Comments on: Food Price Kerfluffle: “Why Do Americans Get to Eat More than Indians?” http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrea http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-282058 Andrea Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:18:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-282058 <p>The amount of calories consumed by an american is much higher than the one consumed by indian. They belong to very different cultures with completely different eating habits and body consumes. Going further into this the type of food are more complex than a balance diet nutrition.</p> The amount of calories consumed by an american is much higher than the one consumed by indian. They belong to very different cultures with completely different eating habits and body consumes. Going further into this the type of food are more complex than a balance diet nutrition.

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By: thiruvelan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-236323 thiruvelan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:52:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-236323 <p>African American consume large amout of fats in their regular food, but the percentage affected due to <a href="http://healthy-ojas.com/cholesterol/cholesterol_details.html">hyperlipidemia</a> is low compared to others. Becuase their body (liver) for generation learns to handle fat with out any harm.</p> <p>Similarly <a href="http://healthy-ojas.com/diabetes/diabetes_details.html">diabetes or blood sugar</a> are not only directly related with sugar or carbohydrate that we consume. There is some thing above all this may be very good working of pancreas, liver or sensitive muscular tissues.</p> African American consume large amout of fats in their regular food, but the percentage affected due to hyperlipidemia is low compared to others. Becuase their body (liver) for generation learns to handle fat with out any harm.

Similarly diabetes or blood sugar are not only directly related with sugar or carbohydrate that we consume. There is some thing above all this may be very good working of pancreas, liver or sensitive muscular tissues.

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By: cc http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-222213 cc Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:34:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-222213 <p>"If Americans were to slim down to even the middle-class weight in India, “many hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa would find food on their plates,” Mehta said. The money Americans spend on liposuction to get rid of their excess fat could be funneled to famine victims instead, he added. (link)"</p> <p>I highly doubt that ANY american debating om wether or not to get lipo would consider NOT getting it so they could feed the world-that is ridiculous.What I do with MY money is no concern of india.I personally dont care enough to give 5 thousand dollars to "India" so that "someone" can feed thier family.I work very hard for my money So I can do what I want with it.Not so someone in India can decide I should give it away.</p> “If Americans were to slim down to even the middle-class weight in India, “many hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa would find food on their plates,” Mehta said. The money Americans spend on liposuction to get rid of their excess fat could be funneled to famine victims instead, he added. (link)”

I highly doubt that ANY american debating om wether or not to get lipo would consider NOT getting it so they could feed the world-that is ridiculous.What I do with MY money is no concern of india.I personally dont care enough to give 5 thousand dollars to “India” so that “someone” can feed thier family.I work very hard for my money So I can do what I want with it.Not so someone in India can decide I should give it away.

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By: saurabh pandey http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-216906 saurabh pandey Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:26:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-216906 <p>iam fully agree with mr. raj patel because he told a good environment of food production.(iam from humber college)</p> iam fully agree with mr. raj patel because he told a good environment of food production.(iam from humber college)

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By: elizabeth http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-210076 elizabeth Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:36:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-210076 <p>i hate u md....</p> i hate u md….

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By: Go Veg, Problem Solved http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-204326 Go Veg, Problem Solved Sun, 25 May 2008 21:11:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-204326 <blockquote><b>Nuking the Chinese - ironically, the most sensible thing for <i>meat eate</i>rs to do</b> My call to nuke the Chinese is an ironic device. Unfortunately, it is actually the most sane thing to do given our current situation, which is an indication of how insane our current situation is. With the consumption of the Chinese rising to meet Australian standards the global economic and environmental situation is untenable. The only result of this can be the inevitable clash of the Americans and the Australians with the Chinese, and the Indians, and the Russians, and the Africans, and every other group who wants to live like we do. Unless the Australians and Americans reduce their consumption and model a more responsible sustainable lifestyle, war with the Chinese, eventually an overt military one, caused by an economic one over the dwindling resources, is the near future of the human race. If we are unwilling to reduce consumption then we should man up and launch a preemptive strike now. <b>The alternative - "go vego</b>"</blockquote> <p>From</p> <p><a href="http://www.atmayogi.com/node/797">http://www.atmayogi.com/node/797</a></p> Nuking the Chinese – ironically, the most sensible thing for meat eaters to do My call to nuke the Chinese is an ironic device. Unfortunately, it is actually the most sane thing to do given our current situation, which is an indication of how insane our current situation is. With the consumption of the Chinese rising to meet Australian standards the global economic and environmental situation is untenable. The only result of this can be the inevitable clash of the Americans and the Australians with the Chinese, and the Indians, and the Russians, and the Africans, and every other group who wants to live like we do. Unless the Australians and Americans reduce their consumption and model a more responsible sustainable lifestyle, war with the Chinese, eventually an overt military one, caused by an economic one over the dwindling resources, is the near future of the human race. If we are unwilling to reduce consumption then we should man up and launch a preemptive strike now. The alternative – “go vego

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By: Democralypse now http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-203712 Democralypse now Sat, 17 May 2008 18:50:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-203712 <p>Apparently, Scythians have taken heed of Bush and Condi's opinions and are not eating rotis anymore. What else can explain the <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/05/wheat-prices-ar.html">significant drop in the price of wheat</a>?</p> <p>But the obstinate Lemurians and chinese are <a href="http://ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rice/Data/RICETABLE4.xls">still stuffing their fat faces with rice though</a>.</p> Apparently, Scythians have taken heed of Bush and Condi’s opinions and are not eating rotis anymore. What else can explain the significant drop in the price of wheat?

