Who determines suggested serving sizes for food?

[Ryan]

The suggested serving for Total cereal is freaking 3/4ths of a cup - hell, the bowl on the front of the box looks at least 2-3 times more than that. What gives, and who actually only eats 3/4ths of a cup of cereal in the morning?

 

[leftyman]

i fill mine to the top

 

[meltdown75]

this reminds me of the Super Colon Blow skit on SNL. eeheh

 

[thirdlegstump]

They only do that to reduce the perceived caloric intake. In other words it's total BS.

 

[Zim Hosein]

What gives, and who actually only eats 3/4ths of a cup of cereal in the morning?

Supermodels, but then they just throw it all up!

 

[leftyman]

also the "based on a 2000 calorie/day"...no way am i living on that

 

[trmiv]

I know. On the back of the small bags of chips, it says stuff like "Servings per bag: 2.5" Who can get 2.5 servings out of one tiny bag of chips? Or on cans of nuts it says "Serving Size: 9 nuts."

 

[nakedfrog]

That's why I've always thought Total's commercials were stupid. I'll just take a vitamin and eat whatever cereal I want, thanks. Otherwise I'd be getting at least 2-3 times my RDA of everything.

 

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
They only do that to reduce the perceived caloric intake. In other words it's total BS.

:thumbsup: Exactly. Ever looked at a coke bottle? The formally 20oz one? They did the suggested serving juuuust right so that the calories would be 100. Its like 2.5 servings per bottle hah.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
That's why I've always thought Total's commercials were stupid. I'll just take a vitamin and eat whatever cereal I want, thanks. Otherwise I'd be getting at least 2-3 times my RDA of everything.

But but - Total Honey Clusters is good

 

[BurnItDwn]

a "serving" doesn't mean a meal.

On that food pyramid thing, they say eat like 10 servings of carbohydrates in a day.
If there's three meals, that means like 3 or 4 servings is enough for one meal.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
a "serving" doesn't mean a meal.

On that food pyramid thing, they say eat like 10 servings of carbohydrates in a day.
If there's three meals, that means like 3 or 4 servings is enough for one meal.

Ah - cool - didn't know that Hmmmmm - that certainly changes my rant Thanks

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Ryan

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
That's why I've always thought Total's commercials were stupid. I'll just take a vitamin and eat whatever cereal I want, thanks. Otherwise I'd be getting at least 2-3 times my RDA of everything.

But but - Total Honey Clusters is good

Honey Bunches of Oats FTW

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Ryan

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
That's why I've always thought Total's commercials were stupid. I'll just take a vitamin and eat whatever cereal I want, thanks. Otherwise I'd be getting at least 2-3 times my RDA of everything.

But but - Total Honey Clusters is good

Honey Bunches of Oats FTW

:thumbsup:

 

[imported_Dimicron]

Your mom sets your serving size. Now eat up! "You're getting skinny! You know there's starving kids somewhere who'd love to be eating this..."