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FDA proposes calorie counts on menus
The Associated Press ^
| April 2, 2011
| Mary Clare Jalonick
Posted on 04/02/2011 10:11:41 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
"Can I just eat my waffle?"
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:18:00 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("...crush the bourgeoisie... between the millstones of taxation and inflation." --Vladimir Lenin)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
[expletive deleted]!
The FDA is so far behind health news. It’s not calories that are making Americans fat. It’s starches; it’s grains. It’s sugar. It’s cheap vegetable oils. It’s all the nonfoods out there.
Sigh. It’s so frustrating.
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:20:15 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Obamao continues on with his destruction of the country... NO doubt about that, but it is also within the purview of Congress to rein in these out of control alphabet Fed agencies. It's got to start somewhere.
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:20:51 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Also, homosexual anal sex is far less healthy than eating like Moochelle Obama, anyway. Why doesn’t the FDA get involved in banning this behavior??? What? It’s done by an Official Protected Minority??? Oh. Never mind.
They are such hypocrites.
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:23:05 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: libertarian27
Nutritionals take all the creativity out of cooking - just belly up to the table for your soylent green portions. Tell me about it.
I love to cook and I love to experiment with my cooking. I try to plan healthy, well balanced meals, but I'm not anal about it. I love a big mess of fish and chips, or fried chicken, and I make killer cream sauces --- but it is all a matter of balance and moderation. Heck I've got chicken marinating in coconut milk right now :)
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:31:38 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yes. And I’ve also read that after a certain point HFCS can make permanent changes in the metabolism, making it harder for the body to convert fat into sugar. So the damage will continue even if you stop consuming it.
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:33:21 PM PDT
by
Cicero
To: wolfman23601
A thin person that doesnt move but eats very little is no healthier than a 250 pound manual laborer. Actually, I would venture that the laborer is the more healthy of the 2. I am thin by nature and as long as I"m active I can eat anything and everything I want and feel great. When I'm not so active, I tend to eat much less and feel sluggish.
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:37:52 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: alice_in_bubbaland
The only way to loose weight is to practice portion control, eat more lean proteins, fruits and veggies AND increase activity/exercise.
That may be a way of losing weight, in some cases, but it is most certainly not the only way. Portion control is not necessary in all cases. Fruits can be a serious problem for people losing weight, as can vegetables, to a lesser extent. Healthy fats are an integral part of muscle gain, which is crucial for long-term weight loss. And increasing activity can be counterproductive, depending on starting point (once again, increasing activity can limit muscle gain, and can, in some cases lead to muscle loss). The best fat burner is muscle. A person who has solid musculature will generally have a fairly easy time losing fat (unless they are trying to bring their fat levels below a natural amount).
The most successful, repeatable approach is to eat as much meat and fresh leafy vegetables as your appetite allows, don't avoid natural dietary fat as long as you don't overdo it, consume fruits and nuts, but in moderation, embark on a sustained muscle building program (at a minimum, just to counteract natural muscle loss), avoid any processed food, eat your calories as opposed to drinking them, and limit or eliminate grains, especially gluten bearing grains. Oh, and don't count calories. Your body is a much better judge of the proper amount of food than your calculator is.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I can’t imagine going to a 4 or 5 star restaurant and seeing in the menu written in elegant scripted letters the calorie count for my pate foi. If this is to be the law of the land then at every White House meal the calorie count better be listed in big letters and Obama should disclose how many calories he eats every day. Ditto for all meals in the Senate dining room.
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:42:50 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
(The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
To: alice_in_bubbaland
Sorry, I thought I detected a little Weight Watchers
snobbery there. Still, take as in eat a pill? How many
calories are in a chill pill?
Here let me correct it for you,
“I implied that it is up to the individual to embrace or not, a change in their eating and activity habits.”
It’s still their choice whether to be a butterball or not.
No one has the right to tell someone what to eat or how
much to weigh.
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:45:14 PM PDT
by
Slambat
(The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
To: Cicero
No, Id say that the major cause of the obesity problem is high fructose corn syrup, which is forced on us by the gubbermint. Would you likewise say, that gun violence is brought on by guns?
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:51:03 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Of course Obama loves his country. The thing is, Sarah loves mine.)
To: The Great RJ
But he plays basketball. He don’ have to count no calories.
To: Graybeard58
I’m afraid I don’t see your point.
The government taxes sugar heavily, and subsidizes high fructose corn syrup. As a result, most sodas and many other foods use HFCS instead of sugar. A lot of people eat or drink the stuff without being aware of the consequences.
No, you don’t have to drink soft drinks or other prepared foods. But the government makes it hard to avoid.
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posted on
04/02/2011 1:24:10 PM PDT
by
Cicero
To: Cicero
What makes you think there’s an obesity problem?
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posted on
04/02/2011 3:59:07 PM PDT
by
free me
(Sarah Palin 2012? You Betcha!)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:58:26 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
have they nothing better to do ..this is just another scam to grow goverment.
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posted on
04/03/2011 5:00:11 AM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We have as many or more people with fat heads. All fat, no brains.
People don’t go out to eat to count calories.
It is easy, don’t eat so much and move more.
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posted on
04/03/2011 5:07:28 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: Nachum
The abuse of calories start at the White House. Take a look at Moochelle.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
For us going out to eat is a treat, so when we go out to eat, we won’t be looking at how many calories it has, but what looks good, and will taste good.
We can diet at home.
Sticking tongue out at BIG NANNY Gov’t!
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posted on
04/03/2011 6:24:52 AM PDT
by
GailA
(2012 rally cry DEMOCRATS and RINOS are BAD for the USA!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“....it’s due in part to excess calorie consumption outside the home,” says Mike Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for foods”
Well, in that case we should ban all food consumption outside of the home.
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posted on
04/04/2011 9:27:16 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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