Has the whole world been brainwashed?

rebeccalouu
rebeccalouu Posts: 18
in Health and Weight Loss
I cannot literally believe some of the things I hear or read about nutrition and diet. Everything is so contradicting and I now have to question everything that I've ever believed.

Surely I am not the only one that feels this way?

Okay, so I don't have the cleanest diet yet, but I'm getting there. By clean, I mean relatively paleo

But WHY are doctors and nutritionists telling us this!

It's not rocket science is it. All this unnatural, processed food (wheat and dairy included), how can this possibly be good for us when we aren't actually designed to eat it. You'd consider feeding a lion fruit pastels outrageous right?

Yet few people seemed to have considered the effect of what they eat.

It makes me feel disgusted, I want to question everything!!!
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  • NakedLunchTime
    NakedLunchTime Posts: 559
    Cause it tastes so damn good ...I joke...I have no real answer
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I cannot literally believe some of the things I hear or read about nutrition and diet. Everything is so contradicting and I now have to question everything that I've ever believed.

    Surely I am not the only one that feels this way?

    Okay, so I don't have the cleanest diet yet, but I'm getting there. By clean, I mean relatively paleo

    But WHY are doctors and nutritionists telling us this!

    It's not rocket science is it. All this unnatural, processed food (wheat and dairy included), how can this possibly be good for us when we aren't actually designed to eat it. You'd consider feeding a lion fruit pastels outrageous right?

    Yet few people seemed to have considered the effect of what they eat.

    It makes me feel disgusted, I want to question everything!!!


    Oooops you spoke too soon. It appears you've been brainwashed :noway:
  • syntaxxor
    syntaxxor Posts: 86
    Without sparking a flamewar with my true answer, I'll just say: Yes.
  • dillydally123
    dillydally123 Posts: 139 Member
    i just read your diary and snorted laughter. oh and a second time. Now I'm feeling inspired to go and make some custard. om nom nom.
  • Liftnlove
    Liftnlove Posts: 235
    I cannot literally believe some of the things I hear or read about nutrition and diet. Everything is so contradicting and I now have to question everything that I've ever believed.

    Surely I am not the only one that feels this way?

    Okay, so I don't have the cleanest diet yet, but I'm getting there. By clean, I mean relatively paleo

    But WHY are doctors and nutritionists telling us this!

    It's not rocket science is it. All this unnatural, processed food (wheat and dairy included), how can this possibly be good for us when we aren't actually designed to eat it. You'd consider feeding a lion fruit pastels outrageous right?

    Yet few people seemed to have considered the effect of what they eat.

    It makes me feel disgusted, I want to question everything!!!

    I don't know what fruit pastels are, but I know that you can drive yourself crazy worrying about all this. It seems to me that if you just eat everything in moderation, you'll probably be okay. I mean, it wasn't too long ago that "scientists" were saying that eggs were going to kill us all. You can ask 10 different "experts" what's "healthy" and you'll get 10 different answer. We are all gonna die of something...I'd rather die of food than die of stress about food.
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    Great I been hearing so much about Paleao diet now I have to Google it..
    Tonight homework: Find out if Im brain washed
    Eat
    Watch TV
    Search Paleao diet one more time to be clear Im not brain washed
  • digitalsteel
    digitalsteel Posts: 374 Member
    As cynical and sarcastic as some people may be, there is merit to this topic. There is alot of bad info out there, and it warrents a good discussion.
  • andyisandy
    andyisandy Posts: 433 Member
    Ironic post is ironic
  • digitalsteel
    digitalsteel Posts: 374 Member
    Ironic post is ironic

    I don't get it, how is this ironic?
  • SusanMPreston43
    SusanMPreston43 Posts: 84 Member
    Oh boy, I wish MFP had a 'like' button!
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I cannot literally believe some of the things I hear or read about nutrition and diet. Everything is so contradicting and I now have to question everything that I've ever believed.

    Surely I am not the only one that feels this way?

    Okay, so I don't have the cleanest diet yet, but I'm getting there. By clean, I mean relatively paleo

    But WHY are doctors and nutritionists telling us this!

    It's not rocket science is it. All this unnatural, processed food (wheat and dairy included), how can this possibly be good for us when we aren't actually designed to eat it. You'd consider feeding a lion fruit pastels outrageous right?

    Yet few people seemed to have considered the effect of what they eat.

    It makes me feel disgusted, I want to question everything!!!

    Because science.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    I don't want to say it was aliens but.....












    It was aliens.
  • CaddieMay
    CaddieMay Posts: 356 Member
    Your diary contradicts most of what you just said.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    I don't want to say it was aliens but.....












