[Osx-nutters] *Big* government

[Larry Sica]

On 8/29/07, mmalc crawford <mmalc_lists at mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 29, 2007, at 6:04 AM, Lawrence Sica wrote:
>
> > Agh the food pyramid.
> >
> Simply a convenient link, the pyramid itself is irrelevant...
>
> > You realize that was developed under the various  agrifood industry
> > reps?  And the problem is the amount of high calorie foods available
> > vs non.  It's not as easy to get better food in some areas.
> >
> Irrelevant.
>

Not really.  Also what you linked actually did not provide what I
asked.  which was studies about the middle class.  But it is relevant
as the whole pyramid and what they push is skewed to sell food from
specific groups, not what is best for a person really.


> > The issue is not simply eat less fatty.
> >
> Indeed, and I didn't claim that.
>
> My diet, according to the pyramid, is awful.
> When I put on too much weight, I started eating less and exercising
> more.  Funnily enough, my weight dropped.
>

Well that is good.  But it's not simply about eating less, it's eating
better food.  Some foods that seem healthy are actually packed with
calories and don't really help.

The recommend stuff like  baked french fires vs. fried.  This is
extremely misleading.  Same with how they treat cows milk, which
adults don't really need.  If you note most of the foods they mention
are high in carbs and sugars still, and  this is the replacement.  It
is about education, the fact that the fed gov't subsidies  this stuff,
and then pushes it as "healthy".


-- Larry
"there are three things to cry for in life - things that are lost,
things that are found, and things that are magnificent.~douglas
coupland"

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