 Ebery type of food has its negative
if eaten too much. To ban sould
food would be like banning a
culture. Just be responsible and
eat good portions. Mexican food is
equally as fattening and just as
much acause of obesity. |
 17 Jul 2008 19:18
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A food should not be banned unless
it is proven toxic ... Not just
cause its deadly from people over
eating. |
22 May 2008 01:59
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Why just ban soul food? Everyone
has a food they like and if it
sells then people have the right to
sell it to the public. |
01 May 2008 16:51
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People need to be responsible for
their own health issues. There are
many types of food that aren't
healthy for people, but they eat it
anyway, fast food being one of the
top offenders. The key to staying
healthy is eating in moderation,
whether it be soul food, Italian
food, kosher food, Mexican food,
EVERYTHING THAT TASTES GOOD! And,
no, soul food should not be
banned...before long we will become
a communist nation if we're not
careful! |
01 May 2008 01:18
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If a person wants to eat it them
let it be sold. You are in charge
of what you eat and no one else.
Sell it, not ban it. |
29 Apr 2008 20:04
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Well looking at all these answers
everyone is on the same side.....No
banning Soul Food... But why are we
on both sides with the same
answers? |
29 Apr 2008 19:20
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Hmmph.We got freedom of
speech,can't we have freedom of
food too,or are they trying to take
a tradition away? |
29 Apr 2008 17:46
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We can't ban soul food. I think we
need to educate people into eating
moderately in all types of food. |
29 Apr 2008 16:18
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Who's trying to ban soul food?
We cannot ban everything that's
not good for us. Americans are
free to make their own choices
whether or not what they choose is
not in their own best interest.
This is not a police state!
Obesity is common in lower income
communities, because less expensive
food is often starchier, fattier
and higher in calories than the
types of food higher income folks
can afford.
I doubt that soul food is one of
the main causes of obesity in our
country so I don't agree with our
reasoning. I do, on the other
hand, agree that it should not be
banned. |
29 Apr 2008 08:12
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 Banning should be banned! |
29 Apr 2008 07:39
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I hate the stuff are im met to be
on the green side |
25 Oct 2008 15:14
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I'm from the south and soul food is
the best. We know how to grow and
pick our own greens, full of
vitamins and good stuff. Don't
even think about serving a green
bean "al dente" down here, you'll
be laughed at forever. One of the
many causes of obesity is processed
foods and the addition to high
fructose corn syrup to many drinks.
I grew up on KoolAid, with real
white sugar, with no weight gain,
as did most of my friends in my age
group. Soul food consists of real
food. Don't eat anything your
grandmother wouldn't recognize. My
husband jokingly says that it is
the fat and cholesterol that makes
it taste good, but he grew up on
southern country cooking and at 58
is the picture of perfect health,
weight, and looks 20 years younger
than he is. My Granny taught me
how to cook soul food and she died
of old age at 91. She never had
nothing she didn't grow, clean, and
cook herself. Hams were stored in
the smokehouse, veggies and fruits
canned for the winter, so we always
had plenty, and I never knew how
poor we were. I still cook soul
food, but am not narrow minded, so
I cook a lot of things she might
not recognize, but the ingredients
are still fresh. Food is
essential, so there should be no
ban, what a person chooses to cook
in their own home is their
business. If it's fresh green
beans, fried squash, sliced
tomatoes, oven brown potatoes or
potato salad, deviled eggs, fresh
greens cooked with fatback (not
these yuppie "steamed kale"
dishes--that don't count), invite
me over! |
20 May 2008 07:48
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No, in fact I do not agree with
your reasoning, nor your stance on
this issue. You begin by
explaining that soul food is "bad"
because it causes obesity but then
you divulge that you do not feel it
is to be banned. So are we to
determine that we should not ban
things that you feel are bad? I
think perhaps you could reorganize
your thoughts and when you have a
strong stance in the matter, post
this one again. Good luck. |
01 May 2008 00:47
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I don't think that any cultural or
other food should be banned, unless
it is proven toxic. |
29 Apr 2008 20:23
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I am against it i am from the south
and you know we love some soul food
why would you want to ban it? You
can be over wt. And just be eating
to much food. Soul food has nothing
to do with anyones wt. Problem it
is over eating and lack of
exercise. |
29 Apr 2008 17:12
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