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    Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"

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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/06/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    you know a regulatory agency that had any ballz would smack that shit down as lies and deception before lunch
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    I swear I am not a complete food nazi, but really people, is it so hard to make a bowl of oatmeal in the morning? Buy it in the bulk bin and it is the perfect recession breakfast food.
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    SybilDisobedience promoted this comment Edited by pony_express at 09/05/09 4:02 PM pony_express was starred pony_express was unstarred
    Image of Cynner Cynner
    09/05/09

    @pony_express: OR hit your local truck stop for their $2.99 special of eggs fried in yesterday's ham grease, bacon so crisp it's a two-snapper, home-fries, and a side o'biscuits with gravy! C'mon people, it's not that hard! (And for $1 more, you can add a six-ounce steak on the side!)
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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    09/05/09

    @pony_express: Amen! I have a massive, massive box I bought at Sam's club almost a year ago. It cost me $5 and nearly a year later, I'm only halfway through it. Economical! Tasty! Healthy!
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    09/05/09

    @pony_express: MCann's Irish Oatmeal is the perfect complement to your morning Irish Coffee.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    09/05/09

    @pony_express: My ten year-old would gladly eat bowls of oatmeal, but my four year-old would prefer one of the Cheerios or Kix.

    (In addition to nutritional labeling, we also limit artificial colors and this rules out a lot of cereals)

    @SybilDisobedience: While cheap, I think it'd be difficult to get kids to eat the same breakfast, every day for a year and kids do seem to be this program's aim.
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    Edited by Magister at 09/05/09 6:41 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    09/06/09

    @Magister:

    The aisles of my local supermarket seem to have lots of non-crap breakfast options - whole wheat bread, yogurt, Cheerios, Chex, fruit, etc. These sugary brands have been around for 40 years and sane parents didn't buy them back then either.
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    Magister promoted this comment CParis was starred CParis was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    09/07/09

    @CParis: I was just pointing out that oatmeal every day would get boring for a kid and could be unpalatable to the very young. Not to mention that the flavored, instant stuff isn't any healthier than some cereals, plus I believe they contain artificial colors.

    Around my house, nutritional labeling and the ingredient lists are king. They reign supreme.

    From what I understand about "Smart Choice", the foods will have some minimum standards and though I think it's a cute marketing ploy to get you to look beyond the top "healthy" brands, I don't really see anything wrong with it, as long as you read the label.

    And with all that said, I'll add that though my kids have never had them, I'm almost fifty and was raised on Froot Loops, while my brother preferred Apple Jacks and neither of us are any worse for wear.
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    Edited by Magister at 09/07/09 3:47 AM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    "You're rushing around, you're trying to think about healthy eating for your kids and you have a choice between a doughnut and a cereal," Dr. Kennedy.

    I have this problem every time I go to the Froot Loops and Donuts supermarket. There just aren't enough options.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    09/05/09

    @braak: You need to move to someplace that has a CostCo -- so you can choose between the 256oz or 512oz sizes of your favorites.
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    Image of Shelwood Shelwood
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    Pardon me, clerk, but which aisle are the Opiate Oats in? Because I'm not going to eat them just for breakfast...
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    Froot Loops was better than other things parents could choose for their children [to eat].
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/05/09

    @ShanghaiLil: Not sure what happened but...
    For instance: plastic grocery bags, small parts of metal toys, lead paint chips, rabid squirrel and heroin. Compared to these things, Froot Loops is indeed a "smarter choice" for breakfast.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    09/05/09

    @ShanghaiLil: Iron filings. Uranium. Thumb tacks.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    09/05/09

    @ShanghaiLil: I stand corrected!
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/06/09

    @ShanghaiLil: bag of broken glass
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    Well, Froot Loops, for example. It's a cereal so patently un-fruity, its creators have to spell their product's name incorrectly in order to avoid possibly misleading consumers of it actually containing any fruit.

    So what's Grape Nuts' excuse? :[]
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    09/05/09

    @lobstr: No excuse needed. "Grape nuts" is slang for testicles. And they're in there for sure.
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    Edited by skahammer at 09/05/09 4:07 PM skahammer was starred skahammer was unstarred
    Image of TedSez TedSez
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    What's the problem? A healthy breakfast featuring Reese's Puffs is far better for you than starving. Your kids will do better in school, too.

