Comments on: Food Gestapo to Consumers: “We Have Ways of Making You Eat Healthy” http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/ For the Dunkin Donuts enthusiasts of the world Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:16:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: addictuh http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-55870 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:51:23 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-55870 Hi all. Cool site <a href="http://www.bugooglei.com" rel="nofollow">Google</a> Thank. Hi all. Cool site Google
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]]> by: Abbie http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-18846 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:03:18 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-18846 I am doing a paper on Trans fat and what the big deal is all about it. I eat and KFC and Arby's and all that crap and I'm not fat. I think Trans fats a wonderful and make my food taste good. i know its bad for me so I choose to eat it once in a great while. we really need to find better things to complain about. I am doing a paper on Trans fat and what the big deal is all about it. I eat and KFC and Arby’s and all that crap and I’m not fat. I think Trans fats a wonderful and make my food taste good. i know its bad for me so I choose to eat it once in a great while. we really need to find better things to complain about.

]]> by: JL http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-13947 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:36:34 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-13947 Alan, you couldn't be more confused. "Pro-consumer (rights)" would include that the consumer not be harmed by corporations for the sake of profits. In the old days, if one bakery put something harmful but tasty in their food, you would go elsewhere and it would close or change its harmful practices. Today, Dunkin' Donuts are everyplace, and they have the ability to harm their customers who are too passive to complain or even be the wiser. I can't understand how you could possibly claim to be pro-consumer and yet side with corporations! I for one, would give DD some business if they would make their donuts using time-tested and less harmful ingredients. Alan, you couldn’t be more confused. “Pro-consumer (rights)” would include that the consumer not be harmed by corporations for the sake of profits. In the old days, if one bakery put something harmful but tasty in their food, you would go elsewhere and it would close or change its harmful practices. Today, Dunkin’ Donuts are everyplace, and they have the ability to harm their customers who are too passive to complain or even be the wiser.

I can’t understand how you could possibly claim to be pro-consumer and yet side with corporations!

I for one, would give DD some business if they would make their donuts using time-tested and less harmful ingredients.

]]> by: Alan http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-8251 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:18:47 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-8251 Who can say for sure that the trans-fat in Donkin Donuts is bad for people? It's an ongoing scientific controvercy with people weighing in on both sides. Like nicoteen and smoking. And, who gives these Health Nazis the right to take away our ability to choose for ourselves what we consume? I applaud Dunkin Donuts pro-consumer (rights) stance! Keep looking out for our best interests... Who can say for sure that the trans-fat in Donkin Donuts is bad for people? It’s an ongoing scientific controvercy with people weighing in on both sides. Like nicoteen and smoking. And, who gives these Health Nazis the right to take away our ability to choose for ourselves what we consume?

I applaud Dunkin Donuts pro-consumer (rights) stance! Keep looking out for our best interests…

]]> by: William Scribner http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-5837 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:47:41 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-5837 After all the print about Nazis, Food Police, liability and rhetoric about this and that it will end up with someone like me, an individual who would like to know what is the caloric count of what I am eating. When I am unable to obtain the basic values for items I would like to eat then I must go elsewhere for my pleasures. Of course, the individuals that I socialize with and "compare problems with diets that affect my health" discuss how we can get feed back about the food that we eat before we decide if we will be dropping a food source. Consider this just my feelings. I am not looking for a platform to "bash" independant business. It is a shame that Dunkin Donuts takes the approach that the information is used to bash their business. That is as compared to the vast majority that will provide nutritional information and handle any publicity good or bad. After all the print about Nazis, Food Police, liability and rhetoric about this and that it will end up with someone like me, an individual who would like to know what is the caloric count of what I am eating. When I am unable to obtain the basic values for items I would like to eat then I must go elsewhere for my pleasures. Of course, the individuals that I socialize with and “compare problems with diets that affect my health” discuss how we can get feed back about the food that we eat before we decide if we will be dropping a food source.

Consider this just my feelings. I am not looking for a platform to “bash” independant business.

It is a shame that Dunkin Donuts takes the approach that the information is used to bash their business. That is as compared to the vast majority that will provide nutritional information and handle any publicity good or bad.

]]> by: JL http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-4282 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-4282 By the way, companies such as Frito-Lay have eliminated trans fat from their products successfully, Oreos are now trans fat free, but Dunkin' Donuts has been reluctant to change. By the way, companies such as Frito-Lay have eliminated trans fat from their products successfully, Oreos are now trans fat free, but Dunkin’ Donuts has been reluctant to change.

