FDA May Regulate Your Krispy Kremes

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/07/health/fda-trans-fats/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Now I know why doughnuts don't taste like they used to. I eat Dunkin Donuts occasionally, and they definitely are not as good as they were years ago.

I eat maybe one or two Krispy Kreme donuts a year...I like the plain donut dipped in coffee. As far as I'm concerned leave the damn donuts alone.

I love them

It is crazy that the government is going to control your diet.

Liberals at work

They know better what you should and should not eat see Bloomberg in NYC

QueenOfHearts wrote:It is crazy that the government is going to control your diet.

You musta missed the cavity search post...government will soon control you stem to stern and every penny you have or spend. Every word you say ...it's all because the Leaders are terrified of us because they all know they should be imprisoned for malfeasance. Why do you think the lie of Continuity of Government was invented ? Together we could easily set them straight and put them prison but prevented from communicating and threatened with arrest for civil disobedience we stay weak and fighting among ourselves..just what they want.

I thought we wanted to improve health and lower health care costs?

knothead wrote:I thought we wanted to improve health and lower health care costs?

It's going to take many more prohibitions than that... stay tuned.

PkrBum wrote:

knothead wrote:I thought we wanted to improve health and lower health care costs?

It's going to take many more prohibitions than that... stay tuned.

A thousand mile journey begins with a single step grasshopper . . .

knothead wrote:I thought we wanted to improve health and lower health care costs?

Sure, then ban alcohol, smoking, lying in the sun, sedentary activities, high fat foods . . . we could go on and on. Where would you draw the line?

Do ya'll remember the brouhaha created when they wanted to restrict food stamp recipients? No soft drinks and junk food. The Dems were screaming how unfair it would be to welfare people.

QueenOfHearts wrote:

knothead wrote:I thought we wanted to improve health and lower health care costs?

Sure, then ban alcohol, smoking, lying in the sun, sedentary activities, high fat foods . . . we could go on and on.  Where would you draw the line?

I agree it could be a slippery slope but the items you list well . . . .
alcohol ban? I think they tried that during prohibition and it didn't work but
smokin? well it's killing people but they have taxed the peedoodle out it and have had some success (and saved some lives), lying in the sun, stupid yes but that's a straw man.  I guess that the things that are having a profound negative effect on society, like trans fat(s) will become a target.

Government is totally out of control.



McDonalds HAD the greatest French fries, they were cooked in lard.

I hope the FDA doesn't check my recipe book. There is a very popular Scandinavian Christmas which is not baked in the oven. They are called Fattigman or Poor Man Cookies. That's probably not politically correct either. They contain whipped cream, butter, sugar, brandy, cardamom and a few other things. TODAYS recipes say to deep fry them in canola oil. YUCK. The original recipes called for them to be rolled out, cut in diamond shapes about 5-6" and deep fried in lard. The difference in flavor is night and day.

Amusing isn't it?

The government is trying to make all your decisions. What you can and cannot eat in order to live longer.

At the same time, they are establishing death panels in order to cut health care to the very young and those beyond a certain "productive" age.

Why not let people eat what they wish if they're just going to be cut off anyway.

Leave the damn doughnuts alone!  If there is a market out there for "healthy" doughnuts, then some bakery will make them.

Nekochan wrote:Leave the damn doughnuts alone!  If there is a market out there for "healthy" doughnuts, then some bakery will make them.

Hee Hee I agree leave my doughnuts alone

Sal wrote:Neither Krispy Kreme nor Dunkin Donuts uses trans fats.

Im not sure what oil they use to be honest. I am sure it is posted somewhere.

here's some info on trans fats.


Take-Out Foods
One very common culprit containing high amounts of partially hydrogenated oils is take-out fare. Restaurant foods commonly contain two to three times the recommended amount of trans fats and partially hydrogenated oils in them. Some of the biggest culprits include a large order of McDonalds fries, which have 8 grams of trans fat; Burger King's chicken sandwich, which contains 1.8 grams of trans fat; and a seemingly harmless taco salad at Taco Bell, which contains a whopping 5 grams of trans fat.

Margarine and Oils
A big, and commonly used, item that has tons of partially hydrogenated oils, or trans fats, is margarine and spreads. Industrially-used oils that contain partially hydrogenated soy have an astounding 67.2 grams of trans fat. Another shocker is industrial shortenings, which contain 87.9 grams of trans fat. These oils and shortenings are commonly used to create pre-packaged foods that most people eat daily. Even Smart Balance Light Buttery spread has .06 grams of trans fat per tablespoon.


Frozen Foods
Despite their convenience, frozen food manufacturers commonly use partially hydrogenated oils to make their products. A Banquet brand fried chicken meal, containing a chicken thigh, mashed potatoes and corn, had 1.1 grams of trans fats. Kid Cuisine chicken nuggets with pasta and cheese sauce contains 1.54 grams of trans fat and Marie Callender's chicken pot pie is anything but comforting, with a surprising 1.96 grams of trans fat.



Read more: http://www.ehow.com/list_6980526_foods-partially-hydrogenated-oils.html#ixzz2kYQi8D4a

one thing to note here is while this is probaly good for us, it rubs me the wrong way for 2 different reasons. 1, gov shouldnt dictate but instead notify, 2, this will increase the cost of food. watch #2

Just for the record...I had a KK donut Saturday morning. It was at the Belks Charity Sale. I was there at 5:30 am. The free donut and coffee hit the spot.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

QueenOfHearts wrote:It is crazy that the government is going to control your diet.

You musta missed the cavity search post...government will soon control you stem to stern and every penny you have or spend. Every word you say ...it's all because the Leaders are terrified of us because they all know they should be imprisoned for malfeasance. Why do you think the lie of Continuity of Government was invented ? Together we could easily set them straight and put them prison but prevented from communicating and threatened with arrest for civil disobedience we stay weak and fighting among ourselves..just what they want.

We don't need to keep people alive longer....hell, look at the population explosion in the world. When we are all out of food i guess we could cannibalize; but in the mean time since the cops now have nothing else to do, why not implement the cavity search?  A nanny state is what we live in