[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Not a big fan of Katie Couric, but I'm glad that she's doing something to bring a big problem to light.
Unfortunately, she and so many of the other, "all natural, granola chewers", totally miss the point. There are a lot of problems with our diet today, but the biggest is the added sugar and the promotion of grains and fruits as being healthy.
We are eating huge amounts of sugar without knowing it and we are also being told to consume huge quantities of grains, which in today's world, have been genetically altered. Those grains turn into sugar in our bodies very quickly.
We are also being fed huge amounts of drugs by the AMA and pharmaceutical companies in an attempt to lower the evil cholesterol even though most will admit today that cholesterol poses no problems.
I posted a one hour and 45 minute video about this problem on this forum and exactly one person watched it.
Now, this may not be the only opinion and there may be others out there who feel they can refute this information. I say, let them present their case. The more information we have the better. But, I am finding that most people would rather stick their heads in the sand and say things like, "everything in moderation" and "surely a little can't do you any harm".
People are very comfortable with what they eat and I believe that for the most part they are not willing to make changes. We have become to reliant on what is convenient.

You totally "get it" ..........thanks for your post.

[senior citizen]

I'm afraid that, once again, some have missed the point. I was simply posting this as a reply to those who kept saying my original post on the documentary FED UP was negative and that I was negative when all I was doing was commenting on a recent Sundance Film documentary that we had seen on the Katie Couric Show............nothing really new as I've known for decades that SUGAR and other flavor enhancers, additives, etc. were in our foods...............as does everyone else trying to follow their own healthy version of eating .

Remember the movie KING CORN??? That was an eye opener for sure (a few years back). CORN SYRUP is a huge additive in most processed foods.

This wasn't about who likes Katie or not........I was showing that she is not perceived as a negative person (whether or not her bubbly upbeat always happy persona is real or phony, is not the question here)........she was the one showcasing FED UP which is about the hidden and not so hidden SUGAR in our foods and the obesity epidemic in the U.S. esp. among children. It wasn't a negative presentation......just the facts.

When we went to school in the 1950's, 1960's we can't remember a single obese child. Look around nowadays. But, back then, who had the luxury of fast food, drive by windows, pickup fast food places. Food back then was cooked from scratch from wholesome ingredients that were natural. The basic food groups. Natural foods and ingredients. Whole foods.
Not chemicals and additives.

This documentary is about SUGAR. My thoughts were a spinoff from a thread about how long might some people live into old age......when I read that "the next generation might live longer, but would live sicker".........I actually knew what that meant.

Someone said I was being negative when in reality I was "quoting" what I had read......the way some youth eat today, not at the family table, but via a drive up window, they may live LONGER due to a myriad of pharmaceuticals but they will also live sicker. So, what comes first..............the chicken or the egg. As long as they have a little pill for every ill, we can eat whatever we want?

No one can be a total purist or stoic re food. All the enjoyment would be diminished, but at least being aware of what is in our foods is NOT A CRIME and neither is it NEGATIVE.

"FED UP" is the film the food industry doesn't want you to see." That is the tag line for the new documentary film FED UP from Peobody award-winning broadcast journalist Katie Couric and Oscar-winning producer Laurie David and that describes how they feel about the government's part in the spread of the global epidemic of childhood obesity!

And for good reason! FED UP presents an eye-opening look on the connection between the rise of kids being diagnosed with diabetes and the dangerous increase of sugar and sweeteners being added to ingredients in processed foods.

Television journalist Katie Couric narrates a newly released film identifying sugar as the main culprit for the majority of health problems in the United States. The documentary, created by the makers of "An Inconvenient Truth," compares the food industry to the tobacco industry and encourages Americans to push for reforms.

With the slogan "Congress Says Pizza Is a Vegetable" on one of its posters, Fed Up focuses on the fate of America’s children as they deal with an epidemic of obesity related diseases. According to the film, the current generation of children is expected to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.

Both Rolling Stone magazine and Roger Ebert gave it critical reviews, while still calling it ‘a movie that matters’ and is ‘compelling’. Many critics rate the documentary high however because of the subject matter.

Fed Up attempts to address many of the issues surrounding America’s obesity epidemic, including programs aimed at increasing activity, corn syrup regulation, soda consumption, diet food, and sugar substitutes.

Additionally it ties the obesity problem to a failure in government regulation and encourages Americans to push for change.

