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Food Network - Is It Making Us Fat?

Posted on Feb 11th 2009 2:00PM by Maggie Vink

Filed Under: Nutrition & Supplements

I'll admit it. I'm addicted to the Food Network. I work from home, but I miss the noise of the bustling busy office environment I used to work in. To compensate for the silence, the Food Network is on quietly in the background almost all day.

Though I love to watch the shows, I rarely make the foods I see. But over at Vitamin G, they're wondering if the Food Network is making it harder for us to eat healthfully. A lot of the commenters agree with the theory. Says one person: "Those shows instantly make me hungry, even if I just ate a meal and normally wouldn't be! I can't watch them or I would get as big as a house."

Does the Food Network make it hard to eat healthfully?
Yes. It's ridiculously tempting.	20 (21.7%)
No. I like it, but it doesn't change the way I cook.	64 (69.6%)
Food Network? What's the Food Network?	8 (8.7%)

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u262f 2-11-2009 @ 6:49PM

Oh no! Not at all! None of the above!

Food Network definitely changed the way I cook utterly and completely, but it played a very hugely important POSITIVE role in making me THIN! Alton Brown taught me a LOT about how to use fresh produce instead of foods that come with pre-printed instructions on them. He taught me how easy it was to make foods that are significantly healthier and tastier than the store-bought versions. If it weren't for Alton, I would still be eating take-out, microwave meals, and pre-seasoned or pre-packaged processed foods.

I very strongly recommend Good Eats. It is entirely due to this show that I can eat tastier foods AND lose weight.