Wjk, I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t enjoy a bit of banter, and honestly, there are myriad sides to any problem that we might examine.

Speaking of the line of fire, my fine Mets fan friend, did I tell you that I am a Yankees fan? (Of course, even you and I might find common ground…I have a soft spot for the Mets after they won the series the last time I returned to NYC in 1986.)

There is debate over what constitutes a healthy diet or food culture but it seems there is a consensus that an industry that promotes a heavily processed food culture is a poor one. If Koreans turn more towards a food culture — with roughly the same recipes — but realized through a western-style industrialized processed food technology, Koreans will suffer the same fate as any other country.

oh well.

I am sorry.

Next time, Mizar5, get out of the line of fire.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Heal.....amp;page=1

I am 5′9″, 175 pounds of muscular weight with little body fat. I have worked out in the mornings since I was in my 20s. I bench press over 250 pounds, run regualarly and am active. In my 50s, people estimate my age as late 30s to early 40s. My cholesterol levels are low, blood pressure ideal. I do not suffer from any diseases, take no medications.

I eat a diet of lean meats (which reminds me that US consumption of beef has declined quite a bit), fresh and cooked vegetables and don’t eat many complex carbs, sugars or junk foods, and I take vitamin supplements. Half of my intake is Korean, half “American” both prepared in nutritious and sound ways.

I agree with Sonagi on most things but I try not to maintain extremist positions. That is to say, I take all sources of information with a grain of salt (pardon the pun), including USDA and alternative sources.

As a younger man, I too was a rather impatient advocate for change, and maintained positions reminiscent of Sonagi’s today. I have been a vegetarian, an Organic food eater, a Conspiracist, etc. Today I am much more moderate. In recent years, I have adopted eating habits modeled loosely after the Zone/South Beach ideals - a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, some meat or fish, and mostly heathy fats. To my thinking, these trends represent a great American breakthrough in the science of diet.

Since my college days in NY I have observed great social changes in the US regarding food culture, the soaring popularity of Japanese cuisine, for instance, as well as the precipitously increased emphasis on heathful diet. Things have improved a great deal, which to the younger observer this might not be so obvious.

I generally share Sonagi’s concern for healthful food choices.

I find myself mostly in agreement with Sonagi about the numerous issues to be dealt out with regard to the globalization of the food supply.

For instance, the FDA needs to institute measures to better inspect imports and the USDA needs to do more to inspect the meat and so forth. These are global challenges that affect the entire industrialized world, including Korea and the govt, the GMA, and others are working hard to seek solutions.

So the general picture that emerges is this: consumer awareness is increasing and is rapidly driving change. People have more healthy food options and are generally improving their eating habits although, as there is no Utopian society, much work remains to be done.

The premise of the article is that we need to turn back the clock from a global to a localized agrarian culture. The essence of my point is that since, realistically, this is not going to happen we might as well all pull together to make improvements wherever we can instead of holding untenably unrealistic idealistic positions.

The fact is that in modern on-the-go societies, we can no longer aspire to eat more than one home cooked meal a day, so it behooves us all to improve the fast food options as well as the home-prepared meals we eat.

Also, we need to assume individual responsibility for being more conscious of what we eat, which I gather you and I are doing.

you should be open with readers that you don’t trust the usda, the fda, etc, and put confidence by paleo.com newsletters.

am I right?

tell us your true ht and wt.

i’ll pass further judgment afterwards.

or not.

the world will starve to death if they essentially grew their own gardens and livestock, the way you claim to effectively do by wasting gas and money to reach out to indy farmers who claim to specialize their products.

eating like that has no proven benefits.

take a look at this.

http://health.yahoo.com/expert.....feel-full/

I am either illiterate or about 85% of this is processed food.

I think you are truly going bonkers without a leg on the claim that European diet is healthy. You don’t seem to be claiming a Mediterranean ancestry.

check out the Japanese guy. He wants to know about your sex life quality.