It even includes former president, Bill Clinton commenting on the popularity of high fructose corn syrup saying: "I don’t think high-fructose corn syrup is a good use of corn."

For many Americans, Fed Up introduces a concept that is new to them- the idea that obesity could be caused by excessive sugar intake.

Why are Americans so fat? That’s a question explored in a new documentary called "Fed Up."

Executive producer and narrator Katie Couric discussed the problem with sugar on tonight’s "O’Reilly Factor."

Couric said 80 percent of products in the grocery store have added sugar. She also noted that some countries are restricting marketing of sugary foods to kids.
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FROM ROLLING STONE:
May 9, 2014 12:00 PM ET
The latest documentary to tackle the tangle of American food politics, Fed Up focuses its lens on one specific aspect of the you-are-what-you-eat battle: childhood obesity rates. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig and produced by Katie Couric and Laurie David (An Inconvenient Truth), the film follows four overweight teens to their doctor's appointments, sports practices, and home kitchens, in an attempt to answer the question of why these children can't seem to lose weight.

Is 'Fed Up' the Next 'Inconvenient Truth and Other Sundance 2014 Questions

"The solution is eating real food and cooking it yourself, because you would never put the amount of salt or sugar in that corporations do," says David.

"The majority of the food a lot of people are eating are made by strangers who don't have your health at the forefront of your mind."

Armed with flip cameras, the subjects record video diaries, offering a window into their emotional, as well as physical, struggle with obesity. With interviews from former President Bill Clinton, Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan, and leading doctors and researchers, the film argues that the sugar added to processed foods is largely to blame for rising obesity rates.

(Also in the form of CORN SYRUP)..........

As consumers, we need to know what is in our foods.
Just found out the other day that Chobani Greek Yoghurt uses G.M.O....




　
　
　

[JP]

When I was a kid we used to ride our bikes about 4 miles to the gas station to buy orange pop and twinkies. Oh yea, don't forget the cheetos. Then we would ride over to the river and run around, build forts etc.

The point? We rode our bikes and were very active.

A lot of today's kids are like a bunch of slugs---they just sit around, eat junk food, and play video games. Of course they are fat.

[buggyone]

I happen to like Katie Couric as a television personality.

She may not be the easiest person to get along with on a personal basis but Katie has brought women to the front of the news profession. Smart, good looking, full of energy, and overcame personal loss. Her experience with colon cancer saved countless numbers of Americans from that terrible disease and showing that a colonoscopy is not the dreaded thing to avoid.

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

I'm afraid that, once again, some have missed the point. I was simply posting this as a reply to those who kept saying my original post on the documentary FED UP was negative and that I was negative when all I was doing was commenting on a recent Sundance Film documentary that we had seen on the Katie Couric Show............nothing really new as I've known for decades that SUGAR and other flavor enhancers, additives, etc. were in our foods...............as does everyone else trying to follow their own healthy version of eating .

Remember the movie KING CORN??? That was an eye opener for sure (a few years back). CORN SYRUP is a huge additive in most processed foods.

This wasn't about who likes Katie or not........I was showing that she is not perceived as a negative person (whether or not her bubbly upbeat always happy persona is real or phony, is not the question here)........she was the one showcasing FED UP which is about the hidden and not so hidden SUGAR in our foods and the obesity epidemic in the U.S. esp. among children. It wasn't a negative presentation......just the facts.

When we went to school in the 1950's, 1960's we can't remember a single obese child. Look around nowadays. But, back then, who had the luxury of fast food, drive by windows, pickup fast food places. Food back then was cooked from scratch from wholesome ingredients that were natural. The basic food groups. Natural foods and ingredients. Whole foods.
Not chemicals and additives.

This documentary is about SUGAR. My thoughts were a spinoff from a thread about how long might some people live into old age......when I read that "the next generation might live longer, but would live sicker".........I actually knew what that meant.

Someone said I was being negative when in reality I was "quoting" what I had read......the way some youth eat today, not at the family table, but via a drive up window, they may live LONGER due to a myriad of pharmaceuticals but they will also live sicker. So, what comes first..............the chicken or the egg. As long as they have a little pill for every ill, we can eat whatever we want?

No one can be a total purist or stoic re food. All the enjoyment would be diminished, but at least being aware of what is in our foods is NOT A CRIME and neither is it NEGATIVE.

