Even food gets spin!
How do you turn a previously known junk food into health food?
Slap a label on it and fry it in different oil.
That's right, Tostitos have now stated that their chips which are fried in a "heart-healthy" oil are good for the heart.
Is that spin? Absolutely. Is that healthy? Are you kidding!
How can a food that is nothing but ground up corn, rice meal, white flour, salt, and unpronounceable words be healthy, or even heart healthy. I guess if they put it in 100-calorie packs and fry it in a different oil, then they can do whatever they want. Who's stopping them?
Unfortunately no one. And, unfortunately no one is getting any healthier.
You want to spin food...put it on a record turn-table. But, don't lie to our faces. Junk by any other word, is still just junk.
Slap a label on it and fry it in different oil.
That's right, Tostitos have now stated that their chips which are fried in a "heart-healthy" oil are good for the heart.
Is that spin? Absolutely. Is that healthy? Are you kidding!
How can a food that is nothing but ground up corn, rice meal, white flour, salt, and unpronounceable words be healthy, or even heart healthy. I guess if they put it in 100-calorie packs and fry it in a different oil, then they can do whatever they want. Who's stopping them?
Unfortunately no one. And, unfortunately no one is getting any healthier.
You want to spin food...put it on a record turn-table. But, don't lie to our faces. Junk by any other word, is still just junk.
posted by Dana M. Ellis, MPH, R.D. @ 6:40 PM
1 Comments:
At 7:33 PM,
A.Manasa said…
Thanks for this entry. It reminds me of something that I saw recently.
I've been drinking this V8 Fusion stuff for the "full serving of fruit and full serving of vegetables" that it advertises. Then my friend tells me to read the back of the 12oz bottle. It says: An 8oz serving provides 1/2 cup serving of fruit and 1/2 cup serving of vegetables. The USDA recommends 2.5 cups of vegetables and 2 cups of fruit for a 2,000 calorie diet.
So a 12oz bottle provides .75 cups of vegetables and .75 cups of fruit.
So what the heck does "full serving of fruit and vegetables" mean??
It's so misleading and annoying!!
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