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Baroque Bloke |
Woke idiots. “Highly-processed foods should be reclassified as drugs because they are as addictive and harmful as cigarettes, scientists argue. Researchers claim items like donuts, sugary cereals and pizza meet the meet official criteria that established cigarettes as a drug in the 1990s. These include causing compulsive use and mood altering affects on the brain, and properties that reinforce addiction and trigger cravings. Ultra processed foods - which also include things like soda, chips, pastries and candies - contain high amounts of unnatural flavors, preservatives and sweeteners. …” DailyMail article: https://mol.im/a/11413339 Serious about crackers | ||
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My name is YooperSigs and I am a pizzaholic. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
I don't think it's actually a 'woke' thing, but there's NO question that 'Highly Processed Foods' are BAD for you! The researchers findings re: the 'compulsive use and mood altering affects on the brain, and properties that reinforce addiction and trigger cravings ' are VERY real. High amounts of unnatural flavors, preservatives and sweeteners are NOT good for your health, and it's quite evidenced by the relative health/fitness (or apparent lack thereof) of a vast portion of the population! Let's start with some 'common sense high fructose corn syrup control' and work from there...  ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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Yep sugar doesn't discriminate on politics, race, sex, gender, it messes with everyone.... | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
It's not pizza's fault. Pizzas don't have to be "highly processed foods" loaded with "unnatural flavors, preservatives and sweeteners". I routinely make pizza from scratch with like a dozen simple ingredients: -Olive oil -Tomatoes -Mozarella cheese -Flour -Yeast -Salt -Pepper -Garlic -Rosemary -Basic -Oregano -Red pepper Then just top with the additional veggies and proteins of your choice, none of which have to be HPFs either. | |||
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^^^You can make most of the foods 'demonized' by the article from scratch using natural ingredients and there's NOTHING wrong with eating them as they're NOT innately unhealthy. Just remember, 'Everything in Moderation'... ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
No, I think they're on the money with this one. Woke has nothing to do with this. We're not evolved to eat this shit, especially in the quantities we do. Look at any film or any pictures of people from the 50's, 60's, and 70's and the average physique has changed radically. The two major changes are that the government and food industries started heavily pushing carbs, specifically corn and corn syrup in the late 70's and early 80's, and that everything we eat is processed with and stored in plastics. Carbs and sugar are major bad for the body and mind. I don't think pizza needs to fit in this category, but the chain stuff that's processed everything certainly does. Chips and donuts, absolutely. Mind you, I love all that stuff and I know it's horrible for me. You can kill yourself binging on sweets and carbs as surely as you can alcohol, heroin or meth. ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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| Baroque Bloke |
I’ve been eating “highly processed” foods, e.g., Spam, canned chili, potato chips, Triscuits, for 80+ years. Still scooting along. As for classifying them as drugs…  Serious about crackers | |||
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paradox in a box |
Flour is highly processed. It basically gives your body pure sugar. Insulin spike plus calories equals fat storage. It’s not the worst thing out there but pizza is far from healthy. These go to eleven. | |||
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Fire begets Fire |
American male population testosterone levels have been dropping 10% every decade for several decades now. Is it plastic, is it the water, is it the food? There is no food at the grocery store.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Will say that for people born in the late 30s… Their longevity is extraordinary. Lucky you! Those of us being born many decades later don’t have the same life expectancy. You had real food for most of your life. Dorito today is not the same thing that was made in the 90s, and certainly not the thing that was made in the 70s. "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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| Experienced Slacker |
Ultra processed foods should be regulated here the same as they are in Europe. Other places do get some things correct, this topic being one of them IMO. | |||
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I sat through a presentation by a Dr Robert Lustig on sugar consumption and in his opinion, sugar is a dangerous drug equal to cocaine. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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People should understand that their digestive system is called glycolysis aka Krebs cycle. Anybody know what glucose is? Try living without it. "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Triscuits are NOT highly processed at all, in fact they're quite the opposite, at least for the 'Original' Triscuits which have THREE Ingredients: Whole Grain Wheat, Canola Oil, Sea Salt! Potato Chips don't have to be 'highly processed', and aren't as long as you avoid the flavored varieties with all the artificial flavors & sweeteners. Regardless, if you read the Ingredient Label, and it seems like you need a Chemistry Degree to do so, then you probably shouldn't eat it! ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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I can stop any time.  Seriously, I do eat/drink these things, but not all the time. | |||
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Why don't you enlighten us as to what you mean, Comrade? I don't see this regulation in Europe that you speak of. Are you inferring the government should dictate what we are allowed to eat now? | |||
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Government has been dictating what we call “food “forever… Every hear of the USDA? Do you know how many federal agencies regulate a chicken egg, farm to table? 7. How about the definition of “hamburger” at McDonald’s on the menu? That’s regulated. Where are you headed with this? "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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