Food prices
February 17th, 2013 at 11:52 am by David FarrarRadio Live tweeted:
There are calls from Fight the Obesity Epidemic for the Government to act over the price of fruit and vegetables, which continue to soar.
These bunch of taxpayer funded lobbyists have been very vocal in the last few years. Whenever there is a monthly spike in food prices, they cry that it is the end of the world. They really seem to think we have obesity because of the price of spinach.
Anyway yes fruit and vege prices jumped 3.5% in January 2013. But there is this thing known as seasons. So what you should do is compare the price of fruit and veges to other Januaries.
Now the current fruit and vege price index is at 1223, and four years ago in January 2009 it was at 1128. This means that over four years it has increased 8.4% which is equal to annual increased of 2.04% compounding.
The increase in fruit and vegetables prices over the last four years is almost identical to the overall increase in food prices (8.2% v 8.1%) and smaller than the overall level of inflation which was 9.0% over four years.
So what causes fruit and vegetable prices to go up? Inflation. Policies such as printing money and looser monetary policy settings. Will the anti obesity lobbyists target policies that are inflationary?
This is of course the last four years only. If we went back a bit further, they might have cause for complaint. In the four years from January 2005 to January 2009 fruit and vegetable prices increased a staggering 26.2%.
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February 17th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Isn’t obesity caused by too much food? Aren’t fruit and veges food? I eat a lot of vegetables but my caloric intake can vary substantially depending on what I eat them with.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 12:08 pm
I listened to Robyn Toomath in an interview with Murray Deaker on Radio Sport a month ago – the term “communist” sprang to mind, and I’m not one who labels people like that just for being moderately left of centre.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 12:10 pm
There’s a saying that you are here for a good time, not a long time.
It appears to be the role of government in New Zealand to achieve the opposite.
I prefer to make my own choices.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 12:11 pm
So what causes fruit and vegetable prices to go up? Inflation. Policies such as printing money and looser monetary policy settings. Will the anti obesity lobbyists target policies that are inflationary
Not necessarily.
Supply and Demand which are seldom constant.
Weather. Note that apples are dearer this year because of the weather in Nelson.
The rate of the NZ dollar.
The dollar decides the price of imported veges so like petrol that should be on a downwards cycle.
Costs incurred by importers at the border.
Cost of Labour. Now that’s on an upwards cycle.
Supermarket margins which have been increasing.
Cost of transport which has been increasing internally but decreasing externally.
Increasing GST. A while ago but still has an effect.
Importantly what the seller thinks he can get from the purchaser.
Still, fruit veges don’t necessarily make you thin. They may help as part of your overall living requirements to meet your daily energy and cell replacement needs but they are not a total answer.
So all bullshit anyway.
And wait. Wait until the dollar goes down and then you’se will have something to complain about.
Same for housing.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 12:13 pm
Gee, a dry hot summer with the entire NI short of rain or in drought. And fruit & vege prices go up? How could that happen?
This is almost as scandalous as lettuce being more expensive in July.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 12:19 pm
DPF:
Once the National Party is elected they’ll put a stop to the funding of all these lobbyists and their hobby-horses.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 12:21 pm
“I listened to Robyn Toomath in an interview with Murray Deaker on Radio Sport a month ago – the term “communist” sprang to mind, and I’m not one who labels people like that just for being moderately left of centre.”
Too many people are too cowardly to use the term when it should be.
This is just another symptom of the speech and thought control strategies the left have so successfully employed over the decades.
They’ve been gladly assisted by a completely useless right (so called).
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Being involved in the industry I can say that Viking summed it up pretty well.
Vote:Every time the minimum wage goes up it has a flow on effect and as well the supermarkets make huge markups on fruit and veg.
February 17th, 2013 at 1:15 pm
and who was in government for most of this period? Not that sensible governments should ever interfere in market forces.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Why are so many beneficiaries overweight?
Vote:The simple solution would be to reduce benefits.
