The Men Who Made Us Fat

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Anyone? Should be interesting...

watching it. cant beleive how much soft drinks some people drink

funny how the 'food industry' claim that endless snacking is 'nutritious food for busy lifestyles'

I know, kal - how can they say this stuff with straight faces?

interesting about the corn syrup in everything

uh-oh Macdonalds....

I read 'fat-land' about the corn syrup. Its empty crap devoid of nutrition. Is it in UK food too? When I was in the US everything from bread to fries to baked beans was unbeleivably sweet and sickly. Thats when I started to making my own bread cos US bread was so sweet.

Yudkin's book is fantatsic but out of print for years

Hopefully they'll talk about how crap Keys' research was...

Kal, don't think HFCS is in quite as much here. US bread is awful, isn't it?

I'm now feeling very very guilty as I munch on a bag of crisps

bag of maltesers here
Ive put it down.

Mmmmm, lovely fat

Sounds really interesting, is it repeated at all?

It's a three-parter, Softkitty - should be on iPlayer too.

Great programme. Did you spot the Owen Wilson look/sound alike approx 10 mins ago?

We don't have so much HFCS here, since we don't grow so much corn. We tend to see the label glucose-fructose syrup here.

It's a 3 parter, so I wonder if they'll discuss artificial sweeteners.

Softkitty - i expect it'll be on iPlayer.

i'm trying to eat fibrous carbs, no sugar and no processed foods. I make my own bread (4 ingrediants compared to 18 in supermarket bread).
But its hard

That bit about threatening the WHO and them subsequently dropping the recommendation

Makes perfect sense to me that it's highly processed foods rather than fat that make you put on weight - look at the french who eat plenty of cheese, butter, cream etc but probably not so much processed stuff and mostly manage to stay slimmish (ok no data whatsoever but based on the french vs US supermarkets).

Looking at dietary advice this week...

Just started watching, don't know if I can continue. I'm serious, it's scary and making me feel really angry.

Same here, Hownoo.

It is making me want to cry/hit things.

I relly don't think we should blame our obsiety epidemic entierly on companies. No-one is forcing anyone to eat rubbish all the time (and I do sometimes have a McDonlds). And no-one is forcing you to have bigger portions either.

Can I get this on catch-up?

I'm surprised there are not more obese people TBH, given modern living and the excess of the wrong kind of food being pushed. In the past people were kept in check not because they had more will power etc but the mindset was different and there was just less food and more excerise. Now it does take thought and discipline to not really overeat.