[PJ-Comix]

I know from personal experience that FRESH SQUEEZED orange juice is extemely effective in preventing colds and flus. I used to get extremely sick every winter and 12 years ago I had such a bad cold that it took me about 4 months to shake it. No cold medicines seemed to work. Then I started squeezing oranges and drinking the juice. Almost immediate results and I RARELY have gotten sick since then. I believe that vitamin C is BEST absorbed from either eating oranges or drinking fresh sqeezed orange juice.

BTW, what is a good source for fish oil as well as zinc in the FOOD form? How about pickled herring for the fish oil? What about the zinc?

[antaresequity]

I cant believe the American public is so stupid as to follow these fad diets...

Its just amazing...anybody who thinks OJ isn't health nectar is seriously lame.

Fresh OJ, Carrot juice you cannot drink enough of...

Dummies...

[southernnorthcarolina]

But haven't you heard? Haven't you been watching the Hardee's and Subway ads? Bacon is a health food now! Yep, bacon, cheese, and plenty of ranch dressing are all just fine, as long as they're wrapped in a lettuce leaf or a low-carb wrapper of some kind!

Well, we'll see. With seemingly half of America swallowing this stuff (literally and figuratively), we should know soon. Will our average weight, waistline, and cholesterol levels decline?

[ItsOurTimeNow]

How long before they start looking towards the Government to bail them out?

Why not? The travel industry (planes and trains) already think they're entitled...

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

[Willie Green]

What about the zinc?

Nutrition Fact Sheet: Zinc
Dietary Sources
Rich sources of zinc are oysters, beef, liver, crab, seafood, poultry, nuts and seeds, whole grains, tofu, legumes and milk. Zinc found in breast milk is better absorbed than that in formula milk.

[ambrose]

Any diet that discourages the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables is ridiculous in my opinion.

[Mr. Mojo]

All the orange growers need to do is wait-out this ridiculous fad.

And believe me, a fad is all it is. By this time next year Americans will have resumed eating their pizza, pasta, and orange juice as if none of this ever happened.

[upchuck]

IMHO, just outlawing high fructose corn syrup and like substances from our food stuffs would go a long way toward solving the "fat" problem.

It amazes me... a bottle on the grocery shelf screams, "100% JUICE." Then you look at the label and HFCS is one of the ingredients. How can this be? HFCS does not exist in nature, it is manufactured.

[GeronL]

I love OJ... I love Oranges too, just ate one... a seedless one at that

[WaterDragon]

I think the whole thing is a triumph of the free market.

[Delphinium]

I and several members of my family are sold on these low carb diets.

One thing bad about this diet is that it gets boring.

I do believe a healthier but similar diet is the Suzanne Somers diet.

Her diet is all about combining foods, but she stresses the low carb, high protein diet.

On her diet fruit is recommended but to be eaten alone on an empty stomach.

I have not tried her diet but listened to one of her tapes.I highly recommend it.

What I think was amazing about the Atkins diet is how much better I feel, including all the aches and pains I used to call arthritis disappeared within a few days of starting it.

[finnman69]

the atkins low carb thins os overboard now. i was just at the story and noticed signage for "Counting Carbs? Low carb bagels". It was for nasty lenders bagels type bagels. It was "low-carb" if you ate HALF a bagel. 9g carbs.


Who eats HALF a tiny bagel at a time?

[Trajan88]

It is amazing what a little exercise will do to the waistline.

Trajan88

[Axenolith]

My wife is pretty much total Atkins maintenance and I'm a bit so-so, mostly eliminating the processed sugars and flours. We eat the crap out of oranges and it doesn't degrade it much, if at all...

[Triple Word Score]

I thought this Food Review was hilarious:

Navel Orange

Submitted by Kate Hahn

Don't buy if you want a good car-food!!! I could not get this to fit in my cup holder. And when I (finally) opened the so-called "wrapper" (which was a nice orange color, I'll give them that... BUT "Hello nail salon? I'm coming in for an emergency repair!") it turned out it was not all one piece, but "segments." I did not expect this! If there are going to be a lot of pieces, they should make that clear on the package! They should make it more like fries, which come in a container (which doesn't collapse when you open it—geez!) so you can eat one at a time, no problem. This food almost caused me to have an accident! Pro: tastes like Tropicana (the pulpy one).

From this site:

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/newfood/

[TankerKC]

The department's lawyer also is reviewing legal options against some books, such as "The South Beach Diet," that discourage orange juice for dieting purposes because of its high sugar levels.

I just have to laugh.

[Hank Rearden]

I miss my not-from-concentrate OJ almost every morning.

But I don't miss the 60 lbs. lost the last 9 months.

[WFTR]

I've been eating three or four oranges a week for maybe a year or so, and 2003 was the first year that I went an entire year without having to use sick leave. I never really put the two facts together, but maybe the oranges improved my immune system.

I have a friend who is on kidney dialysis, and his protein intake is limited because protein builds up so quickly in his bloodstream. His dieticians tell him that even healthy people who eat too much protein will damage their kidneys trying to remove the wastes that it produces.

When all is said and done, people need to eat an all-around healthy diet. If they'd do so, they'd lose weight and feel better. If they don't, they'll be heavy. The diet doesn't need to be particularly low carb or high carb. It just needs to be balanced.

WFTR
Bill

[Old Professer]

I haven't heard the orange gavel rumble like this since Rush got on the grower's bad side about ten years ago:

The department's lawyer also is reviewing legal options against some books, such as "The South Beach Diet," that discourage orange juice for dieting purposes because of its high sugar levels.

[dread78645]

BTW, what is a good source for fish oil as well as zinc in the FOOD form?

Kippers & sardines.
Nuts, seaweed, and broccoli. (no Omega-3, sorry).
But your average multivitamin should provide plenty.

Drop the caffeine --it can leach Zinc & Magnesium.