Are you ready for this one? A study released today says that if every American were to eat the diet currently recommended by the government, it would increase emissions of greenhouse gases by a major amount. That increase would be the result of there being more dairy cattle needed to produce larger amounts of milk and related products. Dairy cattle, it seems, suffer from flatulence which releases methane, a serious greenhouse gas. OH NO!!!! Good food means Global Warming. It seems to be the ultimate liberal conundrum.
But don't worry. The study also found a solution. Everyone in America needs to be limited to a diet of no more than 2000 calories per day. A well balanced diet for each person with that limit would not result in any increase in greenhouse gases. Think about that. A diet of 2000 calories per day is not enough for an adult man with an active life to sustain his weight. The old rule of thumb is that an active person needs 15 calories per pound of body weight per day to maintain that weight. That means that each active person who weighs over 134 pounds would lose weight with a diet of no more than 2000 calories per day. Obviously, the numbers of calories needed would vary from person to person based upon individual metabolism and level of exercise, but that is not the point. Here we have another of those idiotic studies funded, no doubt, by the government that prescribes government mandated control of each person's diet in order to combat global warming (which probably does not even exist.)
My guess is that if there ever is a plan offered by president Obama with regard to regulating the diets of America in order to combat global warming, he will put Michelle in charge of it. It sure sounds like her school lunches that no kids want to eat, doesn't it?
But don't worry. The study also found a solution. Everyone in America needs to be limited to a diet of no more than 2000 calories per day. A well balanced diet for each person with that limit would not result in any increase in greenhouse gases. Think about that. A diet of 2000 calories per day is not enough for an adult man with an active life to sustain his weight. The old rule of thumb is that an active person needs 15 calories per pound of body weight per day to maintain that weight. That means that each active person who weighs over 134 pounds would lose weight with a diet of no more than 2000 calories per day. Obviously, the numbers of calories needed would vary from person to person based upon individual metabolism and level of exercise, but that is not the point. Here we have another of those idiotic studies funded, no doubt, by the government that prescribes government mandated control of each person's diet in order to combat global warming (which probably does not even exist.)
My guess is that if there ever is a plan offered by president Obama with regard to regulating the diets of America in order to combat global warming, he will put Michelle in charge of it. It sure sounds like her school lunches that no kids want to eat, doesn't it?
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