Re: GREAST - the Atkins Backlash - Big Bucks Bite Back

[Guest guest]

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>Is there room for pasta and bread on that plate? " Everything in

>moderation is ultimately where all these things lead to, "

>Conant, chief executive of Soup Co., told Reuters. " These

>diets become fad-like and take on lives of their own...and typically

>they are not sustainable. " Hershey CEO Lenny notes that

>Extremes are hard to maintain forever and predicts most low-carb

>followers will eventually converge in the center.

yeah, so this pisses me off to no end.

*especially* the part where all the health advice comes to you from

flippin' BIG FOOD CEOs!!!

that's where i get *my* health advice, yes indeedy!

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!

-katja

[Guest guest]

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--- In , Allan Balliett <igg@i...>

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> such ad, called " Grease, " shows a man frying bacon, sausage, and

> other breakfast meats, and then pouring the fat from the skillet

into

> an 8-ounce glass. The spokesman then squeezes an orange into

another

> glass and remarks that some people think the glass of fat is

healthy

> while the glass of orange juice is not, reports The Ledger.

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Hey Allan, great find!! Say, I guess the " some people " in question

would be something like 99.99% of the human population over the past

two million years! But, hey, like Katja said, Big Food CEOs

obviously know more about this stuff than the ignorant masses; after

all, you need a phd in nutrition to get a job like that, right? :-)

Mike

SE Pennsylvania