By my count this is Michael's 3rd nutrition related grift. First he fucked up school lunches. Then he started a scam nutrition company last year. Now he's pushing a "healthy" soda that's only slightly better for you than a can of Coke, and if the school lunch fiasco is any indication it probably tastes like fermented piss.
First. How about WATER for your fat kids. It has zero calories.
I snooped around to find the nutritional value of Plezi cans of sugary drinks and they contain 35 Calories vs coke 90 Calories. ( Those are small ~230mL cans ).
So substancially less sugar than coke or fruit juice ( fruit juice has as much sugar as regular soda. If the main health problem is your kids are too fat, fruit juice is as bad a soda. ''Muh vitamins'' bitch your kids are not vitamin-deficient, and if they were 150mL of orange juice is enough for the day. ).
The problem is, however, the same as with every ''diet'' replacement that never adresses the core of the problem : stop pacifying your kids and yourself with food. Stop indulging in every food craving. Develop self-control around food.
As with all ''diet'' substitute you will subconsciously tell yourself you can have more ''because it's healthy'', and you're likely to crave more by volume because it was less calorie dense, and you can feel the difference.
Kids are so fat they are developping T2 diabetes at unprecedented levels. It used to be very rare to see T2 diabetes among kids and young adults.
My grandparents' generation also drank soda. I still have the glasses they used to serve themselves once. They hold less than a cup ( 250mL ). Grandparents were skinny.
Portion sizes inflation and snacking at every craving are why people are fat. Not soda simply existing in the vincinity.
The problem is that we've been demonizing fat for the last 50 years and replacing it with sugar. Not coincidently chronic diseases and obesity started becoming a problem around that time. Things like portion control and discipline aren't necessary if you're eating the kind of low carb/high protein/high fat diet you should be eating because it's satiating without turning you into a fatass. Our prehistoric ancestors didn't have to worry about any of this because they weren't eating the kind of high carb crap that the average 21st century Westerner does.
I can only relate to my historic agricultural, skinny grandparents and their high carb diet ( grains / bread, potatoes, etc ) and family cooking books packed with desserts. Those desserts were, however, not avaliable 24/7 because they required efforts. Soda was always avaliable to my grandparent's generation though. But they never abused it, because that would have been wasteful.
I wouldn't have dared ask for a second tiny glass of soda with the meal when invited there. That would have been impolite.
And when prepackaged desserts and candy became more common and affordable, old habits of being very strict with money kept them thinking ''not spending money for someone else to cook desserts for me''.
They also had plenty of internal limits on eating ( thinking eating too much is wasting, getting fat is ugly and sinful, not fitting in your clothes anymore is expensive in labour or money )
And external limits ( not sitting next to food all day ( they were next to crops though...), plate and glass size, limited money to spend and back in the day, limited avaliability, not having someone baking desserts 24/7, being seen as, or called a glutton, mocked for getting fat, religious periods of fasting and seasonal food restrictions ).
I pointed out several times to my parents the difference in eating habits and plates / glass sizes, not genetics, explained why they were fat and our farmers relatives, still then living, were skinny. Mother only listened with facing T2 diabetes, father never cared much and picked meds.
Just to give my two cents, soda is probably my biggest vice, next to alcohol. I am in the habit of drinking a glass of it a day with dinner, yet I remain thin. To be fair, I do intentional exercise about three times a week, but I don't think that's the main reason why I keep the weight off, I think it's because I live in a country where walking frequently is an accepted part of life. I get a lot of incidental exercise just walking to the store, or work, or church, or even just going out for an evening stroll.
That was the biggest culture shock to me when I visited America for the first time; everyone drives everywhere, for any reason. Dollar store is 15 minute walk away? Eh, I'll just jump in the car, I can't be bothered. Even my then-fiancée, now-wife remarked when I visited that she was seeing parts of her small town which she had never explored before because we were walking around rather than just driving from place to place.
Portion sizes and snacking are also a big problem in America, but the lack of incidental exercise from walking is a huge contributing factor, I think. I will be moving back with my wife fairly soon and that's something I am going to have to navigate in my own life. How do I incorporate the walking which I used to do when the country is built around driving everywhere? Otherwise, if I continue to eat like I do now, I probably will start putting on weight.
