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- Berkana, on 11/29/2007, -1/+23None of this will make a damned difference if our government keeps subsidizing the foods it says we should eat less of.
These labels will only benefit those who care enough to read them—the same people who already care enough to read the current labels. What it won't do is make any more people care. - jonnyboyca, on 11/29/2007, -1/+16It's easy... stick to the outer aisles of the store which is mostly fruits, vegetables, meats, milk, cheese, and other mostly "good for you" stuff. Don't buy too many things from the middle aisles because it's all over processed foods.
~jon - f4nt0m4s, on 11/29/2007, -2/+11Wider labels for wider people.
- spyd3rweb, on 11/29/2007, -3/+11You want healthy food, go to a farmers market, or grow your own garden.
- Weather, on 11/29/2007, -1/+8Best food nutritional labeling idea in a long time. Stick stickers next to the price on each product with values from 1 to 100 on a healthy scale. Not all people will change their eating habits but something like this will definitely help. Two similar products sitting side by side one has a 60 health rating and the other a 85, any person of average intelligence is going to choose the healthier of the two. It's a giant step in the right direction! Eating smarter made easy.
- katrayun, on 11/29/2007, -3/+10"You really shouldn't need a PhD in nutritional biochemistry to figure out which kids' breakfast cereal is healthier," Katz told Reuters during an interview this week."
And you don't. Where do these people come from? - inactive, on 11/29/2007, -0/+6The biggest factor in healthy eating is to learn to cook. Don't eat processed foods and eat fresh when in season. No more spaghetti-o's.......................
- jubilee123, on 11/29/2007, -1/+6How about using serving sizes that people actually eat?
How about doing away with so much processed *****, high fructose corn syrup and tightening regulations (where .5 grams of trans fats = 0) - Ellipsys, on 11/29/2007, -1/+6Others have said it, but how about big stickers saying "Warning, this contains inorganic preservatives. You know that Splenda that makes this treat 0g sugar? Well, there's always a tradeoff. See, splenda is a sugar molecule bound with a Chlorine one. You know, like disinfecting pools. Do you really want to put this into your body?"
I'm really bloody sick of having to shop at Whole Foods and buy expensive Organic foods just to get food without poisons in them. Forget this new labeling system, start subsidizing organic farming. I'm well off, but you shouldn't have to be just to eat healthful food. - ZenMojo, on 11/29/2007, -1/+6There's no such thing as too much information when it comes to putting something in your mouth.
- Rhino2, on 11/29/2007, -1/+6hey here is a hint... maybe you should stop eating Corn Syrup, TransFat, MSG and Lard - you ever think of that? Hey, while we're at it, let's cut out all these chemicals and the cheese that gives me the *****. Why do they even make that cheese?! My god, I ***** myself every time I eat it. But I'm telling you; stop eating the lard and sugar tubby.
- meggani, on 11/29/2007, -0/+5Talking about nutritional labels, though. There are products, though, that use a ridiculous serving size in order to skew their nutritional fact. Have you ever seen Pam? The serving size is a 1/33 of a second long spray. That way, they can label it as calorie-free. Of course, most people can't time 1/33 of a second, and that definitely won't cover most pans. It's oil. It's full of calories and fat. It's just in a spray can.
- the6thReplicant, on 11/29/2007, -0/+5And those aisles are called "the expensive ones". See one of the first comments. Governments subsidizes the wrong types of food.
- bremstrong, on 11/29/2007, -1/+5Also it only helps if the label is based on good science. While artificial transfats made by hydrogenating vegetable oils are clearly unhealthy, the conclusion on saturated fat may be in need of an update.
A random example:
"In fact, no clinical trial on reducing saturated fat intake has ever shown a reduction in heart disease. Some have shown the exact opposite: 'As multiple interventions against risk factors for coronary heart disease in middle aged men at only moderate risk seem to have failed to reduce both morbidity and mortality such interventions become increasingly difficult to justify. This runs counter to the recommendations of many national and international advisory bodies which must now take the recent findings from Finland into consideration. Not to do so may be ethically unacceptable.' Professor Michael Oliver, British Medical Journal 1991" from http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAE78 ...
or http://www.mercola.com/2002/aug/17/saturated_fat1. ... - VRFour, on 11/29/2007, -3/+7I'm not sure why you got dugg down because you're absolutely right.
Nutrition labels might be a little daunting at first but if you just do a little research on nutrition to inform yourself about what to look for, it's pretty easy to figure out if that food fits into your diet. Placing a score from 1-100 is not helping inform consumers, it's making consumers more lazy and less likely to research nutrition themselves. - Weather, on 11/29/2007, -1/+4If only that were true. Processed cheese, processed meats and foods like these are no better than anything located on the "middle aisles". Which is why this labeling system is a must.
