BTW, the alleged time traveler John Titor refused to eat anything he hadn’t seen grown himself. Interesting, huh? Not that he was real… but whatever he had seen in the future scared him out of eating food of unknown origins. (Hey, you know I had to get that in somehow.)

richie, yeah it’s interesting how the roles have reversed over the years. it used to be that the rich were fat and the poor thin, because the rich could afford more and ate fattier foods. Now the poor are fat because the foods they can afford are so bad for them and the rich can afford both expensive health foods and plastic surgeries.

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/ethicsofeating/index.shtml

I see a bit more contrast bwteen food and sex but I see the point. Yes, Americans are not careful what we eat.

Naomi took a class for her teacher certification that compared different economic strata with their food preferences. The poor wanted a lot of food for a little price. The rich wanted exotic food (not in great quantities) at whatever price and the middle class people wanted good food at a reasonable price.