The Navy Times reported that fried chicken is out and healthy eating is in. You want fries with that? Too bad, they are out as well.
From the Navy Times:
Fried food is out and nutritional nagging is in as part of the big changes coming to your chow hall.
Menus will not see significant changes — not yet, at least. But you can say goodbye to the fried foods you have come to know and love; breaded chicken, French fries, and the like will be baked in state-of-the-art ovens rather than deep fried. Whole milk will be replaced by skim and soy; fruits and vegetables will be on prominent display. The fast line will remain, but its offerings will be cut back.
And this is just the beginning.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced a host of sweeping changes in May that will affect everything from promotions and training to uniforms and fitness. As part of that, he has set his sights on a well-balanced diet, which he calls “the foundation of a healthy lifestyle” that will provide capable warfighters and lower medical costs.
Seriously, they are only allowing a choice between skim milk and soy milk? These people clearly don’t know much about nutrition. The more ‘fat’ you take out the more it’s replaced with sugars or other variables that aren’t as healthy.
Most likely this is something that Michelle Obama is a part of. Only a nutritionally uneducated tool would do to the Navy what she did to school lunches.
As if military chow wasn’t bad enough.
Meanwhile the Obama’s eats meals fit for a king.
what, no spinach?
A lot of it depends on the amount of physical activity is being expected of you, (the service member). Desk bound REMF’s don’t really need as many calories as soldier or sailor who is doing exhaustive physical work.
As a point of information, C-rations are absolutely delicious when you are starving. I never got to try MRE’s so I can’t give an opinion on them.
Those who risk their lives every day for this country should be able to eat or drink whatever they wish. I really hate the government.
Midrats after flight ops will never be the same...
Is the idea to encourage healthy eating, or to break their morale? I’m surprised that they haven’t gone back to hardtack and salt pork. Of course the Muslims would probably object to the salt pork.
How long til they go vegan?
Kerry used to enjoy a nice Steak when he was sitting on a Navy Destroyer off the Coast of Vietnam.
Soy Milk, if I’m not mistaken, contains estrogen like hormones. Maybe their intent is feminization of the sailors.
They used to say that the best food in the navy was on the “boomer” submarines. Now just broccoli and kale with soy milk.