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Old 11-14-07, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Beverly
It's not the corn and wheat that make us fat, it's the way we prepare it. People have been known to make vegetables fattening also.....deep fried cauliflower, etc
Yeah, but it just seems really weird that with obesity skyrocketing in this country, we're subsidizing farmers to grow corn, wheat, and tobacco, but not fruits and veggies.
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