<p>I like to eat. I like food. I like it a lot.</p><p>But I like Food. As in real food that is made from edible ingredients - things that will probably spoil eventually and will need to be cooked. Simple ingredients taste best to me.</p><p>Don&#39;t get me wrong: I&#39;m not a nutrition expert or a strict health nut. I can eat a Big Mac. I&#39;d rather have almost anything else, but I don&#39;t think an occasional mass-produced burger will kill me. I can appreciate a <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/36656">Twinkie for what it is</a> - not exactly food, but a food product that is darn tasty in its own way.&#0160;</p><p>You know what I really like about Twinkies? A Twinkie doesn&#39;t claim&#0160; to be food, or at least nutritious food.&#0160;</p><p>(Actually, I don&#39;t eat Twinkies. I think they&#39;re pretty bland. But I love Mallomars.)</p><p>What I think is unforgivable is when fake food pretends to be nutritious. Did you know that the first ingredient in a <a href="http://www.minimus.biz/detail.aspx?ID=7281">Strawberry Nutrigrain bar is high fructose corn syrup</a>? It&#39;s also the ninth ingredient. This, in a product that calls itself a &quot;nutri&quot; - &quot;grain&quot; bar. </p><p>That pisses me off almost as much as those &quot;fruit juices&quot; and &quot;milks&quot; you get in vending machines - have you ever read the labels? Yep, high fructose corn syrup is invariably the second ingredient -- after water. </p><p>Why do these food companies even pretend they&#39;re selling food? Why not inject corn-derived sweeteners straight into our veins?</p><p>It&#39;s past the point of ridiculousness. </p>
