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Well, you're going against billions of years of evolution that say "Eat everything you can and put on some extra weight. There might not be any food tomorrow."
by Turing_Machine 5y ago
Well, you're going against billions of years of evolution that say "Eat everything you can and put on some extra weight. There might not be any food tomorrow."
Unfortunately, in modern times the days of short rations never come, at least in First World countries.
That drive functions at a neural level way below the level of the rational mind.
People often make poor choices vis-a-vis sexual activity, too, and for much the same reason.
- adrianN 5y agoThe old drive to eat anything meets an industry of chemists who spend their lives making the food on the shelves as addictive as possible. It's relatively hard to become morbidly obese without snacking on highly processed food all the time.
- Turing_Machine 5y agoBy making it "as addictive as possible" you mean "tastes good"?
- adrianN 5y agoYes, but not exclusively so. A key ingredient to really addictive food is also that it's not very filling and easy to eat.
- deanCommie 5y agoMost of us under 40 were still raised in cultures where our parents grew up immediately after the war. The concept of "finishing your plate, whether you were full or not" was universal - precisely because their parents remembered shortages. They passed it on to us before there was a chance to introspect the nutritional and psychological realities of food. My partner and I are both overweight and we are trying to do a better job with our child - giving them healthy but delicious options, while also not turning any junky food into a reward or a mystery that must be guarded or doled out in careful portions. So far, we're okay. Not sure how this is going to last once the kid gets into school age...