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unfortunately, you cannot have a one dimensional food rating
system. What is important is to eat the right combination of foods.
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ScottO - 20 May 2004 18:59 GMT
Good point. Maybe a food pyramid based on age and level of activity.
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The problem with this is that the most healthy foods are packaged.
I buy fish from the ice-counter.
I buy brown rice and oatmeal from bins.
I buy vegetables and fruits fresh.
Milk products come packaged (because I don't have a cow) but what's
healthy for one isn't healthy for another. In other words, my youngest
one needs more fat and gets 2% milk, but I drink skim milk. Which color
would you use on the package?
Let's not even get into how the food manufacturers would feel about
having a "not healthy" indicator on their foods, LOL!
Ever read "Fast Food Nation"? I just finished it. It was muck-raking
at its best, illuminating and world-view-changing and scary as hell.
Read it before you're tempted to eat packaged foods again.
Dally
JMA - 22 May 2004 01:25 GMT
>> Milk products come packaged (because I don't have a cow) but what's
> healthy for one isn't healthy for another. In other words, my youngest
> one needs more fat and gets 2% milk, but I drink skim milk. Which color
> would you use on the package?
Our milk is color coded - red=whole, blue=2%, pink=1%, green=skim (the
labels & cap)
> Let's not even get into how the food manufacturers would feel about
> having a "not healthy" indicator on their foods, LOL!
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SnugBear - 22 May 2004 17:54 GMT
> Our milk is color coded - red=whole, blue=2%, pink=1%, green=skim (the
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Here red = whole, green = 2%, blue = 1% and white is skim

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ScottO - 22 May 2004 01:39 GMT
I realize now what I was going for. Weight watcher point on all food (were
possible).
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