RE: [NN] Re: POLITICAL: Obama's Agricultural Sec Vilsack

> East Germans had their career path set--that's why they were happy to be
reunited,
> to get rid of it and go to the Western model. This description does not
match the
> reality over there at all. I can only imagine that someone was having a
little fun with
> you. They have more of an active democracy and practical freedom than over
here.
> It's not the middle ages any more and no one fines you if you work on the
sabbath.
> Some people might be conservative and set in their ways but others are
extremely
> libertine. The laws are, on the whole, very much less confining than here.
It just
> doesn't sound like a description of Germany at all.

I was in Germany in the summer of 2006 visiting old German friends from when
I studied there in high school. The one thing I can confirm that Julia wrote
about is the availability of supplements. It's very strictly regulated there
- I think Germany is under Codex already? In any event, the health food
stores there have only a fraction of the supplements available as the health
food stores here in the US. The supplement industry is very strictly
regulated. I could not get betaine HCl for instance, which I take regularly
with each meal since I have digestive issues. I looked into ordering it from
neighboring European countries and having it shipped to my friend's house,
but in the end, I just brought it with me. I stuffed two weeks worth of
capsules into my pockets.

I think this is an egregious affront to Germans' freedom of choice to
consume what they wish. I think often times that supplements fill critical
nutritional holes that are lacking in modern foods. Apparently, Germans are
expected to simply accept nutritional deficiencies....or...spend an arm and
a leg on organic foods (which may not be more nutritional dense anyway).
Couldn't believe how much a small organic chicken costs there!

But of course, nutritionally bankrupt highly processed foods are readily
available to all Germans.

Suze

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