Harv Nelson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Here in the Madison, Wisconsin area, there has been a big push toward "No
> Smoking" in
> restaurants, much improving the atmosphere (and the health of those of us who
> take our
> meals there)...
>
> Much the same could be accomplish with regard to caloric intake by simply
> reducing the size
> of the plates used in restaurants ... making them 3/4-inch in diameter
> smaller. Then, you
> could acheive the same "perceived" value ... "Big meal", "Full plate", etc.
> with less food.
> Less food on the plate means less calories to walk/jog/sit off.
>
[snip]
> The perceived amount of food "required" for each meal is dictated more by the
> size of the plates than
> by metabolic needs.
Sorry, but I had something else in mind: *Gourmet* vegetarian meals,
heavy on garlic, olive oil, etc. becoming the *norm*, by there
being moderately priced such eateries in every neighborhood (oops...
sorry, I forgot that, at least in The United States of Levittown
there aren't many neighborhoods...) and workplace and school
commisary....
Preferably with a glass of better-than vin ordinare red wine....
I think we *are* to a large extent what we eat, and workers
who return to work from a Big Mac are more likely to
produce Big Mac products and tolerate Big Mac working
conditions than if their lunch was an example of a higher
form of life (yes, the value judgment is intended: I don't
think Coca-cola and Richebourg, or the "taste" for them
are created equal....)
\brad mccormick
>
> Harv Nelson
> (just a lurker ... and casual terrorist ;-)
>
> < .... stuff snipped so that my ISP would send this>
>
> > Something that "galls me" to no end:
[snip]
> > Our society
> > is obsessed with perfect bodies, AND EVERYWHERE I GO, WHEN
> > I TRY TO "JUST SAY NO" TO FATTENING FOOD WHICH IS PROMISCUOUSLY
> > STUFFED UNDER MY NOSE, PEOPLE ACT LIKE I WAS BEING AT BEST
> > RUDE AND A "PARTY POOPER", IF NOT CHARACTER DISORDERED, etc.
> >
> > If our society wants perfect bodies, why don't we start
> > by mobilizing all restaurants and food stores to push
> > *only* healthful foods, and to make buying a Cocal-Cola
> > at least as shady a deal as buying "coke"?
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