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So today I sat down for an ordinary dinner at home.  I fill up a glass of water and pile on my plate some meat, vegetables, fruit, and to top things off a delicious crescent roll.

After eating two of the crescent rolls and finishing my dinner, I decide to snack on another roll.  I begin to eat, and then check the package in the fridge just casually.  As I notice the label on another package of crescent rolls (the same kind I'm eating) I look at the nutritional facts.  And low and behold, there is 1.5 grams of Trans Fats per serving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I nearly choked, and ran to the garbage to spit the partially hydrogenated non-paralleled double-hydrogen-missing bonds of food out of my mouth, before my HDL Cholesterol can lower enough, and LDL Cholesterol can raise enough, to cause an unwanted visit to the hospital.

Why must those stupid food companies do this!!! I've been eating those crescent rolls for years.  Ban Trans Fats, I tell ya, they are making us Americans fat!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://bantransfats.com

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2 Reply by Decimus (edited by Decimus 05-Mar-2008 06:07:56)

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trans fats aren't making americans fat. americans eating too much and not exercising enough (=stupidity) is making them fat.

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Decimus your such a genius man, how does one dare to match your demonstration of brilliant scientific research?

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you're *

and everyone knows this. if you want to lose weight, spend more energy than what you get from eating. if you want to stay the same weight, spend the same energy you get from eating. [Next insult I give will get me banned for a month!]

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joe444 should burn !!

fear me, for i will stand next to your bed tonight and will kick your ass to kingdome come

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> Decimus wrote:

> trans fats aren't making americans fat. americans eating too much and not exercising enough (=stupidity) is making them fat.

I sense some sarcasm, but I think you missed his point.  He's entirely right, trans-fat has nothing to do with gaining weight.  Neither do carbs for that matter.  It comes down to calorie intake vs energy burned.

If you don't want to gain weight, don't consume more calories than your body will burn.  What those calories are made of has nothing to do with weight itself.  It has plenty to do with your actual health, and how you will feel, sure.  But in terms of actual weight gain or loss, it's simply a matter of calories.

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didn't you know how much butter goes into one of those things?

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not enough i say =P

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ROFL tongue

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Without meaning any offence, you Americans are quite fast to put the blame on the companies for what you decide to eat or drink tongue
Take responsibility yourself, check before you eat, not after a few years.

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i think jesus-joe should sue the company!

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Lloyd, I admit, a lot of Americans will blame everything but not being able to put down the damn cheeseburger on why they are fat. It's like Larry the Cable guy said when he was musing about the guy who sued fast food companies because he got fat off their food; "maybe I should sue Hustler for  givin my wrist carpal tunnel."   tongue

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I think Deci should burn in hell tongue

Tho he is right. Too many Americans are unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions. Some order a fatty cheeseburger and grease soaked fries and feel good about them self when they buy a Diet Coke. Seen it too many times. We Americans need to watch what we put into our mouths and not complain about being fat when we could have changed it all along be eating a bit healthier. Hell, if they would do some exercise and burn the calories of the fatty food, they would not get fat. Also parents need to bring back the nightly family dinner around the dinner table. Not heat unhealthy crap in the microwave or take the easy way and order a pizza. Cook a good dinner FFS, don't blame the companies you buy your fatty food from. My wife son and I sit down every night to a freshly cooked dinner. Parents need to change their habits.

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hear hear

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15 Reply by Karnivor (edited by Karnivor 06-Mar-2008 06:09:19)

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ewww trans fats

get your fats from good sources like tuna or supplements and eat healthy instead and low carbs too.  you'll feel better and have more energy to last the day

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no maccas is making americans fat, and btw, australia aint to far behind lol, some rediculous numbger like 1 of 3 people are obese or sumtin in australia now lol

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> "Without meaning any offence, you Americans are quite fast to put the blame on the companies for what you decide to eat or drink tongue
Take responsibility yourself, check before you eat, not after a few years."

I'm 5'11, 135 lbs, eat virtually no trans fats in my diet, eat 2 vegetables & fruits daily, and exercise (w/ intensive running) at least 3 times a week.  Perhaps you shouldnt stereotype quite so quickly there Lloyd.  I don't blame food companies nearly like I do stupid Americans who provide them business for their trash, and I certainly am not this time, but it just sickens me to have eaten that stuff for so long and not know.  I was merely expressing my disgust, even with my own self.

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Btw, yall can complain about Trans Fats too.  If people accuse you of "blaming the food companies" I'll chew'em out for ya. 

People reference fast food way too much.  I'm talking about that supposedly "healthy" stuff you buy at the grocery store, and then look on the menu, and its got a load of Trans Fats per serving, or its made with "Partially Hydrogenated" oil (meaning whether or not it shows any grams of Trans Fats, they are most likely there, less than 0.5 can be shown as 0 on the nutrition labels by stupid American laws).

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I'll agree with you on that Joe. There are quite a few foods that are supposed to be healthy yet they have these horrible things in them; such as trans fats. One way to solve that for yourself tho, read the label. Imagine Joe had you read that label years or months ago after eating this food for so long and realized then that it has trans fats in it. You should always read the label of what you are eating to see what is in it. I'll give a great example. There is one of those flavored waters you can by that is filled with vitamins and etc called VitaminWater. It has somewhere around 200 calories per serving. For water, that is absolutely ridiculous. How many people do you think drink 2 to 3 bottles a day. Maybe even more. Most if not all of these people have no idea what they are drinking, they assume sense it's water, there can't be anything in it. That is at least 400 to 600 calories a day in just water if you drink 2 to 3 bottles a day. Now you add your food into that and if you are trying too lose wait, all that exercise is a waste as you are basically only burning the calories in the water being drunk. Just one classic example of why you need to read the labels of the food and drinks you put in your mouth. There are sodas with less calories than this water.

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Joe, you're supposed to have more than 2 fruits and veggies a day. tongue Supposed to be at least 5.  smile

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So TP, have you been improving on your nutritional diet?

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No. tongue  I'm a fat kid, gotta keep up the rep. Besides, right now I'm in a position where trying to eat right is just too damn expensive.

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TP, 5 fruits/vegetables a day!!! Thats an extreme overdose of carbs... But feel free to continue judging me when your not doing much better, it appears.

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> joe4444 wrote:

> TP, 5 fruits/vegetables a day!!! Thats an extreme overdose of carbs... But feel free to continue judging me when >your not doing much better, it appears.

Wow, you genuinely have no idea how to eat properly, do you? Here, this should get younstarted on the right path:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=5+a+day&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
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Can someone explain to me what this wierd American obession with carbs is all about?

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doubt they can... its like all these british trends - fats, then salt, then omega-3... whatever next? big_smile

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