As much as I approve of healthy eating as a personal choice, I love it when the do-gooders create this sort of unintended consequence in response to government force.
The trick is people eat what they want to eat. Some bluenose at FDA or USDA Nutrition Service or a university study team or..... just name it ~ NOBODY CARES when it’s time to eat!
As much as I approve of healthy eating as a personal choice, I love it when the do-gooders create this sort of unintended consequence in response to government force.
But the mandated nutritional labels at least provide liberal buttinskies with the self-delusions that they are doing something to protect us from ourselves, and that’s the important thing.
Shorter CDC: “Time to legislate ingredients.”
People who pore over labels for nutritional content do not eat at fast food outlets. (A generalization, I know)
As an aging, overweight adult, I’ve become very conscious of what I eat and have adopted very healthy eating habits.
But —————— when I go to a place that became famous for specific menu items, I am already aware that some of them are very high in calories, fat, carbs, etc., and if that’s what I want to have for dinner, I don’t want Barry & Moochie sticking his big nose and her fat butt into my business.
Get a clue. There’s a reason for the results of this study: People don’t want to be told what to eat, and sometimes they even CHOOSE to make unhealthy choices. I’ve lost 100lbs in a little over a year, and I eat very healthy foods most of the time. But when I go to a steakhouse, I want a steak, even if it’s a smaller cut. When I go to a rib place, I want ribs, even if I split the meal with my wife. If I go to a Mexican place, I eat a ‘regular’ Mexican dinner. I work ‘em into my lifestyle quite well and don’t need a Poindexter with a pencil to tell me how to do it.
Get the hell out of my life!
Where's Captain Obvious when you need him? Any twit could have told them this for free!
All it does is tie-up the line at the drive thru when the idiot at the speaker can’t figure out if he’s looking at a price or a calorie count.
Well if you eat the label, it does improve your fiber.
Our results suggest menu labeling may provide fast-food restaurants with motivation to introduce healthier menu options; however, greater pressure may be necessary to generate overall average nutritional improvements...
“Despite the disappointing results, however, the researchers suggest that, in addition to further study, the response to these findings should be more government regulations and increased government and media pressure:”
Health Policeman; “You vill now enter our voluntary smoking cessation program.”
*bang*
Man: “That was Jill.”
*bang*
Man: “That was Jane.”
Health Policeman: “It always bring a tear to my eye when people die of fatty foods.”
-Paul Shanklin
The NappyOne