This past week we’ve had a couple of ‘news stories’ emerge from the ‘public interest group’ The Center For Science In The Public Interest. For those who might not be familiar with this group, the CSPI has been around since the early 1980’s and is basically against anything that tastes good. If you eat grass and drink water then you might be ok with them but otherwise your diet is considered to be terrible and they want to force you to eat differently.
Over the last few days they have stunned us with the news that fast food (in this case kids meals) is bad for you and that the Thin Mint Blizzard at Dairy Queen is a dietary wasteland.
Well no kidding !!!
I hate to break it to these people but we KNOW the food at these places is bad for us (is there anyone over the age of 10 who does not ?) We also know that it tastes good and that is why we enjoy eating it. I know that I need to eat better, exercise more and lose about 20-30 lbs and I am working on it. But if I periodically go out and eat something bad, so be it. If this means I end up living a few months less then I am willing to make that trade.
I have no problem with a group that tells me when things are good or bad for me, but when they adopt the superior attitude and seek to force me to eat the way they want to then it tends to annoy me.
In fact, I think this weekend I need to go get a nice big Blizzard…… so I guess I do have to thank the CSPI for something.