"are food subsidies killing us"

[handmade34]

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/07/are-farm-subsidies-killing-us

what we're paying farmers to produce is mainly meat and processed food.

...Overall, 56.2 percent of calories consumed came from the major subsidized food commodities, they found. And this will surprise no one, given how junky the subsidized fare tend to be: Even after adjusting for socioeconomic conditions and lifestyle factors (like smoking), people who ate the most food derived from subsidized crops were much more likely to develop diabetes, heart disease, or stroke than people who consumed the least. The high-subsidy group had higher body mass index (BMI), ratio of waist circumference to height, C-reactive protein level (a marker of chronic inflammation, a warning sign for cardiovascular trouble), and non-HDL cholesterol level...

[marble falls]

1. They're paid to grow cheap GMO corn that indirectly subsidizes meat, soft drinks, fast foods ....

junk foods and cereals.

[fasttense]

2. This is mostly GMO corn and soybeans bathed in Round Up.

Since these corporate conglomerates are farming for the money, it makes sense for them to buy the GMO seeds and spray the seeds, plants and earth with round up, insecticides and petroleum fertilizers. It's easier on a mass scale to do GMOs and dump chemicals on them. No hand labor, it's all done by giant house sized machines.

So, it's abundant and cheap. That's why it is everywhere. There has to be an outlet for the chemical laced grain products. And we wonder why obesity, autoimmune disorders and autism is so rampant in the United States.

[Nay]

3. And as long as they can blame the citizens for getting sick from eating this

stuff, why would things change? As you said, it's no wonder our bodies are in bad shape.