fishy ingredient...

[rootofnewt]

Ick...

Fish ingredient might be introduced to a variety of foods. I could care less about the bacon, fish, forumula, and ham. I want my OJ and bread left alone.

Fortunately, I doubt I really have to worry. It's not like I can buy most store-bought bread, anyhow.

I really don't think enrichment is the solution to widespread malnutrition. I think education is a much better option. I'd say that those who can't be bothered to eat properly will just fall victim to natural selection, but I'm not sure that's fair to those who are too poor to buy enough food.

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[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

purslane is a good source of omega I recently found out, and I have metric buttloads of it growing around here.

No, the solution to problem is encouraging responsible breeding in overcrowded countries and in nutritional studies NOT being influenced by lobbying. That won't solve it completely but it sure as hell will go a long way toward helping. Cold as it may sound I would much rather donate money to an org that provides birth control in countries where children are starving then to send money to feed them. That just furthers the process, more survive to have more children they can't feed, etc. etc. etc. I know how cold hearted and mean that sounds, but lets face it, the current approach isn't working, is it?

[ismene.livejournal.com]

You can't just simply provide the birth control and leave it at that, usually. Women /and/ men need to be educated on why having fewer children is important and many times there's a lot of cultural bias towards huge families that must be overcome, which can take time. In countries where the burden of food production falls on women (sub-Saharan Africa, many Pacific islands), many if not most women want to have several children and want their husbands to have co-wives because then they'll have help with all the farming, pounding of grain, cooking, and so on. I'm all for responsible breeding, but in some cultures getting it to work will require a radical overhaul of that culture.

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

yeah, I agree..I was in a hurry and didn't go into all that, but being educated about this stuff is half the battle. I know high child death rates is also a reason why these people have a higher number of kids, just to see some of them survive, which is another nasty little catch 22...
There's no quick and easy answer, but it's not going to correct on it's own if no one tries to start the education process.