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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    Okay, okay, I know this is all hilarious and whatnot but seriously, the number of parents who think that because it's labeled "juice" kids should be able to drink as much as they want is MIND-BOGGLING! Juicing and juicers are a scam, no one needs simple sugars delivered directly to their bloodstream in mass quantities except maybe someone in a diabetic coma. You can take in like an extra 4-500 calories a day like nothing. I applaud the comment below hoping Obama splits the FDA into their component food and drug parts - the misinformation regarding nutrition is epic. Thanks agribusiness lobby! I WILL drink milk until I'm 90! #fitness
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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    11/09/09

    @Hiroine Protagonist: I like milk. However each time I drink it I'm convinced my former voice teach is going to yell at me... #fitness
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/09/09

    @Hiroine Protagonist: Why, thank you. I think he should name you and I the czars on each respective agency, too. I'm ready for it. "Kick ass and take no prisoners" ready, that is. #fitness
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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    11/09/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: From your lips to Obama's ears! #fitness
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/09/09

    @Hiroine Protagonist: Slight correction: "Czarinas!" #fitness
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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    11/09/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: I am so down with that - it's in my life plan already so.....any time Obama! Imma let you finish! #fitness
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    Sure, like Mayor Bloomberg, blame the food. Food doesn't kill people. People kill people. They will have to pry my Double Whopper with Cheese from my cold dead hands! #fitness
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    Image of milominderbinder milominderbinder
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    This is why I eat air. Delicious, free and won't make me fat! #fitness
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @milominderbinder: With a nice bowl of steam. #fitness
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    Image of TheExperience TheExperience
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    No nuts and berries gathered in the forest. Got it. If I get lost in the woods, I'll keep looking until I find a vending machine with Snackwells and Baked Lays in it. #fitness
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    Image of kentuckienne kentuckienne
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    Or you can develop celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that, with the consumption of wheat/rye/barley/oats, causes your immune system to destroy your small intestine, along with your ability to absorb calories and nutrients. My husband calls it the "eat all the bread you want and still lose weight" diet; we figure we could sell it for millions if we could just get rid of the pesky diarrhea, flatulence, bloating and malnutrition part. #fitness
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    Image of GonzoMaz GonzoMaz
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    I just heard stress might be bad for you as well. Can this be true? #fitness
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/09/09

    @GonzoMaz: Nah, that's just a rumor, like that crap about cigarettes. And heroin. #fitness
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    Image of Brad Brown Brad Brown
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    Your only hope in combating the menace of food is a weekly colonic administered by a scantily-clad Korean girl at that massage parlor in the strip mall down by the industrial park. #fitness
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    Pure orange juice has tons more sugar in it than soda. But most soda has sodium benzoate as a preservative which is not great. #fitness
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/09/09

    @SpyMagician: The carbonic acid in soda has been linked to bone density issues in both genders as well. #fitness
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    Try to go one week without eating anything that has corn syrup in it. This basically rules out most prepackaged food items available, including soup and salad dressings. Truthfully, we are a fat country because of government farm subsidies and the lure of convenience foods. #fitness
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/09/09

    @pony_express: I always expect to lose weight on Passover because it's an entire week without corn syrup, bread, or pasta. Turns out sugar, matzah, and potatoes aren't that waistline-friendly either. #fitness
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    11/09/09

    @DahlELama: Ha! but that's what Yom Kippur is for, no? #fitness
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/09/09

    @pony_express: Sadly, I'm pretty sure one day of fasting only makes up for one day of matzah brei... #fitness
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    Image of TabithaIapetus TabithaIapetus
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    I thought grass just made you hungry... not necessarily fat. #fitness
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/09/09

    @TabithaIapetus: Depends on whether you eat it or smoke it. #fitness
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    In other news: life causes death. #fitness
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    It sounds stupid, but I know plenty of seemingly intelligent people who guzzle VitaminWater on a regular basis because they think it's not only harmless, but healthy -- not realizing that you're only getting a few vitamins that you'd easily get by eating a slice of an orange along with heaps and heaps of sugar. #fitness
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/09/09

    @El_Gato: The problem is nutritionism. Food manufacturers will tell you that their products contain this-or-that nutrient, but the fact that they come bundled with loads of unhealthy ingredients is de-emphasized in the marketing. #fitness
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/09/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Yes, I agree entirely. VitaminWater for example could just as easily -- and perhaps more appropriately -- be called SugarWater. But the manufacturers for obvious reasons go with the more appealing, and extremely misleading, name. #fitness
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/09/09

    @Claire Buoyant: My hope is that Obama dismantles the current FDA and creates 2 agencies: One for food safety and one for drug safety. The two together have been incestuous bedfellows far, far too long. #fitness
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    Image of CumaeanSibyl CumaeanSibyl
    11/09/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Nutritionism also conveys the impression that artificially-added chemicals are equivalent to the nutrients found in whole foods, which: no. The body handles actual food much more efficiently than it does, say, vitamin pills. #fitness
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    Image of vitajex vitajex
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    This is a HUGE surprise to me. I had always believed that obesity was caused by the fat fairies. I saw one once. I just thought it was a coincidence that it was hovering around a 3 lb. cheesecake. #fitness
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    Image of NoelleBlue NoelleBlue
    11/09/09

    @vitajex: I now have an image in my head of Kylie Minogue as the absinthe fairy, except wearing an outfit made of tasty cheese (or perhaps chocolate!) and a butter-filled laugh like that of Paula Deen. #fitness
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    11/09/09

    @vitajex: That wasn't the Fat Fairy, it was just #PatriotPat. #fitness
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    Image of Pappenheim Pappenheim
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    Here's my preemptive two cents: coke zero is not a food. #fitness
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    11/09/09

    @Pappenheim: Regular Coke is not a food nor beverage either. Except when you buy it in the glass bottle, then it is made with cane sugar not corn syrup, and actually tastes good. #fitness
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    11/09/09

    @pony_express: Kosher Coke rules. Look for the yellow bottlecap. #fitness
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/09/09

    @blix: Sadly, the yellow cap is only available around Passover. Unless you find it at another time, and that just means it's left over from Passover. #fitness
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    11/09/09

    @blix: Here in California it's Mexican Coke (okay, so that doesn't sound right). It is bottled, not canned, and is made with real sugar. The difference is stunning, like how soda use to taste. I think Kosher Coke is the same? Except maybe blessed too? #fitness
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/09/09

    @DahlELama: Can you get Mexican Coca Cola? #fitness
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    Image of BullyTerrier BullyTerrier
    11/09/09

    @DahlELama: I had no idea Coke actually did that... you learn something new everyday #fitness
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    11/09/09

    @BullyTerrier: Yup! Corn syrup is on the forbidden list on Passover because of an Eastern-European Jewish custom called "Kitniyot" which makes grain-like things like rice and corn no good. (Literally the most irritating and ridiculous custom in my opinion, especially since Sefardi Jews are permitted these things.) Therefore, in order to make Coke kosher for Passover, they replace corn syrup with sugar and signify its kosher-for-Passover status with a yellow cap. It's pretty good, I must say. #fitness
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    11/09/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Now I want some Throw-back Pepsi. Who knew about these soda cults? #fitness
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    11/09/09

    @Claire Buoyant: In LA you can find it at Mexican Restaurants sometimes; regular coke is dead to me now. #fitness
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    Image of Kimrod Kimrod
    11/09/09

    In reply to 'Food' Causes Obesity, Warn Scientists
    "You ever eat a pine tree?" -Euell Gibbons #fitness
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    Image of BEERxTaco BEERxTaco
    11/09/09

    @Kimrod: He died from natural causes, you know. #fitness
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