Comments on: State Delays Chocolate Milk Ban At Public Schools http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:51:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64577 David Huie Green Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:35:57 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64577 REGARDING: "Corn syrup as a sweetener began about 25 years ago. Hmmm, about the same time Americans started becoming porkers" I was a porker before that. Corn syrup and sugar are both sugars, just one is liquid and comes from corn, the other is solid and comes from its close kin, cane. Corn syrup is used instead of sugar because of price supports on sugar making it more expensive for the same amount of sweetening. Sweeteners are put in food to make it taste better and get people to buy and eat it. (That’s why I drink sweet tea rather than unsweetened tea.) All food contains calories in the form of chemical energy. It doesn‘t matter if it is sugar, starch, fat. (One kilocalorie is a Calorie, or thousand calories. It is the energy required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius.) If energy is not used up by activity, the body stores it. (Hence my body weight.) If it is used up, the body can not store it. Physical activity burns up Calories. Those watching television or typing at computers are not engaged in very physical activity. (Hence my body weight.) There are more computers than there used to be, more users. David for ham sandwiches REGARDING:
“Corn syrup as a sweetener began about 25 years ago. Hmmm, about the same time Americans started becoming porkers”

I was a porker before that.

Corn syrup and sugar are both sugars, just one is liquid and comes from corn, the other is solid and comes from its close kin, cane. Corn syrup is used instead of sugar because of price supports on sugar making it more expensive for the same amount of sweetening.

Sweeteners are put in food to make it taste better and get people to buy and eat it. (That’s why I drink sweet tea rather than unsweetened tea.)

All food contains calories in the form of chemical energy. It doesn‘t matter if it is sugar, starch, fat. (One kilocalorie is a Calorie, or thousand calories. It is the energy required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius.) If energy is not used up by activity, the body stores it. (Hence my body weight.) If it is used up, the body can not store it. Physical activity burns up Calories. Those watching television or typing at computers are not engaged in very physical activity. (Hence my body weight.) There are more computers than there used to be, more users.

David for ham sandwiches

]]> By: harley1 http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64542 harley1 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:26:30 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64542 I went to school from 1956 to 1968. "Porkers" or obese kids through these twelve years were an exception, not the rule. Look at any class, any grade of kids today and tell me if you notice anything. TRUST ME, chocolate milk is not the culprit here. If our gov't officials feel like they just have to focus on something,they should be looking at a serious thing like corn syrup as a food ingredient. The food industry itself has admitted how fattening it is, and its an ingredient in just about anything edible. Start checking content labels next time you go shopping. Corn syrup as a sweetener began about 25 years ago. Hmmm, about the same time Americans started becoming porkers I went to school from 1956 to 1968. “Porkers” or obese kids through these twelve years were an exception, not the rule. Look at any class, any grade of kids today and tell me if you notice anything. TRUST ME, chocolate milk is not the culprit here. If our gov’t officials feel like they just have to focus on something,they should be looking at a serious thing like corn syrup as a food ingredient. The food industry itself has admitted how fattening it is, and its an ingredient in just about anything edible. Start checking content labels next time you go shopping. Corn syrup as a sweetener began about 25 years ago. Hmmm, about the same time Americans started becoming porkers

]]> By: jimmy http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64471 jimmy Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:39:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64471 Jim, you are correct, there is just no cure for stupid! Jim, you are correct, there is just no cure for stupid!

]]> By: jimmy http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64470 jimmy Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:35:43 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64470 any nutritionist will tell you that chocolate milk is a better choice than other drinks like soda or energy drinks. the small amount of sugar is minimal when weighed with the benifit of the calicum. vitamin d and calicum are important to growing bodies. perhaps more children and young adults will drink chocolate milk if they have no option for soda or energy drinks. I agree chocolate milk is better than no milk at all as many students do not take vitamin pills either. they need the vitamins and calicum from some place.... any nutritionist will tell you that chocolate milk is a better choice than other drinks like soda or energy drinks. the small amount of sugar is minimal when weighed with the benifit of the calicum. vitamin d and calicum are important to growing bodies. perhaps more children and young adults will drink chocolate milk if they have no option for soda or energy drinks. I agree chocolate milk is better than no milk at all as many students do not take vitamin pills either. they need the vitamins and calicum from some place….

