Rant - Nasty food

One of my brothers coined the phrase “nasty food” a while back. It refers to food that tastes great, but is very unhealthy – bacon cheeseburgers and raspberry white chocolate cheesecake, for examples. Though I don’t eat as much of it as I used to, I do love nasty food. My guess is that you do, too. Let’s be honest – salt, sugar, and fat are the three ingredients that make food taste so good. Without salt, your food is bland. Without sugar, your food is less satisfying. Without fat, you’ve got food that tastes like cardboard. Without all three, you have Kashi breakfast cereals (a personal rant for another day). Medically, you should eat as little nasty food as possible. I understand that. What I don’t understand, and won’t accept, is for this to be an ethical or political issue. I have a niece who is a vegan. She is also a beautiful, intelligent, educated woman. She doesn’t try to guilt those around her who eat nasty food. As a human, as an American, it is within our rights to eat what we want to eat. I hope no one ever tries to protect us to death, by limiting what we are allowed to buy and to eat.