This is one of my pet peeves: the folks who want to blame the food for their fatness.
"Oh, it's all McDonalds' fault! They offer that supersize stuff, and their fries are just pure animal fat!"
Yeah, and they're holding guns to your heads forcing you to snarf those pounds of oily potatoes, right?
"It's the sugary drinks in the vending machines! Waaaah!"
Same deal. I mean, a masked gunman wearing a Coca Cola© Company uniform made you punch the Coke Extra Sugar button after you slipped your money into the slot. Hell, he probably even made you grab your money, walk over to the machine in the first place!
Dang ol' Coke marketers.
Today, the Center for Consumer Freedom questioned the findings of a report published Tuesday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which "discovered" that an extra can of non-diet soda a day can cause 15 pounds of weight gain in a year. The review, conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, entirely misses the commonsense point that 150 extra calories of anything will cause people to gain weight."It doesn't take a Harvard Ph.D., let alone a high school diploma to realize that the more calories we eat, the more weight we'll gain," said senior research analyst J. Justin Wilson. "It's a basic law of nutrition. Whether it's an extra bowl of lima beans, shredded wheat or can of soda, eating more calories than you burn will always lead to weight gain." Wilson continued, "This report completely ignores the other side of the obesity equation: energy expenditure. From moving sidewalks in airports to electric staplers, Americans have engineered exercise out of their lives. This study does a disservice by providing a feel-good distraction that places the blame on a single food, but does little to address the fundamental changes in how we live."
-- Harvard Study Wrongly Blames Soda For Obesity, Says Center For Consumer Freedom
A woman at the gym was unhappy because the gym had a vending machine. It was stocked with those "Power" ade drinks of varying flavors, some sugary sodas, some sugar free sodas, and one entire row of bottled water.
"There should be TWO rows of bottled water! How can they call themselves a fitness center if they're selling all that sugar?"
Well, people who work out actually need to restock their carbs after a heavy workout. Not everyone who uses the gym is an overweight person looking to lose weight. In fact, looking around me, I see more people who are fit in the place. Darned few are fat or obese.
And the fit folk like the power ades and the quick energy from the sugary sodas.
So funny. Reminds me of peeps who "have" to eat candy if it's sitting there or have a slab of cake cuz it's a "special occasion." No, you don't HAVE to, you WANT to! I have turned down so many treats--and all you have to do is say no-thanks or maybe-later and peeps leave you alone. Of course if you make a big deal about "being on a diet," peeps are going to try to talk you into cheating. Dunno why, they just do. Maybe cuz they feel guilty about eating junk.