"Soul Food Junkies"

Derri wrote: It's true about cooking greens until there is no nutrition left. Pointless. But that's part of why it tastes so good. Who wants to eat raw okra?  But it's not just how food is prepared, first of all, most of the foods we eat in this part of the world have been genetically modified. That is a problem in itself. I recently stopped eating corn because of this. But it's not just corn. I don't eat seedless fruit. That's an oxymoron in itself.  Then we have all the processed foods. The powdered cheese (yuck) all of the zero nutritional value  sodas and drinks. Coupled with little exercise and supplementation.  I see mothers at the mall giving their BABIES Mcnuggets and pepsi to eat and drink!!! And It's not just black people.

Always loved soul food but when I eat it I feel like I'm getting fat as I shovel a spoon full of it in my mouth.. Older people will always have a tough time changing this because they don't know the reason why they eat it but they were taught this way.. Sometimes to them this is the only way 

Ladybird0724 wrote:  good point. I don't think that the documentary will really touch on that part of the conversation, but it's a really relavent part to it.  have you ever read any of Michael Pollan's books? I really like the way that he discusses corn in "the omnivore's dilemma" I never realized how much corn was in everything i agree its not just  black people. when I worked on a reservation, I remember some of the moms giving their babies watered down Coke in their bottles. Diabetes was no joke there. and of course the babies that would drink sausage gravy in their bottles.

Ladybird0724 wrote: Derri wrote: It's true about cooking greens until there is no nutrition left. Pointless. But that's part of why it tastes so good. Who wants to eat raw okra?  But it's not just how food is prepared, first of all, most of the foods we eat in this part of the world have been genetically modified. That is a problem in itself. I recently stopped eating corn because of this. But it's not just corn. I don't eat seedless fruit. That's an oxymoron in itself.  Then we have all the processed foods. The powdered cheese (yuck) all of the zero nutritional value  sodas and drinks. Coupled with little exercise and supplementation.  I see mothers at the mall giving their BABIES Mcnuggets and pepsi to eat and drink!!! And It's not just black people.  good point. I don't think that the documentary will really touch on that part of the conversation, but it's a really relavent part to it. have you ever read any of Michael Pollan's books? I really like the way that he discusses corn in "the omnivore's dilemma" I never realized how much corn was in everything i agree its not just  black people. when I worked on a reservation, I remember some of the moms giving their babies watered down Coke in their bottles. Diabetes was no joke there. and of course the babies that would drink sausage gravy in their bottles.

wow, i've seen some hoodrats do soda but never gravy...gravy though?  is this a substitute for baby food?