• wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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      The “family size” lasagna is about 1400 Calories total. I think it’s reasonable to say that’s 2 adult servings, but Stouffer’s says it’s 5.

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        Yeah if that’s 5 servings, assuming three meals per day, that’s 840 calories per day. That’s not healthy, even for non-Americans.

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          You’re supposed to have a diverse diet. Mac and cheese, broccoli, a pork chop, some fruit. Its so weird that people keep narrowing their diet, globally. We’re monkeys that are supposed to be eating many different things.

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        They usually put a picture on the box of a ‘serving suggestion’ where the product is on a plate with a bunch of other things. So it’s five servings if each serving is a quarter of a full meal.

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          I’m sure that’s their excuse, but I think most people buying a heating a frozen lasagna are doing it because of time and effort, so it’s about on par with cereal companies calling their sugar pellets “part of a balanced breakfast”