My little sis is hypoglycemic. If she has a crash, she doesnt reach for a slice of bread, she grabs a candy bar, or glass of OJ.
With that said, I am no dietitian, nor do I profess to be.
My little sis is hypoglycemic. If she has a crash, she doesnt reach for a slice of bread, she grabs a candy bar, or glass of OJ.
With that said, I am no dietitian, nor do I profess to be.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
Back to that sode thing for a second...
These little bastards account for the single largest calorie intake in the diets of Americans, as a whole. Here's a few tidbits of soda knowledge:
■ For children, each extra can or glass of
sugar-sweetened beverage consume
per day increases their chance of
becoming obese by 60%.
■ A 2009 California study found that
adults who drink one or more sodas
per day are 27% more likely to be
overweight or obese than those who
do not drink soda.
■ A 2009 study found a reduction of
sugar-sweetened beverage intake was
significantly associated with weight
change.
■ Women who regularly consumehigher risk of coronary heart disease.
sugar-sweetened beverages have a
Reference: http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resour...axFall2009.pdf
But Coke and Pepsi keep pushing to make that almighty dollar and people keep buying em for some stupid reason.
Last edited by willyworm; 09-09-2011 at 06:40 AM.
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Because that is what she has been told to reach for. Borrow her glucometer and test your blood sugar before and 15/30 min after eating bread.
And potatoes are a tuber, not a grain.
And flax taste like a dead monkey. No one in their right mind would choose that nasty shit over fresh vegetables.
exactly! And as staunch of a food critic as I have become in the last two years you will NEVER hear me say "there should be laws..."
I don't care what a person chooses to eat or how they choose to treat their bodies as long as I don't have to pay for it. Now all we need are politicians who will allow folks to sleep in the beds they make for themselves and not pass the cost of their self destruction on to the rest of us.
Last edited by Glenn; 09-09-2011 at 07:57 AM.
If health insurance went away as well as medicaid and medicare, I don't think this would be an issue at all. If we paid as we went along out of pocket for health care. My uncle insists that insurance created as many problems as it solved. Don't even get him started on medicare/medicaid. What are your thoughts on that notion?
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