tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post1084544932874270403..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: A pregnancy that men should also avoid. Yes, men, too!Sriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-48856983080335613682013-06-04T05:22:23.845-07:002013-06-04T05:22:23.845-07:00Looks like it was a coffee-deprived Ramesh who wro...Looks like it was a coffee-deprived Ramesh who wrote this rant, er, comment ;)<br /><br />What you write about is exactly what I meant as science and technology being a double-edged sword. Borlaug's Green Revolution that you write about is an example of the awesome things that we can do with science. I have nothing against it, and have always been highly, highly appreciative of that.<br /><br />Unfortunately, there are other food technologists who systematically work to come up with the next best way to slip food into us so fast that before our brains understand it, kaboom, we have added pounds of lard and the "food baby" is born. It is this breed of food scientists and technologists who use that other edge of that double-edged sword! <br /><br />Get yourself some coffee, dude ;)Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-53491300774346182252013-06-03T23:29:14.703-07:002013-06-03T23:29:14.703-07:00Hey - what have you got against the food industry ...Hey - what have you got against the food industry ????? Everything we eat is chemicals - why is "naturally occurring" chemical any better than artificially introduced chemical.<br /><br />There are umpteen instances of so called natural food not being good for you either. Frozen peas are actually demonstrably better for you than fresh peas. Iodized salt is better than natural salt in many countries. Mangoes are much better when plucked and ripened in hay rather than being allowed to ripen on the tree and fall to the ground. Many scientifically produced rice strains have better calorific value than "natural rice". Pasteurized milk is better than drinking from the cow's teats. Shall I go on ......... :)<br /><br />Sure , avoid the cookie and chips aisles, but without the food industry, man would be starving. That's not an exaggeration. But for the efforts of the great Normal Borlaug, India would have been a starving nation for a lot longer.<br /><br />You put vanilla drops into filter coffee ?????? Next time I see you, I'll cuff you on the head for that :)Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com