]]> By: Alice harris http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64423 Alice harris Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:36:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64423 More important than banning chocolate milk is banning sugary soft drinks, fake juices, energy drinks, and other junk foods and drinks. Better chocolaote milk than no milk, I agree. More important than banning chocolate milk is banning sugary soft drinks, fake juices, energy drinks, and other junk foods and drinks. Better chocolaote milk than no milk, I agree.

]]> By: Sheila Rodgers http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64325 Sheila Rodgers Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:01:57 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64325 Why not make the parent responsible. Save the school system money and free up our legislators to deal with real issues. BRING LUNCH FROM HOME!!! Water fountains at school provide what a body needs to get thru the day. Why not make the parent responsible. Save the school system money and free up our legislators to deal with real issues. BRING LUNCH FROM HOME!!! Water fountains at school provide what a body needs to get thru the day.

]]> By: Chumuckla Proud http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64310 Chumuckla Proud Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:17:56 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64310 OMRBKH....my husband agrees with you 100%....It's absolutely true that kids are not getting the proper exercise...most schools have done away with gym or phys. ed. classes. Not enough emphasis on actual physical fitness...too much emphasis on diet. He says "get them off their butts for at least an hour a day". Take away all their electronic gadgetry until they've completed at least two 30 minute workouts within a 12 hour period. However, if your child is obviously overweight, do something about it before he/she develops more serious health problems associated with weight gain. One serving of chocolate milk a day does not make a child obese...a serving of ice cream, French fries, hamburger, cake, or pie while playing video games and no exercise, however, is a different story! OMRBKH….my husband agrees with you 100%….It’s absolutely true that kids are not getting the proper exercise…most schools have done away with gym or phys. ed. classes. Not enough emphasis on actual physical fitness…too much emphasis on diet. He says “get them off their butts for at least an hour a day”. Take away all their electronic gadgetry until they’ve completed at least two 30 minute workouts within a 12 hour period. However, if your child is obviously overweight, do something about it before he/she develops more serious health problems associated with weight gain. One serving of chocolate milk a day does not make a child obese…a serving of ice cream, French fries, hamburger, cake, or pie while playing video games and no exercise, however, is a different story!

]]> By: OMRBH http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64298 OMRBH Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:52:11 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64298 @ Just me..........two thumbs up!!! @ Just me……….two thumbs up!!!

]]> By: OMRBKH http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64279 OMRBKH Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:17:19 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64279 Could it be possible that the reason there are so many overweight school-age children is not because they take in too many calories, but because they don't get enough exercise? Give the kids chocolate milk if they want it AND recess, vigorous play time to work of the few extra calories while they are at school. They will be on the couch with the computer games when they get home. Or maybe, just maybe, more children will lean that it can be fun to play ball, run, and participate in other legitimate physical activities. Maybe physical education should be required in middle and highschool every year. Could it be possible that the reason there are so many overweight school-age children is not because they take in too many calories, but because they don’t get enough exercise?
Give the kids chocolate milk if they want it AND recess, vigorous play time to work of the few extra calories while they are at school. They will be on the couch with the computer games when they get home. Or maybe, just maybe, more children will lean that it can be fun to play ball, run, and participate in other legitimate physical activities. Maybe physical education should be required in middle and highschool every year.

]]> By: just me http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/state-delays-chocolate-milk-ban-at-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-64278 just me Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:10:55 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=38647#comment-64278 My goodness some people don't have anything better to do that try and ban chocolate milk? If I tell my children or grandchildren that they can have chocolate milk then that's that!!!! If they ( who ever they are ) need something to do give them material to pass out about the harm in drugs....not chocolate milk....goodness!! My goodness some people don’t have anything better to do that try and ban chocolate milk? If I tell my children or grandchildren that they can have chocolate milk then that’s that!!!! If they ( who ever they are ) need something to do give them material to pass out about the harm in drugs….not chocolate milk….goodness!!

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