Is Mayor Bloomberg's crusade to turn New Yorkers into healthy eaters really just a product of his own struggles with self-control, roller coaster dieting and poor body image? It turns out that the man who has banned trans fats, made us face calorie count signs on a daily basis and now has his squinty eyes aimed at sodium levels in restaurants and sugary soda drinks is the type of guy that "an unflattering photo of himself can trigger weeks of intense dieting and crankiness."
The Times has "an examination of what enters the mayoral mouth" to see just how much hypocrisy lies in what Hizzoner does versus what he says we should do. His recent attack on sodium comes despite the fact that the confirmed Cheez-It loving mayor salts his bagels "like a pretzel" and likes his popcorn so salty that it burns others’ lips. He also steals other people's calamari!
While it appears some restaurant owners were told not to talk about the mayor's habits, Danny Meyer defends Bloomberg as simply "not a fancy eater." And the mayor's Press Secretary Stu Loeser says that his boss “has days when he eats more than he should,” but adds, “unlike most of us, he has the discipline to even it out the next day.”





I can't believe he puts salt on saltines.
Maybe we can lure him out of office with a giant salt lick.
hahaha!
love that pic!
money can't buy class.
I know a guy who puts salt on his bacon.
what happens behind doors is his business...iguess
I wish Bloomberg would stick his head up his ass and roll himself down Broadway in heavy traffic. I'm sick and tired of him telling everyone what they can and cannot do.
I would love that as well, but he has banned cars on some parts of Broadway-for our own good of course...
I think he should be disqualified from serving due to his blood pressure and cholesterol levels; that or the enormous amount of BULLSHIT he carries around spewing from his hole.
I hope all the negative commenters are planning to vote for mayor in November.
I know how he feels. I love hearing, but I hate listening to his bullshit.
I agree his behavior is somewhat hypocritical, but until the 50% of the population that is obese can also prove that they know what it's like to eat unhealthy yet maintain some self control and balance their weight, I'm all for his high-handedness (even though I'm undecided about voting for him)
Sign a waiver and you should be able to eat, smoke, snort, or shoot whatever the fuck you want....just don't expect society to bail your fat, cancer ridden ass out.
Chest pain? Here's a donut and a pack of Camels. Now go home.
I'd happily sprinkle some sodium pentathol on his bagel :)
Hypocrite? Why? Cuz he likes snacks that are bad for him? Who doesn't, you hypocrites?! Some people would wolf down an entire bag of Doritos if they had it in there cupboard. And because they would, they don't buy the damn Doritos. That's how you keep healthy, you hypocrites: you keep it away from you. This makes too much sense for you to inflict your politics on it. Keeping all the crap out of what we consume is a good thing. Food can be good tasting and good for you. You're probably the same people that blame our problem with healthcare on illegal aliens, you fat, congested artery, video game playing, pharmaceutical addicted, TV watching, spawn of the first illegal aliens to cross the Atlantic with disease, racism, on murder on your minds. You're the group running around saying "don't tell me what to do!" and respond by doing the opposite just to make your point. I wish someone would tell you to breathe.