    "Reese's Puffs -- now with nutrients!"
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    "Froot Loops is a better choice"... than a whiskey crack smoothie. Not much else.

    I wonder how you sleep at night, Dr. Sell-out.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    Screw that; I only have Quarry for breakfast.
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    Edited by DennyCrane at 09/05/09 2:30 PM DennyCrane was starred DennyCrane was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    09/05/09

    @DennyCrane: I used to eat Quarry and Little Chocolate Donuts, but then I went through a phase with New Cracklin' Oat Flakes and now that I'm older, I need an occasional bowl of Colon Blow.
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    Edited by Magister at 09/05/09 7:21 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of Swifter Swifter
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    I thought Count Chocula was the Attorney General?
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    09/05/09

    @Swifter: He was disbarred by one of the new sunshine laws.
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    skahammer was starred skahammer was unstarred
    Image of Swifter Swifter
    09/05/09

    @skahammer: It put marzipan in his pie plate, bingo!
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    Image of God God
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    The only people who eat so-called nutritious and healthy foods are effete homosexuals and shameless people who aspire to be effete homosexuals and live the gay lifestyle. What we need here is to use the sound principles of trickle-down health. Scientific studies show that as rich people consume expensive but nutritious foods and stay healthy, their health gently trickles down into the mouths of the obese and diabetic poor. Socialized nutrition should not be allowed to destroy America!
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/05/09

    @God: Screw that. I'm an effete homosexual, and I had a McDonalds quarter pounder with cheese just yesterday.
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    Image of God God
    09/06/09

    @ShanghaiLil: *Gasp* Okay, first off, that is no way to talk to the Lord, thy God. Secondly, your vivid description of the previous night's (sinful, natch) activities simply make no sense given who you say you are. This is all too much for me to figure out. So I'm just gonna call you an agent of Satan and settle this. Also, I unleash a plague of horny cougars upon thee!
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    Edited by God at 09/06/09 4:54 PM God was starred God was unstarred
    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/07/09

    @God: I will accept my punishment as long as there are no Kardashians involved.
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    And here I thought Reagen trying to pass off ketchup as a vegetable in our schools was a rare low-point.

    Glad to see it's not that rare.

    Side-note: Why does this crap only happen in the US?!
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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    09/05/09

    @Paul_Is_Drunk: It happens elsewhere, it's hard enough to get news about wars we're not in so one would expect that foreign food content scandals would rarely make it into our stream of info.

    Also, the world is just starting to learn about the food monstrosities we've created.

    They think we're fat because we're lazy.

    MWAHAHAHAHAHA
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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    See the checkmark on the food industry's cock is a good for you product, now suck on it bitch. Oh yeah that's good OH YES. CHECK MARK THE HOTDOGS OH YES OH YES LIMA BEANS GET AN X OH YES OH YES CIGARETTES ARE HEALTH-EEEEEEE. Omg that was great.

    Your money is on the bedstand, c'ya next week.
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    Edited by nathanst at 09/05/09 1:24 PM nathanst was starred nathanst was unstarred
    Image of NoodlePress NoodlePress
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    This is horrible considering the diabetes and obesity epidemic. Dr. Kennedy should be let go from Tufts. As a public health educator she has the professional and ethical responsibility to properly educate the public not help to dupe them.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/06/09

    @NoodlePress: that would be awesome. to hold a shilling lobbyist accountable by a jury of peers
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    Image of VeeKaChu VeeKaChu
    09/05/09

    In reply to Delicious Junk Food Lobby: Declaring Unhealthy Junk Food a "Smart Choice"
    "The checkmark means the food item is a ‘better for you' product, as opposed to having an x on it saying ‘Don't eat this,' " Dr. Kennedy said.

    What is this moron a "doctor" of, I wonder? How does that statement even make sense, are there regions of the country where foodstuffs are actually labelled with an "X" to counter-indicate consumption?

    It's phony nutritional relativism. If there was any 'truth in advertising', this would be "NABA" labelling, and products would have to list the things they are comparatively "Not As Bad As...", i.e., "These Pop-Tarts are NABA a bag of pork rinds, or NABA a can of Ready Whip for breakfast!"
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