Comments on: This City Is Going on a Diet http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/this-city-is-going-on-a-diet.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 12:24:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charis Fischer http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/this-city-is-going-on-a-diet.html/comment-page-1#comment-6002 Charis Fischer Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:45:03 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=15949#comment-6002 I think something like the "100 year diet" is definitely a good blueprint for people to follow. Any truly nutritious diet would probably meet that requirement most of the time. I personally wouldn't completely swear off things like diet soda and white flour, but obviously it's a good idea to eat those things in moderation. I think something like the “100 year diet” is definitely a good blueprint for people to follow. Any truly nutritious diet would probably meet that requirement most of the time. I personally wouldn’t completely swear off things like diet soda and white flour, but obviously it’s a good idea to eat those things in moderation.

]]> By: Philip http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/this-city-is-going-on-a-diet.html/comment-page-1#comment-5992 Philip Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:34:08 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=15949#comment-5992 There’s an interesting post over at the Health Journal Club that makes the case that people should just not eat anything that wasn’t a food 100 years ago. Gets rid of the aspartame, bleached GM flour, high fructose corn syrup garbage they try to pass off as food these days. If interested you can read on it here, http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/2010/01/100-year-diet.html There’s an interesting post over at the Health Journal Club that makes the case that people should just not eat anything that wasn’t a food 100 years ago. Gets rid of the aspartame, bleached GM flour, high fructose corn syrup garbage they try to pass off as food these days. If interested you can read on it here,
http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/2010/01/100-year-diet.html

]]> By: Charis Fischer http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/this-city-is-going-on-a-diet.html/comment-page-1#comment-5859 Charis Fischer Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:08:41 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=15949#comment-5859 Whether or not people take steps to improve their health of course ultimately depends on personal responsibility, but given that so many people are still either ignoring advice to lose weight or are struggling with doing so, I welcome a privately-funded effort such as this. In this case, the government isn't forcing anything on its citizens or even spending their money, so it's not really the government who's the guide. The mayor is merely setting a positive example and providing city residents with a very helpful tool (the website) to aid in achieving their health goals. Whether or not people take steps to improve their health of course ultimately depends on personal responsibility, but given that so many people are still either ignoring advice to lose weight or are struggling with doing so, I welcome a privately-funded effort such as this. In this case, the government isn’t forcing anything on its citizens or even spending their money, so it’s not really the government who’s the guide. The mayor is merely setting a positive example and providing city residents with a very helpful tool (the website) to aid in achieving their health goals.

]]> By: Spending on Health | www.statehousecall.org http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/this-city-is-going-on-a-diet.html/comment-page-1#comment-5837 Spending on Health | www.statehousecall.org Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:52:06 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=15949#comment-5837 [...] two counties in Wisconsin, like Oklahoma City, want their residents to be more healthy and physically fit. Unlike Oklahoma City, they are using [...] [...] two counties in Wisconsin, like Oklahoma City, want their residents to be more healthy and physically fit. Unlike Oklahoma City, they are using [...]

]]> By: Margo http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/this-city-is-going-on-a-diet.html/comment-page-1#comment-5783 Margo Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:10:54 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=15949#comment-5783 Good grief! You mean no one in Oklahoma City has heard about the benefits of losing weight until the mayor told them? This is a creative, fully voluntary idea that gets the citizenry used to the concept that the government is the guide to everything. Good grief! You mean no one in Oklahoma City has heard about the benefits of losing weight until the mayor told them?

This is a creative, fully voluntary idea that gets the citizenry used to the concept that the government is the guide to everything.

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