Hey you. You reading this right now. There is a 50% chance that you are a fatty like me. Well, do I have news for you. It is not your fault. It is the fault of government bureaucrats that think, nea insist they know what is best for you based on the science that had all kinds of consensus. That science resulted in a symbol that has likely caused the deaths of millions.
That symbol? The pyramid. The food pyramid.
And the news gets even better. The same non-scientists that insisted that the science was settled are itching to do it again. Think this is my unscientific opinion. Let me quote one of the scientists on the 13 member panel who have come up with the new 2010 dietary guidelines.
“There is no scientific basis for the U.S. Dietary Guidelines….There are no human intervention studies.”
Awesome. Hey since we are talking diet and science and stuff, let’s look at a little chart that shows the rate of obesity since the introduction of that damned food pyramid in 1980.
So to all you fatties out there, know this. You are the vicitm of a well meaning government that is trying to kill you. By deciding that fat was the enemy, they let the real villain in the door. Sugar.
Just one other way the government is trying to kill you through bad science.
June 23, 2011 at 3:00 am
Heaven forbid they ever find something resembling a link on the genetic level to obesity. Then they will be telling women to abort before they have fat children.
June 23, 2011 at 3:18 am
My degree is in biochemistry. I had to memorize ALL human metabolism on the molecular level. I learned how and where fats, carbs and proteins are metabolized and how our body uses them for energy down to the atom. I will never forget the day I realized that the fastest way to fat synthesis was excess carbohydrate intake. I remember visualizing the food pyramid with its huge base of carbs and saying to myself, "No wonder everyone is so fat!"
June 23, 2011 at 3:52 am
I remember being told– as a small, cherub-faced child– that I should eat a lot of pasta, because it would fill me up without making me fat(er). Stay away from that meat, cooked veggies are neutral, raw fruit is great! *headdesk* (for the record, candy, soda and snacks weren't a consideration– I didn't even drink milk because it tastes horrible and the chocolate milk was usually sold out by the time I got there)
I do hate the BMI, though, and that's what most of the rankings are based off of… and there's the whole thing with the changing it to make more folks fat on paper… and that study that found that normal and overweight had the same health effect, but underweight and obese were unhealthy…. *sigh* Yep, they ARE trying to kill us with bad science!
June 23, 2011 at 5:00 am
I have to wonder … was one of the consultants on the food pyramid a tall, skinny guy with unnaturally red hair, a yellow and white jumpsuit and oversized shoes?
As a "jolly" guy myself, I remember when the burger that now comes in the kid's meal was the regular hamburger that most people ate; if you went for the Whopper or the Big Mac, people looked at you as if you were singlehandedly trying to starve all those children in China. Twenty ounces of soda was large, and you had to pay for refills.
June 23, 2011 at 5:09 am
You probably also remember when eating out was something that happened as a very special treat, rather than a daily thing!
June 23, 2011 at 3:02 pm
The food guide pyramid looks exactly like the macro-nutrient breakdown of the feed they give to livestock to fatten them up. Seriously. We were all one big test case in the government's fat hypothesis. Now, when the government recommends I do something I do the opposite.
June 24, 2011 at 2:19 am
There's no way you could be fat if you're entering an Iron Man…;)
I'm fat, and I got some to spare if anyone's lookin…