They still don't get it....

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040827_233.html

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:44:55 -0600, Teeb wrote:

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040827_233.html



"The experts stopped short of directly urging Americans to cut down on
soft drinks, cakes, cookies, pies, candy and other sugar-filled food,
saying more research was necessary."

More research is necessary, my buttocks! How many people become
overweight from eating too many vegetables? Instead of the "low fat" BS,
they should be doing "low sugar" advertising.

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Bob M
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:55:20 -0400, "Bob M"
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:44:55 -0600, Teeb wrote:

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040827_233.html

13 'nutrition experts' empanelled at taxpayer expense to do a softshoe
dance -- what a joke.

"The experts stopped short of directly urging Americans to cut down on
soft drinks, cakes, cookies, pies, candy and other sugar-filled food,
saying more research was necessary."

More research is necessary, my buttocks! How many people become
overweight from eating too many vegetables? Instead of the "low fat" BS,
they should be doing "low sugar" advertising.

"Soft drink makers and the sugar industry contend it is unfair to link
diabetes to soft drink consumption. They said an unhealthy lifestyle,
not a particular food or beverage, increased an individual's risk of
developing diabetes."
(---)
"Last year, they (consumer groups) requested the government remove
seven of the 13 panel members because of their close ties to the food
industry. None of them were removed."

It would be 'unfair' in a $$ way to the soft drink and sugar industry
to directly come out and say anything negative about the products --
and likely a few campaign funds as well.

"Consumer groups have expressed concern in the past that the USDA,
which promotes agricultural products, has a major role in developing
federal dietary guidelines."

Must... support... (surplus) food pyramid.

Oh, they get it, they get paid off.

In ,
Teeb stated
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You know, that article brought to mind my parents when I was a kid.
We weren't allowed to drink milk, except a little bit with breakfast
cereal, because it was too expensive (how expensive could it be - they
owned their own house.) Not that the cereal was that great for me, in
retrospect...

Instead, we were made to drink soda with every meal. I remembered
being so jealous of those kids in school whose parents gave them milk
money for lunch while I drank some disgusting store-brand soda. Then
my parents criticized me for being fat, even though I was a pretty
active kid, like it was my fault when I was 7 and I only ate what they
gave me, including all the sugar-laden soft drinks.

Looking back at my childhood pictures, I'm not fat even by the
standards of the day, but boy, I sure developed a habit of sucking
down the soda all day long, not to mention the psychological damage
they did to my self-esteem. Yep, that's stood me in good stead as the
years have gone by...and who paid through the nose to fill my teeth
with more metal than most piggy-banks have when I was a teenager?

Anyway, now my mom who hasn't seen me for 6 months while I lost a
bunch of weight wants to try low carb, even though she did the Atkins
thing way back in the 70s and can't seem to grasp that the "no starchy
foods" thing is the same as the "low carb" thing. Someone shoot me
(or just pass me a store brand grape soda.)

See ya,

Kristen

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"Who is the patriot, I ask you? Those who wrap themselves in the flag and pledge
allegiance to it, or those who keep the pledge and wrap themselves in what the
flag represents?" -Ira Glasser

In article , says...
You know, that article brought to mind my parents when I was a kid.
We weren't allowed to drink milk, except a little bit with breakfast
cereal, because it was too expensive (how expensive could it be - they
owned their own house.) Not that the cereal was that great for me, in
retrospect...

Instead, we were made to drink soda with every meal. I remembered

Wow, I've never heard of THAT one! We were dirt poor and mom mostly had powdered
milk for us to drink -- God, I HATE, LOATHE AND DESPISE that stuff to this DAY!
It was really only drinkable if you did it fast and it was ICE cold. Bleah!

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Saffire wrote:

Wow, I've never heard of THAT one! We were dirt poor and mom mostly had
powdered milk for us to drink -- God, I HATE, LOATHE AND DESPISE that
stuff to this DAY!
It was really only drinkable if you did it fast and it was ICE cold.

I only could endure the skim milk if it was made at least 2 days in advance
(hint to the general public: It is not "instant" milk!!!), and I put sugar
and cocoa powder in it.

any other time and it was barf city, even if it was baked into stuff.

Bob M wrote:

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:44:55 -0600, Teeb wrote:

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040827_233.html



"The experts stopped short of directly urging Americans to cut down on
soft drinks, cakes, cookies, pies, candy and other sugar-filled food,
saying more research was necessary."

More research is necessary, my buttocks! How many people become
overweight from eating too many vegetables? Instead of the "low fat" BS,
they should be doing "low sugar" advertising.


Many Hindus are vegetarian. How many fat Indians do you see?

gtoomey

"The experts stopped short of directly urging Americans to cut down on
soft drinks, cakes, cookies, pies, candy and other sugar-filled food,
saying more research was necessary."

More research is necessary, my buttocks! How many people become
overweight from eating too many vegetables? Instead of the "low fat" BS,
they should be doing "low sugar" advertising.

--
Bob M

The "experts" are being heavily lobbied by the sugar industry and the soft
drink industry. Money talks.

Pat in TX

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:16:09 -0700, Saffire
wrote:

We were dirt poor and mom mostly had powdered
milk for us to drink -- God, I HATE, LOATHE AND DESPISE that stuff to this DAY!
It was really only drinkable if you did it fast and it was ICE cold. Bleah!

Crash's grandmother always used powdered milk. She added just a touch of
vanilla, and Crash said it was just fine when she did that.

Carol