Comments on: School Cafeteria Lunches Serve Up A Big Bowl of Nonsense http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/school-cafeteria-lunches-serve-up-a-big-bowl-of-nonsense/ Whole Food Supplements Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:37:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pat taylor http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/school-cafeteria-lunches-serve-up-a-big-bowl-of-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-10271 pat taylor Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:28:22 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=4#comment-10271 I'm on the school board for a small rural school. I'm trying to encourage them to change from processed foods in the cafeteria to healthy foods. Any suggestions out there? I’m on the school board for a small rural school. I’m trying to encourage them to change from processed foods in the cafeteria to healthy foods. Any suggestions out there?

]]> By: tj http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/school-cafeteria-lunches-serve-up-a-big-bowl-of-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-2490 tj Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:34:10 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=4#comment-2490 high school lunches are terrible high school lunches are terrible

]]> By: Angela http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/school-cafeteria-lunches-serve-up-a-big-bowl-of-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Angela Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:03:28 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=4#comment-1063 High school lunches are terrible. We have nachos, chicken patties, greasy pizza, and disgusting baked fries everyday. We don't even have salads in our school. The only thing we are able to consume that doesn't contain grease and fat is whole fruit (not the fruit cups). This needs to change. My school is filled with overweight and obese. We need more healthy choices. High school lunches are terrible. We have nachos, chicken patties, greasy pizza, and disgusting baked fries everyday. We don’t even have salads in our school. The only thing we are able to consume that doesn’t contain grease and fat is whole fruit (not the fruit cups). This needs to change. My school is filled with overweight and obese. We need more healthy choices.

]]> By: Ruby in Montreal http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/school-cafeteria-lunches-serve-up-a-big-bowl-of-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Ruby in Montreal Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:47:28 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=4#comment-59 With all respect due to the doctor, are fruits and vegetables not also carbohydrates? Getting rid of carbohydrates would leave us what? Meats & some meat substitutes, and perhaps a few dairy products? It seems to me that one of the biggest problems we have in nutrition today is avoiding the urge to oversimplify things by turning one type of nutrient or another into the bandit. This week it's carbohydrates, next week it's salt, after that trans fats. Shouldn't we instead be more concerned with balancing the nutrients our bodies need? As far as portion sizes are concerned, you talk about surplus sugars being stored in the body as fat. If the portions are appropriate to the needs of the child, we shouldn't have to be concerned about that. Life isn't as simple as the food industry would like to make us believe it is, but it isn't as simple as the good doctor implies either. Carbohydrates are a nutrient. They represent most of the organic matter on earth, and perhaps half of a healthy person's food intake. They have important jobs to do in our bodies, including immune function and blood clotting. We can't cut them out and expect to remain healthy, but we can place our emphasis on fresh produce and whole grains in proper balance with other nutrients. Cheers! Ruby With all respect due to the doctor, are fruits and vegetables not also carbohydrates? Getting rid of carbohydrates would leave us what? Meats & some meat substitutes, and perhaps a few dairy products?

It seems to me that one of the biggest problems we have in nutrition today is avoiding the urge to oversimplify things by turning one type of nutrient or another into the bandit. This week it’s carbohydrates, next week it’s salt, after that trans fats. Shouldn’t we instead be more concerned with balancing the nutrients our bodies need?

As far as portion sizes are concerned, you talk about surplus sugars being stored in the body as fat. If the portions are appropriate to the needs of the child, we shouldn’t have to be concerned about that.

Life isn’t as simple as the food industry would like to make us believe it is, but it isn’t as simple as the good doctor implies either. Carbohydrates are a nutrient. They represent most of the organic matter on earth, and perhaps half of a healthy person’s food intake. They have important jobs to do in our bodies, including immune function and blood clotting. We can’t cut them out and expect to remain healthy, but we can place our emphasis on fresh produce and whole grains in proper balance with other nutrients.

Cheers!
Ruby

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