Promoting a recent study by the food police group Center for Science in the Public Interest, a report during CNN's "American Morning" today favored further regulation of restaurants, targeting UNO Chicago Grill and Ruby Tuesday in particular.
"When you go to a restaurant you better be watching what you're eating, because some of the calories you get can be extreme," said reporter Greg Hunter before introducing CSPI nutritionist Jayne Hurley.
In total, Hurley's view was represented with a full minute and 46 seconds, compared to Ruby Tuesday's senior vice president who was given 10 seconds. Read the full Business & Media Institute story here.
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Why doesn't the Democratic Co
February 26, 2007 - 14:11 ET by GalvanicWhy doesn't the Democratic Congress create a Department of Nutrition, and let the Secretary release weekly menus for all of us to abide by?
When you go to a restaurant y
February 26, 2007 - 14:20 ET by taznarThat's what I'm paying for. If I wanted low-calorie, I'd be going somewhere else.
I get the idea these "regulators-to-be" don't understand the concept that indulging in a high calorie meal now and then is not a crime against humanity.
"Some of the calories yo
February 26, 2007 - 14:21 ET by SarahAnnie"Some of the calories you get can be extreme." Holy artery-cloggers, you don't say! You all hear that? It's the sound of hundreds of diet gurus smacking their foreheads because they didn't put that in their respective books. Give me a break!
If one wants to eat a sirloin steak with bleu cheese, followed by a twice-baked potato (or two), capped with a slice of cheesecake, more power to ya. I won't interfere, because it's not my body you are harming. Matter of fact, we should ALL eat more beef, speaking as a cattle-raising girl.
But I digress. I don't eat out a lot, because I'm trying to watch my weight. If I had the metabolism of, say, Nicole Richie (who if you believe what she says, eats cheeseburgers and pizza and has yet to weigh more than 115 pounds), hell, I'd eat at Ruby Tuesday every day. People don't go to restaurants to eat healthy! Restaurants are very nice and give options to people who don't want 'death by cheese'. I'm sorry, seeing how many calories are in a piece of cheesecake is most emphatically NOT going to make me want it any less. It would just make me feel more guilty if I did eat it. And there I would go, putting money into the pockets of a psychotherapist...(sarcasm).
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There is no way to make a
February 26, 2007 - 14:42 ET by MidAmericaThere is no way to make a one size fits all diet.
I recently talked with an eighty three year old woman who was visiting her 100 year old mother. This woman mentioned that as a little girl during the depression one of her favorite sandwiches for school was (white) bread spread with lard (that's pig fat) and sprinkled with sugar. Didn't kill them.
Strange how liberals aren't
February 26, 2007 - 14:53 ET by FlashmanStrange how liberals aren't pro-choice about these sort of things. I'm reminded of this quote.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
~ C.S. Lewis
Great quote, Flashman. Than
February 26, 2007 - 15:04 ET by GalvanicGreat quote, Flashman. Thanks.
Perhaps it's ironic that the very people who warn of an emerging (or existing) American theocracy ruling our lives, embrace a Big Government that regulates and restricts even such basic human behavoirs and functions as eating dinner.
Ah, but you see, Galvanic,
February 26, 2007 - 15:52 ET by motherbeltAh, but you see, Galvanic, their control is done without any hint of a "higher power". That's why they want all religion out of public life. So that government will once and for all be the highest power.
I read the article; how's this for a gem:
“Unlike food manufacturers, restaurants aren’t required to have
nutrition labels on their menus, so it’s hard to know what you’re
eating.”
Hard to know what you're eating??? Here's a news flash for you: French Fries are fattening. So is cheesecake. They really think people are too stupid to know what kinds of food are healthy? And what if you go out to eat once a month and want a piece of cheesecake anyway???
As for Banzahf's prediction that "fat is the next tobacco", I don't doubt it at all. There is already a college professor (Harvard, I think) that talks about children growing up in a "toxic food environment". So you know where that is going.
Who eats every meal in a re
February 26, 2007 - 17:16 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveWho eats every meal in a restaurant? Who can afford to?
I go out to eat once or twice a month, so who cares if that food has bad calories or not? It would only be something to worry about if I frequently ate out at restaurants.
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Here's a novel idea the 'Ce
February 26, 2007 - 17:26 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsHere's a novel idea the 'Center for Science in the Public Interest' probably never heard of. Go to one of these restaurants with a friend/spouse and SPLIT THE MEAL. You could even eat half and TAKE THE REST HOME. Works great in halving the calories.
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I saw that report on CNN and
February 26, 2007 - 17:39 ET by NoMoreClintonsI saw that report on CNN and nowhere did I hear the word "regulation". There's nothing wrong with letting people know what's in their food. This is NOT a conservative vs. moonbat issue here folks. In fact, further delving into the matter (and CNN was just reporting on the CSPI finding) reveals that Michael Jacbobson, the director of said "food police", opined the following:
"Restaurants have every right to make these foods and you have every right to eat them," Jacobson said. "But I think at the very least these restaurants should give consumers the information that would enable them to make some decent eating choices."
I don't see any shrill calls for regulation there . . . only common sense.
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February 26, 2007 - 17:41 ET by Shrillary ClintonWhat a joke. It's called self-control and self-discipline....if I want to eat a cheesecake slice with 9 zillion calories and look like Al Gore (harpooned whale) that's my decision. Back off. And the last time I checked, most restaurants offer salads. Eat one.
Let's be real here. Do most a
February 26, 2007 - 17:47 ET by Shrillary ClintonLet's be real here. Do most adults need a nutrition info box or some harpy dietitian standing over them at Outback Steakhouse to tell them that the cheesecake slice or the double-quadruple heart attack burger they're about to order is bad for them? Hello -- they already know-- they just don't care. It just isn't necessary to keep regulating and regulating and regulating. Just offer more healthy options and we'll call it even.
Never eat more than you can lift. Miss PiggyThe regulation is inherent
February 26, 2007 - 17:47 ET by Ken ShepherdThe regulation is inherent in empowering the government to put another unfunded mandate on business (put calorie counts on menus. That translates to higher costs to business and the need for government to expand its oversight to include enforcement of said order.
Not to mention the numerous difficulties with daily specials and other items not on the usual menu.
Of course, larger chains will find answering these new regulations much easier than mom-and-pop eateries and cafes and the like, but the end product that CSPI is calling for and CNN is failing to expose the costs of, is more intrusive government regulatory oversight into business.
February 26, 2007 - 17:55 ET by Shrillary Clinton
Ken...In short, I'm guessing
February 26, 2007 - 22:15 ET by Clear thinkerKen...
In short, I'm guessing you think this is a waste of our governments powers.
All I can say is... ditto!
The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.
We have lots of alternatives
February 26, 2007 - 22:02 ET by nkviking75If our only source of nutrition was restaurants, you might have a point. But in the real world, if you practice good nutrition in everyday life, an occasional splurge won't hurt you. And if you refuse to practice good nutritional habits, no amount of information will help. It's not as if any of these meals or confections will kill you in one sitting.
lord knows it's a good thing
February 27, 2007 - 11:53 ET by flcooklord knows it's a good thing those cspi folks didn't look at my momma's kitchen. they woulda shut her down. she kept a can of bacon grease on the stove and cooked most everything in it. she's only lived to be 91. so far.