Anonymous
05/24/2013 11:17
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Anonymous wrote:Primarily, it's a mistake to call this type of packaged product "food."
Ask yourself this: if you were to see all of the ingredients out on a table, would you recognize them? Would you be able to distinguish between one lab-made element from another?
I'm by no stretch a loon or fundamentalist on most matters, but I believe very strongly that there is a high cost to pay as a society for the development of these kinds of "convenience" foods over the past several decades. Most specifically, the vast majority of corn, soy, and canola grown today is genetically modified (GM). Is it any coincidence that soy and corn are ubiquitous filler ingredients in processed food (e.g., soy lecithin, corn malodextrin)? Since the 90's, big ag like Monsanto--maker of Roundup--has been creating Roundup Ready crops and patenting the genetic code for these crops. Making money with the poison and the poison-resistant crop--a crop that goes into your food. It's in everything, except organic food; the government prohibits the use of genetically modified ingredients in foods labeled organic. No one really knows what the accumulation of these GM foods will do in the body over time, but there is evidence suggesting it will not be harmless, to say the least.
I'm puzzled by people posting here who are proud of their purchase of these products. These companies are making money off of us when we buy this stuff, which only allows them to continue. We should be demanding food, not food products.
So my question is, what is a good alternative? This is the only thing my child would eat for lunch. Is making a sandwich, giving fresh fruit and crackers better?
Anonymous
05/24/2013 11:08
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Primarily, it's a mistake to call this type of packaged product "food."
Ask yourself this: if you were to see all of the ingredients out on a table, would you recognize them? Would you be able to distinguish between one lab-made element from another?
I'm by no stretch a loon or fundamentalist on most matters, but I believe very strongly that there is a high cost to pay as a society for the development of these kinds of "convenience" foods over the past several decades. Most specifically, the vast majority of corn, soy, and canola grown today is genetically modified (GM). Is it any coincidence that soy and corn are ubiquitous filler ingredients in processed food (e.g., soy lecithin, corn malodextrin)? Since the 90's, big ag like Monsanto--maker of Roundup--has been creating Roundup Ready crops and patenting the genetic code for these crops. Making money with the poison and the poison-resistant crop--a crop that goes into your food. It's in everything, except organic food; the government prohibits the use of genetically modified ingredients in foods labeled organic. No one really knows what the accumulation of these GM foods will do in the body over time, but there is evidence suggesting it will not be harmless, to say the least.
I'm puzzled by people posting here who are proud of their purchase of these products. These companies are making money off of us when we buy this stuff, which only allows them to continue. We should be demanding food, not food products.
Ask yourself this: if you were to see all of the ingredients out on a table, would you recognize them? Would you be able to distinguish between one lab-made element from another?
I'm by no stretch a loon or fundamentalist on most matters, but I believe very strongly that there is a high cost to pay as a society for the development of these kinds of "convenience" foods over the past several decades. Most specifically, the vast majority of corn, soy, and canola grown today is genetically modified (GM). Is it any coincidence that soy and corn are ubiquitous filler ingredients in processed food (e.g., soy lecithin, corn malodextrin)? Since the 90's, big ag like Monsanto--maker of Roundup--has been creating Roundup Ready crops and patenting the genetic code for these crops. Making money with the poison and the poison-resistant crop--a crop that goes into your food. It's in everything, except organic food; the government prohibits the use of genetically modified ingredients in foods labeled organic. No one really knows what the accumulation of these GM foods will do in the body over time, but there is evidence suggesting it will not be harmless, to say the least.
I'm puzzled by people posting here who are proud of their purchase of these products. These companies are making money off of us when we buy this stuff, which only allows them to continue. We should be demanding food, not food products.
Anonymous
05/24/2013 11:06
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My child eats lunchables. What is so bad about them? This is a serious question by the way. I though cheese is good for you, crackers are filling, and meat is well, meat. Is there a way to make your own lunchable? Isn't all deli meat considered "bad?" Please give ideas on homemade "lunchables."
Are you serious? You know they aren't even legally allowed to call it cheese, right?
Really?
Anonymous
05/24/2013 11:06
Subject: How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Never. Surprised some people view them as "treats."
Anonymous
05/24/2013 11:03
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Anonymous wrote:My child eats lunchables. What is so bad about them? This is a serious question by the way. I though cheese is good for you, crackers are filling, and meat is well, meat. Is there a way to make your own lunchable? Isn't all deli meat considered "bad?" Please give ideas on homemade "lunchables."
Are you serious? You know they aren't even legally allowed to call it cheese, right?
Anonymous
05/24/2013 10:45
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
My child eats lunchables. What is so bad about them? This is a serious question by the way. I though cheese is good for you, crackers are filling, and meat is well, meat. Is there a way to make your own lunchable? Isn't all deli meat considered "bad?" Please give ideas on homemade "lunchables."
Anonymous
05/24/2013 10:30
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Anonymous wrote:What are those? Is it deli meat? Like bologna? Turkey slices? Or those lunches that come in a package - the whole mini meal for kids?
100% processed, full of gmo corn grain, dyes and gelatinized offal in the "meat".
Anonymous
05/24/2013 10:23
Subject: How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: Food is not medicine. It is food.
I don't think you understand how food works.
Not the poster you're quoting, but I believe food works by being eaten. One can do that with a Lunchable.
SYANCE IS HARD IS TOO HARD FOR YOU. HAVE A LUNCHABLE.
Anonymous
05/24/2013 10:18
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Oscar Meyer Lazy Momables. This is why your kid is fat.
Anonymous
05/24/2013 10:02
Subject: How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
never. ew
Anonymous
05/24/2013 09:55
Subject: How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Giving lunchables occasionally doesn't make your kid fat or unhealthy. Common sense and moderation is the name of the game.
Anonymous
05/21/2013 08:47
Subject: How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Never. Nutritionally awful. Expensive. Wasteful packaging. There is nothing redeeming about this product. Nothing.
Anonymous
05/21/2013 08:09
Subject: Re:How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
I'm not sure my 13 year old snow flake even knows what they are - he goes to a very crunchy school. But I couldn't afford them anyway - I'm saving for my $40,000 vacation to the Carribean!
I definitely fall into the "I hate to live here, but DH got a great job, so here we are" camp, BUT the entertainment value of DCUM almost makes up for the rest of it!
Get a grip guys!
I definitely fall into the "I hate to live here, but DH got a great job, so here we are" camp, BUT the entertainment value of DCUM almost makes up for the rest of it!
Get a grip guys!
Anonymous
05/21/2013 07:54
Subject: How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: Food is not medicine. It is food.
I don't think you understand how food works.
Not the poster you're quoting, but I believe food works by being eaten. One can do that with a Lunchable.
No, that's how food is taken in, not how food *works.* Food basically works by doing science experiments with your body. It's chemistry.
Anonymous
05/21/2013 07:51
Subject: How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: Food is not medicine. It is food.
I don't think you understand how food works.
Not the poster you're quoting, but I believe food works by being eaten. One can do that with a Lunchable.