Funny CW moments page 612

[qqemokitty]

I restrain myself literally dozens of times each day to NOT argue with people in various social media settings. It is incredibly difficult. Here are a couple gems from within the last hour:

Person 1: Why do oatmeal pies have so many calories when they are so small? They taste so good!
Person 2: It's the fat. Fat makes everything taste good.
Me: *internally fighting so hard to NOT point out that an oatmeal pie is comprised entirely of GMO grains and chemical badness, has only 13 g of fat and 43 carbs primarily of HFCS*

Later, on a fitness group...

Person 1: Last week episode of Dr Oz he spoke about eating greek yogurt in the morning before you eat breakfast. It coats the fat cells in your tummy and keeps from storing fat with anything else you eat.This is my goal!
Me: ... o.o

[yelena]

Person 1: Last week episode of Dr Oz he spoke about eating greek yogurt in the morning before you eat breakfast. It coats the fat cells in your tummy and keeps from storing fat with anything else you eat.This is my goal!
Me: ... o.o

I... wut? I swear, he's just making things up now. That bears no possible relation to any science ever. My brain, it hurts.

[bloodorchid]

please tell me co-worker just heard him wrong

that can't be real life

[Purple Leather Couch]

Overheard at work today while putting together my BAS at the salad bar in the cafeteria:

Woman in line ordering: I'll have a chicken cheesesteak in a wrap
Man in line in front of her: A wrap?? What are you trying to be healthy??
Woman: Yeah, but trust me, I would really rather be having the bread!!

Me (to myself): But you ARE eating bread . . .

[Kochin]

Overheard at work today while putting together my BAS at the salad bar in the cafeteria:

Woman in line ordering: I'll have a chicken cheesesteak in a wrap
Man in line in front of her: A wrap?? What are you trying to be healthy??
Woman: Yeah, but trust me, I would really rather be having the bread!!

Me (to myself): But you ARE eating bread . . .

Some foods have "CW halos" that make them good until someone "uncovers" the truth: they're not. Then people stop having them. A lot of people think of muffins as "health foods" because a plain muffin is marginally better (in terms of kcals, satiety and chemical content) than a cake or most breakfast cereals. They ignore these facts:
-only marginally better, which doesn't mean "healthy"#
-only PLAIN muffins are better
-it's usually "better per 100g", so, if you eat more muffin, you cancel out any improvement
And, in a few weeks, there will be an "expose" on the "hidden secret" of muffins and why they aren't healthy after all.

I'm guessing the same goes for wraps: because they're usually smaller (smaller = less kcals by default), have less bread content and the bread is sometimes less processed, they have a "halo".

CW is strange even within its own "rules".

[Corvidae]

Some foods have "CW halos" that make them good until someone "uncovers" the truth: they're not. Then people stop having them. A lot of people think of muffins as "health foods" because a plain muffin is marginally better (in terms of kcals, satiety and chemical content) than a cake or most breakfast cereals. They ignore these facts:
-only marginally better, which doesn't mean "healthy"#
-only PLAIN muffins are better
-it's usually "better per 100g", so, if you eat more muffin, you cancel out any improvement
And, in a few weeks, there will be an "expose" on the "hidden secret" of muffins and why they aren't healthy after all.

I'm guessing the same goes for wraps: because they're usually smaller (smaller = less kcals by default), have less bread content and the bread is sometimes less processed, they have a "halo".

CW is strange even within its own "rules".

I actually heard once that the average flour tortilla actually has about the same carb and flour content of a piece or two of bread; the only difference is that in bread its all puffy and spread out, while in a tortilla its densely packed together.

And like the extra large burrito/wrap tortillas likely have even more carb/flour content than the bread that you might have had with the sandwich its replacing

[Kochin]

I actually heard once that the average flour tortilla actually has about the same carb and flour content of a piece or two of bread; the only difference is that in bread its all puffy and spread out, while in a tortilla its densely packed together.

And like the extra large burrito/wrap tortillas likely have even more carb/flour content than the bread that you might have had with the sandwich its replacing

And that's exactly why the "halos" make no bloody sense.
It's like having a friend who went from 200g spaghetti with sauce to 50g linguini with salad and lost weight, so you decide to still have the sauce and swap your 200g spaghetti for 200g linguini, because your friend "proved" linguini is "healthier".

[JoanieL]

I... wut? I swear, he's just making things up now. That bears no possible relation to any science ever. My brain, it hurts.

+1

A note on the whole CW thing. Way back in the early 90s, I was seeing a man who told me that his mother, who had never been fat, but had never been quite thin either, finally got back her girlish figure by cutting out almost all pasta, rice, and bread. He told me that what the government was recommending humans eat was essentially the same ratios they told pig farmers to fatten their pigs.

So, it's not just CW, it's that a lot of people don't have it in them to question authority. It's like the whole 3 square meals a day, then 6 small meals a day. Anyway, I've become so paranoid about any advice coming from the govt, that I swear if they came out tomorrow and said breathing was good for you, I'd start researching it on my own to make sure it was valid.

[Ayla2010]

We have a cooking show on here at the moment, where couples cook a 3 course meal in their home state, then they all travel around to the next persons state.
Anyway there is a mother and daughter team, who at the first 2 courses, said there is no carbohydrates in this meal so I can absorb the protein
Then at the dessert she said the carbohydrates from the rice were great. It was a trifle (Jelly, sponge cake, and custard layered in a glass for those who don't know) Maybe trifles are just common in NZ and Aus?
Of course the rest of the contestants were laughing at them.
Very odd LOL

And I now feel guilty for watching tv once my children are in bed, now I stopped them watching TV during the week.

[sires6]

He told me that what the government was recommending humans eat was essentially the same ratios they told pig farmers to fatten their pigs.

Around here, pig farmers will get the left over bread from the grocery store and give it to the pigs. I have a priest friend who is raising two pigs from the donated bread. He weighs the pig every month $ for lb increase money to go to charity. How do you quick fatten a cow? Feed it corn, wheat, grain. How do you fatten a dog? Feed it corn, wheat, grain. How do you fatten a goat? Feed it corn, wheat, grain. How do you fatten a horse? Feed it corn, wheat, grain.

I raise horses (not for consumption), goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, guinea fowl and geese for consumption. When I need to put some weight on them, I feed them grain. I keep mine nicely lean most of the time, though, unless it affects their health during the winter. The birds get scratch (read: corn) during the winter to help them produce enough heat and fat to keep warm. The horses get lots of hay, but I also have an older mare who gets grain.

I always tell people when I am proselytizing about Primal, "How do you fatten...?" A lot of people have listened to me, now I don't know if they've changed, but there it is.