]]> by: JL http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-4281 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:49:51 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-4281 There is a big difference between foods fried in oil and foods fried in high trans-fat content oil. Trans fat is increasingly becoming apparent as a major cause of heart problems because it is an artificially derived product. Frying foods in partially-hydrogenated vegetable oil is good for the food industry because of its long shelf-life. But it turns out that it is VERY bad for people because it raises LDL Cholesterol levels, is very difficult to metabolize, and can lead to other problems like cancer. The trans-fat fight is not a fight against fat, mind you. I enjoy donuts as much as the next lard-ass, but will not touch DD's varieties anymore after reading the science behind it. As it turns out, natural things like butter and lard are actually potentially less harmful (or stick to friendlier forms of vegetable oil like canola, safflower, etc.) than the artificial oils we have been fed the last five decades. There is a big difference between foods fried in oil and foods fried in high trans-fat content oil. Trans fat is increasingly becoming apparent as a major cause of heart problems because it is an artificially derived product. Frying foods in partially-hydrogenated vegetable oil is good for the food industry because of its long shelf-life. But it turns out that it is VERY bad for people because it raises LDL Cholesterol levels, is very difficult to metabolize, and can lead to other problems like cancer. The trans-fat fight is not a fight against fat, mind you. I enjoy donuts as much as the next lard-ass, but will not touch DD’s varieties anymore after reading the science behind it. As it turns out, natural things like butter and lard are actually potentially less harmful (or stick to friendlier forms of vegetable oil like canola, safflower, etc.) than the artificial oils we have been fed the last five decades.

]]> by: Robert http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-3405 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:29:09 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-3405 LOL. They should spend the time preparing for llitigation organizing exercise and healthy living classes--and suing the school systems to implement them instead of trying to restrict choice.. I KNOW a donut isn't health food, so I don't eat a dozen of them. I go to the gym every day so that I can have one as a treat once in a while. Isn't this just common sense? People also get on a high horse about portion sizes. DD bagels and muffins are huge, sure, but who is a 105 pound woman lawyer to say that it is too big for a 250 pond construction worker that burns 15 times more calories at his job in a day than she does on her shiny health club treadmill in a week? Besides, she doesn't have to eat the whole bagel at once. LOL. They should spend the time preparing for llitigation organizing exercise and healthy living classes–and suing the school systems to implement them instead of trying to restrict choice..

I KNOW a donut isn’t health food, so I don’t eat a dozen of them. I go to the gym every day so that I can have one as a treat once in a while. Isn’t this just common sense?

People also get on a high horse about portion sizes. DD bagels and muffins are huge, sure, but who is a 105 pound woman lawyer to say that it is too big for a 250 pond construction worker that burns 15 times more calories at his job in a day than she does on her shiny health club treadmill in a week?

Besides, she doesn’t have to eat the whole bagel at once.

]]> by: Scott Lewis http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-3403 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:14:47 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-3403 <p>Wow this is insane. If American's are so overweight, why spend time, money and energy fighting court battles against trans-fats in KFC. It's friend chicken for crying outloud, of course it's bad for you! Groups like these should be spending their resources educating, evangelising and helping kids develop healthier eating practices. Spending countless hours suing companies over something they are not going to change is a waste of time, money and energy on our court system.</p> <p>Dunkin Donuts exec's, please do no succumb to their foolishness. I will continue to buy your donuts and run marathons to stay healthy!</p> Wow this is insane. If American’s are so overweight, why spend time, money and energy fighting court battles against trans-fats in KFC. It’s friend chicken for crying outloud, of course it’s bad for you! Groups like these should be spending their resources educating, evangelising and helping kids develop healthier eating practices. Spending countless hours suing companies over something they are not going to change is a waste of time, money and energy on our court system.

Dunkin Donuts exec’s, please do no succumb to their foolishness. I will continue to buy your donuts and run marathons to stay healthy!

]]> by: Robert http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-3400 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:04:02 +0000 http://www.dunkindonutstalk.com/2006/06/20/food-gestapo-to-consumers-we-have-ways-of-making-you-eat-healthy/#comment-3400 Not only jerks, but stupid jerks too boot. Just because a pastry costs $2.00 more than the same pastry elsewhere, you're supposed to assume that it is better for you?! Please. Not only jerks, but stupid jerks too boot. Just because a pastry costs $2.00 more than the same pastry elsewhere, you’re supposed to assume that it is better for you?! Please.

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