The men who made us fat

ravenclawseekergirl
ravenclawseekergirl Posts: 342 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Anyone out there watch the BBC documentary 'the men who made us fat'?
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  • yogsvr4
    yogsvr4 Posts: 149 Member
    Nope.

    My overeating and sitting my *kitten* on the couch is what made me fat. Since nobody held me down and shoved food into my mouth, I won't watch anything that points blame at anyone else.
  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133
    When was this on?
  • debilang
    debilang Posts: 874 Member
    LOL...no...but the topic sounds interesting :):) (Sorry....but NOT)... :laugh:
  • ravenclawseekergirl
    ravenclawseekergirl Posts: 342 Member
    It was on BBC 2 on the 14.6.12 at 9pm
    It's not really pointing the finger.. The first episode is about the invention of high fructose corn syrup and other new foods eg. frozen foods, but it focuses more on the cultural changes in the world around food. Such as snacking and eating more pre-prepared food. Also about how there are a lot of us that have no idea about food and what is in it. There is also some science in it, about the physical and mental affects on the body. I think that it was pretty well rounded. (is not good at explaining it)
  • Pedal_Pusher
    Pedal_Pusher Posts: 1,166 Member
    wtf?
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I'll have to see if I can find a streaming version (don't get the BBC on this side of the pond)

    But I see"the man who made me fat" every time I look in the mirror......:tongue:
  • Ralphrabbit
    Ralphrabbit Posts: 351 Member
    It was an interesting program & I can see how it changed the way society looked at food but as for me, I got fat by eating too much!! Mine was not McD either! Hate the stuff! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jxzv8/The_Men_Who_Made_Us_Fat_Episode_1/
    for those in the UK!!
  • fiona2785
    fiona2785 Posts: 82
    Nope.

    My overeating and sitting my *kitten* on the couch is what made me fat. Since nobody held me down and shoved food into my mouth, I won't watch anything that points blame at anyone else.

    ^^^This. From what you said it sounds like it could have been interesting, but the title would put me off too.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Some men contributed to my weight gain. Like Uncle Ben and Chef Boyardee. But so did Mrs Butterworth and Auntie Anne.
  • bm99
    bm99 Posts: 597 Member
    I don't blame any men for making us fat, I blame the feminists.
  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,904 Member
    The title is just a little provocative. I somehow doubt it's really about shifting responsibility. It's like reading a news headline that isn't quite accurate even though the article is.
  • usernamekelly1
    usernamekelly1 Posts: 1,941 Member
    I'll just go and watch it on the iplayer.....
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    popeye's, papa john's. ben and jerry for me
  • schninie82
    schninie82 Posts: 502 Member
    Sounds good actually, i did laugh at the title tho, I'll look our for it...cheers for the heads up, I love watching health/food/exercise-related TV programs..
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    A lovely guy named Jack Daniels significantly contributed to me getting fat.
  • OkieinMinny
    OkieinMinny Posts: 834 Member
    I thought this was gonna be about husbands, I blame him (and Jose cuervo)
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    A lovely guy named Jack Daniels significantly contributed to me getting fat.

    If you see him around, would you please remind him he owes me $25 and I'd like my dignity back, thank you.
  • temp666777
    temp666777 Posts: 169
    That is a GREAT explanation. Thanks!

    Sounds like a great show, I'll look for it based on your summary.
  • psiren28
    psiren28 Posts: 530 Member
    It was on BBC 2 on the 14.6.12 at 9pm
    It's not really pointing the finger.. The first episode is about the invention of high fructose corn syrup and other new foods eg. frozen foods, but it focuses more on the cultural changes in the world around food. Such as snacking and eating more pre-prepared food. Also about how there are a lot of us that have no idea about food and what is in it. There is also some science in it, about the physical and mental affects on the body. I think that it was pretty well rounded. (is not good at explaining it)

    You explained it fine. I thought it was interesting especially the bits about inventing 'snacks'. I always thought the milky way tag line was weird 'The sweet you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite' Basically add some calories and still be hungry. The whole thing about not ruining your appetite for dinner was sound when I was a kid, it meant don't fill up on crap then be too full to eat the decent stuff your mum makes, in comes milky way and voila, it's perfectly acceptable to give your kids chocolate every day because it won't fill them up. Something not right about that.

