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bjwoodzy

RalfLott wrote: »

I don't know...I have some reservations.... how can you do scratch 'n sniff/taste with an audiobook? Is there a chapter on Olestra and its highest incarnation in Wow! Doritos?

PS. There are some precious pix posted in this awe-inspiring, yet near-emetic, collection, such as diet water and everything-free whipped peanut something, to scratch but the tip of the iceburger:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10387599/share-some-of-the-crazy-underhanded-or-bizarre-food-labeling-and-packaging-youve-come-across/p1

THIS IS FABULOUS. Thank you.

RalfLott

bjwoodzy wrote: »

RalfLott wrote: »

I don't know...I have some reservations.... how can you do scratch 'n sniff/taste with an audiobook? Is there a chapter on Olestra and its highest incarnation in Wow! Doritos?

PS. There are some precious pix posted in this awe-inspiring, yet near-emetic, collection, such as diet water and everything-free whipped peanut something, to scratch but the tip of the iceburger:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10387599/share-some-of-the-crazy-underhanded-or-bizarre-food-labeling-and-packaging-youve-come-across/p1

THIS IS FABULOUS. Thank you.

It's amazing what all passes for"food" - a testament to the ingenuity and depravity of humankind all at once.

KETOGENICGURL

From the 1960s early Diet foods-- behold-a box of AYDS chewable diet aide candies, or METRECAL cookies and canned drink "milkshakes"-- the WORST tasting stuff...cookies: dry and gritty like compressed dirt, and the canned shakes I can't even describe...of course the Ayds candies were great if you ate 5 or 6 (not really 'chocolate', but little else available then)... and they went out of business after 'aids' became a public fear.

https://archive.org/details/ClassicCommercialMetrecalDietDrink1965
"Join the Metrical for lunch bunch"

RalfLott

KETOGENICGURL wrote: »

From the 1960s early Diet foods-- behold-a box of AYDS chewable diet aide candies, or METRECAL cookies and canned drink "milkshakes"-- the WORST tasting stuff...cookies: dry and gritty like compressed dirt, and the canned shakes I can't even describe...of course the Ayds candies were great if you ate 5 or 6 (not really 'chocolate', but little else available then)... and they went out of business after 'aids' became a public fear.

https://archive.org/details/ClassicCommercialMetrecalDietDrink1965
"Join the Metrical for lunch bunch"

@KETOGENICGURL - Holy Tang! I can't believe I'm seeing this stuff again - for the first time since my mom had her fridge stocked with it when I was a tyke. (I don't remember her having Ayds, though.....)

I recall Metrical and Sego being better than the alternative - cod liver oil and/or whopping Vitamin C tablets crushed up with a tiny drop of honey to be forced into me by my whack-o grandmother. Fortunately, she fashioned herself a disciple of Jack LaLanne's pioneering views on nutrition, so "well-balanced", high-protein instant breakfasts were acceptable substitutes in her odd book of child nutrition. (The mere fact that Metrical may not have fit the bill was not a problem, thank god.)

kpk54

I remember all 3: Ayds, Sego and Metrical. The only one I ever tried from my Mom's stash was Ayds Chocolate Mint! They were tasty. Sort of dry though. Vanilla was a little more chewy.

RalfLott

OMG

"What's the best way to reduce - starve yourself or eat what you want."
https://archive.org/details/1954CommercialForR.d.x.WeightlossPills (1954)

Hint: "A half-empty stomach causes. ...HUNGER TANTRUMS!"

FIT_Goat

KenSmith108 wrote: »

Here's the first diet aid I can remember







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Oh, this would be SO bad for me. As someone who loves to gamble and card games, I could see this getting very serious and dangerous. I don't know how the system was intended to work, but I could find a way to add a monetary component to just about everything. I got in trouble with my son's teacher for turning one of her math center activities into a gambling game.

The game was called 'Multiply It Up." You see, they were using a deck of cards to practice their multiplication facts. A=1, 2, 3, ..., J=11, Q=12, K=13. Two kids would play. Each would get dealt two cards, and the person with the highest product wins. Simple. Boring.

My changes:

• A=14 (because 1-times facts are boring and the value shift here makes the play a bit less obvious).
• Players 2-8 (but 4-6 would probably be best)
• A dealer that changes each hand (rotates clockwise around the table)
• Each player antes $1, player to the left of the dealer posts a live blind bet of $5.
• Every player is dealt both cards face down. They can then look at their cards.
• Starting with the player to the blind's left, each player can call the $5 or raise it up in increments of $5 at a time (limit betting structure). Or they can fold and give up on their hand. The blind has an option to raise when it gets to them. Like poker, which is a structure my son understands which is why it went this way.
• Starting with the blind, each player has to reveal one of their two cards. They can choose which one to expose. They must go in order around the table showing their cards.
• Starting with the blind, betting round again, increments of $10 this time.
• Show down hands, person with highest product wins the pot (or last person standing, if everyone else folds).

So, this is how my son and I were playing it. Mostly 2-3 handed (when we could get his cousin to join in). Although we were using "pretend" dollars and not real money, just as a way to keep score. They are both still young enough that only our poker games involve real currency. He went in and tried to teach this to his friends and play that way in his math center. Teacher was not amused, although she did admit that it required higher math skills and reasoning than the original.

So... if that's what happens when I have to play a child's math practice game, can you imagine where the food based card game would end up?

Edit: We originally were playing the game with everyone dealt just one card at a time, betting, and then getting the second without showing, and betting again. Only exposing both cards at the end. This is also tolerable, but my son really enjoyed the showing one card aspect because it made the second betting round more fun and you could show the high or low card to try and trick your opponent into making a mistake.