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21. Given the proper information, anyone can make the proper choices. Whether that choice is to obey a 2,000 calorie per day diet, or blow it out of the water with a 2,000 calorie burger for your birthday, with the proper information you can make the choice you want (and expect the consequences accordingly). 22. A day late for commenting I know, but I happened to think of something. How often are these appetizers supposed to be eaten by one person? That makes the caloric numbers be not as bad, but still 500 calories before the rest of your meal is huge. 23. I think that Micheal Schmitt and jason have the best arguments. A radical idea that could be effective is to pass a law that forbid selling a dish over a certain number of calories. If someone wants to eat more, they will be able to buy more plates. But that act can make you aware that you are going to eat too much. 24. Yes, it comes down to personal resposibility. So, give everyone the information so that we may take it. Being a marathon runner, I'm very conscious of nutritional intake, but it gets VERY difficult at times. I don't expect everyone to sit down and add up calories. It would be so much easier if the information was offered. For those that don't want to know what you're eating, fine. Don't read it. But, make the information available for those that do want it. NOt having it available is lying by omission. 25. I really don't believe that restraints encourage "extreme eating" with large portions. 26. And after we clean our plates as kids and stuff ourselves then we get dessert, but not unless we clean our plates!! 27. Yes, it's each person's responsibility to decide what they should and should not eat, however the restaurants are just making excuses when they say it would be "impractical" for them to provide nutrition information. I'm sorry, but those chain restaurants have plenty of money, they serve the same thing at each of their hundreds of locations, and their menus do not change that much. As someone else said, why should foods on our grocery store shelves be required to provide nutritional facts, but these restaurants shouldn't? Maybe they know that the more people who actually SEE how bad for you their food is, the less people will actually want to eat there (although I don't think anyone really goes to Ruby Tuesday's or The Cheesecake Factory looking for health food). 28. ok so ill officially NEVER wonder again why Americans are so damned fat... but seriously you kno going out to eat is unhealthy and your gonna swell up regardless of what you eat cuz its all packed with sodium... it's not so much what we eat but americans eat until they can't breather theyre so full then do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING... JUST GO OUTSDIE WALK AND LORD HAIL IT GO FOR A JOG! we eat AND we are all lazy asses so you get what's comin to you 29. Give Applebee's a break -- at least they offer several (at least 8, I think) entrees of healthy eating, and they are very good, too. (on their Weight Watcher's menu, but not just for dieters!) Most places have none, or maybe one option for those who are trying to eat healthy. 30. I raised five children and worked and we sat down together every night for a home cooked meal. They are grown now and hubby and i very seldom eat out.If it is fast food i only eat subway or veggie burger at burger king.because of our health problems last fall i cut out all sugar and white flour. I cook healthy and read lables. I have lost over 50 pounds and feel great. if we do go to a chain resturant i check the menu out very carefully and never eat the whole thing.for me it is not a diet it is a way of life. I eat good,i am full and i feel so much better. and look better if i do say so myself. 31. I don't wonder that there are these high fat, high calorie dishes on menus. They are big sellers. America talks thin and eats fat and that my friends is a fact. I work as a chef in food service and witness this behavior day in and day out. If there wasn't a huge market for high calorie indulgences, does anyone think that they would be marketed?? Not a chance. I also don't think it's the government's place to politicize personal choice. Look what it's done for the war on drugs, and look what it did during prohibition. When people quit buying it, it will just go away, until then, it will continue until we are over run by disease or lean conquerers who will mow us down in our gravy laden tracks. 32. That is just sick. Life is becoming more and more absurd, but you can't blame it solely on the restaurant chains. People need to be aware of what they are consuming. Some people have no self-control. 33. Will someone please open a restaurant that primary for "EATING HEALTHY". Foods which should be included wheat pasta, absolutely no white pasta) Splenda instead of sugar, Water, lots and lots of water, lots and lots of dishes, including broccoli and only fresh vegetables, not canned. Absolutely, no butter, Smart Balance, etc., Olive oil, no vegetable to be found. Baked, broiled, and less frying. 