    It was aliens.

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  • RainHoward
    RainHoward Posts: 1,599 Member
    It's a conspiracy. No, really, it is. Well, kind of. Bad food is cheap to make. A lot of the crap you see is really all about marketing and making money. Or selling books. Or special diet "food". Jillian Anderson would just be another pretty face if she hadn't convinced people she had some magic answer. Dr Oz certainly wouldn't be on television. People want simple, easy answers and their are plenty of con artists willing to give them exactly what they want.
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    Without sparking a flamewar with my true answer, I'll just say: Yes.

    Ditto.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    I don't want to say it was aliens but.....












    It was aliens.

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    Thank you I am at work and I couldn't search for the picture lol
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    It's a conspiracy. No, really, it is. Well, kind of. Bad food is cheap to make. A lot of the crap you see is really all about marketing and making money. Or selling books. Or special diet "food". Jillian Anderson would just be another pretty face if she hadn't convinced people she had some magic answer. Dr Oz certainly wouldn't be on television. People want simple, easy answers and their are plenty of con artists willing to give them exactly what they want.

    Ditto again.

    Wheat, corn, soy, canola... all highly subsidized crops. Is it a coincidence that they are the "healthy" foods, promoted by Nabisco, General Mills, Nestle, etc etc etc ??? Oh, and don't forget the chemical corps such as Monsanto. Oh, and the pharmceutical industry too. Isn't it possible that these corporations are able to influence research (they FUND research directly) and government food recommendations? (For the people who still live in a world where you can't believe that corruption exists, well then I guess I envy your oblivion... sort of.)

    OP: The best of us have been fooled. But while you are looking into the brain-washing, take another look at soy. It's one of the biggest examples.
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,628 Member
    nomnomnom.gif

    Whatever ......
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    In for the fruit pastels. Because they sound yummy and colorful.











    How do we know lions don't like them, BTW?
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Bad food will kill us.

    Except for Twinkies. Which will mummify us internally to be displayed at museums thousands of years from now.

    So maybe that'll kill us, too. But in a pretty awesome way.
  • gabbyguru
    gabbyguru Posts: 7
    I agree...we are all going to die of something even if it is just old age. However, I don't want to live my life deprived of things that I enjoy. As long as it fits in my calorie goal I am fine with eating it. Just like I told my kids...if you ever put me in a nursing home don't you dare let them give me pureed foods and thickened liquids. They asked but mom, what if you choke on real food? My answer? Then give me a cookie and let me die happy!!!!!!!!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I'm eating mini cheesecake bites and pasta while reading this.

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  • olDave
    olDave Posts: 557 Member
    Cause it tastes so damn good ...I joke...I have no real answer


    You may be closer to the truth than you might think. I have often felt that if a person's sense of taste and smell could be eliminated, they would only eat when hungry...and thus never overeat. Personally, I know for a fact that I have continued to stuff my face LONG AFTER I was full.:smile:
  • holly1283
    holly1283 Posts: 741 Member
    This positively wears me out. Those actually living in the paleo. era did not live very long. Why it should upset you so much I do not know. Eat the way you want to and don't worry about those of us who choose to lose a different way. If it works for you, I say go for it. Me, I choose moderation as was said before.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Cause it tastes so damn good ...I joke...I have no real answer


    You may be closer to the truth than you might think. I have often felt that if a person's sense of taste and smell could be eliminated, they would only eat when hungry...and thus never overeat. Personally, I know for a fact that I have continued to stuff my face LONG AFTER I was full.:smile:

    You say that like it would be a good thing. Sounds terrible to me.
  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    ...
    It's not rocket science is it. All this unnatural, processed food (wheat and dairy included), how can this possibly be good for us when we aren't actually designed to eat it. You'd consider feeding a lion fruit pastels outrageous right?
    ...
    Some might say it's stretching things to proclaim "we aren't designed for it."

    And I'd love to feed a lion fruit pastels. That does sound outrageous. Like outrageous fun.
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    Terms like paleo automatically make me think you're brainwashed. So, yes I agree.
  • olDave
    olDave Posts: 557 Member
    Cause it tastes so damn good ...I joke...I have no real answer


    You may be closer to the truth than you might think. I have often felt that if a person's sense of taste and smell could be eliminated, they would only eat when hungry...and thus never overeat. Personally, I know for a fact that I have continued to stuff my face LONG AFTER I was full.:smile:

    You say that like it would be a good thing. Sounds terrible to me.


    And you, my dear. missed my point completely! LOL.:smile:
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    Terms like paleo automatically make me think you're brainwashed. So, yes I agree.

    Eat a balanced diet and be happy.

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