Reply #44: You are conflating two different arguments, and coming up ridiculous. [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

I didn't say that fast food would not be better than a diet of dirt. I said a fast food diet will kill you. That is a fact.

And on the subject of the dirt:

"The mud has long been prized by pregnant women and children here as an antacid and source of calcium."

There are many places in the tropics where certain dirts are a regular part of the diet. Not just 'go into the yard and start eating' but particular dirts that have nutrients and minerals that are lacking in the diet otherwise. It is NOT supposed to be the complete diet, but a dietary supplement. It may seem bizarre to us, but it is a fact. This appalling situation is that what is normal as a supplement has become the complete diet. I completely agree that this is a dire problem. No doubt the other poster agrees.

The simple fact of the matter is that the fast food industry diverts thousands of tons of good foodstuffs into the making of unhealthy foods, then throws away hundreds of tons of that product. That original good food would easily feed every starving person on earth.

I think you are letting your outrage overcome your critical faculties.