February 17th, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Why don’t fat ,lazy bastards grow their own veges? Their grand parents ,who weren’t fat did.Fruit in season is dead cheap too.
And keeping a garden would help with the calories.
No no no, we have to have some wowser blame prices for fat lazy bastards’ predicaments.
Even if fruit and veg were dirt cheap these fat lazy bastards would still be piling in the Coke and cakes ,so as far as I’m concerned the fat bastard and their wowser mates can fuck off. Go away and stop taking up expensive hospital beds and dialysis etc,just fuck off and control your own lives.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 1:34 pm
They should do an experiment and offer people a free bunch of raw vegetables or a pie or cup of chips and see what they take.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Good post DPF.
But how do they define ‘fresh’ ?
And how significant is ‘fresh’ opposed to say frozen ?
Watties canneries in Canterbury can process, package and freeze peas well within 24hrs of being harvested.[from memory I think it is 15hrs....that has been reported in the media before....probably the ch-ch Press].
Anyway, ‘fresh food’ in supermarkets can be on the shelf for 3-4 days before sold – even cheap fruit an veg.[here in QLD]
My father back in NZ has eaten tinned fruit, stewed apples & homemade marmalade with his cereal and toast for breakfast for 70+ years. His doctor said he’s in A1 health.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 1:40 pm
Greens & other AGW alarmists want heavy punitive taxes placed on food producers. The so called “fart tax” is but one example. If we let these people near the levers of power, expect things to get much worse and food to be even less affordable.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 1:47 pm
“…..Why don’t fat ,lazy bastards grow their own veges? Their grand parents ,who weren’t fat did.Fruit in season is dead cheap too…….And keeping a garden would help with the calories….”
Because kowtow…..last week the Greens voters wanted to ‘get back to nature and a healthy, chemical free lifestyle’, and this afternoon they want to ‘go to countdown’ or maccas or eat nothing.
And that is what large volume fresh food retailers have to price their fresh stock on – variable factors.
It’s all now about ‘choice’ for the Left kowtow…..nothing else at all……no thinking…..no planning…..no committees…just choice!
Oh…hang on….
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Swan: Isn’t obesity caused by too much food? Aren’t fruit and veges food? I eat a lot of vegetables but my caloric intake can vary substantially depending on what I eat them with.
Swan…no….obesity is caused by homones,especially insulin reacting with carbohydrates to pack fat cells to their limits and beyond. Its a disorder. Forget the calorie in/out myth and scale weight. The up to date medical science strongly confirms that people aren’t getting fatter beacuse they overeat and are sedentary….they get into those habits because they are getting fatter in the first place…thanks to their bodies being mis-programmed that way. Look up “Why we get Fat” by science writer Gary Taubes. If you are interseted in weight issues,nutrition or type 2 diabetes you neee dto read him…brilliant and it will expand your mind on these topics…fascinating.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 2:54 pm
So, The Scorned, what is it about the developed world that has caused this hormone problem to manifest itself over the last few decades? I will look at Taubes.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 2:57 pm
Bullshit.
If you can prove your statement, then you are in line for a Nobel prize. You can also build a car that requires no fuel, or at the very least, a car that goes further the less fuel you put in it. Essentially you claim infinite energy from nothingness.
Here is something interesting you may like.
Vote:
February 17th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Sorry here is the link:
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 3:09 pm
http://www.yourefatbecauseyourestupid.com/
Some reality:
“The Thin People around you didn’t get “lucky”!
This is actually something I find extremely offensive, when fat people chide me for watching my diet. “Oh, you don’t have to worry about your weight!” they’ll say to me if I turn down sweets or extra portions. Guess what you fucking fatty, I’m not fat BECAUSE I “worry about my weight”. I ran 20 miles this week. I made a healthy lunch and brought it to work every day. What did you do? Oh, you sat on your ass and stuffed your mouth full of food, that’s right. And then you have the nerve to tell me that I’m fit because I got lucky.
