Re:After TFA, read this too (Score 1)

I never said that all of the blame should be on the producers. I said a lot of it can. And, the macronutrients you mention are not necessarily the most important, just the most referenced. There are tons of other nutrients that we have no idea about that are likely destroyed by processing. Scientists are still discovering them and likely will for many, many years.

I agree that most of the population should know how to read a label, but how many actually do? I've actually heard people say they don't know what foods are carbohydrates and what foods are proteins. After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I tried to explain it in as non-confusing terms as possible.

Perhaps I should have said that ignorance is the worst sin.

You and I actually do agree on most points, believe it or not. :) Your last statement is spot on, and something that people just don't understand. I see too many people eating simply for the tastes they've been conditioned for and refusing to eat the healthy stuff (they think it's "yucky," I guess), even when they're experiencing major health problems because of it. It's quite frustrating. Helping people fix their nutrition issues is as much psychological as it is physical.

I know a very intelligent, great guy who refuses to eat anything but fatty meats and processed carbs like mashed potatoes and pasta. This guy will not even look at vegetables, and drinks only orange juice, and wonders why he has major gastrointestinal problems. He just has no understanding of what he's doing to himself. However, he'll come around. :)