CSPI has released their 2009 Xtreme eating awards. The press release is here and their website announcement is here.
Should I laugh? Should I cry? Or should I get pissed off? There hasn’t been much sleep this week, pissed off is leading down the stretch.
CSPI does not have the public interest at heart (watch the first video). They think you can’t make a decision on your own. You’re too dumb to decide, so they should decide for you.
This whole idea that I, you or anyone else will suddenly change our mind on what to order at the counter when presented with caloric content is silly. And to blame restaurants and fast food on obesity is further destruction of personal responsibility.
And I’m not so sure McDonald’s is responsible. Sure, there’s Spurlock and Supersize Me. But there are major issues with Spurlock, which I won’t completely detail here but he has refused to show his food logs – raising questions on the 5,000 daily caloric intake.
Next, he gained 10 pounds in one week. If the obesity argument is all about calories in versus calories out, how do you explain that? That’s an extra 35,000 calories in one week. That’s an extra 5,000 calories per day, with emphasis on extra! So if we take him at his word, that he was eating 5,000 calories per day, where does this extra fit in?
Which brings me back to CSPI and their Xtreme awards. If they really stood by their name – Center for Science in the Public Interest, they would promote what we’ve learned from science and not personal dogma. Science has taught us a significant reduction, if not complete elimination of bad carbohydrates from the body leads to a multitude of positive health benefits.
Now that I got that off my chest, it was a photo finish and feeling better won by a nose.
Brian
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I agree. CSPI is stoopid!
Posted by Steve on June 4th, 2009.
Steve,
They certainly could do a better job of directing their resources.
Brian
Posted by Brian on June 4th, 2009.