When my body fat percent goes up a couple percentage points I adjust my diet. That way I always stay where I want to be. It’s like balancing your checkbook. If you just write checks willynilly you’re going to overdraw your account. You’re doing the same thing by paying no attention to how much weight you’re packing on while eating whatever you want. Don’t fuck yourself up by your own doing then discount my own hard work. It’s insulting.”
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
the scorned- you are taking the piss I hope. fat bastards are fat because they put too much in their gobs. I lost six kilos since xmas purely by no morning out afternoon teas, long blacks and no round of cheese after dinner, and walking one to two hours st night, I heave yet to see a fat marathon runner whose hormones are
Vote:are playing up
February 17th, 2013 at 3:55 pm
The hormones are playing up because the body has developed the wrong message pathways. It does because the wrong foods get eaten. The body learns not to consume the calories but to store them. Grapefruit juice is good for changing that. There are some other citrus products that will also change your metabolism.
Change the foods and the excersise and it will correct it self mostly.
Never seen a fat competitive cyclist either as the energy is burnt up by the high metabolic rate needed to cycle vigourously.
Fat people should be made to ride their bikes.
Nah fuck that, they would become a road hazard and then Nasska would up his road kill.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Ever single bit of fat on our bodies came through our mouths.
Get your head around that simple fact fatties. You do not have a “condition” or a disease.
If you want to lose weight then do what David has done. Exercise and diet changes.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 4:22 pm
How expensive are fresh fruit and vegetables going to be once the Labour-Greens-NZ First-Mana coalition is in government, and we’re paying a $24 living wage to the European backpackers doing the picking while they’re on their holidays?
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 4:25 pm
@davidp,
Don’t be such a doom & gloom merchant! Don’t you recall? – they’re going to remove GST from fresh fruit and veges…
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Actually I think you’ll find the primary reason they are not fat is that they are determined and disciplined.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 4:40 pm
bhudson… But on the other hand, Norman wants to devalue our currency to restore manufacturing jobs. That means NZ workers being competitive with Chinese workers. How much food will we be able to buy when we’re earning 24 Norman dollars an hour, but that is the equivalent of today’s 50 cents? You might need to save all week to afford a GST-free banana.
Oh, and I thought the reason competitive cyclists aren’t fat is because they all take steroids.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 5:10 pm
kowtow (3,702) Says:
February 17th, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Why don’t fat ,lazy bastards grow their own veges? Their grand parents ,who weren’t fat did.Fruit in season is dead cheap too.
This fat, lazy bastard does grow his own vegetables.
My grand parents were half and half, one half fat, one half skinny.
The fat bastards lived both longer and always seemed (to me) to be happier.
To complete the post you pious prick I’ve worked fucking hard all my life and paid some horrendous taxes during that time (I still bloody do – I’m home early to complete yet another bloody GST return) and I’ve well and truely paid for the medical expenses my fat old age will bring.
Up yours!
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 5:18 pm
@davidp,
That is because you are using the laissez faire, market forces logic which has been proven to be so dreadfully wrong. Russel will have decreed that bananas can only be sold for 50 Nando-cents. And we all know that there are a squillion Nando-cents to the Norman dollar.
So not only will bananas be cheaper than they have ever been in human history, but everyone will be incredibly rich with oodles and oodles of Norman dollars.
(Except the rich, who will be taxed at 98%, because anything less would be regressive.)
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 5:24 pm
As for the steroids, that is so pre-Norman reign dude. They are for show ponies who want to bulk up. Cyclists use special chemical juice to go faster while being smaller and lighter. And also blood transfusions, because that has been done so long in medicine, it’s like natural, you know?
And everyone is doing it. So it’s not cheating. It’s not getting an advantage over others. No, it’s leveling the playing field, you know? Like making it the same for everyone. So it’s actually fair. Yes, that’s it. Drug taking in cycling is all about fair play.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 5:38 pm
Kea and others…sorry but Its YOU who are wrong….the ACTUAL medical science in existence proves it. Cals in/out is debunked….its the effect of the hormone insulin with Carbs to produce fatter cells….meaning it IS a specific medical condition re growth hormones gone arry and NOT a weakness of character at all. Read Taubes and get up to speed. He deals with that mistaken idea with many historical examples and science that disprove it. I have seen Lustigs vid before…it all ties in.
