Author Topic: A rant against Nutritional Facts... (Read 7236 times)

Bill Aurion · « **on:** September 18, 2007, 02:26:09 PM »

What are with Nutritional Facts and their pitiful attempt on an estimation of a "single serving"? I just had a tuna sandwich for dinner and just happened to glance at the side of the can while I was toasting my bread, and what do I find? Serving size: 2.5 Seriously? 2.5 servings? Where the hell did that .5 come from? Wait, before that, how the hell are there even 2 servings in a small can of tuna in the first place!? A cat can eat a whole can of tuna! Does the tuna manufacturer think that the average person will take a forkful of tuna, then go "Oh, well that's enough" and stash it in the fridge? What will happen when they reach that ominous .5 serving of tuna? Will they have to open a new can of tuna? Will they be so confused that they decide to quit eating tuna altogether!? I mean, I can understand if tuna were a really bad food, like what I've seen in pastries where the manufacturer will list 2 servings for a muffin (that happens to have no way of storage, so people just eat the whole muffin anyway) so people aren't scared off by the actual amount of fat and cholesterol in the damn things, but this is TUNA! Tuna is great for you! High in Omega-3 fatty acids! High in protein! Low in fat! What do they need to hide? I'm scared that I've discovered some sort of dark secret that tuna manufacturers have keep hidden for ages. But I'll never stop eating my tuna, nope. Mmmm, my 2.5 servings of tuna...

Tuna....tu...*falls over*

that Baby guy · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2007, 02:27:20 PM »

Yay! I'm taking human nutrition this semester. Test tomorrow. Blarg.

vudu · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2007, 03:08:02 PM »

Tuna is gross.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2007, 03:08:42 PM »

don't read the nutritional facts, that way you won't have to worry about stuff like that.

nickmitch · « **Reply #4 on:** September 18, 2007, 03:29:30 PM »

I think the jerks expect you to only eat a little bit, and then eat other stuff.

But seriously, it's all just a scam perpetrated by the man, to make it look like your food isn't slowly killing you in the most delicious way possible. Except for, of course, tuna. Because, well,

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Tuna is gross.

wandering · « **Reply #5 on:** September 18, 2007, 03:51:47 PM »

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Serving size: 2.5 Seriously? 2.5 servings? [...] Does the tuna manufacturer think that the average person will take a forkful of tuna, then go "Oh, well that's enough" and stash it in the fridge? What will happen when they reach that ominous .5 serving of tuna?

Maybe they could give it to a midget?

EasyCure · « **Reply #6 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:19:20 PM »

i'm mad you had a tuna sandwich for dinner for two reasons:

- tuna is gross
- a sandwich isn't dinner

that Baby guy · « **Reply #7 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:21:21 PM »

I'm just glad the test is multiple choice. I could answer this question, but it would take too much recitation. The truth is that you can ignore those recommendations on one day if you slack in something else then, and then on another day, you do the reverse. That's about the gist of everything. Unless you're diabetic. Then you're going to probably die fifteen years before everyone else, which is not something nice to hear, but I swear the prof. says it every single day in class. I should really study for that test.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #8 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:43:07 PM »

What's with all this hate against tuna!? I declare you all unhealthy people!

Khushrenada · « **Reply #9 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:52:19 PM »

I don't know. But I do know I dislike Tuna also. Actually, I don't care much for fish in general.

Still, I like how Bill is watching his girlish figure. You go girl.

Mashiro · « **Reply #10 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:05:41 PM »

I had two Tuna sandwiches for lunch at work the other day =) Tuna is great!

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #11 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:10:10 PM »

That's about 5 servings of tuna! FIVE SERVINGS!*

(*according to BumbleBee)

UncleBob · « **Reply #12 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:12:52 PM »

I just drank two 2 Liters.

Of Mountain Dew Game Fuel.

That's like 16 servings.

that Baby guy · « **Reply #13 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:43:38 PM »

Great UncleBob, now you'll have to go fifteen days without drinking anything.

UncleBob · « **Reply #14 on:** September 18, 2007, 06:05:52 PM »

Wait... it's a fruit serving, right? I get, like five of those a day, right? So that's only 3+ days...

that Baby guy · « **Reply #15 on:** September 18, 2007, 06:09:32 PM »

No, I'm pretty sure that this works like gasoline. 16 servings is about 16 gallons, or it would be if you were UncleSUV. In this case, you should probably hold off on refueling until you're low on gas, which should be in about two weeks, give or take.

UncleBob · « **Reply #16 on:** September 18, 2007, 06:21:02 PM »

I'm not sure I follow. It could be the fact that I've drained my blood and replaced it with Mountain Dew Game Fuel.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #17 on:** September 18, 2007, 06:44:22 PM »

Since when is Mountain Dew a fruit?

UncleBob · « **Reply #18 on:** September 18, 2007, 06:46:19 PM »

It's cherry with lemon and lime. Those are all fruits in my book - I don't know where you're from. :p

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #19 on:** September 18, 2007, 06:54:44 PM »

So bad for you!

UncleBob · « **Reply #20 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:03:34 PM »

I'm not sure I understand this page you've linked me to... I mean:

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The Bad
A large portion of the calories in this food come from sugars.

What's so bad about that? That sounds like "The Good" to me. "The Bad" would be that there's only two liters of Mountain Dew in a 2 liter bottle. There should be like seven. SevenlitersthatwouldbetastyIlikeMountainDewitssotastyeveryoneshoulddrinkitallthetime.

wandering · « **Reply #21 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:23:39 PM »

People like you are the reason I can't trust car cupholders with normal-sized drinks.

UncleBob · « **Reply #22 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:28:06 PM »

Sorry wandering... real men just have bigger... cups...

Darkheart · « **Reply #23 on:** September 19, 2007, 12:39:07 AM »

I like my tuna spicy with Habanero Salsa :3

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #24 on:** September 19, 2007, 01:57:45 AM »

I abandoned can tuna a while ago and now only eat the waterless pouch tuna. It says it is 1 serving but I can make two decent sandwiches with it. And considering that 1 piece of bread is 1 serving and I use 2 slices per sandwich I am eating 2.5 serving per sandwich, since I can split the tuna to two servings.

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