"Nutritionally worthless foodlike substances"

[unixronin]

We need to stop flattering nutritionally worthless foodlike substances by calling them “junk food” — and instead make clear that such products are not in fact food of any kind.

That's one of the "money quotes" from this article talking about how to make US agriculture actually sustainable again, while improving the quality of food grown in the US and creating positive incentives for people to eat healthy diets instead of endless noshing on junkfood.

"Nutritionally worthless foodlike substances" ... or, in a more Adamsian bent, "Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike food."

Comments

[rbos.livejournal.com]

I just read that. Some of his suggestions seem a little inelegant (I don't like subsidies), but there's a lot to agree with.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

We refer to a lot of things around here as "not-food". The problem is they implement a large part of the "Food" interface, and so in a duck-typing system like the human brain, they *are* food...

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

Typical socialist drivel.

Fascinating - and thank you.

[mrakg.livejournal.com]

The history is essentially correct. The analysis of the current situation is also fairly accurate.

I'm not entirely certain of the conclusions - I'll have to digest them. [punintentional].

Far from "drivel" though...