"No Mayo?" Why Americans Are Fat

that is true, about the gi with white vs wheat. when my mom was diagnosed with diabetes, they advised her to cut down on carbs, and count the carbs she does have, and when she has bread or pasta, go for wheat and not white, same with rice. Why wouldn't wheat be healthier anyway, white is processed.

uhh ... wheat is processed, too.

Wheat is processed, but only so much. Wheat and whole grain products have more nutritional value than white products.

Lol

This thread opened with fail...then just failed harder and harder with each post.

And chocolate or honey is more fun in bed then mayo

Why would all of you who are making a "life style change to be HEALTHY" even think about eating this? Where is the nutritional value??

Mayonnaise
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 tbsp
Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 44
Calories 57
% Daily Values*
Total Fat 4.91g 8%
Saturated Fat 0.72g 4%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.646g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.323g
Cholesterol 4mg 1%
Sodium 105mg 4%
Potassium 1mg
Total Carbohydrate 3.51g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0.94g
Protein 0.13g
Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Nutrition Values are based on USDA Nutrient Database SR18 3% of RDI*
(57 calories)

Calorie Breakdown:
Carbohydrate (23%)
Fat (76%)
Protein (1%)

Decent fat, all the nutrition from an egg yolk, health benefits of olive oil (I make my own.) What's not healthy about it?

Mayo is gross. Spicy mustard is awesome! My fav. is Walmart's Great Value brand of southwestern spicy mustard. It's full of flavor and is much lower in sodium than reg. mustard.
PEOPLE, not just Americans, are fat because they eat over-processed, sodium and fat laden foods and don't exercise. Period.

I always tend to get a little insulted when people bring up the idea that all Americans are fat, but to blame it all on a condiment is a bit dramatic...

It's amazing how so many people zero'd in on one part of the statement and seemed to miss the main point :P. No, mayo itself is not causing obese Americans but it's a piece of the puzzle so to speak. Inactivity and bad diet overall are the issues: I spent a couple weeks in London (England) and was amazed at how much walking people there did, it blew me away. As far as diet goes American (Canadian) food tends to be over processed and served in over-sized portions. In most restaurants if you get a steak they serve fries as the vegetable and the steak is some 12+ oz monstrosity (3-4 is recommended). I laugh when I see someone at Subway getting a nice chicken or turkey sub with lots of good veggies and then they top it off with a good 1/2 cup or more of mayo and walk away proud that they made the 'healthier' choice. Yeah the basic sub was healthier than, say, a burger or something deep fried but you have negated that by adding a bunch of calories and fat called mayo. For example if you go to Wendy's and get a spicy chicken burger it has 510 cal 21 g fat, if you leave off the mayo it drops to 450cal 16 g fat... and thats assuming they measure out the 1 tsp they put on (they don't so it's likely more). If you ate 1 a day for a year (not a good idea mind you) you'd consume an extra 21900 calories a year just in the mayo alone. This is where a lot of people fail, these little added calories do just that, add up, especially in the land of the super-sized combo :P

I'm a fat American and in my adult life, I use mustard and not mayo, always have had wheat bread and not white, and also don't drink soda. My family of 4 of us gets 1 12 pack a month and my husband is usually the one to drink them, taking them to work with him, and it's diet soda, still not good for you, but doesn't have the sugar. When I was a kid, I was 90 lbs soaking wet when I was 12, I ate junk a lot.

Some Americans are just fat. Some people can't help that they are fat. I'm fat from having kids, which I was working on losing the weight when my house burnt down in a random fire and my family lost everything, and I meant EVERYTHING. Needless to say that amounted to a lot of stress, gained over 40 lbs from that. Then, I find out, I have been hypothyroid for 4+ years and one doc never thought to tell my PCP so I was undiagnosed until a few months ago I went in demanding they help me because I couldn't sleep and was always tired, was gaining weight and unable to lose regardless of my efforts, and I was busting my *kitten*!

Anyway, enough of that. Not everyone is fat because they can't say no to food. There are other reasons.

So you weren't eating any food when you gained those 40lbs? I didn't realize stress defies physics.

I actually wasn't eating hardly anything. Have you come close to dying in a fire? Doubtful. It takes a toll on you in a lot of ways. When did I even say I wasn't eating? I said I gained the weight from stress.

Saying you gained weight from stress is implying that you would have gained that weight whether you ate or not basically. Stress alone doesn't make you gain weight, eating too much does.

stress itself can cause weight gain. Too much stress can increase cortisol which makes you gain weight. It messes with your metabolism. Good try

Funny because some people eat less and lose weight when stressed. Either way, you still have to eat too much to put on weight and that's a fact. I also am not sure you understand the function of cortisol. It doesn't make you fat, its function is to break down your stored fat and increase your blood sugar when you're stressed. You're possibly an emotional eater and you ate more when you were stressed, which caused weight gain.