Taco Bell Diet: Are you kidding???

I saw this too. Yeah, maybe if you only ate the lettuce. :confused:

They can't even be ORIGINAL. Heard of Subway, TBell?
 
I guess I'm confused. I thought the Taco Bell diet was about skipping the middle man and throwing the food right into the toilet! :p
 
I am thinking this isn't marketed to people "in the know" but more to people who do eat a lot of take-out via the drive-thru. I think Taco Bell wanted to get the message out that there are "healthy" choices at Taco Bell, just as there are at most fast-food restaurants. Is it the best choice? No! However, the point is that there are smarter choices available IF one is going to eat out.

Carrie
 
I saw that ad and about cracked up....I thougth the Subway ads were a major sham as well. What was really shameful they noted the fat grams....but not all the salt, etc that goes into their food. I very seldom eat fast food and get the smallest portion.

Fast food parading as 'healthy food' that is such a major joke and it is not even April 1-April Fool's Day.
 
I just think it's so obviously a ripoff of the Subway idea, it seems silly. The woman does look great - I wonder if she emailed the company to sell herself or how they found her.

I think it's funny that the call it a 'diet' but on the site they say the Drive-Thru Diet is not a weight-loss program. HUH?

Sham is right.

From their site...
Drive-Thru-Diet® is not a weight-loss program. For a healthier lifestyle, pay attention to total calorie and fat intake and regular exercise. Taco Bell's Fresco Menu can help with calorie reductions of 20 to 100 per item compared to corresponding products on our regular menu. Not a low calorie food. For complete nutritional information please visit TacoBell.com.
 
Well if you think about it, there are a lot of people who eat fast food almost all the time. I suppose if you opted for something "healthier" on the menu, say 500 calories as opposed to 1,000 calories it would be a better choice-I think that's what they are trying to push here, just a small reduction of calories. I think they said it took the lady 2 years to lose 50 pounds? That could obviously be done quicker by avoiding fast food completely, but that wouldn't benefit Taco Bell at all!
 
carres1973 said:
I am thinking this isn't marketed to people "in the know" but more to people who do eat a lot of take-out via the drive-thru. I think Taco Bell wanted to get the message out that there are "healthy" choices at Taco Bell, just as there are at most fast-food restaurants. Is it the best choice? No! However, the point is that there are smarter choices available IF one is going to eat out.

Carrie
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Amen, sister! At least the fast food chains are beginning to realize that people want healthier choices. And now, they're even required to provide nutritional info upon request. It's a far stretch from clean eating, but any step in a healthier direction is a good one, yes?

:) Elizabeth

PS...speaking of Subway (from another post)...Jared was on their float in the Rose Parade this week. We were there front and center. He didn't get the same applause as Captain Sully or the snowboarding bull dogs, but people still love that guy. Glad to see he's kept it off!
 
I don't know what is more amazing...the fact that people will think this is a healthy diet or the fact that companies have sunk that low with their marketing strategies to get people to buy their product.

On the other hand, isn't a "diet" what you eat, good or bad? Some people have healthy diets and others don't.
 
I eat the fresco style bean burritos often. I do not eat cheese and really watch any meat consumption.

I remember when I worked in the field of health education, that the Taco Bell Bean Burritto was one of the most healthy fast food choices according to nutritionists.

The bad part is that people will think anything they choose at Taco Bell is good and nutritious which of course it is not!

But I really do like the fresco style bean burrittos. That is all I will eat from Taco Bell though!
 
netsnotes16 said:
What was really shameful they noted the fat grams....but not all the salt, etc that goes into their food.
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But that's typical food advertising: they focus on one thing that seems healthy, and don't mention the down side (the sad thing is, many people fall for it).

"sugar free" = full of artificial/chemical sweeteners
"no artificial sweeteners" = lots of sugar
"low fat" = lots of simple carbs to take their place

etc.
 
mabdoo said:
On the other hand, isn't a "diet" what you eat, good or bad? Some people have healthy diets and others don't.
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That is one meaning of the word (so a "Taco Bell Diet" could just mean "eating lots of food from Taco Bell!")

Unfortunately, "diet" has more often come to mean "a specific eating program designed to help you lose weight."
 
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