> By toxic the author means causes diarrhea due to unabsorbed oils/waxes.
Oh, I see. No problem then, move along.
> Zero calorie seafood, I never knew?
Reading favourably before going into a rant is an important skill to have. If you try it, you'll see that the article has a good point with fake seafood, past the somewhat ridiculous comparison.
> In reality, we have never had such abundant, safe food in the history of humanity.
The US has also slipped to 27th place in life expectancy. So is everything good enough now? Should we never innovate again, because "look how bad people had it in the past"?
>So is everything good enough now? Should we never innovate again, because "look how bad people had it in the past"?
I don't think the guy you're responding to said we should never innovate again, just that the level headed response to today's food situation in the United States is not to declare there is an apocalypse, which is what the article is doing.
Tbh. I'm a bit confused by this reaction. When we had the horse meat scandal in Europe, it was a huge, in the news for weeks. If this article is right, it seems like this sort of scam is almost the norm in the US, and people don't really seem to care. In the countries I'm most familiar with (Western Europe, Japan), if a restaurant turns out to be feeding you a cheap substitution for what they advertise, they are done for. Even big chains like Mac Donalds aren't safe, as they had to painfully recognise in July 2014 [1] following a meat scandal. Their sales went down a third for about a year, resulting in quite a substantial operative loss. If potentially dangerous fake olive oil or Tuna doesn't cause a huge media outcry in the US, what will?
Escolar is generally not a problem if you limit portion size, so calling the fish "toxic" is a little bit overblown. It is a very tasty fish, to be honest.
The problem here is that the labeling is poor. It's too often called "white tuna" in American sushi restaurants (as the article implies), for I guess marketing reasons. And there's no warning about potential gastrointestinal difficulties.
From what I can Google, sushi restaurants are incredibly bad about mislabeling fish. (We all know that "wasabi" is usually green dyed horseradish, too. :) )
Oh, I see. No problem then, move along.
> Zero calorie seafood, I never knew?
Reading favourably before going into a rant is an important skill to have. If you try it, you'll see that the article has a good point with fake seafood, past the somewhat ridiculous comparison.
> In reality, we have never had such abundant, safe food in the history of humanity.
The US has also slipped to 27th place in life expectancy. So is everything good enough now? Should we never innovate again, because "look how bad people had it in the past"?