Mac and cheese????????!

A lot of health problems dont manifest right away... or perhaps they are manifesting.. but just on a molecular level, inside the body. It is doubtful that a person who solely eats mac n cheese.. especially the kind created with powdered cheese would be totally "healthy" ... they would be lacking a lot of nutrients.. even if they had the calories to survive. i hope they start eating more soon! :)

a person can live a long time on carbs and a bit of protein.. look at people in concentration camps!!

You would start to get really sick after about 2 weeks because mac and cheese has very little b vitamins and no vitamin c. You would get ataxia, muscle weakness, anemia, fatigue, depression, scurvy, etc.. the list goes on and on.

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The no vitamin c would not be a problem until after 1 month or so. Thats around the time you would start showing symptoms of scurvy.

I would suggest adding in 1/8c of cooked bocca crumbles every time you eat your mac & cheese. That would be way more nutritious. There's still the BIG problem of no vitamin c though.

note: I am a college student so I know what its like to live on mac & cheese. I have done it. But trust me, you can only do it for a while not long term.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/meal…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy

You would never give a child a cigarette. Or a drink, or a snort of cocaine. But everyday we American parents are giving our children something almost as addictive—meals laden with sugar, salt and fat. That mac n’cheese we all think is the only thing our child will eat is priming them for a lifetime of “conditioned hypereating.” That is, eating that is excessive, out of control and has nothing to do with satisfying hunger.

Two thirds of adults are considered overweight or obese, as is one out of every three children under age 18. Those numbers have been rising steadily since the 1980s, when the average weight took a dramatic spike upwards for all races, age groups and genders. For example, in 1960 women aged 20 to 29 weighed an average of 128 pounds. By 2000 the average weight had jumped to 157.

Our national weight gain is not, as many people assume, because we are far less active; studies have found little difference in energy expended now than in the 1950s. It is because we are eating far, far more calories than ever before, in the form of soda, junk food, sweets, fat and salt laden meals, and huge portions. We have become addicted to food, and that addiction starts in very early childhood.

Kessler lays out how sugar, fat and salt stimulates the reward centers of the brain in much the same way as cigarettes, alcohol and illicit drugs. By eating food that is extremely palatable, we keep wanting more, whether or not we are hungry. Since highly palatable junk food is socially acceptable, and often cheaper than the healthy stuff, we keep going back for more. The food industry knows this better than anyone.

It’s not just the food industry that’s to blame. As parents, we are all too guilty of stimulating our children’s hedonic cravings early and often. In the last few weeks my 10-year old daughter and I have been invited to eat with several different friends, and every time the children have been offered either mac n’cheese, hot dogs or pizza, usually accompanied by potato chips and soda and followed by ice cream. Adults too easily assume that kids won’t eat anything else.

Kids don’t grow out of this trend, by the way. Researchers have found that a child’s ability to regulate food intake declines with age, year after year. And we know what happens then—that lovely lithe child of yours ends up a fat adult, struggling with weight for the rest of his or her life.

It’s difficult in our land of cheap calories to fight the power of food makers, advertisers and friends and family. Kessler, who was instrumental in the 1990s in bringing about tobacco regulations, says it will take many years to reverse the trend line that started almost 30 years ago, just as it took decades to reduce the smoking rate. But we parents can take the lead in the fight against obesity, by insuring that our children don’t become addicted to fat and sugar. The next time you go for that box of mac n’cheese, try whipping up a healthy bowl of soup instead. When they’re adults they’ll thank you for it.

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i am not sure how long, but i got in a car accident and was immobilized and on MAJOR pain killers for about 3 months. All i craved, bc i was SOOOO high from the pain killers, was mac and cheese and i ate only that for at least 2 mos and i was fine.

Not very long, couple month. God, I love mac&cheese. If you used whole grain pasta, varieties of real cheese, scallions, bacon and breadcrumbs and baked it it would be more nutritional.

many months. if it has vitamin C in it, a person could probably live a whole year on that crap. People survive on a lot less than that in this world.

Well, macaroni is mainly starch and cheese is made from milk. You should have more protein like soybeans or tofu. Might consider trying a wheat based macaroni, too.

Try adding potatoes to the mac and cheese. You can make a macaroni and potato casserole. It's filling.

probably until middle age when your body starts to shut down due to overload of sodium and lack of any whole grains/ fruits and veggies.

Well without drinking probably a month or so

Not very long. The pasta isn't too healthy since it's most likely refined and not whole grain.

12 days, 4 hours, and 27 minutes.

6 hours

ahaha. no protein. youll get sick after a month or two or so.