In this post (rant) I will tell you why this is a bad idea and not what should be happening!

Let’s start with calories. As some know a calorie is the amount of energy required to heat 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius. Calories are energy and we need them.

Saturated fat is another thing we need.

In addition to being two things we need, there is another characteristic they both share. THEY AREN’T MAKING EVERYONE FAT!!!

Obesity is caused by:

-Trans Fat
-High fructose corn syrup
-Monosodium Glutamate
-Sugar
-Complex carbohydrates
-Fatty and processed meats
-Lack of adequate exercise

Our bodies are designed to handle calories and saturated fat. They are NOT designed to handle the other things on the list.

All the time people try to lose weight by following these low calorie and low fat diets. They typically don’t work, and are very miserable.

A processed frozen pot pie loaded with artificial ingredients but that only has a few grams of fat and is low in calories is not healthy!

An avocado has about 325 calories in it, and is also quite high in fat. Does this mean it is less healthful than a 100 calorie snack pack? Absolutely not!

This new labeling law leaves out the most important piece of nutritional information available. The ingredients list. If everything in there is real, then the amount of calories doesn’t matter because you are eating real food.

McDonald’s is not an unhealthy dangerous “food” establishment because their food is high in calories. It is a horrible and dangerous place because all their food has tons of trans fat and other artificial ingredients in it. If McDonald’s kept the amount of calories but changed all their food to 100% organic, people would stop dying from it!

Who goes to McDonald’s and doesn’t order something because it is too high in calories anyways? When people start to count calories, it greatly increases the risk of an eating disorder. Knowing that the salad you are about to eat still has quite a few calories might very well scare people off from eating it. They may even go order some french fries instead after seeing it is near the same amount of calories. Calories also sets an automatic signal of disapproval and makes eating less enjoyable.

When you are eating the world’s healthiest foods (lean grass-fed meats, all natural free ranged chicken, fish,  fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts) the amount of calories is completely not important.

King County, if you are going to do something, please let it be telling us what is in what we are eating, not how much energy is packed in it! Unfortunately that is not what they are doing, so this site will hopefully help people.

Any item served within the city limits must have 0.5 grams or less per serving of trans fat.

While it is not truly trans fat free, it is still less than before.

Source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2008/pr041-08.shtml

Right now, oil used in fryers must contain no more than 0.5grams of trans fat per serving.

We must wait until next April before the 0.5gram restriction is broadened to all items, not just oil.

While restaurants may claim they are trans fat free by being under the 0.5 limit, on this blog, the restaurants that we say are trans fat free, are actually completely free.