tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5860052019354199263.post7179505309219505153..comments2023-03-21T04:45:28.132-07:00Comments on Velvet Steamroller: Give Me Snickers Or Give Me DeathAutumn Whitefield-Madranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5860052019354199263.post-43017655561829610432009-07-12T22:15:27.243-07:002009-07-12T22:15:27.243-07:00In most ways, I agree with you. When we're ta...In most ways, I agree with you. When we're talking about a candy bar, we can't really complain about fat and sugar content, can we? Fat tastes good. Sugar tastes good. That's why we like candy bars.<br /><br />I do object to the constant use of high fructose corn syrup. Yes, just like sucrose it's made of pretty much equal parts fructose and glucose - except that in sucrose those molecules are bonded. But anyway. I get upset when food marketers try to play like their chips are the next great diet fad - please don't tell me about how much fiber your junk has or how it's zero cholesterol, people; they're freaking chips. And for the love of all things good in the world, do NOT tell me that one candy bar or one bag of chocolate bits or anything less than a two liter of soda is more than one serving size - it isn't. Label it as one serving, and show all of the fat and calories that are in the whole package, because that's how it's gonna get consumed, and you know it. Oh, those numbers are bad for marketing? Well then I guess you're gonna have to make smaller packages.<br /><br />Point of all my rambling being, when we're talking about junk food, yeah, no one can really complain about it not being healthy. It's junk food! And yes, sugar is addictive, even in its purest forms. All we can ask is that we get correct nutritional information, and that health claims (there are no useful vitamins in diet coke!) are left aside.<br /><br />It's when we get to products like "healthy choice" or "lean cuisine" that I start to get really frustrated... but that's a different topic entirely.Embee Breedlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473406083727883802noreply@blogger.com