As one of those who is "time poor", you'll note that my entries are a little erratic. But when I'm working, I do try and pay special attention to matters that specifically regard food.

Last night, while heading into London, I caught an excellent programme on the radio. There's not much point in linking the audio stream, as I believe that the BBC replace the audio feed's, when the next programme has been broadcast. The "analysis" programme is a general "looking into things" type programme, but the following link is to the transcript of the broadcast. You will find it "here" © B.B.C. 2004. If you read through it, you'll see it's main focus seems to be on "Looking after yourself" and makes lot's of valid points/comments in respect of the latest "obesity" problem.

It left me thinking that the various governments of the world have no choice but to legislate against the very people who manufacture your food. Labeling, salt, fat, sugar - those three "magical" ingredients, so beloved by the food industry.

This would need to be done, inasfaras what they add as "extra". for example, when cheese is manufactured/made, it already has quite a high fat content - so this would be just a labeling thing. But with so many other manufactured food products, the additional salt, sugar and fat content, should be banned.

If you are lucky enough to have the time to cook "proper" meals, then that's where you have choice, but in these times of processed ready meal's, they, the manufacturers have taken away your choice. Traditional recipies have been developed in kitchen's and it's your choice to decide if you want to try and modify a flavour by limiting an ingredient. Processed food, is produced from recipes taken from traditional sources and then fucked about with in a laboratory - so "they" can make them taste how "they" want, and make it so you can have it with a relatively long shelf life.

All in the name of profit - nothing against making a profit per se, but these fuckers aren't just making money, they're messing with the very health of society, that the public SHOULD be allowed to take for granted.

I'm sure that you can see that this is a long and complicated matter. One that I will get to again.