No Grains & No Sugar Article

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Below is a link to a great article about an upcoming documentary in America on obesity that the author does not agree with. Instead, he discussed how everyone is avoiding the real cause of obesity -- grains and sugar!


www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/06/why-the-campaign-to-stop-america-s-obesity-crisis-keeps-failing.html?fb_ref=article&fb_source=home_oneline

[sadlebred]

I'd die if I could not eat whole grains and sugar.

[runblondie26]

Jun 1, 2012 6:24:48 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

I'd die if I could not eat whole grains and sugar.

+1

I'd be laid out on the stretcher next to you.

Moderation in everything folks.

[osulori]

Jun 1, 2012 7:42:38 GMT -5 runblondie26 said:

Jun 1, 2012 6:24:48 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

I'd die if I could not eat whole grains and sugar.

+1

I'd be laid out on the stretcher next to you.

Moderation in everything folks.

Me three.

[katieb4tom]

I eat grains and more sugar than I should and I am healthy and thin.

[clseale]

Jun 1, 2012 7:49:10 GMT -5 osulori said:

Jun 1, 2012 7:42:38 GMT -5 runblondie26 said:

+1

I'd be laid out on the stretcher next to you.

Moderation in everything folks.

Me three.

Four! You people get me.

ETA: I do like some of the points made in the article, but I have an issue with no grains. People have been eating whole grains, barley, millet, etc long before people became obese. I just can't get behind the fact that this is a contributing factor. I don't like clumping grains in one category. No moderation and lack of self control, imo, is so much more of the issue.

[blinkinglight1]

I really like this article!

[heliocentric]

I hate articles that oversimplify the problem. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Sure, sugar and refined grains are bad if you are eating too many or that's all you're eating. That doesn't mean you're going to become overweight if you eat a bowl of pasta once a week or indulge in the occasional cupcake, provided you eat a balanced, varied diet with reasonable portions.

[juangela]

Jun 1, 2012 7:57:02 GMT -5 clseale said:

ETA: I do like some of the points made in the article, but I have an issue with no grains. People have been eating whole grains, barley, millet, etc long before people became obese. I just can't get behind the fact that this is a contributing factor. I don't like clumping grains in one category.

But what people weren't eating then were the corn-filled processed foods that fill supermarket shelves now. Watch Food Inc. or read the Omnivore's Dilemma if you haven't already. Incredibly insightful. Agriculture today is a far cry from what it was when our great grandparents or great-great grandparents (depending on your age) were farming.

While this article may be oversimplifying it, I'm glad that someone is coming out and calling out at least a part of the problem. And people (and I don't mean the people on this board) need to stop making excuses just because they like sugar - no, eating a cupcake occasionally isn't going to make you obese, but "occasionally" doesn't mean daily or even weekly, especially if you are live a completely sedentary life. And especially when those cupcakes are the size of half a cake.

[heliocentric]

Jun 1, 2012 8:17:30 GMT -5 juangela said:

Jun 1, 2012 7:57:02 GMT -5 clseale said:

ETA: I do like some of the points made in the article, but I have an issue with no grains. People have been eating whole grains, barley, millet, etc long before people became obese. I just can't get behind the fact that this is a contributing factor. I don't like clumping grains in one category.

But what people weren't eating then were the corn-filled processed foods that fill supermarket shelves now. Watch Food Inc. or read the Omnivore's Dilemma if you haven't already. Incredibly insightful. Agriculture today is a far cry from what it was when our great grandparents or great-great grandparents (depending on your age) were farming.

While this article may be oversimplifying it, I'm glad that someone is coming out and calling out at least a part of the problem. And people (and I don't mean the people on this board) need to stop making excuses just because they like sugar - no, eating a cupcake occasionally isn't going to make you obese, but "occasionally" doesn't mean daily or even weekly, especially if you are live a completely sedentary life. And especially when those cupcakes are the size of half a cake.