"FED UP" is the film the food industry doesn't want you to see." That is the tag line for the new documentary film FED UP from Peobody award-winning broadcast journalist Katie Couric and Oscar-winning producer Laurie David and that describes how they feel about the government's part in the spread of the global epidemic of childhood obesity!

And for good reason! FED UP presents an eye-opening look on the connection between the rise of kids being diagnosed with diabetes and the dangerous increase of sugar and sweeteners being added to ingredients in processed foods.

Television journalist Katie Couric narrates a newly released film identifying sugar as the main culprit for the majority of health problems in the United States. The documentary, created by the makers of "An Inconvenient Truth," compares the food industry to the tobacco industry and encourages Americans to push for reforms.

With the slogan "Congress Says Pizza Is a Vegetable" on one of its posters, Fed Up focuses on the fate of America’s children as they deal with an epidemic of obesity related diseases. According to the film, the current generation of children is expected to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.

Both Rolling Stone magazine and Roger Ebert gave it critical reviews, while still calling it ‘a movie that matters’ and is ‘compelling’. Many critics rate the documentary high however because of the subject matter.

Fed Up attempts to address many of the issues surrounding America’s obesity epidemic, including programs aimed at increasing activity, corn syrup regulation, soda consumption, diet food, and sugar substitutes.

Additionally it ties the obesity problem to a failure in government regulation and encourages Americans to push for change.

It even includes former president, Bill Clinton commenting on the popularity of high fructose corn syrup saying: "I don’t think high-fructose corn syrup is a good use of corn."

For many Americans, Fed Up introduces a concept that is new to them- the idea that obesity could be caused by excessive sugar intake.

Why are Americans so fat? That’s a question explored in a new documentary called "Fed Up."

Executive producer and narrator Katie Couric discussed the problem with sugar on tonight’s "O’Reilly Factor."

Couric said 80 percent of products in the grocery store have added sugar. She also noted that some countries are restricting marketing of sugary foods to kids.
************************************************** **********************
FROM ROLLING STONE:
May 9, 2014 12:00 PM ET
The latest documentary to tackle the tangle of American food politics, Fed Up focuses its lens on one specific aspect of the you-are-what-you-eat battle: childhood obesity rates. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig and produced by Katie Couric and Laurie David (An Inconvenient Truth), the film follows four overweight teens to their doctor's appointments, sports practices, and home kitchens, in an attempt to answer the question of why these children can't seem to lose weight.

Is 'Fed Up' the Next 'Inconvenient Truth and Other Sundance 2014 Questions

"The solution is eating real food and cooking it yourself, because you would never put the amount of salt or sugar in that corporations do," says David.

"The majority of the food a lot of people are eating are made by strangers who don't have your health at the forefront of your mind."

Armed with flip cameras, the subjects record video diaries, offering a window into their emotional, as well as physical, struggle with obesity. With interviews from former President Bill Clinton, Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan, and leading doctors and researchers, the film argues that the sugar added to processed foods is largely to blame for rising obesity rates.

(Also in the form of CORN SYRUP)..........

As consumers, we need to know what is in our foods.
Just found out the other day that Chobani Greek Yoghurt uses G.M.O....




　
　
　

Senior Citizen - it would be nice if you would paraphrase these articles you are quoting and let us know what YOU think. This is tiresome reading.

Z

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I happen to like Katie Couric as a television personality. In the Sarah Palin interview, she did not ask hard questions - what newspapers do you read on a daily basis? - and exposed Palin as non-VP material.

She may not be the easiest person to get along with on a personal basis but Katie has brought women to the front of the news profession. Smart, good looking, full of energy, and overcame personal loss. Her experience with colon cancer saved countless numbers of Americans from that terrible disease and showing that a colonoscopy is not the dreaded thing to avoid.

You know this is the 21 century. hardly anybody read newspapers any more with the internet. I seen the interview also and she set her up.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Rc Moser

You know this is the 21 century. hardly anybody read newspapers any more with the internet. I seen the interview also and she set her up.

Then explain why the big city newspapers are all alive and flourishing.

Palin would not be hard to set up.

[TexaninVA]

Originally Posted by Dennisadamek@yahoo.com

Sorry.... she is a phony Baloney in my book. Choose not to watch her ever.

I totally agree ... a gentrified elite who says the correct things but, in private, lives a high life style. She is "sweet" but also extremely fake and phony as you say.