GMO vs Organic

[Aractus]

What I'm saying is there are healthier foods then others. For example relying on potatoes to fill your quota of vegetable servings is not the way to go. Some vegetables are better then others. This is the link of 100 of the healthiest foods, and they show the vitamin and mineral content of each to compare from all the food groups.

http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

For example, if you are preparing a salad, kale and spinach are more nutrient dense then iceberg lettuce or romaine. Kale would be considered a super food in that category, while iceberg lettuce is still good but not as good as kale.

You do realise that potatoes are listed on your list as "one of the world's 100 healthiest foods" don't you? There are plenty of other foods not on your list that are just as healthy or healthier than what's there. Kangaroo meat for example - okay sure, you're in the USA, so how about Venison which is leaner than Beef? How about Horse meat - also much leaner than Beef. There's no consistency at all in that list, the foods they've chosen are arbitrary.

Also eating at fast food restaurants is not a good idea then eating fresh food without all the additives. Even the quality of food at McDonalds in Australia is different and better then what McDonalds has in the US. Your country I think bans quite a bit of food we eat here. I'd have to look that up, but I know quite a bit of foods are banned in other countries that we eat here. We are trying to get them to change, and have had success, but still the USDA has a lot of lobbyests giving a lot of money to keep it the way the corporations want it to be to save costs of food production.

We don't ban any foods - there might be a few artificial additives that are banned here but not in the USA, and products have to meet certain standards. For example baby formula has to meet specific requirements, and if the product falls below what's expected then it'll be "banned" until it's fixed (even if the exact same product continues to be available in other places such as your country).

There are a lot of really good restaurants - especially here in Canberra - that serve a huge variety of healthy meals. Fast food yes is something associated with obesity, but it's the food itself that's the problem not the ability to purchase it. There's plenty of healthier fast food options as well.