obesity article in the guardian

ChefChiTown said:
There's about 100 BILLION people who would disagree with you.

But, it's not about tasting better; it's about messing with your brain signals, making you come back for more. There's a huge amount of science that goes into the food you're eating at fast food restaurants. It's not simply an issue of "Mmm, this tastes good"; it's an issue that involves brainwaves, emotions, chemically developed cravings, the sense of satisfaction and the tie that binds them all together.

When you go to McDonald's and order a cheeseburger, you're not just eating a burger; you're eating a chemically designed sales pitch that you put into your mouth and ingest.
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I kinda LIKE the tast of a chemically designed sales pitch. I liked it so much it's one reason I got to 400. It's also a reason I've dropped to 370 pounds.

Sometimes I think we overthink things. We don't, however, overthink our own responsibility in our weight. To me, articles like this are the ones people who are fat point to when they sue a company cause they didn't know that super super sizing their food to the point that the drink won't even fit in the car's cup holder will cause weight gain.

Neither side of this arguement is entirely correct. You look in the middle for one word. MODERATION.
 
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Jericho said:
To me, articles like this are the ones people who are fat point to when they sue a company cause they didn't know that super super sizing their food to the point that the drink won't even fit in the car's cup holder.
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Hopefully people will use this information to change the way they think about what they are putting in their mouth, not to pass blame on to the food companies.
At the end of the day, it's still a company. No one should be surprised that they do things to make the most amount of money possible.
 
The article was pretty interesting - and there are certainly a lot of good reasons to keep processed food to a minimum, but this quote has me kind of confused.

Of course, when food is offered to us, we're not obliged to eat it. When it's on the menu, we don't have to order it. But this takes more than willpower.
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Um. What beyond willpower does it take? Yesterday I wanted a latte - I drove right past a Starbucks and didn't order one. I also didn't get a candy bar in the checkout lane. I didn't eat... well, there are tons of things that I didn't eat. Did I exercise 'more' than willpower here?
 
Jeanette401 said:
The article was pretty interesting - and there are certainly a lot of good reasons to keep processed food to a minimum, but this quote has me kind of confused.



Um. What beyond willpower does it take? Yesterday I wanted a latte - I drove right past a Starbucks and didn't order one. I also didn't get a candy bar in the checkout lane. I didn't eat... well, there are tons of things that I didn't eat. Did I exercise 'more' than willpower here?
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According to the author, you must be some sort of mythical witch creature with supernatural magical abilities. You know, like Gandolf...without the penis.
 
Just beware the onion ring. remember, one ring to rule them all, one ring to cause your gut to fall.
 
Jericho said:
Just beware the onion ring. remember, one ring to rule them all, one ring to cause your gut to fall.
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I prefer cock rings. What? Why is everybody looking at me like that? Oh...OH, you thought...NO, no you perverts. They're battered and fried rings of rooster meat, you sick freaks.

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Ok, no...no they're not.

Jeanette401 said:
Are you SURE Gandalf had a ... you know, this is not really about food any more :D
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YEAH, I'm sure. I've tou...ched...it...SIIIIIGH, crap.
 
That does remind me - if you haven't seen the MTV skit with Jack Black playing Frodo and wearing the One Ring as a piercing on his '...little hobbit' ... Well, you should find it :D
 
Obesity will allways be a problem as long fast-food and junk food are available at every corner, allthough they harm you only when you eat to much they must stop making so many commercials about them.

just my oppinion
 
Love the name!

Love this concept. Read somewhere that 70% of food we eat in this day and age wasnt consumed a couple of generations ago, which begs the question - how on earth did those large conglomerate food manufactures do it?

Well I guess we all know; the television. So incredibly scary!

Food that 'looks' like food is surely the way forward and sounds as if its in abundance in your diet. Well done you!!




Spinner1964 said:
Really excellent article.

'Value adding' to food has become a disease in the UK because it enables the producer to use lower quality cheaper raw materials and charge more.

Being my own guinea pig I decided to try what I nicknamed the '1940's diet' (i.e. nothing processed, fresh & home cooked, only exception was bread & I took out sugar & only used olive oil).

The effect was amazing.

- rapid weight loss
- no more 'fuzzy head'
- no indigestion
- visible skin & hair improvement
- appetite stabilised

It led me to wonder what is the real impact of some of the chemicals used in our processed foods. I think processed food (junk, ready meals, takeout) does a lot more to our bodies than we understand.

I have since relented a little on that diet but only added back 'clean' foods - honey, jam, a few condiments - but I read the labels very closely and avoid any ingredients I don't recognise.

Excellent article & wholeheartedly agree with their analysis.

Thankyou!
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I am very sensitive to chemicals because of allergies. There is definitely a lot wrong with fast food. When I ate that stuff, I had to use a lot of allergy medicines just to keep from having rashes on my skin. If I drink soda for example, I get very nauseous (not in the disgusted sense, but I literally have to keep vomit down).

I know from that alone that there is a lot of crap in McDonald's food, because whenever I ate it my skin would itch really badly. Not something I get from eating regular meat, regular bread, regular cheese and so on.
 
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