Whats with all the "diet" or "low fat" crap in supermarkets now?

Question

They even have "low fat" cookies now!

What the flip!? ;)

Answer 1

"What the flip!?" indeed! Just another dumb fad... another way to make money... all those foods are crap... all you need is a desire to eat healthy and live an active lifestyle... "diet" and "lowfat" foods are garbage.

Answer 2

Other ways, Reverend? Only one way that I know of. Ask yourself "Who am I?" Do not ask anyone else. All else is a variation of this question. One can start out asking some other question, but eventually the question does become this one. The question has a history older than spoken or recorded history and the result is always the same. Eventually, to genuine askers, the answer becomes so obvious that he/she will never need a pastor again. The very idea or concept of a "pastor" will come to seem like a hoax played out on him/herself. There are no answers of any usefulness found anywhere else outside asking oneself. With this answer the question of "proof" is moot. Other's claims based on belief or even their personal faith cannot be falsified - and who would want to - as they are also personal and in response to their own search. You may think you have a better answer, but you only have your answer. Leave others strictly alone, and if you really asked that question seriously, you will naturally want to leave others alone - unless they ask as you have done here. You will understand both the meanness and the futility of any religious agenda. You will be flattened by the authentic sense of compasion. Talk about it? Don/t bother because words are only concepts based on yet other concepts. God realization is not a concept. Words are only pointers at best. In reality, you have said nothing. If you really are a Reverend, then your best help for your flock would be to answer their questions with a steady loving gaze and complete silence. That should do until you and they get the hang of it. Good Luck. Check that you are still breathing...you have just found god if you are.

Answer 3

I'm all good with diet and low fat foods. Sure, I'll still gain 10 pounds from eating a whole thing of low fat cookies, but apparently it's still healthier. It's when they go and do things like make Mountain Dew and Vault with no sugar and no calories that it's crossing the line.

Answer 4

People have all went nuts thinking they can eat anything they want and lose weight and stay fit when all they got to do is eat like a normal person and exercise. No one wants to exercise they just want to be fit naturally or something. I was trying to find some regular pudding cups the other day and gave up cause everything was Sugar Free and Diet. All those artificial sweeteners make me sick and there has been documented evidence they are harmful.

Answer 5

Well I'm glad they do in the U.S. because no offense but I am embarrassed to be part of the most obese country in the world.

I agree though, that low fat food can be pretty disgusting.

Answer 6

I blame the t.v. shows like the O.C. for putting so much negative information into young peoples heads, tsk tsk. Also all those other lose-wait-fast pills, and diets, which just make people think they're losing weight when they really aren't. (It also makes you feel less guilty eating it, even when it tastes like crap.) Good question though.

Answer 7

Um...where have you been living within the past 30 years or so? lol! This is not a new development!

Answer 8

I'm happy all that stuff is there.. I lost 60lbs in the last year because of some of that stuff.. I think there should be even more to choose from... I still need to loose more weight..

Answer 9

LOL! Amen Sister!
People will think they can eat twice as much.

Just eat the good stuff but less.......what a concept!

Answer 10

There's nothing wrong with healthier versions of foods and drinks that are normally high in fat, calories, sugar, salt, etc. Most of them aren't that bad.