Doublereed Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 2006/04

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: QOD, 4/2/6
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:18:39 -0400

Phil,
Do not give up too easily. Since the sales of sugar is so important to the
agro economy, they will always prevail, but you can protect yourself the
same as I. Read labels and set limits. My favorite breakfast is a high fiber
cereal with fruit such as blueberries on it. I won't buy cereal that has
more than 1 gram of sugar content or a high salt content, or more than 2
grams of fat. PERIOD. This isn't going to hurt the industry and they aren't
going to change, because mommies buy what their kids demand, but it will
protect us. Processed foods, other than the occasional ice cream, just don't
figure into our diet, so there is reasonable potential for control. At my
age, I am still unable to achieve a high enough energy output to completely
control my obesity.
If the farmers would ferment that corn into useful fuel alcohol, we might
just be getting somewhere, but that isn't going to happen when the power
structure of our great nation is so imbedded in petroleum.
Good luck,
Herb

On 4/3/06 1:13 PM, "PhilFrei@-----.com> wrote:

> Bodies in the U.S.A. reflect this truth: our PASSIVE acceptance of corn syrup
> and hydrogenated fats, etc., "foods" that help shelf life, appearance, mouth
> feel and keep down costs of materials, but leave the body undernourished. Thus
> we always crave more and become obese in the process of trying to satisfy
> those cravings, and turn to caffiene and energy drinks to keep up our flagging
> energy.
>
> But we like to think of ourselves as tough and individualistic. Hence the
> common dance image of an overweight rapper/break dancer? I wonder if the
> general
> acceptance of and participation in dance (and possibly music, too, or the arts
> in general) is dropping due to the weight problems and general feeling of
> exhaustion resulting from our physical AND mental (in terms of not falling for
> misleading marketing) AND political (in terms of pushing back harder against
> the
> savvy resistance of the food lobby) passivity.
>
> The science is there. It is a fact that corn syrup does not satisfy the
> body's craving for sweets as much as cane sugar. It is a fact that it has a
> greater
> tendency to become metabolized into fat (than cane sugar) and is linked to
> insulin resistance. Now, what does one ACTIVELY do with such knowledge? Not
> much, it seems.
>
> - Phil Freihofner
>
> In a message dated 4/3/2006 3:43:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> doublereed-digest-help@-----.org writes:
> Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:51:34 EDT
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> From: Oboeeee@-----.com
> Subject: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
> Message-ID: <362.1365970.3161cb96@-----.com>
>
> =E2=80=9CThe truest expression of a people is in its dances and its
> music.=20=
> Bodies=20
> never lie.=E2=80=9D
>
> -Agnes de Mille (1905-1993) American dancer, choreographer
> *Her paternal grandfather, father, and uncle, Cecil B. de Mille, were all=20
> successful writers and actors involved in the theater. She avoided the easy=
> =20
> path to the Great White Way. Instead, she struggled in obscurity and povert=
> y,=20
> courageously pursuing a career as a dancer and choreographer. =20
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