Comments on: Bill Maher & Michael Pollen – Food Production

By: Slugg329

Slugg329 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

If all food is evil …
If all food is evil what the do I eat?

By: nessyslife

nessyslife — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

Excellent video my …
Excellent video my friend. Thankyou so much for the share.

By: EdwarioERS

EdwarioERS — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

Culturally, the …
Culturally, the western world doesn’t eat cat’s and dogs. They are our domesticated companions; a part of the family. We’d only eat them if got really desperate….. stranded on a desert island desperate.

Just an observation.. hear me out. Cultures/regions of the world that TODAY eat cats and dogs…… are
A. DESPERATE
B. HAVE BRUTALITY

The poor, desperate and brutally victimized people of some African and Asian countries couldn’t care less.

By: Locrian08

Locrian08 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

If you care about …
If you care about human and nonhuman animals Pollan is not your ally. In this clip he says he’s in favor of consuming chicken and cow’s milk. He conventiently ignores extensive research (google the China Study) linking animal protein to cancer. He conveniently avoids that directly consuming plants is the most ecologically efficient way to get protein. (If he cared about efficiently concentrating protein from a diverse range of crops he would promote Leaf Protein Concentrate production).

By: UMakeTheConnection

UMakeTheConnection — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

Try to eat a plant …
Try to eat a plant based diet, with lots of whole grains, pasta, rice, potatoes… all the veggies and fruit you want… keep it simple and pure… spice it up… enjoy. Your body will thank you.

By: Locrian08

Locrian08 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

skeletonmom: I’m …
skeletonmom: I’m not sure what you’re claiming about the ethics of consuming plants, but if you were to argue that one must hold that eating plants is as immoral as eating animals, it would still follow that to kill the least number of plants and animals you should only eat plants (the fewest number of plants are consumed when you eat them directly). ‘Ancestral people’ (ie our ancestors) also engaged in slavery, committed genocide. Consuming animals is no longer required to preserve our lives.

By: UMakeTheConnection

UMakeTheConnection — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

You know Locrian08 …
You know Locrian08 I agree. I love the fact this issue was raised on HBO at least… in fact, you would never see this discussion on mainstream tv… The China Study is life altering… I have T. Colin Campbell interviews on my fav’s log.. I am just trying to get people to stop and think, and even take baby steps to save to planet as well and most important, to make the connection with the sentient beings that have just as might right to this world as we do…..

By: LostFan487

LostFan487 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

well, I think what …
well, I think what Slugg’s saying is that everyone has a bone to pick with everything. You suggest pasta, which is a good alternative, but in the recent months, all the scare talk has been about gluten. Somebody else mentioned the growing connection between animal protein and cancer. We all know why we have to avoid high fructose corn syrup.

I would say that everything in moderation is fine. Try your best to get corn syrup out of your diet. (i.e. if you’re making cookies, make them from scratch

By: LostFan487

LostFan487 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

eggs, butter, flour …
eggs, butter, flour, etc., rather than buying store-bought crap) Make adjustments to the environment, like eating locally, and as Food, Inc. mentions, don’t eat out-of-season foods.

Then, of course, as an ethical vegetarian I couldn’t not mention giving up all animal meats, or at the bare minimum, buy free range and never from corporate fat-cats, i.e. McDonalds, Tyson, etc.

By: XXXOffroad

XXXOffroad — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000

What? He exposes a …
What? He exposes a corrupt system and you badmouth him? If you want to make a movie about the China Study do it but don’t tear down people who are trying to help. I think this is a very good documentary, I’d love to see something similar on the China study.