Ban junk food

On Jul 26, 10:03 pm, "Manco" wrote:
joanne wrote:
On Jul 26, 7:42 pm, "Manco" wrote:
If people didn't even have the option of the junk food aisles in
grocery stores, they'd not get obese.

You can get fat on healthy foods just as well as junkfoods..
Its the CALORIES, not just what you eat, but how much you (over)eat.

joanne

That's not totally true. Junk food has no nutritional value, whereas organic
peanut butter(while high in calories) does.

Peanut butter is high in omega-6 (linoleic acid) and virtually devoid
of omega-3 (alpha-linolenic). This is an unhealthy imbalance. Omega-6
fats promote inflammation and have been implicated in the development
of insulin resistance.

I would argue that peanuts are a good example of ``mother nature's
junk food''. It's best to limit the consumption of peanut butter and
balance it with some high omega-3 source like flaxseed (or oil
thereof).

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:42:38 GMT, "Manco"
wrote:

If people didn't even have the option of the junk food aisles in grocery
stores, they'd not get obese.


First they need to provide scooters at WalMart to people who are
actually disabled, and not every lazy person who doesn't feel like
walking.

joanne wrote:
"Manco" wrote:

If people didn't even have the option of the junk food aisles in grocery
stores, they'd not get obese.

Prohibition didn't work in the US for alcohol and isn't working
for drugs. Why should a ban on junk food do anything different
than make a bunch of criminals rich like those two efforts?

Prevention beats enforcement, so education and example
beat bans.

You can get fat on healthy foods just as well as junkfoods..
Its the CALORIES, not just what you eat, but how much you (over)eat.

Line up a bunch of people who've gotten fat from eating freshly
cut and roasted meat and assorted non-starchy veggies. Then
I'll take your statement seriously.

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"Manco" wrote in message
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joanne wrote:
On Jul 26, 7:42 pm, "Manco" wrote:
If people didn't even have the option of the junk food aisles in
grocery stores, they'd not get obese.

You can get fat on healthy foods just as well as junkfoods..
Its the CALORIES, not just what you eat, but how much you (over)eat.



joanne

That's not totally true. Junk food has no nutritional value, whereas
organic peanut butter(while high in calories) does.

Doesn't matter. A thousand calories is the same to weight gain (or loss)
no
matter where it comes from. All calories come from fat, sugar (carbs) or
protein.

Yup. And that's what joanne was saying (correct me if I'm
wrong)--nutrition aside, you can eat a 1000 *extra* calories in "Evil
Debbies" or 1000 *extra* calories in peanut butter. If it's over what
your metabolism can handle, you'll gain.

It isn't just "eating junk food makes you fat." It's OVEREATING any food
makes you fat.

Sure, stating that junk food makes you fat is really not true. However,
you're more likely to gain weight eating junk food, because of the caloric
density and propensity to eat too much of it. That's my opinion anyways.

[feeding troll?]

Everybody has a different definition of junk food.

(Mine is, of course, the best.)


"Manco" wrote in message
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If people didn't even have the option of the junk food aisles in grocery
stores, they'd not get obese.