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June 29, 2010 at 7:24 PM #574526June 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM #573520AecetiaParticipant
HFCS would not be so cheap if cane sugar was not subsidized. http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498d.asp Free market economics would lower the price and then perhaps there would be less obesity or not. We are probably paying for the medical care of many of the morbidly obese because I doubt most of them are working, judging from the Walmart pictures.
June 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM #573615AecetiaParticipantHFCS would not be so cheap if cane sugar was not subsidized. http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498d.asp Free market economics would lower the price and then perhaps there would be less obesity or not. We are probably paying for the medical care of many of the morbidly obese because I doubt most of them are working, judging from the Walmart pictures.
June 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM #574136AecetiaParticipantHFCS would not be so cheap if cane sugar was not subsidized. http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498d.asp Free market economics would lower the price and then perhaps there would be less obesity or not. We are probably paying for the medical care of many of the morbidly obese because I doubt most of them are working, judging from the Walmart pictures.
June 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM #574243AecetiaParticipantHFCS would not be so cheap if cane sugar was not subsidized. http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498d.asp Free market economics would lower the price and then perhaps there would be less obesity or not. We are probably paying for the medical care of many of the morbidly obese because I doubt most of them are working, judging from the Walmart pictures.
June 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM #574541AecetiaParticipantHFCS would not be so cheap if cane sugar was not subsidized. http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498d.asp Free market economics would lower the price and then perhaps there would be less obesity or not. We are probably paying for the medical care of many of the morbidly obese because I doubt most of them are working, judging from the Walmart pictures.
June 29, 2010 at 8:36 PM #573549EugeneParticipantI don’t think that HFCS is a big part of the problem. HFCS is uncommon outside the United States, and they are facing the same problem:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/c-g/adults-adutles/chart1.gif (Canada)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/155048/0046089.gif (Scotland)
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2007/12_07/12_10_07/121007_uk_files/image010.gif (UK)And, here in the U.S., it is an extremely old problem. The United States had a higher obesity rate in 1970 (before HFCS was introduced) than countries like Spain or France have today.
I try to consume as little HFCS or sugar as possible, and I don’t think that one is necessarily better than the other.
The real cause, I think, is restaurants (including, but not limited to fast-food) and their drive to make bigger and tastier portions. The way our human bodies work, it’s easy to gain weight by overeating, it’s very hard to lose it. You can gain 1/3 to 1/2 lb. without thinking twice just by eating once at El Torito or Chipotle, unless you exercise conscious restraint and stop halfway through the meal. Once that fat is in your body, it’s going to stay there, it takes a lot of strenuous exercise, something like 2 hours on a treadmill, to get it out. Go to El Torito once a week for three years without exercising – that’s 60 lbs, enough to get you from normal BMI to obesity. Since most people go to restaurants much more often than they exercise for 2 hours continuously, it’s no surprise that so many people are fat.
June 29, 2010 at 8:36 PM #573645EugeneParticipantI don’t think that HFCS is a big part of the problem. HFCS is uncommon outside the United States, and they are facing the same problem:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/c-g/adults-adutles/chart1.gif (Canada)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/155048/0046089.gif (Scotland)
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2007/12_07/12_10_07/121007_uk_files/image010.gif (UK)And, here in the U.S., it is an extremely old problem. The United States had a higher obesity rate in 1970 (before HFCS was introduced) than countries like Spain or France have today.
I try to consume as little HFCS or sugar as possible, and I don’t think that one is necessarily better than the other.
The real cause, I think, is restaurants (including, but not limited to fast-food) and their drive to make bigger and tastier portions. The way our human bodies work, it’s easy to gain weight by overeating, it’s very hard to lose it. You can gain 1/3 to 1/2 lb. without thinking twice just by eating once at El Torito or Chipotle, unless you exercise conscious restraint and stop halfway through the meal. Once that fat is in your body, it’s going to stay there, it takes a lot of strenuous exercise, something like 2 hours on a treadmill, to get it out. Go to El Torito once a week for three years without exercising – that’s 60 lbs, enough to get you from normal BMI to obesity. Since most people go to restaurants much more often than they exercise for 2 hours continuously, it’s no surprise that so many people are fat.
June 29, 2010 at 8:36 PM #574166EugeneParticipantI don’t think that HFCS is a big part of the problem. HFCS is uncommon outside the United States, and they are facing the same problem:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/c-g/adults-adutles/chart1.gif (Canada)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/155048/0046089.gif (Scotland)
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2007/12_07/12_10_07/121007_uk_files/image010.gif (UK)And, here in the U.S., it is an extremely old problem. The United States had a higher obesity rate in 1970 (before HFCS was introduced) than countries like Spain or France have today.
I try to consume as little HFCS or sugar as possible, and I don’t think that one is necessarily better than the other.
