Posted on 06/21/2011 5:04:21 PM PDT by Nachum
If you've ever seen the film "The Road to Wellville" you know that eating wheat or corn flakes without sugar is like eating cardboard. The scene where Matthew Broderick and his partner are trying to duplicate Dr. Kellogg's corn flake recipe is hysterical, as batch after batch of their imitation flakes comes out inedible.
Well, the FDA is about to order food processors and manufacturers to drastically cut sugar and other "unhealthy" additives in the name of saving the children - from obesity.
Audrey Hudson at Human Events:
It's not just the usual suspected foods that are being targeted, such a thin mint cookies sold by scouts or M&Ms and Snickers, which sponsor cars in the Sprint Cup, but pretty much everything on a restaurant menu.
Although the intent of the guidelines is to combat childhood obesity, foods that are low in calories, fat, and some considered healthy foods, are also targets, including hot breakfast cereals such as oatmeal, pretzels, popcorn, nuts, yogurt, wheat bread, bagels, diet drinks, fruit juice, tea, bottled water, milk and sherbet.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The list, ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
I’ll stick with my Chocolate Cheerios.
I ate tons of Frosted Flakes (They’re GREAT!) and have no obesity issue.
Good thing we’re all just too stupid to know that the food Nazis are making all our food decisions for us......*sigh*
The left continues to be “commonsense challenged”.
Just so long as they leave my ‘Possum tarts alone
|
What is the point of removing sweeteners from cereals when the consumer will just add whatever they want to suit their taste?
This is not about obesity. Its about government power.
Mike
“This is really a no brainer, parents. Cook, rather than take your kid to McDonalds. Yes, it’s hard after a long day of work to make dinner but having a kid was your choice and it’s up to you to see that the child is fed the right way. Take some responsibility for your kid’s health and the Food Nazis’ power will be broken. “
Disagree. The fascists will restrict what ingredients you have available, and will restrict your energy to cook it with. Home cooking will not defeat the fascists.
As kids, we always sprinkled sugar over our unsweetened cereals.
Since quite a number of meals at public schools are reduced or 'free', IE: we get to pay for it, and all of those meals must fit within nutritional guidelines given to the school, if they REALLY wanted to affect obesity, they might want to start there first.
Honestly, looking at what most schools offer in the way of meals, it is absolutely disgusting. They 'preach' eating a balanced diet, it's required curriculum in the schools, but all that goes out the window when the student gets to the cafeteria and is offered pizza on a daily basis, or nearly a pound of mac n' cheese substitute.
So now, in addition to everything else, Obama knows how to make cereal better than Kellogg’s?
The guy’s a frickin’ genius, I tell ya!
Well this is okay - as a federal agency, the FDA only has the jurisdication to make policy for federal employees during the time they are at work and engaged in their federal jobs. So this has nothing to do with the rest of us non-federal employees, or with federal employees when they're not at work.
Right?
If you take away my oatmeal and popcorn, it won’t be the food that kills.............
...... IT WILL BE ME, with my bare hands.
Some years ago, it was my custom to stop by a local bakery each morning on my way to work. My favorite was a bear claw and a cup of coffee. Now and then, for variety, an apple fritter and a cup of coffee.
Had I needed still more variety, it would have been a cup of coffee and a cup of coffee, but I digress.
My one complaint with both the apple fritter and the bear claw was that they were too sweet. One day, I asked the baker to make me an apple fritter for the next morning, but not to put any glaze on it.
Next morning I arrived at the bakery, made my purchase and went on my way. I got to work and settled in to enjoy my morning delight. The first bite of the apple fritter was a big surprise. It was the blandest tasting thing I had ever eaten. All ... yes, all ... the flavor was in the glaze. I ate it, but that was the last time I ordered pastry without glaze.
"Ewwwww......where'd you get that big welfare green pepper burger?"
*Crying* "My momma made it".
-Eddie Murphy "Raw"
Ah yes, Apple Fritters. College students’ soul food.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.