tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481484348096729610.post5311923777469815259..comments2023-06-20T08:12:00.534-04:00Comments on College, Cooking, and Iron Chef America: The Great Halloween Candy Debatesgoldman328http://www.blogger.com/profile/08938958358317845119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481484348096729610.post-17090654213448248982013-11-03T07:54:35.156-05:002013-11-03T07:54:35.156-05:001) I couldn't figure out why Self magazine tra...1) I couldn't figure out why Self magazine translating X calories into workout time to burn X calories is controversial. Assuming accurate counts (definitely an assumption, but without evidence to the contrary, let's assume Self is accurate), it's just transmitting publicly available information in a different way and giving readers another tool by which to make their own decisions. I think that mandating food manufacturers and restaurants to post calorie counts in terms of work out minutes is a terrible idea, but a magazine doing it? Fine.<br /><br />3) Again, I didn't see how the concept of offering the kids to trade in candy for a toy, e.g. a practical application of the lesson of immediate vs. long-term gratification is controversial. It's actually a very good lesson and nice to see a celebrity actively parenting her own children rather than preaching to the rest of the world's parents how to raise their children for a change. I didn't think she was sending the message that candy is bad at all. The message that I thought she was telling her kids is "yes, candy is really tasty and tempting, but you could get something even better". <br /><br />The controversial part of the clip were the costumes. Sweeney telling her kids whom to dress up as and Ellen's costume. 'Nuff said.<br /><br />2) This woman is a bully, plain and simple. If she was actually motivated by a public health desire to reduce childhood obesity, she would have just not handed out candy. No one has to celebrate Halloween and no one has to provide candy to trick or treaters (I certainly didn't, but then again, I wasn't home). But she wanted to hurt parents and children that she deemed overweight, she wanted to harass and embarrass them publicly under the veil of "it takes a village", and she wanted to get in the news. She is a bully and I'd love to see the parents of one of the kids she bullied take her to court for harassment. I think a good lawyer could make a strong case for it.Beanjienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481484348096729610.post-31759713260409599062013-10-31T23:02:23.852-04:002013-10-31T23:02:23.852-04:00My candy tastes have certainly "evolved"...My candy tastes have certainly "evolved" as I've gotten older (hellooooo dark chocolate!), but I remember the thrill of tossing that bag full of candy out on my bed and dividing the treasure into "good" and "bad," which of course had nothing to do with health at all. I think it's a fun holiday and shouldn't be relegated to a "teaching" moment. The danger for adults might be the neverending candy bowl at work, but we can easily say "no thanks." I say amen to Snickering on and let kids have all the fun they want!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com