Anyone else watch The Biggest Loser?

I need fat, I am shrinking away. I love these fat little chorizo, spicy sausages they have here in Mexico. Chorizos are great. Have you tried the Basque version?

I'll give you that some people are not educated enough to know the difference between good and bad carbs and to pick out the best sources of protein ... however, how do you not know that fruits and vegetables are better than chips and cookies? Chaos brings up an interesting point though, junk food tends to faster and cheaper than the "good stuff". To counter that, however, my parents did not have a lot of money the first few years they were married and we still had food every night - healthy things. I grew up eating my fruits and vegetables. My mom still made healthy things on a tight budget with very few choices ...

where is the choice? The Lance crackers I eat daily are available at every single store I've ever been in, city, suburbia, country, etc. They have no TFs, or as knelson educated me yesterday, have less than .5g of them, which apparently qualifies as 0 these days. Most of the major snack producers are removing TFs from their chips. That's supply and demand at work. And if you live in the inner city you aren't forced to eat crappy food. That's a fallacy perpetuated by those that advocate more intrusion into our lives. Oh yeah, swimming is good for you, gotta get back to swimming related here.

Most of the major snack producers are removing TFs from their chips. That's supply and demand at work. QUOTE] Not true...they began offering non TF alternatives (thats s&d ) but the removal of TF's... thats regulation. i can't find those crackers anywhere. I'd like in on the Lance crackers too. It's Darwinism, aka supply and demand. I prefer anthropology to economics.

Geez, get a room. Geek: You do realize this is Vesper from Casino Royale, right? I'm assuming you saw the movie? I just hope you weren't eating that TF contaminated popcorn during the movie. But if you were, I respect your right to contaminate yourself.

Just listening to Dr. Dean Edell speak about this whole trans fat issue. He feels very strongly that there will be "no demostrable reduction in either heart disease, heart attack, etc. due to these bans". "These bans" was with reference to the introduction of a bill to ban TF in the state of Mass. He also mentioned what somebody else already brought up here about what will be used in place of these TF's, most notably tropical oils that are really no better for you.

An RN friend of mine tells me that there is something related to the lymph system that is in the upper body, thoracic duct I think, which is stimulated by the motions of freestyle swimming and symphony orchestra conducting. Apparently they were looking for long lived professions and symphony orchestra conductor came up as one of the longest. After determining that lifestyle and lack of stress were not causal (lifestyle choices were not the greatest amongst these people I understand) it was found that the stimulation of this lymph system component was key in keeping these people healthy for long periods of time. The MD who was giving this speech at the hospital dinner said that swimming gave a very similar "massage" to this lymph component and would be a great choice for exercise. Any thoughts on this?

The Lance crackers I eat daily are available at every single store I've ever been in, city, suburbia, country, etc. They have no TFs, or as knelson educated me yesterday, have less than .5g of them, which apparently qualifies as 0 these days. Most of the major snack producers are removing TFs from their chips. That's supply and demand at work. And if you live in the inner city you aren't forced to eat crappy food. That's a fallacy perpetuated by those that advocate more intrusion into our lives. Oh yeah, swimming is good for you, gotta get back to swimming related here. Can we follow the food guidelines then and start rounding down times ...a 26.49 becomes a 26 flat?

Can we follow the food guidelines then and start rounding down times ...a 26.49 becomes a 26 flat? I'm in favor of this. After all, 30 years ago when I was a kid, physical activity was defined as running, playing and producing sweat. Now, physical activity is walking. In another 30 years sitting on the couch will be a physical activity. Of course, we won't have trans fats thanks to the gov't so we'll all be healthy.

What if I don't want to be forced to use your recipe? That's the point. You do what you want in your house and I'll do the same in mine. The New York City law only applies to restaurants, I believe. Use as much Crisco at home as you want.