Also watch the doco “Fathead” on Youtube….a brillaint counter to Morgan Spurlocks BS “Supersize me”….and it shows the reasoning and facts behind low carb and Taubes case.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 5:42 pm
https://www.facebook.com/whywegetfat?ref=ts&fref=ts
Ever single bit of fat on our bodies came through our mouths.
And it comes in the form of sugar and carbohydrates….which a misfiring body with hormone issues turns into body fat via insulin.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 5:57 pm
MY Tinman #
“……To complete the post you pious prick I’ve worked fucking hard all my life and paid some horrendous taxes during that time (I still bloody do – I’m home early to complete yet another bloody GST return) and I’ve well and truely paid for the medical expenses my fat old age will bring.
Up yours!….”
I know where you are coming from……
We DID all pay our general taxes + extra smoke and alcohol taxes, so that when we become sick we could rightfully go to hospital. As hospitals are for sick people. Now the health professionals hate us.
Now we have those in government who think that hospital should only be for healthy people, those who don’t drink, don’t smoke, eat little fat, sugar, meat and processed foods. People who also exercise.
However some of the money we pay is still spent on those who want abortions & sex changes. Some plastic surgery. Yet these people arn’t on the ‘hate’ list. Only us are on it -the ones who pay the most towards it: Smokers and drinkers.
And soon some of YOUR money is going to be spent on killing people.
The next generation will pay fat tax, suger tax, meat tax, red cordial tax, resist climbing trees as kids, drive at ever slower speeds, live in disinfected homes and workplaces – all apparently in the belief that they won’t need hospitals. Ever. Other than for being killed in.
But as they’ll eventually learn -just before the government kills them- that nothing has changed, the taxes they pay are for other people – the healthy ones.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 5:57 pm
bhudson (3,290) Says:
February 17th, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Never seen a fat competitive cyclist either as the energy is burnt up by the high metabolic rate needed to cycle vigourously.
Actually I think you’ll find the primary reason they are not fat is that they are determined and disciplined.
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That too.
Still don’t recall many fatties that rode bikes to school in my early days. Few people owned cars and most Mum’s certainly didn’t.
Can only recall one guy who was in the over weight category.
Get on ya bike’s ya lazy sods.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:04 pm
The Scorned >.meaning it IS a specific medical condition
a strange medical condition that curiously only affects people in affluent societies, started out in the US then spread, and only popped into being circa 1980.
Eat better, exercise more. Sorted.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:10 pm
Mary Rose…wrong. Much of what we think we know about the history of weight gain and western cultures is simply myth. Did you know that in 1920′s America there were many obses children…especially amounst the most poorest familys,,> Why? Read Taubes to find out.
Never seen a fat competitive cyclist either as the energy is burnt up by the high metabolic rate needed to cycle vigourously.
Actually I think you’ll find the primary reason they are not fat is that they are determined and disciplined.
Nope…cause and effect in reverse. Taubes expalins that these people are the flipside to the obese ones as their bodies are working as they should be and realeasing consumed energy which then leads them to engage in those sort of energy intensive activities as a default consequence…they “feel” the overwhelming need to burn it. The obese peoson meanwhile has the problem that their body is working to store the energy in fat cells rather than releasing it for use by the rest of the body. The problem works much the way a cancer tumour acts…its sucks up all the fuel to the detriment of the whole body as a whole…The fat person is trapped in a horrible cycle of eating food which is snatched by the fat cells and stored…leaving the rest of the body feeling staved and calling out for more food….which again is snatched and stored as more body fat…and on it goes. The key to breaking this cycle is to change the incoming fuel source to fats and protein…and stopping the input of fat making carbs and sugars.
