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Obesity rates have tripled in 3 decades, I don't think we can blame Soylent for that, but clearly something major has gone terribly wrong with the industrial fo
by Fricken 10y ago
Obesity rates have tripled in 3 decades, I don't think we can blame Soylent for that, but clearly something major has gone terribly wrong with the industrial food system and it's approach to food safety. That's the hilarious and scary thing. I don't worry too much about what's going on at some small scale esoteric meal replacement startup.
- maxerickson 10y agoThe problem isn't safety, it's poor alignment of incentives. Food companies optimize for palatability and against satiety. Then they brag about it, advertising that you will never eat just 1. Why do they do this? Because the food market is saturated and getting people to consume more is a good growth strategy.
- teslabox 10y ago> Obesity rates have tripled in 3 decades, I don't think we can blame Soylent for that, but clearly something major has gone terribly wrong with the industrial food system We can blame the paint industry and the cotton industry for the food industry's mistakes. Paints & stains used to be made from "drying oils" (soybean oil, linseed oil, etc), now they're made from petroleum. Cotton production creates a lot of cotton seed as a waste product. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil Instead of going quietly into the night, the seed oil industry now sells "vegetable oil" for human consumption. Crisco was made from hydrogenated cottonseed oil until it was reformulated in 2007. IMHO, Crisco is still not appropriate for human consumption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco Charlatanism: it's what's for dinner.