[quote=FlyerInHi] . . . I’m lucky that, in my family, we cooked from scratch, instead of consuming Big Food. Big Food continues to blanket the airwaves with commercials telling us that buying name brands is a sign of caring for your family.[/quote]We did, too, but it was primarily due to the culture of my parents and for economic reasons. We even grew some of our own vegetables. In addition, there wasn’t anywhere near the selection of “Big Food” when I was growing up as there is today. I could count on my two hands the times I had a bottle or can of soda growing up. It was always when I was at a large family picnic and there was a separate ice chest of fruit-flavored soda and root beer for the kids. I didn’t even try (Diet) Pepsi, Tab or Dr Pepper until after I graduated from HS. We never had soda around the house and my schools were not allowed to sell it. As an adult, I took cans of Diet Pepsi to work to save $$ from buying it in a machine. I NEVER, EVER drank soda with sugar in it and NEVER bought it for my kids. To this day, none of them drink it.
