I'll admit to losing a lot of weight eating some of the listed foods-- especially the Baked Lays and the Diet Coke. Fake food doesn't really have any nutritional value. And the 100 calorie packs, besides lacking redeeming nutritional value. I'm not down with them. People are capable of learning portion control. This is just another way for companies to sell you less for more. And also, wafer thin "Oreo flavored" cookies... I can't really put my finger on it, but I'm wanting my food less tinkered with.
It's not even food any more. As I learned today, in 1973 the FDA repealed a law that food had to be labeled imitation if it contained fake parts-- like today's Splenda or Olestra. As long as it has the same nutritional value then you can modify food however you want and you can call it whatever you want. And since cookies don't really have any nutritional value you can fill them with fake fat and fake sugar and still call them cookies. Ew.
I'm reading a new book. The above factoid comes from Michael Pollan's follow up to the Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, An Eaters Manifesto. I am only 30 pages into it so I am interested to read further about his recommendations- which he says, "will produce as many different menus as there are people using them."
No doubt they don't include fake food.
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Monday, March 17, 2008
I Can Make You Thin. Really?
With Paul McKenna on TLC. He makes the show about the audience. Instead of watching others lose weight he brings you along on a 5 week program, (Sunday at 9pm), giving you weekly tasks to complete along with advice and suggestions for following his program.
He has 4 Golden Rules
Eat what you want,
when you are hungry,
consciously eating,
until you are full.
That will work for losing weight-- but I fear the gimmick does set people up for failure. Eat what you want? Perhaps in a future show he will include some pointers on good nutrition. Not all calories are created equal.
He does talk a lot about the mental battle of eating and food. He encourages people to throw out foods that don't inspire you. I've done some refrigerator purging myself recently and it felt great. He also speaks about the need to savor food. My favorite line of the night. “People who are overweight, think about food all the time, except for when they are actually eating it.” I couldn’t agree more. That has been one of the hardest of behaviors to modify-- the reminder was good. There is nothing wrong with getting in touch with your hunger.
He has 4 Golden Rules
Eat what you want,
when you are hungry,
consciously eating,
until you are full.
That will work for losing weight-- but I fear the gimmick does set people up for failure. Eat what you want? Perhaps in a future show he will include some pointers on good nutrition. Not all calories are created equal.
He does talk a lot about the mental battle of eating and food. He encourages people to throw out foods that don't inspire you. I've done some refrigerator purging myself recently and it felt great. He also speaks about the need to savor food. My favorite line of the night. “People who are overweight, think about food all the time, except for when they are actually eating it.” I couldn’t agree more. That has been one of the hardest of behaviors to modify-- the reminder was good. There is nothing wrong with getting in touch with your hunger.
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