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> who won’t regulate the drug market And the food industry, the real root cause of all of this

Spivak 4y ago
Saying food is the cause of obesity is boiling down the visible aggregate effect of a million different things into one big cause. I eat pretty much nothing but garbage food -- pizza, wings, burgers, subs: just salt and grease. And I went from 220 to 120 and stayed there doing it. It's a meme at this point that when we go to restaurants with friends it's the skinny people ordering apps and burgers and the overweight people get salads. The difference is that all the skinny people get full and leave half their meal on the plate. For most of my life I was dumbfounded that this could happen and they must be forcing themselves to stop or something but nope, I hit the wall same as the rest of them now. No issues with cholesterol or blood pressure either. So we 1000% should deal with the amount of crap that's in our food but I don't think it'll be the cure-all that people expect.
- lm28469 4y ago
  The problem is that we're not talking about well educated adults making a conscious decision about eating shit food and ruining their lives. We're talking about entire generations of kids who don't know better being purposefully fed addictive food which will ruin their health. > I eat pretty much nothing but garbage food -- pizza, wings, burgers, subs: just salt and grease. And I went from 220 to 120 and stayed there doing it Fast forward 10 years later and you'll get a very concerning blood work result. (I don't wish it on you but the web is full of "fat/skinny/I only eat junk food and I was healthy until I hit 45 and discovered XYZ is 5 times over the recommended limit" stories) Also you might have a damaged thyroid or other similar health issues, I know a few people coming from an industrial region known for pollution, they have more thyroid issues than the average, as a result they can eat 6+ times a day and much more calories than you'd expect while not packing a gram of fat.
- msrenee 4y ago
  I can put down enough calories in a meal to make a garbage truck blush. It's not necessarily that skinny people (or somewhat squishy people who carry it discreetly in my case) don't eat all of their food. It can also be that when you see me down a trashcan lid of nachos, it's my treat for the week (or two) and I accommodate for that in my normal habits.
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HDThoreaun 4y ago
Personally I’d like to thank the food industry for creating all these amazing products. I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault that some people find it very difficult to control the urge to eat too much, and I definitely don’t think I should be punished for that by making tasty food more expensive/harder to find.
- lm28469 4y ago
  Personally I'd like to thanks latin american cartels for making heroin feel so good, I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault that some people find it very difficult to control the urge to consume heroin, and I definitely don’t think I should be punished for that by making heroin more expensive/harder to find. Once your body is ravaged by years of junk food you're an addict in the medical sense of the term. When you give a soda that contains 2x the daily recommended amount of sugar to a kid because "it tastes good" you're sabotaging their future health. They don't make the food taste good to make you enjoy good food, they make food addictive to make you keep consuming.
  - pessimizer 4y ago
    Yes, they should make the food taste bad. That will make everyone better.
    - lm28469 4y ago
      Of course, healthy food taste bad and the only good tasting food is junk food, gotcha It tastes bad compared to junk food the same way caffein is bland compared to cocaine, ie. you have to be addicted and in denial to believe it
      - bcrosby95 4y ago
        Lol. You don't have to be an addict too admit caffeine is bland compared to cocaine. I would say properly cooked, fresh healthy food tastes better than junk food. But most people don't have time for that.
rattlesnakedave 4y ago
Ah you’re only scratching the surface. It’s really the “big fork” doing all of the damage.
- lm28469 4y ago
  Yep, just like cocaine addicts have problems because of "big straw" and heroin addicts have problems because of "big needle" /s
RobotToaster 4y ago
Regulating both would be good start.

Saying food is the cause of obesity is boiling down the visible aggregate effect of a million different things into one big cause. I eat pretty much nothing but garbage food -- pizza, wings, burgers, subs: just salt and grease. And I went from 220 to 120 and stayed there doing it. It's a meme at this point that when we go to restaurants with friends it's the skinny people ordering apps and burgers and the overweight people get salads. The difference is that all the skinny people get full and leave half their meal on the plate. For most of my life I was dumbfounded that this could happen and they must be forcing themselves to stop or something but nope, I hit the wall same as the rest of them now. No issues with cholesterol or blood pressure either. So we 1000% should deal with the amount of crap that's in our food but I don't think it'll be the cure-all that people expect.

lm28469 4y ago
The problem is that we're not talking about well educated adults making a conscious decision about eating shit food and ruining their lives. We're talking about entire generations of kids who don't know better being purposefully fed addictive food which will ruin their health. > I eat pretty much nothing but garbage food -- pizza, wings, burgers, subs: just salt and grease. And I went from 220 to 120 and stayed there doing it Fast forward 10 years later and you'll get a very concerning blood work result. (I don't wish it on you but the web is full of "fat/skinny/I only eat junk food and I was healthy until I hit 45 and discovered XYZ is 5 times over the recommended limit" stories) Also you might have a damaged thyroid or other similar health issues, I know a few people coming from an industrial region known for pollution, they have more thyroid issues than the average, as a result they can eat 6+ times a day and much more calories than you'd expect while not packing a gram of fat.
msrenee 4y ago
I can put down enough calories in a meal to make a garbage truck blush. It's not necessarily that skinny people (or somewhat squishy people who carry it discreetly in my case) don't eat all of their food. It can also be that when you see me down a trashcan lid of nachos, it's my treat for the week (or two) and I accommodate for that in my normal habits.

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HDThoreaun 4y ago

Personally I’d like to thank the food industry for creating all these amazing products. I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault that some people find it very difficult to control the urge to eat too much, and I definitely don’t think I should be punished for that by making tasty food more expensive/harder to find.

lm28469 4y ago
Personally I'd like to thanks latin american cartels for making heroin feel so good, I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault that some people find it very difficult to control the urge to consume heroin, and I definitely don’t think I should be punished for that by making heroin more expensive/harder to find. Once your body is ravaged by years of junk food you're an addict in the medical sense of the term. When you give a soda that contains 2x the daily recommended amount of sugar to a kid because "it tastes good" you're sabotaging their future health. They don't make the food taste good to make you enjoy good food, they make food addictive to make you keep consuming.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  Yes, they should make the food taste bad. That will make everyone better.
  - lm28469 4y ago
    Of course, healthy food taste bad and the only good tasting food is junk food, gotcha It tastes bad compared to junk food the same way caffein is bland compared to cocaine, ie. you have to be addicted and in denial to believe it
    - bcrosby95 4y ago
      Lol. You don't have to be an addict too admit caffeine is bland compared to cocaine. I would say properly cooked, fresh healthy food tastes better than junk food. But most people don't have time for that.

rattlesnakedave 4y ago

Ah you’re only scratching the surface. It’s really the “big fork” doing all of the damage.

lm28469 4y ago
Yep, just like cocaine addicts have problems because of "big straw" and heroin addicts have problems because of "big needle" /s

RobotToaster 4y ago

Regulating both would be good start.