Comments on: The Health Halo Effect http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-health-halo-effect/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-health-halo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-39933 Chris Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:23:05 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1296#comment-39933 You gotta know how to make healthy choices. People eat a muffin with 900 calories because they think it is healthy because it has 6 blueberries in it, those same people wouldn't dare think of eating a 60 calorie slice of center cut bacon. Subway can be healthier than most, get wheat bread, turkey, veggies, and water to drink. In the end when you get down to it though the only major difference between say Subway and McDonalds is that at Subway you can get whole wheat buns. Why doesn't McDonalds start offering them? Or BK? Or Wendys? OR arbys? Whichever did would make quite a bit. You gotta know how to make healthy choices. People eat a muffin with 900 calories because they think it is healthy because it has 6 blueberries in it, those same people wouldn’t dare think of eating a 60 calorie slice of center cut bacon.

Subway can be healthier than most, get wheat bread, turkey, veggies, and water to drink.

In the end when you get down to it though the only major difference between say Subway and McDonalds is that at Subway you can get whole wheat buns. Why doesn’t McDonalds start offering them? Or BK? Or Wendys? OR arbys? Whichever did would make quite a bit.

]]> By: Ronda http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-health-halo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-39932 Ronda Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:54:43 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1296#comment-39932 Most health conscious people I know do not eat at Subway. CalorieCount.com shows the Calories in a 6" Meatball Marinara has 560 calories and that is only in half the sandwich with NO extras. Imagine extra cheese and then add chips and a soda. I do know Subway sells White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies (220 calories for ONE cookie). How many people do you know convince themselves "just one"? Most health conscious people I know do not eat at Subway. CalorieCount.com shows the Calories in a 6″ Meatball Marinara has 560 calories and that is only in half the sandwich with NO extras. Imagine extra cheese and then add chips and a soda. I do know Subway sells White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies (220 calories for ONE cookie). How many people do you know convince themselves “just one”?

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-health-halo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-39931 Larry C. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:34:46 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1296#comment-39931 I read the full Tierney piece. Apparently, anything a restaurant does to make people think there is something healthy about its food causes people to eat more. Extrapolating, it is possible that NYC's ban on trans fats is inducing the entire city to consume more calaories than it did before. Tierney doesn't endorse that conclusion, but he entertains it as a possibility I read the full Tierney piece. Apparently, anything a restaurant does to make people think there is something healthy about its food causes people to eat more.

Extrapolating, it is possible that NYC’s ban on trans fats is inducing the entire city to consume more calaories than it did before.

Tierney doesn’t endorse that conclusion, but he entertains it as a possibility

]]> By: Jill Spence http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-health-halo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-39930 Jill Spence Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:23:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1296#comment-39930 Good post. I got hungry just reading it. Good post. I got hungry just reading it.

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