In Taubes words….”We don’t get fatter because we are overeating and sedentary….we overeat and become more sedentary BECAUSE we are firstly getting fatter”…
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:11 pm
The Scorned, more bullshit.
Every bit of fat on your body came through your mouth. There is no other way to get fat. Are you seriously suggesting fatties will continue to get fat, if they stop eating ?
If your fat, it is because you eat too much. The definition of “too much” is taking in more energy than you burn. I have yet to see people living on a bowl of rice a day getting fat because their “hormones” are playing up !
Every single fatty I have ever seen, eats a lot and makes bad food choices. Trying to paint them as victims of a “condition” is designed to remove personal responsibility from them and blame things that are beyond their control. The rubbish your speaking has been concocted to make fat people with low self esteem feel better about their self imposed condition. I have nothing against fatties, but stop the bullshit.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:21 pm
There are many examples that Taubes cites that show cals in/out doesn’t explain weight gain. Various historic studies on Tribes and cultures show that even within biological familys the incidence of obesity is individualised and that hormones are the cause. There are multiple examples of obese Mothers with skinny malnourished children that can’t be explained by claiming the mother is eating at the expense of the child. It was the introduction of the “white poisons” of flour,sugar etc to native cultures that encouraged the inncidence of this sort of thing happening. Its a fascinating topic that is far more complex than simply thinking its all due to an energy imbalance.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:24 pm
Its you who is spouting debunked junk science Kea. Starvation doesn’t work as a permanent and long term solution to obesity ….go read the book and watch Fathead”…explains it all.
You are still mis applying the law of themodynamics….it doesn’t mean what you think it does in this case.
You are just advocating the same old,and wrong moralist ideas re weight gain. The fact is its been known for hundreds of years that it is in fact carbs and sugar that puts weight on…but WW2 caused much of this accepted European knowledge to be lost and replaced by the American idea that its cals in and moral failing that is reponsible….nope.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:24 pm
Getting fat is like anything else, it requires dedication and work. ALL of the fatties I work with eat at their desk and drink gallons of diet Coke. NONE of the healthy weight people eat at their desk or drink diet coke.
In order to get fat you can not get by on three meals a day. No way. You must stuff your face constantly and you must be careful to eat specially selected foods designed to pack on the lard. Ordinary foods are not up to the task. If you ate the traditional meat, potatoes and veges, you will not achieve obesity. And no…. potatoes will not make you fat, nor will other carbs, unless you really force feed yourself.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:29 pm
“You are still mis applying the law of themodynamics”
I think you will find your theory of infinite energy from a finite fuel may contradict
common sensethe laws of thermodynamics.If you feel shit about your weight then stop crying into your KFC Family Pack of fried chicken and do as David has done. Get of your arse and exercise. It will also help with the hormones and appetite issues.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:40 pm
Until we know exactly what Davids eating the points moot. If hes dropped carbs out to a decent degree then that will be the main cause of his body fat loss…scientific fact makes it so.It will also be helping him energy wise which will motivate his body to make fuel availible which inturn energies him to do vigorous things. Having said that exercise is NOT a very good solution for weight loss…its good for other things sure…but evidence shows for the buring off of body fat…no. Taubes proves this too.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:42 pm
Damned straight Kea, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication (and a fucking good wage for many many years) to become a fat bastard.
Which is, of course, why being a fat old man (or woman) has been the sign of success for most of history.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:44 pm
The Scorned, there is some interesting findings around carbs. That video I posted talks about it.
So does this one: Enjoy Eating Saturated Fats: They’re Good for You. Dr. Miller professor of surgery, cardiothoracic division, Univ. Washington
Vote:
February 17th, 2013 at 6:49 pm
Potatos DO make you fat….if you are so prone…they are long stachy fat makers and should be avoided…same with many other veges. Dark leafty green Low GI ones are far better. Most fruit also should be avoided as its fructose sugar rich…hence the sweetness…which is what they have been bred to produce over thousabnds of years.
