tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post4947238650299699109..comments2024-02-12T08:34:18.666-05:00Comments on The Long Road: Something Has Gone Very WrongCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859075229519368228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-18829603014491149472013-08-14T07:40:36.689-04:002013-08-14T07:40:36.689-04:00The plot thickens (no pun intended) when I realize...The plot thickens (no pun intended) when I realized that in the 80's the cholesterol watching craze started (although this was really in the late 80's as opposed to the mid-) and people started to use microwaves to reheat leftovers, and I remember my mother having entire microwave dinners made with her special microwave cookbook. I think the 80's were a revolutionary decade for food, and looking back, it might have been as negative as it was positive, since it looks like a lot of the new information we learned might have backfired on us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-32421008897187702062013-08-03T10:48:30.699-04:002013-08-03T10:48:30.699-04:00You're right, I didn't even think of that ...You're right, I didn't even think of that one! I've also heard that when "health food" companies rip all the fat out of their products they will often try to replace the lost flavor by loading in extra sugar or salt - which have their own host of problems.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859075229519368228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-86293081354699095312013-08-01T00:20:34.789-04:002013-08-01T00:20:34.789-04:00I expect we can't blame one thing alone for th...I expect we can't blame one thing alone for the sudden increase in obesity starting in the 80's, but one thing you didn't mention that probably has an influence on this issue, is the encouragement of consuming less fat (which by definition increases either carb or protein or both, to make up for the decrease in fat), as well as increased aerobic exercise to burn the fat we already have. Some combination of all the things you mentioned, and probably a bunch we are somehow overlooking, are at least in part to blame for our survival trait from centuries past, biting us in the ever growing butts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com