The real cause, I think, is restaurants (including, but not limited to fast-food) and their drive to make bigger and tastier portions. The way our human bodies work, it’s easy to gain weight by overeating, it’s very hard to lose it. You can gain 1/3 to 1/2 lb. without thinking twice just by eating once at El Torito or Chipotle, unless you exercise conscious restraint and stop halfway through the meal. Once that fat is in your body, it’s going to stay there, it takes a lot of strenuous exercise, something like 2 hours on a treadmill, to get it out. Go to El Torito once a week for three years without exercising – that’s 60 lbs, enough to get you from normal BMI to obesity. Since most people go to restaurants much more often than they exercise for 2 hours continuously, it’s no surprise that so many people are fat.
June 29, 2010 at 8:36 PM #574273EugeneParticipantI don’t think that HFCS is a big part of the problem. HFCS is uncommon outside the United States, and they are facing the same problem:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/c-g/adults-adutles/chart1.gif (Canada)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/155048/0046089.gif (Scotland)
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2007/12_07/12_10_07/121007_uk_files/image010.gif (UK)And, here in the U.S., it is an extremely old problem. The United States had a higher obesity rate in 1970 (before HFCS was introduced) than countries like Spain or France have today.
I try to consume as little HFCS or sugar as possible, and I don’t think that one is necessarily better than the other.
The real cause, I think, is restaurants (including, but not limited to fast-food) and their drive to make bigger and tastier portions. The way our human bodies work, it’s easy to gain weight by overeating, it’s very hard to lose it. You can gain 1/3 to 1/2 lb. without thinking twice just by eating once at El Torito or Chipotle, unless you exercise conscious restraint and stop halfway through the meal. Once that fat is in your body, it’s going to stay there, it takes a lot of strenuous exercise, something like 2 hours on a treadmill, to get it out. Go to El Torito once a week for three years without exercising – that’s 60 lbs, enough to get you from normal BMI to obesity. Since most people go to restaurants much more often than they exercise for 2 hours continuously, it’s no surprise that so many people are fat.
June 29, 2010 at 8:36 PM #574571EugeneParticipantI don’t think that HFCS is a big part of the problem. HFCS is uncommon outside the United States, and they are facing the same problem:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/c-g/adults-adutles/chart1.gif (Canada)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/155048/0046089.gif (Scotland)
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2007/12_07/12_10_07/121007_uk_files/image010.gif (UK)And, here in the U.S., it is an extremely old problem. The United States had a higher obesity rate in 1970 (before HFCS was introduced) than countries like Spain or France have today.
I try to consume as little HFCS or sugar as possible, and I don’t think that one is necessarily better than the other.
The real cause, I think, is restaurants (including, but not limited to fast-food) and their drive to make bigger and tastier portions. The way our human bodies work, it’s easy to gain weight by overeating, it’s very hard to lose it. You can gain 1/3 to 1/2 lb. without thinking twice just by eating once at El Torito or Chipotle, unless you exercise conscious restraint and stop halfway through the meal. Once that fat is in your body, it’s going to stay there, it takes a lot of strenuous exercise, something like 2 hours on a treadmill, to get it out. Go to El Torito once a week for three years without exercising – that’s 60 lbs, enough to get you from normal BMI to obesity. Since most people go to restaurants much more often than they exercise for 2 hours continuously, it’s no surprise that so many people are fat.
June 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM #573589CardiffBaseballParticipantThe fat that you eat isn’t any big deal if you leave out the starchy foods (pasta, bread, potatoes etc.)
Hard to do, yet I feel so much better personally when I cut out the carbs (veggies and fruits ok, but limit fruits if cutting).
Started grabbing stuff off of Livin’ La Vida Lo-Carb at itunes just to make myself realize that feeling better means eating better. I sleep better, have more energy etc.
June 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM #573685CardiffBaseballParticipantThe fat that you eat isn’t any big deal if you leave out the starchy foods (pasta, bread, potatoes etc.)
Hard to do, yet I feel so much better personally when I cut out the carbs (veggies and fruits ok, but limit fruits if cutting).
Started grabbing stuff off of Livin’ La Vida Lo-Carb at itunes just to make myself realize that feeling better means eating better. I sleep better, have more energy etc.
June 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM #574206CardiffBaseballParticipantThe fat that you eat isn’t any big deal if you leave out the starchy foods (pasta, bread, potatoes etc.)
Hard to do, yet I feel so much better personally when I cut out the carbs (veggies and fruits ok, but limit fruits if cutting).
Started grabbing stuff off of Livin’ La Vida Lo-Carb at itunes just to make myself realize that feeling better means eating better. I sleep better, have more energy etc.
June 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM #574313CardiffBaseballParticipantThe fat that you eat isn’t any big deal if you leave out the starchy foods (pasta, bread, potatoes etc.)
Hard to do, yet I feel so much better personally when I cut out the carbs (veggies and fruits ok, but limit fruits if cutting).
Started grabbing stuff off of Livin’ La Vida Lo-Carb at itunes just to make myself realize that feeling better means eating better. I sleep better, have more energy etc.
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