Do you just feel better when you purchase something that says multi-grain? I shut down the part of my brain that knows to check the ingredient label to verify the first listed ingredient says the word: whole grain.
Unless the label says whole grain, I know it is processed grain.
Processed grain means all the good stuff has been leached out prior to making the food product.
So, you ask, why don't I check to see if it is whole grain? I select multi-grain because I like it, not because of the fiber cleansing possibilities.
I enjoy my freedom of choice.
Food manufacturers stay tuned to the Medical Channel.
They know the keywords the public wants to see on the package.
Just say the word multi-grain and the majority of folks will have a light bulb moment and toss the muti-grain tortilla chips in the cart, feeling very good about their choice.
In reality, many of the labeled whole wheat products could be substituted for Wonder bread and a little brown dye.
Don't you just miss the days you could go to lunch, order a BLT on white with extra mayonnaise without someone at your table looking at your table like you have lost your mind.
Then said person will, depending on his or her conversational skills, introduce recent cholesterol studies or the recent reports on the pork industry.
Give me a break people.
This is one bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich.
I want my freedom of choice back.
Next time someone asks me to go to lunch, my first response will be to ask him if he has a problem with

1. pork - in all forms, including bacon, ham
2. mayonnaise - no preference, although I do prefer Hellman's
3. white bread - I will eat with the crusts on (although I did get used to having them cut off)
4. potato chips and/or french fries - no, I do not prefer cottage cheese with canned peaches on top

If he is able to answer these questions to my satisfaction and/or have not hung up on me, I look forward to our lunch- without the food police.
Excuse me for the ranting nature of this post- it's just I have been the victim of the food police many times in my life.
No one is safe.
My attackers now focus on  my diet coke consumption.
Before you tell me, let me tell you the negatives of excessive consumption of diet soda:

• can make you gain weight (I concur if group decides to eat more because they have cut back calories by not drinking regular soda, e.
  g.
  an extra large order of french fries)
• can contribute to teeth decay (I concur if they do not brush their teeth, even without proper dental care individual's still has teeth, a meth addict does not)

These are just two of the many I have heard.
Again, I quote Mommy's response when she receives unwarranted advice repeatedly.
"Blow it out your barracks bag.
" I am not exactly sure what a barracks bag is, but the retort definitely fits.
I appreciate you do not eat animal products and only eat vegetables grown in organic gardens in Orange County, California.
Please understand, I am a southern gal raised on diet coke, fried chicken and moon pies.
I already gave up the moon pies.
Leave me alone.