Comments on: This is why we’re fat. http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/ I got opinions. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Zeke http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/#comment-1737 Zeke Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:06:59 +0000 http://selfimportantwebsite.com/?p=384#comment-1737 It's the other way around most places, really. A big part of it is the food we subsidize. Corn syrup and other fillers cost virtually nothing, and our standards for food are getting lower and lower. Cheap, cheap ingredients that are absolutely terrible for you have become the mainstay of our diets, thanks to those subsidies combined with an extremely efficient system for transporting and preparation, but with very little quality control. It’s the other way around most places, really. A big part of it is the food we subsidize. Corn syrup and other fillers cost virtually nothing, and our standards for food are getting lower and lower. Cheap, cheap ingredients that are absolutely terrible for you have become the mainstay of our diets, thanks to those subsidies combined with an extremely efficient system for transporting and preparation, but with very little quality control.

]]> By: Suzana http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/#comment-1736 Suzana Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:59:56 +0000 http://selfimportantwebsite.com/?p=384#comment-1736 You know, when I lived in America (I'm from Brazil) I was always baffled that fast food cost less than actually buying the ingredients and making the same food at home. It was the other way around in Brazil, eating at McD's was 10 times more expensive than just making your own burger and fries. That was 23 years ago. McD's in Brazil is now selling a Big Mac/Medium Fries/Medium soda combo at about four times what you'll spend if you cook the stuff at home and buy a bottle of soda, and boy are they making lots of money. At least overhere the portions are half the size of the ones I saw in America. Even 23 years ago the portion sizes were ludicrous, I once ordered a liver and onion dish in a restaurant and was served with a steak that, I kid you not, was a cross-section of the whole bovine liver. The tips hung from the oversized plate. You know, when I lived in America (I’m from Brazil) I was always baffled that fast food cost less than actually buying the ingredients and making the same food at home. It was the other way around in Brazil, eating at McD’s was 10 times more expensive than just making your own burger and fries.
That was 23 years ago. McD’s in Brazil is now selling a Big Mac/Medium Fries/Medium soda combo at about four times what you’ll spend if you cook the stuff at home and buy a bottle of soda, and boy are they making lots of money.
At least overhere the portions are half the size of the ones I saw in America. Even 23 years ago the portion sizes were ludicrous, I once ordered a liver and onion dish in a restaurant and was served with a steak that, I kid you not, was a cross-section of the whole bovine liver. The tips hung from the oversized plate.

]]> By: Zeke http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/#comment-1429 Zeke Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:48:18 +0000 http://selfimportantwebsite.com/?p=384#comment-1429 I wanted pie for breakfast, to be perfectly fair. But it turns out you have to have it or the energy to go to the store and get it in order to make a meal of it. Fortunate for me in the end, likely. I wanted pie for breakfast, to be perfectly fair. But it turns out you have to have it or the energy to go to the store and get it in order to make a meal of it. Fortunate for me in the end, likely.

]]> By: Carmen Pérez http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/#comment-1427 Carmen Pérez Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:39:21 +0000 http://selfimportantwebsite.com/?p=384#comment-1427 I just had Chex Mix and lemon pie for breakfast. A grain and a fruit. Fun, too! I just had Chex Mix and lemon pie for breakfast. A grain and a fruit. Fun, too!

]]> By: Julie http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/#comment-1340 Julie Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:07:36 +0000 http://selfimportantwebsite.com/?p=384#comment-1340 Related post you might enjoy: http://raceslikeagirl.com/2008/03/14/why-americans-are-fat-and-broke/ Related post you might enjoy:
http://raceslikeagirl.com/2008/03/14/why-americans-are-fat-and-broke/

]]> By: Zeke http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/#comment-1333 Zeke Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:59:18 +0000 http://selfimportantwebsite.com/?p=384#comment-1333 Well, let's remember that companies just made breakfast cereals healthier last year by reducing the serving size from 1 cup to 3/4 cup. What really made me sad were people who said that was okay, not deceptive, because that's all you should eat anyway. As if 1 cup was ever a serving for a normal person to begin with. Well, let’s remember that companies just made breakfast cereals healthier last year by reducing the serving size from 1 cup to 3/4 cup.

What really made me sad were people who said that was okay, not deceptive, because that’s all you should eat anyway. As if 1 cup was ever a serving for a normal person to begin with.

]]> By: Sam http://selfimportantwebsite.com/2009/10/13/this-is-why-were-fat/#comment-1332 Sam Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:21:46 +0000 http://selfimportantwebsite.com/?p=384#comment-1332 February 2008, I was diagnosed with "borderline" diabetes. They sent me for a nutrition class, and it was one of the best things I have EVER done in my life. They taught you how to read labels, check ingredients and even how false advertising can be. Fat Free may have double the sugar, No added sugar can still contail a helluva lot of sugar and something that has 10 grams of sugar per serving is only so because a "serving" is less than a handful (meaning people have multiple "servings" just to fill themselves). How retailers are trying to get the public "addicted" (yes addicted) to sugar so that they keep craving more and more of the product. Yes. This is why we're fat. February 2008, I was diagnosed with “borderline” diabetes.

They sent me for a nutrition class, and it was one of the best things I have EVER done in my life. They taught you how to read labels, check ingredients and even how false advertising can be. Fat Free may have double the sugar, No added sugar can still contail a helluva lot of sugar and something that has 10 grams of sugar per serving is only so because a “serving” is less than a handful (meaning people have multiple “servings” just to fill themselves).

How retailers are trying to get the public “addicted” (yes addicted) to sugar so that they keep craving more and more of the product.

Yes. This is why we’re fat.

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