Low fat
Several things, really.

The Body Mass Index think is a load of bullshit. Weight/Height ratio is as relevant to your health as shoe-size/forearm-length ratio. Some people are tall, some are short, some are fat, some are thin. A lot of the medically-defined "overweight" people are perfectly healthy, and are perhaps just well-built, or have big feet and hands, or whatever.

That rant might make me sound like a fat fucker, but I'm not. According to the retarded BMI index calculator, I'm underweight. But, if I eat this 300g bar of chocolate to myself, I'll be an "ideal" weight. Until I go shit it out, or exercise it off a little. It's silly.

Anyway, this leads into my rant.. I'm not the only underweight person in the country.

So why is everything having all its nutrients taken out?

The body needs fat to survive, the body needs salt, and sugar, and calories, and everything else that is being taken out of food. It makes no sense that I'm paying more for something that will provide me with less. And yet, I have no choice. Products are cooked in lighter oils, so they have less fat, or have reduced sugar, or are polluted by those God-damn fucking awful things called "artificial sweeteners".

Why? Why can't I eat the fatty foods I need to get my weight up? Just because some fat bastards will eat and not exercise, I'm expected to eat more than I feel comfortable eating. But I can't! I walk places, I occasionally play sports, I eat when I'm hungry, I do lots of things that don't involve me sitting down.

And yet, for some reason, it is I who much change, by eating more, if I want to be healthy and get the nutrients I need, and it's not the lazy bastards who're going to get fat no matter what they eat, because they never fucking work it off.

Wow.. that was my angry rant. If I carry on with this level of anger, my next post will have the subject "My Mother". And the post will never end.
( Thinker, Mon 5 May 2008, 23:55, 13 replies)

I agree completely
I used to love KP Roasted Salted peanuts. Since they've removed the salt, and probably some of the fat, they taste horrible.

I have to sit there and pour salt into the packet just to make them edible. No one understands me.
(Stevie Ruggling, Tue 6 May 2008, 0:09, closed)

I know
According to the height weight chart, I should weigh 145 lbs. When I get on one of those fancy scales, my bones, muscles, organs, etc-in other words everything but the fat in my body weighs 142 lbs.

Why, I'd be a dead ringer for Angelina Jolie!

(Actually I look more like Dawn French here: data1.blog.de/blog/a/annikabryn/img/dawn_french.jpg imagine her blonde with a little smaller butt and that's me.)
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Tue 6 May 2008, 0:31, closed)

Indeed
And similar is the low-fat fad's fattening effects on the population as a whole. "Low fat!" says a pack of biscuits. Yes. And high sugar and calorie so it's probably even worse for the average fatty on their sofa. They'll scoff a whole lot and then get confused when they get fatter.
(I have a face also had a sig on, Tue 6 May 2008, 0:35, closed)

Nuts
The nice NHS dietician I went to see said 'nuts', and also said 'cheese'
So, more nuts and more cheese.
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Tue 6 May 2008, 0:41, closed)

Nuts and cheese...
I still don't see why I have to make the changes to my diet, so lazy people can continue being lazy.
( Thinker, Tue 6 May 2008, 0:50, closed)

Nuts
I agree about the nuts thing. I've been eating a lot of walnuts, almonds and brazil nuts lately and they've given me a lot of calories which seems to be helping my muscles bulk up. Woo.
(I have a face also had a sig on, Tue 6 May 2008, 0:51, closed)

Do fat people say when you eat normal things
"Oh, you must have a fast metabolism!"?
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Tue 6 May 2008, 1:01, closed)

I was just saying this the other day!
I'm a size 6 - I want salty pringles back! I want proper, fatty desserts!
(freakybumblebee, Tue 6 May 2008, 2:15, closed)

Because
Some people can't seem to fathom the fact a candy bar is a once-in-a-while treat, so they eat 3 a day and become obese. Then, instead of thinking "oh, I'm obese and it's MY fault, and I should eat better" they think "Oh, I'm obese and it's MARS' fault, so I'm going to buy reduced fat bars so I can continue my 3-a-day habit."

Seriously, I know someone who literally said to me the other day, and I quote, "I need to start eating better. Nothing but chicken sandwiches and Diet Coke." NEVERMIND the fact that the chicken sandwiches are from Burger King, so they're breaded and deep fried then smothered in ranch. NEVERMIND that the artificial sweeteners in diet drinks are linked diabetes, depression, skin rashes, ADHD, (google aspartame side effects) and a lot of other scary things that are worse than NATURAL SUGAR, that the body would know how to metabolise.

Jesus.

There goes another one my peeves.
(StupidAmericanTourist, Tue 6 May 2008, 4:07, closed)

I agree
Low fat food, as a rule, tastes crap because it's got no tasty fat in it.

I'd much rather have a small helping of fatty/sugary/whatevery food than a large amount of the bastardised stuff.

Which is why I always drink full fat milk. It tastes much nicer than semi skimmed. I know many people disagree with this, but I like the cream.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 6 May 2008, 8:32, closed)

Stop ruining food
and get fat people to start smoking/ingesting vast amounts of caffeine and ephedrine in order to increase their metabolisms.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Tue 6 May 2008, 9:53, closed)

Full fat milk every time
Even semi-skimmed tastes like water to me
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Tue 6 May 2008, 14:47, closed)

I agree with you.
I feel annoyed every time there's a tick list on my food packet "Free from X, Y and Z!" TICK!
(Mrs Ballunatic counting calories, not votes., Wed 7 May 2008, 11:07, closed)