02-05-2012, 10:58 PM
Black wrote:
[quote=$tevie]
As far as eating healthy goes, all I can think of is “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"
I try not to focus on it but seeing shopping carts overflowing with empty-calorie comfort foods freaks me out. Especially dealing with people's health issues on a professional level daily.
All of these points are part of the equation I think. I was once in line behind a young woman purchasing 5 or 6 Red Bulls and using a state assistance card to pay for them. After she left the cashier gave me an earful about how angry that makes her. Now, I don't think it's cool for cashiers to talk like that, but I could see her point. That's what this young woman has decided to use for calories I guess. Maybe that should be restricted, it gets tricky though because for some a similar product might have value.
As $tevie says, the focus should be on what ALL of us are eating, because clearly we are doing something wrong! If we're going to ban the grocery store bakery and the soda and cookie aisles for public assistance, maybe just do away with them altogether?