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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 322939" data-attributes="member: 3649">ObeseSome other observations on this:My Mom recently became diabetic, due to medication. So we've had to look again at everything she eats in terms of carbs, not just sugars. We eat out on the weekends, so we've had to really take a look at what is in food. And I've been making some observations on this whole obese thing.1. Advertisers lie their ass off to us. It seems that you can't go into a store without seeing 'low fat' food. That triggers some primal response in people I think, to equate 'low fat' with 'low calorie'. No, it's not. Take a look at the calorie count for a low far product and it's fatty neighbor. The low fat product will almost always have more carbs than the other, because it'll have added sugar to make it taste good, and carbs are what puts the weight on you.2. Sugar is everywhere. When did we as a nation decided we needed to put honey on everything? Honey BBQ, honey mustard, honey this and that? Honey is sugar. It doesn't matter if it's 'good sugar' or 'bad processed sugar' sugar is carbs.3. portion sizes. Morris mentioned this I think; how surprised he was at how large portions were.. After years of complaints over smaller portion sizes, cheaper corporate agriculture and meat forming has made it possible for a restaurant to give you about twice as much as what it did twenty or thirty years ago.4. Americans eat out a lot more. This would not be all that bad except for one thing: for decades, 'going out to eat' was a special treat, that the family did maybe once a week (usually Sunday brunch) or on special occassions. Now it's an everyday thing BUT restaurants still serve 'treats'. It's almost impossible to find veggies on the menu, except for some watery green beans or some carrot/cauliflower/zuiccini/squash mix. The 'health craze' of the early 80's has bottomed out and most chains no longer offer the healthier (and more expensive) choices they used to.5. Price: almost the only good thought I ever came across in a jack Chalker book was the realization that for the first time in history, the poor eat more fatty food than the rich. Even as recent as 100 years ago, the 'fat banker' was a stereotype. They had the cash to eat meat evry night if they wanted to, or gorge on high-calorie foods. Now, it's reversed. The common person has fast food, which is loaded with calories while the richer people can afford fresh veggies and lean meats.</blockquote>

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