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Celebrity Chefs Are They Encouraging Us To Eat Healthy?
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<br/><br/><br/> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #CCCCCC"></div> <br/> <!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.6 (WP) --> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> <!-- // ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment showOdiogoReadNowButton ("4748", "Celebrity Chefs Are They Encouraging Us To Eat Healthy?", "1902", 290, 55); // --> </script> <br/> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> <!-- showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame ("4748", "1902", 290, 0); // ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment // --> </script> <!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.6 (WP) --> <p>As an avid viewer of cooking programs on TV I have started to ask the question to myself are celebrity chefs encourging us enough to eat healthy.</p> <div class="zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged" style="margin: 1em; display: block;"> <div> <dl class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/0f581Q19mUbNT?utm_source=zemanta&utm_medium=p&utm_content=0f581Q19mUbNT&utm_campaign=z1"><img title="NEW YORK - MAY 09: Chef's Emeril Lagasse (L) ..." src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0f581Q19mUbNT/150x100.jpg" alt="NEW YORK - MAY 09: Chef's Emeril Lagasse (L) ..." width="150" height="100" /></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Image by <a href="http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images">Getty Images</a> via <a href="http://www.daylife.com">Daylife</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <p>There can be no doubt that most celebrity cooking encourages more quality and less quantity but is the fact that so many chefs use huge amounts of cream and butter cancelling out any good they do when it comes to portion control.</p> <p>I was reasssured by this article I found on the Time website which seems to be step in the right direction. But how do your cooking idols influence how and what you eat?</p> <div class="zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged" style="margin: 1em; display: block;"> <div> <dl class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Western-pack-butter.jpg"><img title="Western-pack shape butter" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fd/Western-pack-butter.jpg/300px-Western-pack-butter.jpg" alt="Western-pack shape butter" width="300" height="225" /></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Image via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Western-pack-butter.jpg">Wikipedia</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1945362,00.html">Celebrity Chefs Show How to Lose Weight (Time Magazine)</a></p> <p>Maybe this is how the obesity epidemic ends: by giving chefs TV shows. Because people on TV don’t like looking fat. And perhaps when chefs start to worry about their own weight, they’ll start to worry about their customers’.</p> <p><a href="http://medinacountymoms.northcoastnow.com/2009/11/12/first-lady-all-over-tv-with-healthy-eating-message/">Medina County Moms » Blog Archive » First lady all over TV with …</a></p> <p>“The Biggest Loser,” is one of NBC’s most successful shows, averaging 9.6 million … The “<a class="zem_slink" title="Iron Chef America" rel="imdb" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441718/">Iron Chef America</a>” episode, which has been taped but doesn’t air until Jan. 3, features White House chef Cristeta Comerford and three celebrity chefs: <a class="zem_slink" title="Bobby Flay" rel="imdb" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0991680/">Bobby Flay</a>, Mario Batali and <a class="zem_slink" title="Emeril Lagasse" rel="imdb" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0991849/">Emeril Lagasse</a>. Comerford and Flay are pitted …</p> <div class="zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged" style="margin: 1em; display: block;"> <div> <dl class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 183px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tglmentakab%2C_2009-09-25.jpg"><img title="The Biggest Loser Season 4" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Tglmentakab%2C_2009-09-25.jpg" alt="The Biggest Loser Season 4" width="173" height="157" /></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tglmentakab%2C_2009-09-25.jpg">Wikipedia</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.celebritydietdoctor.com/the-biggest-loser-grow-organic/">The Biggest Loser: Grow Organic</a></p> <p>Fresh from visiting the one grown by one of the executive chefs in the White House, Sam Kass, the players were all inspired to work on their own garden. The remaining contestants wanted to create their own garden as something they could leave behind for the next season’s players. A representative from Gro Organic met with the reality TV contestants, explaining that organic food facilitates the purging of toxins from your body, helping you to lose weight easier. …</p> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em;">Articles On Eating Healthy</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5423521/simplefit-helps-you-get-in-shape-without-draining-your-wallet">SimpleFit Helps You Get in Shape Without Draining Your Wallet [Health]</a> (lifehacker.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.weightlossnutrition.org/portion-control-for-weight-loss/">Portion control for weight loss</a> (weightlossnutrition.org)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://jezebel.com/5412960/surprisingly-tv-reality-show-not-healthiest-path-to-weight-loss">Surprisingly, TV Reality Show Not Healthiest Path To Weight Loss [Weighty Matters]</a> (jezebel.com)</li> </ul> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; 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