31 August 2004

Wow, did you see the articles in the WSJ yesterday? One was on milk consumption and the other on new dietary guidelines. Nicholas Zamiska wrote about milk consumption. The new guidelines pump up the recommended dairy levels. Good and bad, like many solutions. A compromise for the consumer who may opt to do something else with an extra $5 per month. Is it that much worse to buy one more cheap twelve-pack of soda? Imagine if our schools think that way. Er, maybe they already do. There is a milk club in the smallest of coastal villages that encourages the discouragement of sugar-based sodas. I am getting the scoop on it. Soda hits the sugar fix, and maybe if one drinks more soday they will drink less alcohol. But soda will rot nails in a jar. Try it. Place an iron nail in a glass of soda and watch it. Can't be good.