Unbelievable!!! How about teaching the public personal responsibility and how to enjoy a healthy BALANCED LIFESTYLE! I am an OMNIVORE! I like fat foods and I like healthy foods. I am in tune with what my body needs. There is nothing wrong with fat when you balance it with exercise. Our government is intent on taking away our "personal choice". New York has threatened restaurants with a salt ban and now Michelle Obama wants restaurants to cut the fat.
Both salt and fat give our meals FLAVOR! I am not one who is at all interested in eating bland food! Nor do I care to live in a NANNY STATE! A NANNY STATE is a government that makes decisions for people that they might otherwise make for themselves especially those relating to private and personal behaviour! A NANNY STATE is a patronizing government which is offensively condescending! They actually believe you're unable to think and make decisions for yourselves!
I would also like to add that Michael Moore hates McDonald's so much and makes mention of them often. Always with a derogatory tone! Has he looked at himself lately. Nobody force fed him his daily meals. He obviously enjoys his size because he obviously has NOT changed his eating HABITS. Nor does he enjoy excercise. I mean come on now, the proof is in the pudding. So puhleeease do us ALL a favor and start promoting McDonald's. That would be the right thing to do. After all, you are the poster child for junk food.
Don't get me wrong, I love and respect people of all size's. I honestly believe that beauty is within and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I singled out Michael Moore because of his hypocrisy and because of the most recent statement he made to Wolf Blitzer on CNN stating "There is a McDonald's two blocks from Ground Zero. Trust me, McDonald's has killed far more people than the terrorists." Oh really now! NOBODY FORCED people to walk in or drive through and order their FOOD CHOICES! Oh and NOBODY FORCED people to eat at that fast food restaurant either. But I wouldn't expect you to think that through. How could you when your thoughts are clouded by such deception.
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Los Angeles Times
written by Andrew Malcolm
Tuesday September 14, 2010 at 5:18am
First Lady Michelle Obama, who has been unable to convince the Smoker-in-Chief to give up that dreadful habit, now has some health suggestions for other American families and for restaurant menus across the country. The goal is to eat healthier, although that might hurt restaurant sales and cause disappointed children.
Obama, who has made combating childhood obesity and inactivity her favored causes, addressed the National Restaurant Assn. (See the text below, along with photos of her husband not eating arugula.) She, of course, has her own personal chef brought in from Chicago and took full parental responsibility for guiding her daughters' diets because parents are crucial habit-formers and role models, even in food choices.
But Obama would like to see more healthy choices for Americans dining out, even if it means a restaurant deleting a best-selling menu item.
The Democrat suggested that Americans are "programmed" by taste and advertising to eat many things that the government and health professionals know are not healthy for their bodies. So she wants to facilitate a nationwide re-programming of personal tastes by having restaurants start serving less of what customers ignorantly want and more of what they should have.
One idea Mrs. Obama had is to serve apple slices as the default side dish with, say, hamburgers, instead of French fries, which she confessed to liking.
Also she'd like less butter and cream in restaurant dinners, not enough to....
...ruin the flavor but enough to make them healthy. A difficult balance, millions have learned.
Her other suggestions: Substitute whole wheat pasta for white. Smaller portions (presumably for smaller prices). Less mac and cheese, chicken fingers and cheeseburgers on kids' menus. More carrots.
Mrs. Obama expressed concern that Americans are now spending more money on food purchased and/or eaten outside the home, which many in her audience of restaurant business owners likely think is a pretty good thing.
The first lady doesn't mind ordinary families eating out on special occasions. But, she claimed, restaurant efforts to reduce calories and fats have been insufficient. And too slow. "We just don't have the time to waste," Mrs. Obama added.
"As humans, we are programmed to crave sugary, fatty, salty foods," Mrs. Obama told the group.
"And as people who work to meet those needs, I know it’s tempting to respond by creating products that are sweeter, richer and saltier than ever before. But here’s the catch. See, feeding those cravings doesn't just respond to people’s natural desires, it actually helps shape them. The more of these foods people eat, the more they're accustomed to that taste, and after a while, those unhealthy foods become a permanent part of their eating habits."
She said she understood that healthy meals sell less, which is not a good thing for any business. But she said the problem of obesity is so great, it must be addressed urgently by all means.
She said it's also important to change these national eating habits because they end up costing billions in additional healthcare costs.
Grab some cauliflower and savor her full remarks below. [You have to look at the photo's the Los Angeles Times posted showing President Obama chowing down yummy fatty foods while on his continuous travels across America campaigning for the democrats.]
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