Started By
Message

CEO of salad restaurant chain accused of 'fat phobia'

Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:14 pm
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
29824 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:14 pm

Blaze

quote:

CEO of salad restaurant chain accused of 'fat phobia' for suggesting we 'focus on overall health' to fight COVID


quote:

The CEO and co-founder of Sweetgreen, a fast casual restaurant chain that sells salads, was accused of "fat phobia" after suggesting in a social media post that shedding fat and becoming healthier is a better solution to the COVID-19 pandemic than controversial face mask and vaccine mandates. Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman raised concerns about the connection between obesity and COVID-19 complications in a now-deleted LinkedIn post last Tuesday. "78% of hospitalizations due to COVID are Obese and Overweight people. Is there an underlying problem that perhaps we have not given enough attention to? Is there another way to think about how we tackle 'healthcare' by addressing the root cause?" Neman wrote.


Honk honk.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69312 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:15 pm to
I don't want to live on this planet
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
15679 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:17 pm to
Yeah right! Just trying to sell more overpriced bowls of lettuce.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28013 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:18 pm to
There's a restaurant that just serves salads? They deserve whatever happens to them.
Posted by Open Your Eyes
Member since Nov 2012
9252 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:19 pm to
quote:

I don't want to live on this planet


You voted for this.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62805 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:22 pm to
Healthy and normal weight people are not money makers for Big Pharma.
Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
20280 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:23 pm to
I just checked out the menu. I wish they had locations nearby, I would definitely frequent that place
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
131416 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:27 pm to
quote:

I don't want to live on this planet


none of us are exactly happy that are living on this planet.

Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28013 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:27 pm to
quote:

Healthy and normal weight people are not money makers for Big Pharma.

I don't see how there's much money in it for an owner A good salad is expensive to make.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69312 posts
Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:36 pm to
quote:

You voted for this.
say it one more time

i dare ya
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:03 am to
quote:

78% of hospitalizations due to COVID are Obese and Overweight people


Body shaming AND racist!!!
Posted by Tbonepatron
Member since Aug 2013
8447 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:04 am to
:HesRightYouKnow.jpg:
Posted by Browncd81
Member since Nov 2020
488 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 2:25 am to
quote:

Yeah right! Just trying to sell more overpriced bowls of lettuce


Sure, he’s also spot on about Covid and obesity and has a right to promote his business so what would you suggest he do
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
18162 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 2:37 am to
I know someone that is huge. I mean massive massive huge. This person went to the doctor for fatty liver disease. The doctor told her that she must lose weight. She got offended and tried to report the doctor to the medical board.


This is what we are dealing with.
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
6025 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 5:38 am to
Why does the left apply “phobia” to everything?

Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
48950 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 5:42 am to
Ask yourself why the actors that own and control the power structure would be adamant about one getting the shot yet want them to remain obese?
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
58895 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 6:08 am to
quote:

Yeah right! Just trying to sell more overpriced bowls of lettuce.


I eat salads almost every single night. It’s not expensive, and I’ll put my go to every day salads up against anybody’s salads. The trouble is, most people don’t want salads, and if they do, then there’s a really good chance that it’s swimming in fatty dressing, and copious amounts of it too. Truthfully, we just overdo everything, and take it all to the extreme.

For every salad eater, there’s the radical vegan that takes it over the top and makes it a religion.

For every casual hamburger consumer, there’s the radical meat eater that rails on anything green as rabbit food for liberals.

Everything is to the extreme these days. There’s very little moderation, and that also shows itself in our portion sizes, which if you ask me is the largest contributor to our health issues. Balance and portion control. America could use a lot more of both.

If there’s one positive thing that Covid has done for me, it’s that it’s caused me to do a lot more cooking and food prep that I did pre-Covid. I rarely eat out anymore, and cook at home almost every night, which has caused me to be a lot more conscious of my potions and intake rather than letting restaurants dictate that. 7-8 oz of lean protein, usually pan seared or cooked sous vide (lots of fish and chicken breasts), and 65-75% fresh veg and very little if any carbs. When I do venture out these days to grab a bite to eat I almost always cannot eat everything on the plate, and I used to have no problem in doing that.

I’ve never been really overweight, and am probably more sedentary now because of working from home and not being out as much as I had been, but my energy levels are much higher and I’m feeling better as well as I’ve lost a little of the old middle age gut, but that’s also because I toned down the carbs too.

All that being said, I really attribute America’s eating habits to learned behavior which has been perpetuated by the food industry in general that plays to the consumer’s desire for bigger must be better, and meat is the focus while veg is an afterthought or something we put on a plate every now and then to add some color to it.

We’ve been trained from an early age. The good news is that we can re-train ourselves if we so choose to do so.


Posted by BHS78
Member since May 2017
2066 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 7:46 am to
quote:

it’s that it’s caused me to do a lot more cooking and food prep that I did pre-Covid. I rarely eat out anymore




I only eat out for foods that I can't cook at home (Chinese, Lebanese). It is much easier and a hell of alot less expensive.
Posted by oogabooga68
Member since Nov 2018
27194 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 8:07 am to
quote:

I don't want to live on this planet
I


You're the kind of person who walks into a room, takes a steaming dump on the floor, then proceeds to spend the next hour complaining about the smell and screaming for someone to clean it up.
Posted by ChexMix
Taste the Deliciousness
Member since Apr 2014
25044 posts
Posted on 9/6/21 at 8:08 am to
quote:

I don't want to live on this planet

you voted for this
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 2Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram