Comments on: NYT: Pollan and the religion of “nutritionism” http://jcarrot.org/pollan-and-the-politics-of-nutritionism Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/pollan-and-the-politics-of-nutritionism/comment-page-1#comment-146 Leah Koenig Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:00:55 +0000 http://www.jcarrot.org/?p=157#comment-146 I had the same thought a while back while watching a commercial for Nabisco's '100 Calorie Packs.' It was so bizarre to me that they were selling cookies - oreos, chocolate chip etc., but were instead advertising the amount of calories in the packaging. But I guess that's exactly how lots of people eat these days - by unit of measurment and avoidance of demonized buzz words (sugar, fat, carbs, etc.). I had the same thought a while back while watching a commercial for Nabisco’s ’100 Calorie Packs.’ It was so bizarre to me that they were selling cookies – oreos, chocolate chip etc., but were instead advertising the amount of calories in the packaging.

But I guess that’s exactly how lots of people eat these days – by unit of measurment and avoidance of demonized buzz words (sugar, fat, carbs, etc.).

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