If you are prone to obesity by your mal functioning hormones then eat whole meats, most nuts,eggs,creame,butter,fish, fowl,low GI veges and fruit like certain berries….and you will…1) stop the body fat accumultion process by starving insulin of material in the form of carbs to make fill fat cells with…and 2) Satiate your appitite far sooner as fat is more filling anyway…so you get a 1-2 knockout blow in on weight gain.
Do it and your blood work will prove the benefits…as will your reducing waist line.
Anyway…my case is all there as presented by Taubes.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 6:54 pm
The Scorned, why has this “hormone” problem only popped up recently and only in affluent societies?
Why was there no obesity epidemic when people mostly ate carbs with very few veges or protein ?
Why is there no “hormone” obesity problem in societies that eat very high carb diets ?
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 7:02 pm
It hasn’t….its that its only been more recognised today since people like Taubes have been investigating and challenging the medical assumptions that have been taken as gospel….
Your other questions are based on false assumptions….Our long dead human ancestors in fact ate mainly meat and fat…veges and fruits were very rare…and indeed considered “stavation rations”. One African tribes word for stavation traslated to “when we have to eat plants”.
Read the book….all answered…with facts.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 7:08 pm
The Scorned. For a long time people had very little meat in their diet. Mostly rice, wheat, corn etc They did not get fat.
This is still the case in much of the world. Your claims do not match with observation. However, I do agree much of what you say and there are some interesting findings being made. But just the same… all the fat on our body came through our mouths.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 7:21 pm
To your last point yes…it does. But its not simply the amount of calories going in…its the composition of the carbs…their source and how the individuals body via their homones and especially insulin reacts to it.
To your first point….no….way way back at the beginning it was mainly fat and protein….agriculture came way later….and refined, easily digestable carbs came way later still. One of Taubes main points is that we may still be too early in human evolution to have adapted fully to this recently new addition to our diets in the form of easily digestable sugar and carbs.
If you really want to check out my position out then go here and interact…lots of low carb expertise that will answer your questions more fully.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/36732173803/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Also keep an eye on Taubes new research iniatitive, NSI….he wants to fund and carry out the definitive tests to prove once and for all what does cause obesity…the test that to this date suprisingly haven’t actually been done.
http://www.rwjf.org/en/blogs/human-capital-blog/2013/02/researching_the_trig.html?cid=xtw_humancap
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 7:50 pm
Bit late here but anyway, what is the rise in cost of coke and the likes?
All off memory, so it may be off: 7 or 8 years ago:
I remember $1 cans of coke, now its often $2 (vending machine/singles)
A 600mL coke range was $1.80, now its $3.50 minimum.
1.5/2.25L im not sure what they used to be.
I would say that price rise hasn’t stopped anyone, but it stopped me, I usually choose something else. It hasn’t stopped plenty of others though.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 7:51 pm
Just about any food will make you fat if you sit on your arse and do nothing but eat.
The input hole is bigger than the output hole – it is that simple
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 7:53 pm
A little bottle of Keri Orange was $4 today Stu
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 10:22 pm
Steve…nope….you can sit on your arse and eat staturated fats and protein to your satisfaction and you will not get fatter….because insulin doesn’t convert them into body fat and store it as it can do with sugar and carbs. Different calorie containing food materials have different properties and insulin can only react with certain ones to make fat with.
Vote:February 17th, 2013 at 10:34 pm
Besides weight loss going low carb also has many side benefits….often leading to the reduction or total elimination of aliments like…joint pain, back pain, period pain,drowsiness,flatulance,poor sleep, snoring,asthma, allergies, acne….Heart disease is a major one which is totally due to inflamation caused by carbs/small LDL cholesterol and maybe even a cancer halting property as its becoming clearer that tumours are using sugars as fuel so reducing them in the diet starves the tumour and retards its growth. Altzhiemers also….now being referred to by some as “Type 3 diabetes”….The plaque that forms on the brain being formed as artery plaque is ….from carbs.
