Reaction: Nutrition Facts

My classmate, Marcie Barnes, took on the problems with the nutrition facts in our foods for her EOTO project. Her concerns include misleading information on nutrition labels, such as food being able to make the “trans-fat free” claims even when they have a small amount in their ingredients. With obesity with such a rise in America, I think more people should start paying attention to what’s in their food. So much food has ingredients that we can’t even pronounce, so now onw really knows that’s in it. I think we should take time to find out. Research what every ingredient is, learn what you are putting into your body. Learn what that hydrogenated oil will do to your heart!

But Marcie makes a point when she says not everything is revealed in the nutrition labels, this is why we have to take that extra step ourselves. She suggests getting more organic food, which I completely support… if I could afford it. That is one of organic foods’ drawbacks, it’s expensive. I can buy a half-gallon of milk for $2.50, or a half-gallon of organic milk for $3.50, which would I choose if I had a tight budget? I know organic milk is better for me and for the cows, but that an extra dollar. How can families with small incomes afford healthier food? Organic food has to be cheaper. I know it costs more to make, but if you’re making it to begin with, you’re doing it for the good of the people and money should not matter as much. But how do you tell a farmer that? How do you tell him that he won’t make as much money making organic foods and expect to still make them?