Grosse (putzen etwas hier) - Big (fill in the blank)

my lactose intolerant friend likes to talk about the dairy industry as Big Milk. he believes them to be as evil as Big Tobacco. Big Milk's incessant advertisement of dairy as necessary to adult nutrition is ridiculous and false to him - as he believes he is doing just fine without it, thank you very much!

gluten intolerance has prompted me to further the conversation with rantings on Big Wheat. is it a conspiracy that most american comfort foods are based on a glutenful item of some kind (even BBQ sauce contains flour and probably maltodextrin) or that i can't really eat in a fast food restaurant anymore (read up on the macdonald's fries fiasco)? probably not. but it's fun to theorize. conversations on Big Tobacco, Big Milk, Big Wheat, Big Meat, heck even Big Tea, have kept brian, meena, dan and i amused for whole weekends in napa (Big Wine?). damn those evil large industries keeping us down and tricking us into submission!

so imagine my surprise to see, hanging on the wall of an elementary school cafeteria, a sign reading "Get to Know Big Nutrition!"

the food pyramid changing shape, good/bad/omega fats, margarine vs. butter, anti-oxidants are great/will kill you... dude, don't even get me started on Big Nutrition.