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GreenTeaDisease
GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Extra gum as a "5-calorie snack" in some kind of diet food context.

that is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard.

Is it possible for anyone ELSE to jump on the diet bandwagon?
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  • moxie
    moxie Posts: 80
    Yeah, I've seen that commercial. It's beyond ridiculous.
    I have dogs instead of children... I'd rather ruin my carpet than my life.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    just you wait. it hasn't hit market yet, but this fall i am going to unleash "the tank." it's an oxygen tank that ensures that each breath you draw is not tainted by calories from dust particles or anything else.
  • Lesbelges
    Lesbelges Posts: 434
    soulsinging wrote:
    just you wait. it hasn't hit market yet, but this fall i am going to unleash "the tank." it's an oxygen tank that ensures that each breath you draw is not tainted by calories from dust particles or anything else.


    Sign me up!
    If I can lose a few milligrams a day I will be well on my way to loosing my few extra kilos!
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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    i'm sorry but chewing all the gum on earth is not going to make you lose your gut and improve your butt! and 5 calories-with no nutrients- do not a snack make!
  • Lesbelges
    Lesbelges Posts: 434
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    i'm sorry but chewing all the gum on earth is not going to make you lose your gut and improve your butt! and 5 calories-with no nutrients- do not a snack make!

    Wise words Master Yoda!

    I actually heard excessive gum chewing isn't great for your stomach (activating digestion with nothing to digest). But I'm not sure how true this is, I heard this over 10 years ago.
    Cincinnati '03 Flooded venue!
    Bridge School '06 Night 1 & 2
    Venice '07 pummeled by the sleet! 
    Nijmegen '07
    Werchter '07
    April Fools ~ LA1
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    a cracker or a piece of cheese or a cookie is a snack. not gum. FUCK EXTRA

    (i like stride gum more anyways :p )
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    what a great marketing ploy...way to up your sales by playing off people's love of fad diets ;) i wonder how much weight i'll lose by chewing my orbit gum for a snack...it has less than 5 calories! i'm on the fast track to skinny-town :)
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • roar
    roar Posts: 1,116
    I kind of get it. A snack-suppressant/satiator, maybe?

    Say you have a sweet tooth and it hits you in the afternoon...instead of grabbing some chocolate you can satisfy it with a stick of sugar-free gum...

    ...or something.
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    Extra gum as a "5-calorie snack" in some kind of diet food context.

    that is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard.

    Is it possible for anyone ELSE to jump on the diet bandwagon?

    I heard that the other day and I rolled my eyes so hard they almost fell out of my head. :D It's absurd!!

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