But the obstinate Lemurians and chinese are still stuffing their fat faces with rice though.

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By: Vivekananda http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-203574 Vivekananda Fri, 16 May 2008 00:42:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-203574 <p>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aGxiawAqP0.w&refer=latin_america#</p> <p>"Honduran farmers like Alvarez can't compete in a global marketplace where the costs of fuel and fertilizer soared and rice prices doubled in the past year. The former breadbasket of Central America now imports 83 percent of the rice it consumes -- a dependency triggered almost two decades ago when it adopted free-market policies pushed by the World Bank and other lenders. The country was $3.6 billion in debt in 1990. In return for loans from the World Bank, Honduras became one of dozens of developing nations that abandoned policies designed to protect farmers and citizens from volatile food prices.........Governments from Ghana to the Philippines were pressured to cut protective tariffs and farm supports and to grow more high-value crops for export............In the Philippines, the World Bank encouraged the country, the world's biggest importer of rice, to stop striving for self- sufficiency and instead to diversify into crops like tropical fruits which have greater export value..............Philippine President Gloria Arroyo now says the country has to change course toward being able to feed itself...........African nations including Ghana and Mali similarly followed World Bank advice. In 1992, the bank required Ghana to cut tariffs on rice to 20 percent from 100 percent,........In 2004, the bank advised Ethiopia to stop providing fertilizer and credit to small farmers as part of a debt relief package, and it persuaded Indonesia to dismantle its rice marketing board"</p> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aGxiawAqP0.w&refer=latin_america#

“Honduran farmers like Alvarez can’t compete in a global marketplace where the costs of fuel and fertilizer soared and rice prices doubled in the past year. The former breadbasket of Central America now imports 83 percent of the rice it consumes — a dependency triggered almost two decades ago when it adopted free-market policies pushed by the World Bank and other lenders. The country was $3.6 billion in debt in 1990. In return for loans from the World Bank, Honduras became one of dozens of developing nations that abandoned policies designed to protect farmers and citizens from volatile food prices………Governments from Ghana to the Philippines were pressured to cut protective tariffs and farm supports and to grow more high-value crops for export…………In the Philippines, the World Bank encouraged the country, the world’s biggest importer of rice, to stop striving for self- sufficiency and instead to diversify into crops like tropical fruits which have greater export value…………..Philippine President Gloria Arroyo now says the country has to change course toward being able to feed itself………..African nations including Ghana and Mali similarly followed World Bank advice. In 1992, the bank required Ghana to cut tariffs on rice to 20 percent from 100 percent,……..In 2004, the bank advised Ethiopia to stop providing fertilizer and credit to small farmers as part of a debt relief package, and it persuaded Indonesia to dismantle its rice marketing board”

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By: Vivekananda http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-203572 Vivekananda Fri, 16 May 2008 00:23:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-203572 <p>http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=12414&L=en</p> <p>"The UN's new top advisor on food blamed two decades of wrong-headed policies by world powers for the food crisis sweeping the globe, in a stinging interview published on his first day in office.........Schutter said the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) had "gravely underestimated the need to invest in agriculture," and accused the IMF of forcing indebted developing countries to invest in export cash crops at the expense of food self-sufficiency."</p> http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=12414&L=en

“The UN’s new top advisor on food blamed two decades of wrong-headed policies by world powers for the food crisis sweeping the globe, in a stinging interview published on his first day in office………Schutter said the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) had “gravely underestimated the need to invest in agriculture,” and accused the IMF of forcing indebted developing countries to invest in export cash crops at the expense of food self-sufficiency.”