I agree with you, but the article makes it sound like grains are the problem (and essentially treats them equally). It's really lack of portion control, an unbalanced diet, lack of excercise, eating crap foods, eating unnatural/highly-refined/franken-foods, etc.

[clseale]

Jun 1, 2012 8:17:30 GMT -5 juangela said:

Jun 1, 2012 7:57:02 GMT -5 clseale said:

ETA: I do like some of the points made in the article, but I have an issue with no grains. People have been eating whole grains, barley, millet, etc long before people became obese. I just can't get behind the fact that this is a contributing factor. I don't like clumping grains in one category.

But what people weren't eating then were the corn-filled processed foods that fill supermarket shelves now. Watch Food Inc. or read the Omnivore's Dilemma if you haven't already. Incredibly insightful. Agriculture today is a far cry from what it was when our great grandparents or great-great grandparents (depending on your age) were farming.

While this article may be oversimplifying it, I'm glad that someone is coming out and calling out at least a part of the problem. And people (and I don't mean the people on this board) need to stop making excuses just because they like sugar - no, eating a cupcake occasionally isn't going to make you obese, but "occasionally" doesn't mean daily or even weekly, especially if you are live a completely sedentary life. And especially when those cupcakes are the size of half a cake.

I agree, and those are the points that I did like about the article. There are still so many diets that say no grains. Period. That's what I take issue with. I just think cutting out anything completely from a diet is the wrong way to do things. Teaching people the difference (as an example) in grains and why some are healthy and others, not so much, would be a better way to go about things and help people make sustainable choices.

I think the same about teaching what moderation & portion control really means. I think we're more likely to solve the obsesity issues this way rather than saying NO to any specific food.

[Deleted]

Jun 1, 2012 8:26:24 GMT -5 clseale said:

Jun 1, 2012 8:17:30 GMT -5 juangela said:

But what people weren't eating then were the corn-filled processed foods that fill supermarket shelves now. Watch Food Inc. or read the Omnivore's Dilemma if you haven't already. Incredibly insightful. Agriculture today is a far cry from what it was when our great grandparents or great-great grandparents (depending on your age) were farming.

While this article may be oversimplifying it, I'm glad that someone is coming out and calling out at least a part of the problem. And people (and I don't mean the people on this board) need to stop making excuses just because they like sugar - no, eating a cupcake occasionally isn't going to make you obese, but "occasionally" doesn't mean daily or even weekly, especially if you are live a completely sedentary life. And especially when those cupcakes are the size of half a cake.

I agree, and those are the points that I did like about the article. There are still so many diets that say no grains. Period. That's what I take issue with. I just think cutting out anything completely from a diet is the wrong way to do things. Teaching people the difference (as an example) in grains and why some are healthy and others, not so much, would be a better way to go about things and help people make sustainable choices.

I think the same about teaching what moderation & portion control really means. I think we're more likely to solve the obsesity issues this way rather than saying NO to any specific food.

:Y:

[juangela]

Jun 1, 2012 8:26:24 GMT -5 clseale said:

I agree, and those are the points that I did like about the article. There are still so many diets that say no grains. Period. That's what I take issue with. I just think cutting out anything completely from a diet is the wrong way to do things. Teaching people the difference (as an example) in grains and why some are healthy and others, not so much, would be a better way to go about things and help people make sustainable choices.

I think the same about teaching what moderation & portion control really means. I think we're more likely to solve the obsesity issues this way rather than saying NO to any specific food.

I don't disagree with you at all. It would also be amazing if the government would stop taking money from the companies that fill the grocery stores with shitty food and start making those things more expensive while making the fruits/veggies/lean meats/whole grains/dairy less expensive so people could afford to feed their families better or be driven to it the same way they have been driven to the shitty processed stuff.

I don't think there is a simple answer to the obesity epidemic and I think everyone is to blame. There are so many factors influencing the weight issues in this country.