- keruha, on 11/29/2007, -1/+4Would be nice if this also took into account the types and amounts of preservatives and other inorganic chemicals inside the food. Eating antifreeze can't be good for you even when the food is low in fat and cholesterol.
- inactive, on 11/29/2007, -1/+4Lard? I'd bet that only a small percentage of the people in this country have ever had lard. NO, it's the hydrogenated oils that are killing ya.
I eat lard that we process ourselves, but don't do crisco, etc...............and my cholesterol is only 340 ;0).................... - NinjaBoy, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2I think id just wonder around the store getting only items 90 and above. It would be A LOT faster than reading the back of every single product that i might be interested in.
- teddyrux, on 11/29/2007, -2/+4That's what s...
Two girls one veget...
BOOM! HEADSHOT! - Weather, on 11/29/2007, -1/+3Reading comprehension is useful. The key words you didn't comprehend were "not only".
- akatsuki, on 11/29/2007, -1/+2I am sure it will be whored out to interest groups like every other system. It took them years after the fact to put trans fats on there, and any food with HFCS should basically have its calorie count doubled, since you will eat more anyway without any sense of satiety.
- fotoman, on 11/29/2007, -1/+2If this system has ANY of those Fat-free varieties of the same prepackaged product as being healthier than the original...the entire system is a sham. Those things are the worse products on the market. Replace fat with sugar (and most often with HFCS), yea that's logical and has trimmed down American society in the past 25 years really well. Good job! ;)
I don't buy a lot of prepackaged food products, I tend to stick to the outer aisles of the stores like jonnyboyca mentions: veggies, fruit, meat, dairy, fresh bread, etc. I actually tend to get lost when I have to navigate the inner isles for prepackaged foods and then it's usually only for spices, oils and baking goods.
I wish they would stop subsidizing food products that humans CANNOT consume. It chaps my hide that the majority of subsidized corn just happens to be the exact variety that is PERFECT for making HFCS!! (High Fructose Corn Syrup), and it's inedible by humans in it's natural form. - spyd3rweb, on 11/29/2007, -1/+2Two girls one cup?
- inactive, on 11/29/2007, -3/+3"How about using serving sizes that people actually eat?"
Here's a news flash: Don't eat all of it in one sitting! TA DA!
With this new miracle invention we're calling the "Doggie Bag" {tm}{R}{c}, not only do you not overstuff your fat gut right there and then, but you also have lunch tomorrow *and* you've made your food cost half as much! Result! - Chordinator, on 11/29/2007, -7/+7Dumbing down the nutrition system just to accomodate lazy, uninformed fatties is going to do nothing but make them feel worse about themselves as they continue to shovel massive amounts of the same ***** into their bodies.
- crazywarthog, on 11/29/2007, -1/+1There's an old saying that goes like this. You can led a fat American to water but you can't make the fat American drink. Food labeling will not make Americans less fat.
- bolic, on 02/12/2008, -0/+0Heyhey..good blog!
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- teddyrux, on 11/29/2007, -3/+2Garden seeds?
- jamesinraro, on 11/29/2007, -1/+0Consumer Lab, an independent dietary supplement and over the counter products evaluation organization, published a report on 13 November 2007 in which they detailed the findings of their tests of some popular resveratrol supplements. The organization reported that there exists a wide range in quality, dose, and price among the 13 resveratrol products evaluated. The actual amount of resveratrol contained in the different brands range from 2.2mg for Revatrol, which claimed to have 400mg of "Red Wine Grape Complex", to 500mg for Biotivia Transmax, which is consistent with the amount claimed on the product's label. Prices per 100mg of resveratrol ranged from less than $0.30 for products made by Biotivia, Jarrow, and Country life, to a high of $45.27 for the Revatrol brand. None of the products tested were found to have significant levels of heavy metals or other contaminants.
- DickyT83, on 11/29/2007, -4/+2The scoring system will let consumers compare different types of the same food, so they will be able to tell not only that fruit is healthier than candy, but which fruits or candy are more or less healthy.
Does that need to be said really? "So they will be able to tell not only that fruit is healthier than candy..". Unless your 5 year old child is doing your grocery shopping, that doesn't need to be said. - frosted, on 11/29/2007, -3/+0lol
Most people read the labels, but they still buy and eat the crap.
It's called freedom.
People know what's bad for them, they just don't think bad means "bad".
Momma always said "A treat now and then won't hurt you." but most people think "now and then" means "4 times a week".
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