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Comment on We’ve Moved! by Jen Sorensen

Jen Sorensen — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:58:45 +0000

Thanks for letting me know. Can you explain the problem you’re having? Right now, it takes you to http://jensorensen.com/feed/ which looks OK to me. Is the subscription bar not working?

Comment on We’ve Moved! by Pdawg

Pdawg — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:42:06 +0000

The RSS button on the new site doesn’t work!

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Labann

Labann — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:14:38 +0000

Ben: I don’t know your situation, but acquiring lean muscle weight is possible with physical effort (such as bicycling). That means fueling up with energy rich foods instead of gasoline, but pbj’s on whole grain bread is about a cheap as you can get and provides a bunch of nutriional needs in a hurry. Certain cuts of meat are less expensive than others but may require additional cooking or processing. I’d stick to beans, fruits, grains (inc. whole grain pasta), lean meats (fresh not frozen, esp. chicken and fish), nuts (unless you’re allergic), and vegetables. If you happened to catch last 60 minutes, you’d know that a lot of canned products contain hormone inhibitors, like BPA, so maybe they’re messing up your physiology. Age is also a factor: At around 35 years old metabolism slows. Yet you can hardly be too slim, as they say. Any investment in health pays best dividends. Best wishes.

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Ben Schwab

Ben Schwab — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:33:01 +0000

I’m going for the opposite. I’ve been battling underweightness for years. Also, I have a tight budget. One of the most cost effective options I have found are dietary supplements like Ensure at about 200 calories per dollar. Breaking that up sometimes with something… solid would be nice.

I try to be healthy but a lot of the healthy options are expensive. The healthy options are usually the more expensive: http://what-if.xkcd.com/22/ .

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Labann

Labann — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:59:59 +0000

Well, Ben, a bit of an exaggeration. But Gregg’s Chocolate Cake does have 1050 calories/slice and is decadently delicious. It ought to be when it’s 1/3 to 1/2 your daily intake of 2000 to 3000 calories. Marcel Desaulniers had a restaurant in Williamsburg, VA that featured his Death by Chocolate. Typically, iced cake is about 300 cal/serving, but we are talking 1/2 thick buttercream frosting here and/or ganache, so tasty you can feel your arteries hardening until you go into a diabetic coma. Soda has about 150 calories per 12 ounce serving about the same as orange juice. An old diet tip is to mix fruit juice with 50% water to increase hydration without packing on pounds. If you use seltzer, you get a healthier version of Orangina. Think it’s not so much the sugar as the source. Damn you, ADM, for corn syrup. Stick to ethanol.

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Ben Schwab

Ben Schwab — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:28:00 +0000

” cake at 5000 calories/slice”

Where can I find this cake? It sounds awesome! Also, how much would a slice cost?

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Chic

Chic — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:40:57 +0000

I don’t think regulation helps. What should be required is full disclosure of all ingredients, no hidden contents. Then educate in such a way that people understand the consequences of their choices. Everyone needs to take full responsibility for their health and life choices. Evolution will take care of the rest.

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Labann

Labann — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:43:06 +0000

Here’s one measure even worse… Consumer giant CVS has begun forcing employees to report BMI and serum glucose levels with a $50/month penalty for not meeting ideals. What of HIPAA? An individual’s right to privacy? I can see rewarding nonsmokers or those who stay physically fit, but not subtracting from money already earned; in fact, it’s harder for couch potatoes to perform, so they must redouble efforts though unappreciated. Next will be genetic profiling as a prerequisite to continued employment or right to buy tools of the trade. Eventually every behavior will be dismissed as some physiological abberation.

Most health issues trace back to automotive convenience and lack of exercise, not necessarily diet, whereas there’s little control over restaurants and stores selling deadly combinations of starch and sugar, such as cake at 5000 calories/slice, 10 times worse than worst beverage. Many Americans are dehydrated, which makes for sludgy blood that clots. also leading to cardio-pulmonary disease and stroke. “Toss the (smoking) gun; take the cannoli.”

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Jen Sorensen

Jen Sorensen — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:20:08 +0000

I don’t think it’s the consumer that would bear the burden of fines so much as sellers of giant drinks like 7-11 and fast food chains, if fines are involved. I agree that it would be ideal to hold soda manufacturers responsible, although since they are the ones lobbying against this measure, they’re clearly concerned about how it will affect their bottom line.

[Edited to include afterthoughts.]

Comment on High Fructose Corn Syrup Times by Spacious

Spacious — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:08:10 +0000

I think what bugs me about measures like this is that they are what the Environmentalists call an “End-of-Pipe Solution.”

Soda manufacturers are free to dump their poisons on the market in any shape or size, but the consumer bears the burden of regulation and will be fined for violations. To extend your metaphor, it’s as if the Feds left the dispensaries alone and instead fined chemo patients when they got “too high”. A stretch, but you see my point.