

Heather Callaghan

It was night time. I was in bed. I was tired and ready to rest to begin the next day.

That's when I thought I was going to have a heart attack.

Out of the blue, my heart starts uncontrollably racing. A weak, erratic, snare-drum pace. Then came the sudden nausea and "heavy lungs."

What caused this?

You know when you get food poisoning, how you just know what caused it? (well, there's also evidence) But I just knew what caused this scary event - and I was right!

How to Boycott Big Food

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Big Food Employs Cyber Armies to Confront Critics

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As you read this article, Nestle is reading it too.

Big food companies enjoy greater sales and popularity using social media. Nestle takes it even further with its state of the art Digital Acceleration Team (DAT). Tasked with "listening, engaging, transforming, inspiring," it actually looks more like a brightly lit intelligence base complete with a TV news studio-like room.

If Nestle is the number one food company and 12th place in the Reputation Institute's most popular brands, why would it need a special department to oversee all internet buzz - even real-time posted recipes?

Nestle is worth $200 billion and has 6,000 brands to protect, many of which are number one in their market -- A little spare change goes a long way in damage control. And Nestle is still under fire from some ongoing PR nightmares.

Reuters clarified last fall that Nestle follows cyber rules and also does not buy popularity or fake profiles through social media sites. It merely monitors and deploys people to respond to negative media. Within minutes, they respond to questions and criticisms all over the net.