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[wildflowersoul]

One of my pet peeves is the obsessive focus on "low-carb" products that's the current rage. -I'm not getting all down on Atkins, just the people who are jumping on the bandwagon for all their worth- A particularly egregious example of this is KFC; they had been airing ads that claim that a bucket of fried chicken is good for "low-carb diets," and choosing KFC is choosing "healthy." Heh. I just read that the FTC totally nailed their asses for false advertising. Every once in a while, perusing these legal publications at work yields entertaining results. I will say, however, that their ads featuring "Chicks for Chicken" shirts make me giggle.

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[archer823.livejournal.com]

I totally saw that and started laughing my ass off. They got nailed for that one, but a lot of "low carb" products are so not.

[synaesthesia.livejournal.com]

What amuses me is when vendors produce the same product, but stick "no sugar added" on one and "low carb" on another. IT'S THE SAME FREAKING THING! Breyer's and Ben & Jerry's are both doing it with their ice creams.

...Clearly, I have a thing for ice cream. =)

[ex-cayetana730.livejournal.com]

"I'm being barbequed!"

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

I saw my favorite Low Carb item yesterday:

Low Carb Maple Syrup.

*shakes head*
I can understand limiting one's dietary intake of certain things. That makes sense, but making foods that are purposely missing the things you don't like is kinda dumb.

Like veggie bacon. That makes no sense to me. It'd be like making a meat salad. *laughs* mmmm. meat salad.

Gloria Weighs in AGAIN

[(Anonymous)]

I loathe the Lo-Carb trend. As a fitness instructor, I need to be aware of these stinkin' fad diets and actual (factual) nutritional information. For the record, it is true that Lo-Carb diets will help you to lose weight, assuming you follow them to the T. Many people, however, fail to follow the diet regulations exactly and become disappointed in the results (leading to the diet, lose, quit, gain, diet cycle). Sadly, most of the people on these diets pursue the new trend because they're lazy and don't want to have to do the actual physical work needed to lose weight through better overall health and fitness. It's a shame, really, that the public doesn't have better fitness and health education available -- or, more to the point, that the general public is uninterested in utilizing the information available because our society has become one insistent upon instant gratification.

The really sad part of the Lo-Carb diet trend is that people don't know how much harm they're really doing to themselves. Carbohydrates are one of the body's most reliable energy sources. What people don't seem to realize is that it isn't the carbs, in general, that are bad. The bad bit has to do with WHICH carbs they're eating and when and how they're eating them. Basically, they don't understand that there are really healthy carbs that they should be consuming (especially if they're active) in a greater proportion to other parts of well-balanced meals (for example, for dinner, a serving of long grain wild rice in greater proportion to a small serving of chicken, tofu or fish and a medium sized portion of a vegetable, a fruit or salad - NOT drowning in dressing). And although I think many people are aware that they should eat more frequently, it's hard for them to find the time to eat small meals throughout the day, limiting their chances of increasing high-fiber mid-grade carbohydrates found in fresh/raw produce.

In regards to Veggie and Vegan foodstuffs: I give it my endorsement. I maintain a primarily vegan diet, which incorporates tofu and soy or grain meat-substitutes (however, I don't do it because I love the animals, so I still eat the occasional big dead cow or little dead chicken or medium sized dead pig, or whatever). I have found that there are (as with any market) good products and products that should never have been made. Nevertheless, they are mostly soy/tofu based products of high quality. For my money, the Bigger Boca Burger is awesome if you can find it (Vegan original!), LightLife products of many varieties (including, I think, imitation luncheon meats, if I recall correctly) are often quite tasty, Boca Dinner Sausages are quite good (REALLY REALLY good, actually + an excellent addition to Beans & Rice), Smart Dogs are a fair treatment of hot dogs (but you should really boil and also pan fry to get a good dog going -- unless you're grilling) ... Whole Soy cultured soy products (yogurt substitute and frozen yogurt substitute) are amazing, Tofutti products are outstanding (eg: Sour Supreme, Tofutti ice cream products of all kinds - especially chocolate cookie crunch, even vegan cheese -- which is only good for grilled cheese sammiches, I've found) and SILK is the best soy milk EVAR (try the chocolate, you'll never drink dairy again). Of course, lack of overall popularity and demand resulting in smaller supply coming from tiny companies = high prices. But you gotta ask yourself, does your body feel lucky, punk? Well, does it?

[tdaschel.livejournal.com]

you know what 3 of the 7 Herbs and Spices are?

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