    It was a good documentary, not laying blame on others but showing how people can easily be sucked into an unhealthy lifestyle by marketing and misinformation.
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    It's sounds interesting. Hopefully, it'll pop up on Netflix or Hulu or something.
  • Jill_newimprovedversion
    Jill_newimprovedversion Posts: 988 Member
    It was on BBC 2 on the 14.6.12 at 9pm
    It's not really pointing the finger.. The first episode is about the invention of high fructose corn syrup and other new foods eg. frozen foods, but it focuses more on the cultural changes in the world around food. Such as snacking and eating more pre-prepared food. Also about how there are a lot of us that have no idea about food and what is in it. There is also some science in it, about the physical and mental affects on the body. I think that it was pretty well rounded. (is not good at explaining it)

    Interesting concept........although I can't place the *blame* on any one person but myself,
    those who've engineered food items like HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) have made a HUGE (no pun intended) impact
    on the health of the consumer- to the negative side.

    in regards to HFCS> I read up on the subject, and make it a point to steer clear of it as much as possible- just because I can find food items WITHOUT it, so I prefer to err on the safer side.
    Don't FREAK out IF I eat it on occasion, but in the foods I buy, I choose NOT to eat it.
    Even the hubs- who doesn't care what he eats- is losing belly fat because it's not in our main food supply anymore.
    That confirms to me I'm making the right choice in that dep't.

    So, NO, the guy(s) who engineered HFCS might not have "made me fat" but they played a role in it.

    And I'd like to see him go broke now.
    That's a fair payback I think.
  • ravenclawseekergirl
    ravenclawseekergirl Posts: 342 Member
    i fully take the blame for my weight gain. But i'm a part of the generation born in the 90's to obese parents who never taught me anything about food and fed me, not badly but they both worked full time and so i got a lot of baked beans on toast, tinned spaghetti on toast etc. There is the fact that i also have autism and i struggle to change my diet. So everything that i know about food is either the little education i got about it in school, college and what i've learned off my own back.
  • DGHayden
    DGHayden Posts: 21 Member
    A lovely guy named Jack Daniels significantly contributed to me getting fat.

    ^^^This
  • anna9102
    anna9102 Posts: 56
    i saw it, and it was really good! it was a debate over the two men who founded the idea of sugar vs fat in weight gain. Very interesting.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    Sound very interesting
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    The food industry is definitely not health-centric, except for our hero the "DIET INDUSTRY" ....oh, which is also not health centric, but makes a ton of money out of slimy marketing claims that their "reduced fat!" food with jacked up sugar and sodium contents and a list of synthetic ingredients are good for us.

    All Natural! Sprite

    All Natural! Orange juice made from powder.

    Skittles! A fat free food.

    I'm not an "eat clean" person, I still buy packaged products, but you really do have to check the nutritional info and learn how to understand it. And the more foods you buy that don't come with a label, usually, the better off you are...

    It's a jungle out there, but I am the panther.

    Oh, sorry. I'm a T-Rex. Rawr.
  • darlenem12
    darlenem12 Posts: 18
    No I haven't, but that sounds scary lol! Too many carbs that caused me my weight gain and stress from not sleeping good, for the last 4 yrs.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    No one makes you fat, but yourself.
    Why anyone would believe differently is beyond comprehension.
  • skoshness
    skoshness Posts: 175
    I just watched it, found it really interesting, it makes me angry that the big food corporations have no interest in giving people healthy food, it's all about profit, so they found substances to use eg. Corn syrup that is highly addictive and messes with the production of lectin in the body that tells you when you've had enough to eat. They put high amounts of sugar in "low fat healthy" foods, it's obscene
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I don't blame any men for making us fat, I blame the feminists.

    :laugh:

    Well if you'd learned to cook and grocery shop for yourself, it wouldn't have been a problem, would it?

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