USA School Lunch - Chips and Corn

Country: USA

Contents: Chips, ground turkey, black beans, banana, corn, and 1% milk.

Source: http://betterdcschoolfood.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-there-enough-corn-on-this-tray.html Thanks Ed!

Notes: Well, let's look at the positives here. The chips are corn chips, which are preferable to most potato chips. There are black beans, which are big in nutrients. The meat is turkey, which is lower in fat. The corn is still on the cob. Bananas are great for you. And finally, the milk is low fat. Baby steps.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2010 at 7:52 AM

    Too bad low fat dairy is so popular in the USA.

    Whole fat dairy is great for your body and will make it easier for the body to absorb fat-soluble vitamins.

    Also, drinking full fat milk keeps you full much longer than drinking the waterish low fat variants.

    In fact, countries that serve a lot of low fat light "food" usually have the highest percentage of obese people ...

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    1. AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 5:40 PM

      They serve low-fat milk because they are obese..... Let's try use logic now, shall we?

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    2. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 11:02 PM

      Actually low fat milk has sugars added to it to make it taste better. The fats in milk are not to be feared either, they are good fats in moderation. Skim milk in the US generally is lower fat and lower calorie but also lower nutrient dense and generally has more mg of sugar.

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  2. theayers5May 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    I agree with the above comment. Most of what people in the US deem "healthy" are standards set by our highly-flawed medical system (all run by the pharmaceutical companies). Frankly, they have no real interest in seeing us all healthy! Low fat milk is not healthier than high fat. And the GMO corn we saw on that tray (yes, virtually all non-organic corn is GMO) is about as unhealthy as you can get. Everything they are serving is highly processed, pesticide-laden and nutrient deficient. Go USA! :(

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    1. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 11:16 PM

      All corn is a GMO, even organic. Sweet corn that we eat never even grew in nature before human intervention. Corn is, in fact, one of the earliest domesticated and modified crops. Prehistoric native Americans, from North and South America, created the corn we know today simply by cultivating teosinte and other similar wheats and grasses. GMOs are an important and unavoidable part of agriculture. You can't grow and cultivate a plant like we do without changing it. GMOs did not start in a lab with frankentomatoes. That is not to defend stuff like those chickens KFC raises with five wings, but to assume that we can do without any GMOs is just silly. Almost everything we eat is completely unrecognizable​ from its original state. GMOs are a part of feeding large amounts of people through agriculture. We just have to be aware enough to modify responsibly.

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  3. AnonymousMay 15, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    Your fascinating blog is much-needed food for thought for an American parent. Thanks.

    Steve

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  4. LizzyAugust 1, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    Massive carbohydrate load for a growing child. Really unhealthy meal.

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