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By: Vivekananda http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/14/food_price_kerf/comment-page-3/#comment-203570 Vivekananda Thu, 15 May 2008 23:56:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5189#comment-203570 <p>http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=1969</p> <p>"Humanity is undergoing in the post-Cold War era an economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale leading to the rapid impoverishment of large sectors of the World population. National economies are collapsing, unemployment is rampant. Local level famines have erupted in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and parts of Latin America. This "globalization of poverty" --which has largely reversed the achievements of post-war decolonization-- was initiated in the Third World coinciding with the debt crisis of the early 1980s and the imposition of the IMF's deadly economic reforms.....................This Worldwide crisis is more devastating than the Great Depression of the 1930s. It has far-reaching geo-political implications; economic dislocation has also been accompanied by the outbreak of regional wars, the fracturing of national societies and in some cases the destruction of entire countries. By far this is the most serious economic crisis in modern history..................The World Bank and the IMF have come forth with an emergency plan, to boost agriculture in response to the "food crisis". The causes of this crisis, however, are not addressed...........IMF/World Bank "economic medicine" is not the "solution" but in large part the "cause" of famine in developing countries. More IMF-World Bank lending "to boost agriculture" will serve to increase levels of indebtedness and exacerbate rather alleviate poverty. World Bank "policy based loans" are granted on condition the countries abide by the neoliberal policy agenda which, since the early 1980s, has been conducive to the collapse of local level food agriculture. "Macro-economic stabilization" and structural adjustment programs imposed by the IMF and the World Bank on developing countries (as a condition for the renegotiation of their external debt) have led to the impoverishment of hundreds of millions of people. The harsh economic and social realities underlying IMF intervention are soaring food prices, local-level famines, massive lay-offs of urban workers and civil servants and the destruction of social programs.............Since the 1980s, grain markets have been deregulated under the supervision of the World Bank and US/EU grain surpluses are used systematically to destroy the peasantry and destabilize national food agriculture. In this regard, World Bank lending requires the lifting of trade barriers on imported agricultural staples, leading to the dumping of US/EU grain surpluses onto local market. These and other measures have spearheaded local agricultural producers into bankruptcy. A "free market" in grain --imposed by the IMF and the World Bank-- destroys the peasant economy and undermines "food security". Malawi and Zimbabwe were once prosperous grain surplus countries, Rwanda was virtually self-sufficient in food until 1990 when the IMF ordered the dumping of EU and US grain surpluses on the domestic market precipitating small farmers into bankruptcy. In 1991-92, famine had hit Kenya, East Africa's most successful bread-basket economy. The Nairobi government had been previously placed on a black list for not having obeyed IMF prescriptions. The deregulation of the grain market had been demanded as one of the conditions for the rescheduling of Nairobi's external debt with the Paris Club of official creditors............Agricultural producers were encouraged to abandon food farming and switch into "high value" export crops. often to the detriment of food self-sufficiency. The high value products as well as the cash crops for export were supported by World Bank loans. Famines in the age of globalization are the result of policy. Famine is not the consequence of a scarcity of food but in fact quite the opposite: global food surpluses are used to destabilize agricultural production in developing countries......."</p> http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=1969

“Humanity is undergoing in the post-Cold War era an economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale leading to the rapid impoverishment of large sectors of the World population. National economies are collapsing, unemployment is rampant. Local level famines have erupted in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and parts of Latin America. This “globalization of poverty” –which has largely reversed the achievements of post-war decolonization– was initiated in the Third World coinciding with the debt crisis of the early 1980s and the imposition of the IMF’s deadly economic reforms…………………This Worldwide crisis is more devastating than the Great Depression of the 1930s. It has far-reaching geo-political implications; economic dislocation has also been accompanied by the outbreak of regional wars, the fracturing of national societies and in some cases the destruction of entire countries. By far this is the most serious economic crisis in modern history………………The World Bank and the IMF have come forth with an emergency plan, to boost agriculture in response to the “food crisis”. The causes of this crisis, however, are not addressed………..IMF/World Bank “economic medicine” is not the “solution” but in large part the “cause” of famine in developing countries. More IMF-World Bank lending “to boost agriculture” will serve to increase levels of indebtedness and exacerbate rather alleviate poverty. World Bank “policy based loans” are granted on condition the countries abide by the neoliberal policy agenda which, since the early 1980s, has been conducive to the collapse of local level food agriculture. “Macro-economic stabilization” and structural adjustment programs imposed by the IMF and the World Bank on developing countries (as a condition for the renegotiation of their external debt) have led to the impoverishment of hundreds of millions of people. The harsh economic and social realities underlying IMF intervention are soaring food prices, local-level famines, massive lay-offs of urban workers and civil servants and the destruction of social programs………….Since the 1980s, grain markets have been deregulated under the supervision of the World Bank and US/EU grain surpluses are used systematically to destroy the peasantry and destabilize national food agriculture. In this regard, World Bank lending requires the lifting of trade barriers on imported agricultural staples, leading to the dumping of US/EU grain surpluses onto local market. These and other measures have spearheaded local agricultural producers into bankruptcy. A “free market” in grain –imposed by the IMF and the World Bank– destroys the peasant economy and undermines “food security”. Malawi and Zimbabwe were once prosperous grain surplus countries, Rwanda was virtually self-sufficient in food until 1990 when the IMF ordered the dumping of EU and US grain surpluses on the domestic market precipitating small farmers into bankruptcy. In 1991-92, famine had hit Kenya, East Africa’s most successful bread-basket economy. The Nairobi government had been previously placed on a black list for not having obeyed IMF prescriptions. The deregulation of the grain market had been demanded as one of the conditions for the rescheduling of Nairobi’s external debt with the Paris Club of official creditors…………Agricultural producers were encouraged to abandon food farming and switch into “high value” export crops. often to the detriment of food self-sufficiency. The high value products as well as the cash crops for export were supported by World Bank loans. Famines in the age of globalization are the result of policy. Famine is not the consequence of a scarcity of food but in fact quite the opposite: global food surpluses are used to destabilize agricultural production in developing countries…….”

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