Punish Me, Eric Hentge, For I Have Been Bad
As readers of Mr. Ointy know, I'm getting very enthusiastic about the concept of good nutrition. Here's an article about the "new" Food Pyramid which seems to mesh pretty well with the new Weight Watchers plan that I am digging so much.
Except that there's a big "screw you" in the middle of this article if you're overweight, when Eric Hentge tells us: "Discretionary calories are the reward for living right. And Americans who are overweight or obese don't have discretionary calories. They used them up a long time ago."
Well, shit. In that case, if I ever meet Eric, I will be sure to bend over so he can spank me.
Except that there's a big "screw you" in the middle of this article if you're overweight, when Eric Hentge tells us: "Discretionary calories are the reward for living right. And Americans who are overweight or obese don't have discretionary calories. They used them up a long time ago."
Well, shit. In that case, if I ever meet Eric, I will be sure to bend over so he can spank me.
posted by mo pie at 12:59 PM
3 Comments:
What a jackass. Not to mention an idiot. When are people going to figure out that telling people they need to bid farewell to treats forever until they have lost all their weight like good girls is not the way to go? And how long are we going to have to ride this ridiculous morality train?
I'm never going to get this all in without hijacking your entire comment thread. Now I know what my next entry will be about, ERIC.
-Linda
I would like to think that he was implying that as we have to eat fewer calories as to lose weight, we need to pack as much nutrition in as possible to also be healthy while losing... but my cynical side is assuming he is just an ass.
Mo, you might want to take a look at the book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating by Walter Willett. It's not fad diet book; he addresses the Food Pyramid and that its development was influenced by the Dept of Agriculture, not by research. He proposes an alternative food pyramid. I've just started reading it but it seems very Core-Friendly. -- Michelle (misokittymiso@hotmail.com)
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