Manedwolf, for somebody who was pondering eating post-dated MREs, isn't there some granola and tofu joint you need to be at?
Depending on who you ask, everything is bad for you these days, even di-hydrogen oxide.
I laughed so hard my ribs hurt when they played the "Supersize Me" DVD at our squadron health and wellness day a while ago.
Those fat kids who sued McDonald's?
They should've done their research. Everybody knows spoons are what made Rosie O'Donnell fat, too.
Eating a steak, hamburger or other meats with natural fats is not bad for you in the way that eating partially hydrogenated oils is. Those have the receptor molecule locations all f-ed up, so the body can't process them as it should, and they end up getting stuck in places they shouldn't. Butter, likewise. Eating butter is much better for you than simulated butter flavor margarine with trans-fats in it.
Same with sugar. Eating sugar, drinking sugar drinks isn't bad like consuming high-fructose corn syrup is. The body can deal with metabolizing cane sugar or honey. HFC is, to the metabolism, like drinking from a firehose, and is probably part of the explosion of Type II diabetes.
It's not the fat and sugar. It's the screwed-up cheaper versions they've made that are metabolic poisons. You're way better eating a 32oz steak accompanied by sugar-sweetened lemonade than you are eating a piece of processed food with HFC and trans-fats accompanied by a HFC-sweetened soft drink.
Trans-fats extended the shelf life of products and are cheaper, that's why they're used. But they're trash for your body. Nobody is saying eat tofu and granola...tofu is gross anyway. Just keep to the more, well...
real things, real meat, real vegetables, real sugar, and you're good.
Just need to read labels. There's one loaf of bread made with cane sugar for every ten with HFC, but there's usually at least one brand on the shelves in every supermarket. Just got to read.