Scottish food (was Re: [Osx-nutters] Re: Nat'l Science Teachers Reje ct Offers for "An Inconvenient Truth")

[Henry McGilton]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Roger Howard wrote:

> On Thu, November 30, 2006 2:27 pm, Patrick Coskren wrote:
>> On Nov 30, 2006, at 5:17 PM, mmalc crawford wrote:
>>
>>> ... people in the UK probably *eat less*.  It's amazing how much
>>> effort is required to burn a couple of hundred calories.  If you
>>> don't ingest them in the first place, life is easier.  In my
>>> experience at least, there's a big difference in the average
>>> serving size in the UK and the US.  In restaurants in the US I've
>>> now resigned myself to leaving about half my meal.  Many
>>> (overweight) people around me seem to just plough through to the
>>> end...
>>
>> Definitely bound to be a part of it.  To follow up on the point Roger
>> originally raised, I find it interesting that when I'm getting
>> regular exercise, I have no problem leaving half the meal.  When I'm
>> not, I have a much harder time.  I just sort of get "munchy".  No
>> idea why.
>
> Definitely... when I stop working out, my cravings for crap food go  
> way
> up. French frieds... ice cream... and virtually anything with  
> chocolate in
> it. When I'm working out regularly my body craves good stuff.
>
> As for serving sizes, yes, that's a huge problem. Another big part of
> losing weight for me was not going out to eat, and when we do being  
> much
> more careful about destinations. No more chains that push huge  
> loads of
> bad, high sodium, high sugar meals.

My own experience agrees with Malcolm.    Portions are larger
in the USA than elsewhere.    I recall reading a newspaper
article a couple of years ago where it compared an Italian
restaurant in Europe with an Italian restaurant in somewhere
like Philadelphia.    In the Philadelphia restaurant, as soon
as you sat down you got a basket of bread and plate of munchies
to help you get through reading the menu.    Essentially, by the
time your actual order arrives, you've eaten a lunch and then
you wade into the dinner proper, with larger than life portions.

Barrons carried an article a couple of years ago on the 'Big'
problem, with the statistic that the American food 'industry'
cranks out four thousand calories per capita per day.    I
remember reading that and remarking to a friend, 'clearly
somebody else is eating half my share' . . .

And I agree with the theme of exercise.    When I'm playing
squash regularly, I don't have to watch how much I eat.
Course, I don't eat huge amounts to start with, and it's
usually 'healthy' food.

     Cheers,
         ........  Henry


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