By my count this is Michael's 3rd nutrition related grift. First he fucked up school lunches. Then he started a scam nutrition company last year. Now he's pushing a "healthy" soda that's only slightly better for you than a can of Coke, and if the school lunch fiasco is any indication it probably tastes like fermented piss.
First. How about WATER for your fat kids. It has zero calories.
I snooped around to find the nutritional value of Plezi cans of sugary drinks and they contain 35 Calories vs coke 90 Calories. ( Those are small ~230mL cans ).
So substancially less sugar than coke or fruit juice ( fruit juice has as much sugar as regular soda. If the main health problem is your kids are too fat, fruit juice is as bad a soda. ''Muh vitamins'' bitch your kids are not vitamin-deficient, and if they were 150mL of orange juice is enough for the day. ).
The problem is, however, the same as with every ''diet'' replacement that never adresses the core of the problem : stop pacifying your kids and yourself with food. Stop indulging in every food craving. Develop self-control around food.
As with all ''diet'' substitute you will subconsciously tell yourself you can have more ''because it's healthy'', and you're likely to crave more by volume because it was less calorie dense, and you can feel the difference.
Kids are so fat they are developping T2 diabetes at unprecedented levels. It used to be very rare to see T2 diabetes among kids and young adults.
My grandparents' generation also drank soda. I still have the glasses they used to serve themselves once. They hold less than a cup ( 250mL ). Grandparents were skinny.
Portion sizes inflation and snacking at every craving are why people are fat. Not soda simply existing in the vincinity.
The problem is that we've been demonizing fat for the last 50 years and replacing it with sugar. Not coincidently chronic diseases and obesity started becoming a problem around that time. Things like portion control and discipline aren't necessary if you're eating the kind of low carb/high protein/high fat diet you should be eating because it's satiating without turning you into a fatass. Our prehistoric ancestors didn't have to worry about any of this because they weren't eating the kind of high carb crap that the average 21st century Westerner does.
I can't relate to our prehistoric ancestors.
I can only relate to my historic agricultural, skinny grandparents and their high carb diet ( grains / bread, potatoes, etc ) and family cooking books packed with desserts. Those desserts were, however, not avaliable 24/7 because they required efforts. Soda was always avaliable to my grandparent's generation though. But they never abused it, because that would have been wasteful.
I wouldn't have dared ask for a second tiny glass of soda with the meal when invited there. That would have been impolite.
And when prepackaged desserts and candy became more common and affordable, old habits of being very strict with money kept them thinking ''not spending money for someone else to cook desserts for me''.
They also had plenty of internal limits on eating ( thinking eating too much is wasting, getting fat is ugly and sinful, not fitting in your clothes anymore is expensive in labour or money )
And external limits ( not sitting next to food all day ( they were next to crops though...), plate and glass size, limited money to spend and back in the day, limited avaliability, not having someone baking desserts 24/7, being seen as, or called a glutton, mocked for getting fat, religious periods of fasting and seasonal food restrictions ).
I pointed out several times to my parents the difference in eating habits and plates / glass sizes, not genetics, explained why they were fat and our farmers relatives, still then living, were skinny. Mother only listened with facing T2 diabetes, father never cared much and picked meds.
Just to give my two cents, soda is probably my biggest vice, next to alcohol. I am in the habit of drinking a glass of it a day with dinner, yet I remain thin. To be fair, I do intentional exercise about three times a week, but I don't think that's the main reason why I keep the weight off, I think it's because I live in a country where walking frequently is an accepted part of life. I get a lot of incidental exercise just walking to the store, or work, or church, or even just going out for an evening stroll.
That was the biggest culture shock to me when I visited America for the first time; everyone drives everywhere, for any reason. Dollar store is 15 minute walk away? Eh, I'll just jump in the car, I can't be bothered. Even my then-fiancée, now-wife remarked when I visited that she was seeing parts of her small town which she had never explored before because we were walking around rather than just driving from place to place.
Portion sizes and snacking are also a big problem in America, but the lack of incidental exercise from walking is a huge contributing factor, I think. I will be moving back with my wife fairly soon and that's something I am going to have to navigate in my own life. How do I incorporate the walking which I used to do when the country is built around driving everywhere? Otherwise, if I continue to eat like I do now, I probably will start putting on weight.