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2011/04/18 05:17:59
Subject: USA banning Chocolate milk/the childhood Obesity Thread.
Fafnir wrote:Another issue with the food that kids eat is that all that deep fried, greasy, sugar-laden crap can't possibly good for helping the kids' energy levels or concentration. I'm willing to bet that if the kids ate better, they'd do a hell of a lot better in school too.
Yeah, but good food costs money.
Also, it has been proven that in schools that use incandescent lightbulbs (the standard, old timey lightbulb), students learn better than if they study underneath fluorescent bulbs (the long, white sticks). Schools use the fluorescent bulbs simply because they are cheaper to operate.
I disagree, good food is mostly just as cheap as unhealthy food when you buy wholesale, the real problem is cost of labor. Cost of food in the restaurant business is trivial compared to the cost of labor, schools handle this by using heavily processed foods, which are mostly only made in highly unhealthy form, or in fancy healthfood packs that are way overpriced because the marketing around that kind of stuff allows for it.
Fixing the problem requires demanding a supplier that will provide healthyish processed food. It'd be a little more expensive (can't rely on soy and corn), but if enough school districts offer a contract for a little more money than what suppliers can get out of them right now, it'll happen. The real barriers are accountability (schools will roll out healthy food programs that are really just as bad, IE, fruit cups with the fruit preserved in corn syrup), initiative, and getting enough school districts to get on board at the same time that providing healthy processed food at low prices will be profitable to somebody.
"You probably know that dairy products are an ideal source of calcium, but did you know that calcium actually interferes with your body's ability to absorb fat? To enjoy that effect, though, you need the vitamin D, so thankfully dairy producers add it to milk. Regular, non-chocolate milk offers this benefit, but research shows that chocolate milk might have an edge on the white stuff. A study published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism showed that participants who drank chocolate milk before mounting stationary bikes were able to ride 49 percent longer than those given a generic carbohydrate-replacement beverage. Keep that in mind next time you're about to head out for an afternoon gym session. "
Got this from Yahoo
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"No, sorry, synonymous does not mean same".-Dogma
"If I say "I will hug you" I am threatening you" -Dogma
Thats a little ridiculous. The school I go to sells french fries and pizza and other fatty foods like crazy. Today they legitly sold Mozzarella on a sandwich .......but wait it gets better it was fried..because they can. Don't get me wrong it tastes good but its only hurting us. Chocolate Milk doesn't even compare to the other foods they sell.
I call for Monte Cristos for all! It's got all yer major food groups and we can save tons of money on education when all the kids keel over. It'll be totally green and stuff.
Andrew1975 wrote:"You probably know that dairy products are an ideal source of calcium, but did you know that calcium actually interferes with your body's ability to absorb fat? To enjoy that effect, though, you need the vitamin D, so thankfully dairy producers add it to milk. Regular, non-chocolate milk offers this benefit, but research shows that chocolate milk might have an edge on the white stuff. A study published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism showed that participants who drank chocolate milk before mounting stationary bikes were able to ride 49 percent longer than those given a generic carbohydrate-replacement beverage. Keep that in mind next time you're about to head out for an afternoon gym session. "
Got this from Yahoo
That's probably because they weren't drinking...
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As a side note, a soy diet is almost toxic to the human body, ESPECIALLY young girls because of the hormones in it... so that's out when it comes to health foods.
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2011/04/22 02:26:04
Subject: USA banning Chocolate milk/the childhood Obesity Thread.
Melissia wrote:As a side note, a soy diet is almost toxic to the human body, ESPECIALLY young girls because of the hormones in it... so that's out when it comes to health foods.
I knew it... the vegetarians are trying to poison me...
Commissar NIkev wrote:
This guy......is smart
2011/04/22 05:29:42
Subject: USA banning Chocolate milk/the childhood Obesity Thread.
Melissia wrote:As a side note, a soy diet is almost toxic to the human body, ESPECIALLY young girls because of the hormones in it... so that's out when it comes to health foods.
Do you know what a soy diet does to males? Hello low sperm count. Granted it's plus for some, a negative for others!
"I don't have principles, and I consider any comment otherwise to be both threatening and insulting" - Dogma
"No, sorry, synonymous does not mean same".-Dogma
"If I say "I will hug you" I am threatening you" -Dogma
KingCracker wrote:Wait a second. So a soy diet is actually bad for us? Why is it health nuts are all over eating soy?
That's only if you don't cook the bean.
Stop spreading your infernal truth! We like our reasons for not being vegetarians!
I have no problem with vegetarians just vegans.
A fun way to troll them: point out that both yogurt and bread (except for unleavened) are meat/animal genocide, as both result in the mass slaughter of smaller animals.
KingCracker wrote:Wait a second. So a soy diet is actually bad for us? Why is it health nuts are all over eating soy?
That's only if you don't cook the bean.
Stop spreading your infernal truth! We like our reasons for not being vegetarians!
I have no problem with vegetarians just vegans.
A fun way to troll them: point out that both yogurt and bread (except for unleavened) are meat/animal genocide, as both result in the mass slaughter of smaller animals.
Or by wearing clothes they're supporting labour cruelty. Wait how is yogurt animal cruelty?
KingCracker wrote:Wait a second. So a soy diet is actually bad for us? Why is it health nuts are all over eating soy?
That's only if you don't cook the bean.
Stop spreading your infernal truth! We like our reasons for not being vegetarians!
I have no problem with vegetarians just vegans.
A fun way to troll them: point out that both yogurt and bread (except for unleavened) are meat/animal genocide, as both result in the mass slaughter of smaller animals.
Or by wearing clothes they're supporting labour cruelty. Wait how is yogurt animal cruelty?
Yogurt, as they call it on the package, is made with "active cultures". That means bacteria, which is why eating yogurt can be good for your colon (the place in your body that uses the "friendly" bacteria, to make it simple).
KingCracker wrote:Wait a second. So a soy diet is actually bad for us? Why is it health nuts are all over eating soy?
That's only if you don't cook the bean.
Stop spreading your infernal truth! We like our reasons for not being vegetarians!
I have no problem with vegetarians just vegans.
A fun way to troll them: point out that both yogurt and bread (except for unleavened) are meat/animal genocide, as both result in the mass slaughter of smaller animals.
Or by wearing clothes they're supporting labour cruelty. Wait how is yogurt animal cruelty?
Yogurt, as they call it on the package, is made with "active cultures". That means bacteria, which is why eating yogurt can be good for your colon (the place in your body that uses the "friendly" bacteria, to make it simple).
Nice, thanks.
2011/04/24 00:25:11
Subject: USA banning Chocolate milk/the childhood Obesity Thread.
My only problem is with vegans who freak out and refuse to use utensils that have touched meat or something. Those make me facepalm and say, 'Sucks to be you. DEAL WITH IT.'
"If everything on Earth were rational, nothing would ever happen."
~Fyodor Dostoevsky
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~Hanlon's Razor
This thread needs moar Powerthirst. Come to think of it, every thread could use moar Powerthirst. But mostly this one. Because it's about fat kids. That's right, I made that connection all by myself.
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