Your microwave dinner is making you obese...

Pupslice

kaseyr1505 wrote: »

This is why I only hunt my food wearing a loin cloth, like my ancestors. The people in the grocery store look at me like I'm crazy, but it's the only way to survive.

LOL that was you???

Drewlssix

ldrosophila wrote: »

My little theory on why this crazy article might actually be onto something. Before microwaves if you wanted to cook something it took time. A TV dinner was at least 30-45minutes. Now if you arent full after eating your little lean cuisine or your hot pocket you can pop in another one and be eating in less than 10 minutes. Before you might not consider that second meal because it took time and gas to heat up the oven. If it was a hot summer day you might just make something light because heating up the oven heated the house, but now you can have a whole turkey dinner or a gaggle of hot pockets with the magic of the microwave.

People have been saying this same thing for decades if not centuries. Mothers everywhere protested sliced bread on the grounds that easy to access food would lead to obese children. Over all they were right, personal wealth and easy access to food contributes to over weight people throughout the developed world. But like most of our problems I take issue with the demonization of objects and the clumsy attempts at control through law or social pressure when the solution is always self control and accountability.

Btw, I just heard a blurb on NPR about a California city that banned fast food in a specific area in an attempt to stop the rising obesity. The results were as I would expect nil.

slideaway1

There is nothing wrong with Microwave meals in the bigger picture of your overall calorie/macro goals. I cant really find any that are high enough in protein compared to the calories they pack (30g for 400 cals etc is rubbish). For that reason I sometimes have a small, low cal microwave meal as a side to my Chicken breast etc.

stevencloser

jessupbrady wrote: »

down_ell_beez wrote: »

Gravy (Turkey Type Flavor [Monosodium Glutamate, Caramel Color, Flavors, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate], Caramel Color, Mono and Diglycerides), Mashed Potatoes ([Mono and Diglycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Citric Acid], Margarine [TBHQ and Citric Acid as Preservatives, Mono and Diglycerides (BHT, Citric Acid)], Potato Flavor [Natural Flavors, Calcium Chloride]), Cooked White Meat Turkey (Carrageenan, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Phosphate), Stuffing (Breading [Dough Conditioners (Ascorbic Acid, L-Cysteine Monohydrochloride, Azodicarbonamide), Yeast Nutrients (Ammonium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate)], TBHQ and Citric Acid as Preservatives, Turkey Flavor [Natural Flavors, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Caramel Color, Sodium Lactate), Sauce (Margarine [Mono and Diglycerides, Natural Flavor], Salt, TBHQ and Citric Acid as Preservatives).

Yum. This sounds very appetizing.

How about Malus domestica and Prunus persica! Okay, that just makes me want to have a pie now.

You posted scientific names; you should look up what the common names are for those items before you tout how horrible they are.

From looking this up I learned that peaches and plums are close relatives. The more you know.