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> Where does one draw the line? Hard drugs? Not bellow junk food.

by z92 10y ago

stouset 10y ago
And the same can't be said of drugs? Many people take psychoactive substances responsibly, and only a small percent develop problems with dependency and abuse. Hell, I'd be willing to bet that more people who eat junk food become effective "junk food addicts" and develop resultant health problesm as a percentage than do people who use LSD, MDMA, or even cocaine.
jodrellblank 10y ago
Have you ever known anyone to overeat on cauliflower until they get obese and diabetic? Let alone a population of three million people doing it? The food is designed to be a hyperstimulus, moreish beyond anything humans would find to eat in the wild. How is the food not the problem?
- iopq 10y ago
  cauliflower is low in calories, so it would just be physically difficult to eat that much cauliflower but bananas? Yes, some people get fat eating too many fruits
  - jhasse 10y ago
    I doubt it. Maybe with fruit juice.
    - jimmywanger 10y ago
      Definitely avacados. I know people who scarf down vegan guacamole.
  - Retric 10y ago
    Bananas have ~100 calories each and act as a Diuretic makeing eating large numbers of them on a regular basis unpleasant. So, I am going to call BS. You can gain weight on a high fruit diet, but bananas are an unusual choice. Fruit juice on the other hand is much easier way to gain weight, but like most processed foods less heathy.
    - iopq 10y ago
      Dried fruit is very high in calories, for example. And it's not like you're only eating fruit. These people would eat a normal meal and then snack on fruits constantly. So if they didn't eat fruit they'd only be getting 2000 calories a day, but it's quite easy to eat 500 calories of dried dates or dried figs.
      - Retric 10y ago
        At that point you can just as easily blame the excessive meals vs snaking as the problem. Two glasses of milk per day * 40 years can be the difference between normal weight an obisity, but it's rare for people to blame milk.

> Where does one draw the line? Hard drugs? Not bellow junk food.

by z92 10y ago

> Where does one draw the line? Hard drugs? Not bellow junk food.

And the same can't be said of drugs? Many people take psychoactive substances responsibly, and only a small percent develop problems with dependency and abuse. Hell, I'd be willing to bet that more people who eat junk food become effective "junk food addicts" and develop resultant health problesm as a percentage than do people who use LSD, MDMA, or even cocaine.

jodrellblank 10y ago

Have you ever known anyone to overeat on cauliflower until they get obese and diabetic? Let alone a population of three million people doing it? The food is designed to be a hyperstimulus, moreish beyond anything humans would find to eat in the wild. How is the food not the problem?

iopq 10y ago
cauliflower is low in calories, so it would just be physically difficult to eat that much cauliflower but bananas? Yes, some people get fat eating too many fruits
- jhasse 10y ago
  I doubt it. Maybe with fruit juice.
  - jimmywanger 10y ago
    Definitely avacados. I know people who scarf down vegan guacamole.
- Retric 10y ago
  Bananas have ~100 calories each and act as a Diuretic makeing eating large numbers of them on a regular basis unpleasant. So, I am going to call BS. You can gain weight on a high fruit diet, but bananas are an unusual choice. Fruit juice on the other hand is much easier way to gain weight, but like most processed foods less heathy.
  - iopq 10y ago
    Dried fruit is very high in calories, for example. And it's not like you're only eating fruit. These people would eat a normal meal and then snack on fruits constantly. So if they didn't eat fruit they'd only be getting 2000 calories a day, but it's quite easy to eat 500 calories of dried dates or dried figs.
    - Retric 10y ago
      At that point you can just as easily blame the excessive meals vs snaking as the problem. Two glasses of milk per day * 40 years can be the difference between normal weight an obisity, but it's rare for people to blame milk.