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 3:03 am
@The Scorned
If carbs were the primary cause of obesity, we would expect to see a lot of fat people in South East Asia – where the diet is predominantly rice.
But we don’t see obesity in those areas.
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 5:44 am
Gump…thats a common misconception. Asians in fact eat a lot more chicken,pork and fish than they do rice.
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 5:56 am
Sugar is now also far more widely consumed across Asia too…and obesity rates have risen as a result…Japan has more obese children…and China has had a near epidemic since its “one child” policy kicked in…The easier to digest carb heavy foods coming from the West have resulted in greater rates of obesity in Asia….as it did in native tribes in America and Africa when the same thing occured.
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 6:16 am
Asians have also had far far longer to biologically evolve to deal with carbs in rice….a point Taubes makes re Western peoples and their shorter history of agricultural production of carb rich foods….and the recently late inclusion in their diets of refined easily digestable carb rich foods.
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 7:45 am
I bucked that trend. I was overweight for the last 11-14 years and lost 16-18kg while on the dole. Had the time to read about calories and human body and obsess about losing weight.
I’m now around 80kg at 6’0″… awesome!! Lots of time and energy to go running on the dole… 20kms this morning… yeehaa!!
Why are so many benos fat fucks? Fat brown fucks usually. Why are brown people all morbidly obese? What the hell do they eat in a day to get like that?
I would say that they are just so fucking stupid and retarded that they simply don’t know any better.
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 7:54 am
Is this person trying to rival Penny Bright for biggest fucktard posting on KB?
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 8:05 am
Jesus- can’t get it right even with a keyboard? Thanks for playing- fuck off with your Taubes BS
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 8:24 am
From Kea:
Snap
Snap
Snap. Except I’m running 70km per week currently.
That’s a bit Americanese speech pattern sounding… yeurgh
whoa… Kea.. are you a yank? It’s *cheque* in NZ. And I’m more used to people saying ‘to go into overdraft’ than ‘to overdraw oneself’. The former is a more common usage I’m sure.
But anyway… forget that bullshit… a lot of what you say there mate… it’s like I’m reading about myself, and that’s quite interesting to me.
I just told a bloke I know that I’d had enough of him. He effectively called me a hard drinking anorexic hermit. None of which is true. This man is such a retard that he sees no problem with his own weight at 5’9″ and 105kg… even though he’s heavily pregnant and fat-faced. He actually said ‘I’m in control of my weight, thank you’. I said ‘what, controlling your weight at obesity levels?’ Fucking idiot. I don’t drink and I’ve been out into town more times in the last four months than I did in the previous two years before that. Fucking idiot. He’s goneburger!! Fat cunt…. ha!!
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 8:34 am
People are fat fucks because the sad truth about humans is that we need
Fuck. All.
Calories to survive…. hahahahahahaha…… !!!!!!!!
We live in this modern food utopia where there’s endless yummy cheap costing shit that you can stuff in your mush…. and guess what?
You don’t need any of it!! Nothing….
So you make a choice… do I eat all of this nice tasting crap and have a beauty rotund family car number of spare tyres, or do I go without and have some semblance of a humanoid shaped outline?
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 1:04 pm
from kowtow
Because they’re fat and lazy?
Gardening is hard hard work man.
Also: A lot of townies live in apartments or flats or units or townhouses and they don’t know what the fuck spare land is.
Or they live in houses that fit the property footprint. Or don’t want to give up what little garden they have to veg patches.
And it’s just not worth it. Who’s going to spend hours and hours tending a veg patch? That’s manual labour and a lot of people will avoid that at all costs. It’s beneath them. You might get your hands dirty. Townies. They dream of *not* having the quarter acre. Because they’d have to pay Jim’s Mowing to come and do the lawns.
Vote:February 18th, 2013 at 5:29 pm
LRC….if you want to remain an ignorant cunt be my guess…..I guess facts and science hurt your tiny brain huh….?
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