Just a side note: It has actually never been proven that saturated fat is bad for you. In fact, newer studies are coming out saying it's an essential fat.

Vegetarians are more inclined to watch what they eat. People in the omnivorous-diet category are all across the board. So you can't really draw a conclusion comparing one small group that most people watch their diet to another huge group where most people don't watch their diet and draw the conclusion that being vegetarian is "healthier". You can be healthy eating a vegetarian or an omnivorous diet; you just have to eat a balanced diet and not load up on fast-food and junk food! (Vegan diet though? A diet where one cannot even get their required nutrients from the food they eat is not "healthy"!) I eat an omnivorous diet and I'd venture to say I'm probably healthier and eat better than most vegetarians.

pounds :)

And the amount of juice we ("we" being Americans, especially kids) drink has greatly increased. When I was a kid, if we did have juice with breakfast, it was one of those little juice glasses a little bit bigger than a shot-glass, probably about 3 oz. Now people go to McDonalds for breakfast and get 16, 20, or 32 oz cups of orange juice and don't think twice about it.

Small family farms are subsidized, too. Nobody would farm (crops or livestock) if there weren't subsidies, they couldn't afford to! Either farmers would get out of the business, or food prices would significantly increase.

And still only weigh 115. I love my genes and metabolism!

= democrat

According to BMI, I could gain nearly 50 pounds and still be "normal weight". (50 extra pounds on my 115 pound frame? HA! No way!)

In my non-medical viewpoint... Maybe I'm superficial, but to me it seems like "normal" for the woman's side is a bit chunky, while "normal" on the men's side is a bit too thin.

It's easy to not have student loans when mommy and daddy pay the bill.

My parents didn't have the money to put me through college. I got scholarships, I worked, and I still needed student loans to be able to afford college. (And no, I didn't live extravagantly, I lived on ramen noodles, mac & cheese, etc., typical college kid food. And had a cheap apartment with roommates.)

There are many kids out there that are not lazy or stupid that need student loans to be able to go to college.

I only counted full-time jobs, which I'm on my 2nd one (26 years old, graduated college in 2006).

I've worked numerous part-time jobs in high school and college (from waitress to dance teacher to retail sales), but I don't really consider those "real jobs".
I frequently had to watch what I said at my part time jobs because of that. I'd catch myself about to say something about getting a "real job" after college, but then I realized that to a lot of people, those are their "real jobs".

I had to laugh when I bought a plastic container at the petstore to store dogfood in a few weeks ago. It claimed on the tag that "dogs can't smell what's inside!".... does that mean if you want to hide your drugs, you just buy a plastic dog food container for $20? (Bit of false advertising there, I'd say!)

You think mainstream news channels care about accurate, unbiased, factual news? Nope. That doesn't sell. People want drama and shock value. News today is more "entertainment" than "news".