V8 Bopped!

If you don't know what I mean by the title keep reading, but know that you've missed out on a whole generation of commercials. The CDC just V8 bopped the US on it big, shiny, unhealthy choice makin forehead! They just released a report that said only 26% of the US eats three or more servings of vegetables a day (a day people! 26%!).

And if that weren't enough, another company, the NPD group, an independent market research company (not the CDCs hype man) released a report of their own. They said only 23% of US meals contain vegetables... But wait, there's more! This is after they counted lettuce on a burger as being an acceptable vegetable included meal. If on average this is the amount of vegetables the US is consuming, just imagine what they are actually filling up on! The answer? Larger than life portions of sugar, fat, and simple carbs (simple not complex)!

I just want to go on record as saying," Lettuce on a burger should not count! Don't make people feel better about their poor decisions." I love burgers too (probably not as much as the next guy, but still), but I don't count it as my healthy meal when it comes from a fast food joint.

People! What is going on?! Vegetables are good for you. They contain nutrients and vitamins! I don't want to hear that you don't like the taste of them or that they are inconvenient. #1~ If cooked properly (meaning you or your friends actually know how to cook) they will taste awesome. #2~ You're not being asked to eat every kind of vegetable on the planet! #3~ They are super convenient now. You don't even have to wash or cut them! All you have to do is pop them in the microwave and magically to have steamed veggies. You were going to use the microwave on that other meal anyway. And finally #4~ Are vegetables less expensive than a package of ramen noodles? Probably not, but for another dollar or two you can eat a healthier food and not pay the hundreds of dollars down the road for your poor health. The cost of vegetables has been going down for years in order to get you to eat them!

I will not return you to your regularly scheduled (and calmer) M.~