34. I am just amazed at the majority of these posts. You seem to think that if a place posts carbs, fat, calories...everything will be ok. Do you really need a caloric breakdown to tell you that a fried cheese appetizer followed by a chicken breast covered in a creamy cheese sauce followed by a 1 lb slice of cheesecake is just not good for you?? 35. I think most would agree that many in this country have a difficult time with self-control, particularly with food. However, I think that the way some have commented is a bit harsh, such as "people are lazy" and people who are "fat...deserve what they get." These type of commnets are simply deflecting the problem to the individual, whereas the problem resides in cultural lifestyle. The reason people in this country are obese and don't exercise regularly and companies choose (for money and competition) to give "2 for $2" has to do with our culture's complex lifestyle: the demands, the expectations, the conveniences--to have it all. Many of the commenters viewed this negatively. And I agree that, where ingesting a meal that is your daily intake of calories and three days daily intake of fat grams is concerned, this is true. However, I also believe that this country provides many opportunities to be healthy and to live a healthy lifestyle, if one makes the choice. Herein lies the problem for many; it is difficult to make what is considered the "right" choice for a lifestyle because there are so many choices. Our country celeberates the abundance of choice and freedom, yet for many the variety of choices is, ironically, restraining and--difficult. On the cover of a typical magazine, say "Ladies Home Journal," there is almost always a headline "Lose 10 lbs. in a Month!," accompanited by a huge picture of a delicious, mouth-watering cheesecake. This is the dichotemy of our country. As consumers, we constantly receive mixed messages--what do we choose? We go to the gym and exercise for an hour to "burn off"--only a small portion-- of the 1,000 calorie cheesecake. Now, there are many people who are not "tempted" and have natural portion control, as one commenter said he or she did; owever, the majority of people will naturally consume what they see. If food is not what one consumes, then it is clothes, or workout equipment, or cd's. As a society we have expectations to be consumers. If we want things to change, it is not as simple as "start cooking healthy at home" or "get off your butt and walk." Yes, of course, if one does these things, their life will be healthier. But the truth is, our society makes it difficult to choose these things because, as of now, the "quick" meal is still, usually, less healthy than cooking at home. Time is precious in this country, and we are a country with an extremely strong, yet almost unhealthy work ethic. Many find it hard to cook "at home meals," work full time, go to the gym, be a good parent, friend, teacher, etc., and to do all this without being on a type of drug/medication. If there is a solution to ending these excessively caloric meals in corporate restaurants, it is not enough to simply make a law (although, I agree, that is an active beginning). The solution resides in a cultural revolution. The entire American lifestyle would have to change; we would have to stop being excessive consumers in all areas. I believe that only when this begins to occur, will we reagain our time, activity, healthy, and life. 36. I Personally like big meals. I'm one of those guys everyone hates, the one that can eat all he wants and not gain weight. I like getting my moneys worth. 37. We very seldom go out to eat because of this. When we do go, we know the calorie count and fat gram count, will not be given to us, and if it is, who can be sure.. 38. I have to really watch everything I eat as I was a "clean plate club" member growing up-take all you want but eat all you take etc. I don't go to these type restaurants now as the portions are huge and fattening. Also please notice the fork size-the forks look more like pitch forks. I think they are emphasizing the American Way of excess. 39. We eat at Ruby Tuesday about 3-4 times a year. The dish they are talking about has enough food for at least two meals. It also has A LOT of cheese melted over it. Most women couldn't polish that off unless they are used to eating very unhealthy amounts. I believe it is up to the individual to use self control and common sense when it comes to eating. The restruants offer the food, but noone is putting a gun to your head to make you eat it. People that over eat can not blame the restruants for their unhealthiness, it is ultimately their own fault. 40. don't blame the restaurants for being overweight. one does not need to eat the entire meal there. these restaurants are there for when you feel like splurging. it's not like you are going to go there everyday. moderation is key people. i'm not a skinny thing or a really fat thing but i know that i have common sense. |
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