Obesity additives in food...is it real?

dolldreams

Used to work at Pringles in their customer service department (people get really, really upset if a few of the chips in that tube are crushed!!) and at times we'd get people calling wondering if it is true that there was some ingredient added to make people literally not be able to stop ("once you pop...") - not true, of course, and so we assured them. But if you think about it anything that the body will treat as a sugar (starch for example, like in things made out of potatoes = any crisps, not just Pringles) will trick your brain into thinking it needs more. That's not something that's forced upon us by manufacturers, that's just biochemistry, completely natural. What we can do is just choose food that does not trigger that for us. I think it's our very own responsibility. Some people are probably more sensitive to it than others. Not fair, but that's life.

Then why can I eat just one baked potato but feel compelled to eat the whole bag of chips? :devil:

susannamarie

Used to work at Pringles in their customer service department (people get really, really upset if a few of the chips in that tube are crushed!!) and at times we'd get people calling wondering if it is true that there was some ingredient added to make people literally not be able to stop ("once you pop...") - not true, of course, and so we assured them. But if you think about it anything that the body will treat as a sugar (starch for example, like in things made out of potatoes = any crisps, not just Pringles) will trick your brain into thinking it needs more. That's not something that's forced upon us by manufacturers, that's just biochemistry, completely natural. What we can do is just choose food that does not trigger that for us. I think it's our very own responsibility. Some people are probably more sensitive to it than others. Not fair, but that's life.

Then why can I eat just one baked potato but feel compelled to eat the whole bag of chips? :devil:

Probably because the chips have a far higher percentage of fat and salt in them and come in smaller discrete quantities.

Articeluvsmemphis

no i think it's real. i don't *crave* "healthy" food, I like and eat it though. i have unnatural cravings for the unhealthy things.

dolldreams

Used to work at Pringles in their customer service department (people get really, really upset if a few of the chips in that tube are crushed!!) and at times we'd get people calling wondering if it is true that there was some ingredient added to make people literally not be able to stop ("once you pop...") - not true, of course, and so we assured them. But if you think about it anything that the body will treat as a sugar (starch for example, like in things made out of potatoes = any crisps, not just Pringles) will trick your brain into thinking it needs more. That's not something that's forced upon us by manufacturers, that's just biochemistry, completely natural. What we can do is just choose food that does not trigger that for us. I think it's our very own responsibility. Some people are probably more sensitive to it than others. Not fair, but that's life.

Then why can I eat just one baked potato but feel compelled to eat the whole bag of chips? :devil:

Probably because the chips have a far higher percentage of fat and salt in them and come in smaller discrete quantities.

I was talking about the huge bags or like a whole can of cheetos. Salt makes me thirsty but I don't really have an appetite increase when I eat salty things. I still eat full fat everything and that doesn't do it for me either.

There's msg in pringles. I'm pretty convinced that's the root of the problem with them.

Here's a good page for some foods that have MSG and how you can substitute/make them at home:
http://www.squidoo.com/msg

tracypk

no i think it's real. i don't *crave* "healthy" food, I like and eat it though. i have unnatural cravings for the unhealthy things.

Just from reading what other people have said and from my own experience this might change over time. Once you find a healthy food that makes your mouth water you might just pass up the unhealthy option.

iKapuniai

I wouldn't doubt it at all if it was true. For companies to deliberately make their foods addictive is a sure way for them to get you to keep coming back, thus making their company more money.

tracypk

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ElizabethRoad

They put a chemical in it that makes you crave it fortnightly!