I read a quote on eating healthy.....

ken_hogan

I read a quote and was wondering what others thought of it, it went "The key to eating healthy?? Avoid any food that has a TV commercial." I'm not sure if its 100% true but was wondering what others thought??

jwdieter

Probably a decent sorting. Except if count commercials for grocery stores.

misscharleygirl

I could see where this would be applicable (I don't recall the last advertising I saw for carrots or apples, now that I'm thinking about it) but then my Fiber One bars and Special K are out, as is my rice, beans and chicken (which are all major staples in my diet).

Therefore, I am choosing to disagree.

(I look forward to reading the other responses.)

doIlhands

What about milk & eggs? I see commercials for those all the time. Water too.

I call BS.

pastryari

I read a quote and was wondering what others thought of it, it went "The key to eating healthy?? Avoid any food that has a TV commercial." I'm not sure if its 100% true but was wondering what others thought??

No.

Acg67

That would mean a healthy diet would exclude those foods that are advertised, with no regards to context and dosage. Also things like beef, pork, veggies etc are advertised

jennifershoo

I totally agree with that!

ken_hogan

What about milk & eggs? I see commercials for those all the time. Water too.

I call BS.

Yeah, that's why I didn't think it was totally accurate...

OMGSugarOHNOS

Avocados from Mexico has it's own commercial. Guess we should cut out Avocados, they're fatty anyways.

jennifershoo

In my area, at least, there is no tv commercial about organic food. That's the most of my diet.

jennifershoo

Avocados from Mexico has it's own commercial. Guess we should cut out Avocados, they're fatty anyways.

Nothing wrong with fat, especially unsaturated fat.

Velum_cado

"Healthy" eating can include anything in moderation, so I think it's stupid.

dltaylorii

Since I work in the marketing industry, I say no.

Joehenny

Since I work in the marketing industry, I say no.

LOL'd hard at your avi. That looks like my before pic too!

PlayerHatinDogooder

So . . . . cigarettes are out then?

crzyone

I think, if you look at it as a "general" idea, the meaning has a good ideat. But, only as a generality. I just saw a commercial for apples, water, and filling half your plate with fruits and vegetables.

4_Lisa

Pretty much... tends to be how I look at most food...

mtcastillo86

What if you don't watch TV?

crzyone

So . . . . cigarettes are out then?

Only if you are eating them!!!!

zyxst

Avocados from Mexico has it's own commercial. Guess we should cut out Avocados, they're fatty anyways.

Nothing wrong with fat, especially unsaturated fat.

4_Lisa

we don't have commercials in Canada for cigarettes.... so by that it is all good! lol

Buddhasmiracle

Some of the commercials on the local channels here are for locally grown food.
Even though the actors are not profesionals the marketing is quite clever. Makes you want to rush out and buy snap peas and purple potatoes.

Mother_Superior

"The incredible, edible egg."
"Beef, it's what's for dinner."
"Got milk?"

The problem with generalizations is that there's always something out there to shatter them.

u_mad_bro

I believe it's true, so I stopped watching TV.

MaydayParadeGirl

Well then no more grapes or apples or bananas. I dont' know where you guys up above are from where you're posting that you never see fruits and veggies advertised but we do all the time in NH...maybe cause it's cold and once it gets warm we magically all want to have an apple...I don't know but that would cut out A LOT of healthy foods too...I don't think I'd be able to eat anymore...at all...

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

I read a quote and was wondering what others thought of it, it went "The key to eating healthy?? Avoid any food that has a TV commercial." I'm not sure if its 100% true but was wondering what others thought??

No.

^this

lilRicki

The one I read was "avoid any food that has a mascot"

whierd

Stupid quote. No need to avoid ANY food.

MaydayParadeGirl

The one I read was "avoid any food that has a mascot"

yeah but raisins have a mascot and those aren't ALL bad for you. Oatmeal has a mascot and that isnt' bad for you as long as you arent' buying the flavored prepackages stuff. I think these people making these quotes are just spewing out their *kitten*. A box of raisins isn't going to send someone's health crumbling to the ground.

dorianaldyn

I actually like that quote a lot. Usually food is advertised because some company out there put some effort into creating a food product (usually that means the food is processed) and is aiming to profit from that investment. Or, perhaps the ads are in support of an industry in general (think milk, beef, etc.) and the more I learn about the large food based industry groups, the less I believe they actually care about *my* long term health. Further, advertising generally isn't spent in circumstances where there are a large number of suppliers of largely homogenous products (think carrots, strawberries, etc). If you're at a grocery store picking out some apples, do you really spend the time to figure out who grew them? And if you learned that xyz farm in Washington state grew them, would it matter to you? Would it make sense for xyz farm to go on a big marketing blitz and spend millions on ads to convince you to look for their apples? Probably not.

As a side note, I do usually look for country of origin on produce, and I actually participate in a local, organic CSA - but that's more because I aim to eat locally as much as possible out of my desire to reduce use of fuel, etc. That has nothing to do with advertising.

djrn144

Actually, i think i will always avoid pork rinds, but are they considered food? yuck!