Re: who came up with Pyramid anyway?

[Guest guest]

|

| Many years I remember a campaign that eating cereal was as much good as

eating

| the box that contained it! This really put the cereal people in a bind

and

| sales dropped. Mothers stopped feeding kids boxed cereals for breakfast

and

| started back with *real* food...at least I did!

Yeah, I remember that.

| Then they began adding all the vitamins and nutrients and promoting

cereal as

| the best food on earth! I think the cereal people probably had a hot to

do

| with the myth that carbs are so good.....and athletes, who started the

*carbo

| load* thing about loading up on carbs for energy before a big

competition.

| People grabbed onto this and I think the dietary folks bought it, too.

Thus,

| the food pyramid. IMNSHO. *hugs* Toni

I guess I can sorta understand the logic but why would they think everyone

needs to eat like athletes? They load up on carbs when they know they're

going to be working it off very soon. Why don't we use athletes? Why

don't we tell them to quit endorsing cereals because they're encouraging

our kids to become diabetics when they grow up? They're in the news often

enough to do us some good if we could get them to see our side. And you

can bet they have family members or friends that are diabetic too. Just a

thought.

Annette

[Guest guest]

Many people are convinced that the Food Pyramid was cooked up by lobbyists

for American farming interests. (Not the little family farms that are fading

so quickly from the landscape, but the corporate mega-farms, who wield so

much power.) Also, food manufacturers themselves like the carbs because they

are cheap to manufacture.

Susie

[Guest guest]

Susie -

This is the first posting I've seen from you in quite a while (since you went on

your trip to LA)...how are things in your part of NC? Have the floods been

in your area? And did you enjoy New Orleans and renewing friendships?

rjm

OtterCritter wrote:

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>

> Many people are convinced that the Food Pyramid was cooked up by lobbyists

> for American farming interests. (Not the little family farms that are fading

> so quickly from the landscape, but the corporate mega-farms, who wield so

> much power.) Also, food manufacturers themselves like the carbs because they

> are cheap to manufacture.

>

> Susie

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry I have had to be sorta quiet today kiddos ... I've been helping Rob

gather some info. I live way inland - nearly into Tennessee. There is

evidence of lots of rain while I was away, for which I'm thankful, as the

entire state of Tennessee had been declared a drought disaster area. The

situation out along the East Coast is such a shame ... What a year this has

been for them. They are so close to sea level, and Floyd came onshore right

at 2:30 am, the peak of high tide. The length of time the storms (and I am

referring to Dennis as well as Floyd here) stayed around, their timing, and

the storms that accompanied them combined to do severe damage. Yesterday

they were reporting there were still 1500 people needing to be rescued.

Animal life has suffered greatly as well. Although we don't see the

devastation, many lost their habitat and drowned in the flooding as well.

Always one to seek out the positive, I am gratified that the storms have

done much to loosen the grip that the drought has had on the East Coast this

summer. In fact, we got another dandy rain storm again this afternoon.

Hugs,

Susie

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Many people are convinced that the Food Pyramid was cooked up by

lobbyists

> for American farming interests. (Not the little family farms that are

fading

> so quickly from the landscape, but the corporate mega-farms, who wield so

> much power.) Also, food manufacturers themselves like the carbs because

they

> are cheap to manufacture.

That wouldn't surprise me. How many actual grains of wheat would there be

in a box of puffed wheat?