Comments on: What is happening to America? http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-happening-to-america/ Pull Up a Seat and Join the Conversation at Circle of Food Blog. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pat Fitch http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-happening-to-america/#comment-4291 Pat Fitch Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:28:22 +0000 http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-happening-to-america/#comment-4291 Exercise? Yes! Smaller portions? Yes! We need to do both. Many of us lack the discipline it takes to stay thin because we are overworked and tired at the end of the day and it is easier to get energy from snacks and eating out than making healthy meals at home. If we only eat smaller portions, without exercising, as we get older we lose muscle mass and have to eat less calories to maintain our weight (because muscle burns more calories than fat). Few of us have the time and willpower to exercise to the intensity it would take to burn off the calories from the large portion sizes these days. Exercise? Yes! Smaller portions? Yes! We need to do both.

Many of us lack the discipline it takes to stay thin because we are overworked and tired at the end of the day and it is easier to get energy from snacks and eating out than making healthy meals at home.

If we only eat smaller portions, without exercising, as we get older we lose muscle mass and have to eat less calories to maintain our weight (because muscle burns more calories than fat).

Few of us have the time and willpower to exercise to the intensity it would take to burn off the calories from the large portion sizes these days.

]]> By: Karyn Zoldan http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-happening-to-america/#comment-4272 Karyn Zoldan Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:39:59 +0000 http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-happening-to-america/#comment-4272 I agree with Rita to some extent. We have a bountiful country if we don't sell out to the Monsantos. We put a lot of emphasis on food, advertising food, eating food, dining, food on TV as in an entire network. Food is social. Food is business. Food is cultural. Food is emotional. But the most important thing is that most of us don't exercise. People spend a lot of time playing video games, watching TV, and surfing the web. People who exercise regularly, generally weigh less and have a better metabolism. They're more active instead of actively eating food. Another thing that contributes to overweight is also the sugar free and fat free products. They still have calories and people thing because they are eating fat free yogurt that they can have a triple helping and it's no big deal. Just because the cookies are using Splenda instead of sugar doesn't mean that they are home free. I think that's a big problem. I agree with Rita to some extent.
We have a bountiful country if we don’t sell out to the Monsantos. We put a lot of emphasis on food, advertising food, eating food, dining, food on TV as in an entire network. Food is social. Food is business. Food is cultural. Food is emotional.

But the most important thing is that most of us don’t exercise. People spend a lot of time playing video games, watching TV, and surfing the web.

People who exercise regularly, generally weigh less and have a better metabolism. They’re more active instead of actively eating food.

Another thing that contributes to overweight is also the sugar free and fat free products. They still have calories and people thing because they are eating fat free yogurt that they can have a triple helping and it’s no big deal. Just because the cookies are using Splenda instead of sugar doesn’t mean that they are home free. I think that’s a big problem.

]]> By: rita connelly http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-happening-to-america/#comment-4245 rita connelly Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:20:12 +0000 http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-happening-to-america/#comment-4245 America has always been about "Bigger is Better". That's what the country was built on; it's what makes us the world power that we are. That being said, I honestly think that people think - especially when dining out - that if you get lots of food that's a good thing - even if the food is mediocre. Not sure what to do about it. But with the trend toward tasitng menus in fancier places, perhaps this will trickle down to the chains eventually. America has always been about “Bigger is Better”. That’s what the country was built on; it’s what makes us the world power that we are.
That being said, I honestly think that people think - especially when dining out - that if you get lots of food that’s a good thing - even if the food is mediocre.
Not sure what to do about it. But with the trend toward tasitng menus in fancier places, perhaps this will trickle down to the chains eventually.

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