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Has Food Been Turned into an Addictive Drug?

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I don't believe there is a simple answer. Yes, I'm sure food manufacturers would love it if you were addicted to their food. Yes, they want you to crave it. Is it actually addictive? I don't know. Maybe it is mildly addictive. There are many levels and types of addiction or dependence.

    But if anyone really believes that these processed foods (and let's be clear we are only talking processed food, a cucumber is no more or less addictive now than in the past) are addictive why do they feed them to their children. Would they offer alcohol, tobacco or heroin to them?

    We are addicted to convenience and ease. It's human nature. We want our food to be easier the same as we don't want to lean over to roll down our car windows or walk across the room to change a TV channel. We're way too busy to prepare meals from raw ingredients. Too busy to exercise. Too busy to do anything but be busy and stressed. Then we eat to relieve the stress. We are our own worst enemy.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    randomtai wrote: »
    We're all gonna die!

    But ... vampires
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    We're all gonna die!

    But ... vampires

    but...zombies I mean I have a crossbow in preparation...come on.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    We're all gonna die!

    But ... vampires

    but...zombies I mean I have a crossbow in preparation...come on.

    Ha! I typed zombies and then deleted it because don't they have to die first then be raised from the dead?
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    We're all gonna die!

    But ... vampires

    Blood has too much toxins and is way too processed now a days.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,216 Member
    Subjectively speaking, I'd find these "food manufacturer conspiracy theories" a lot easier to swallow (heh), if I personally considered most so-called "hyper-palatable" food products to taste good. IMO - and I know lots of people disagree - they don't. Most of them taste kind of gross to me - boring, monotonic. Apparently response to this "dangerous drug" is not universal. Shrug.

    The stuff is quick, easy, available & conventional, though.
  • moe0303
    moe0303 Posts: 934 Member
    Sassie_Lassie wrote: »
    In nature fat and carbs are not found together.

    Bacon

    Bacon isn't what I would call natural, as in you don't kill a pig, cut it's belly and immediately get bacon, but bacon is awesome, therefore, one "awesome" for you.

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