The Men who Made Us Fat

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  • shearnerve
    shearnerve Posts: 36 Member
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    I don't know about you, but there's only one person that made me fat...myself. There's only one person making me skinny too. It's pointless to blame the food industry for making you fat, that's like blaming spoons and forks for making you fat. The didn't force the food into your mouth, only one person decided what you eat...

    And that is the plain truth. Own it & you have a chance of being free.
  • stefjc
    stefjc Posts: 484 Member
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    Oh dear!

    Please do watch the programme. You will see that you are responding to the title and the other people who did not watch it!
  • bahls24
    bahls24 Posts: 32 Member
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    lol
    :laugh:
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
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    The title doesn't do this film justice. It's very important and you will definitely learn much from it.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
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    No money left from the tobacco suits, there's been groups of attorneys+ chipping away at big food for 20+ years now. ;)
  • michellelhartwig
    michellelhartwig Posts: 498 Member
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    Bump
  • westie007
    westie007 Posts: 27 Member
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    Thank you.
  • stefjc
    stefjc Posts: 484 Member
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    Ah! An American perspective. That one hadn't crossed my mind, to be honest!

    And has anyone else got the krispykreme ad at the top of the page? Unexpected item in bagging area, indeed!
  • Inshape13
    Inshape13 Posts: 680 Member
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    I don't know about you, but there's only one person that made me fat...myself. There's only one person making me skinny too. It's pointless to blame the food industry for making you fat, that's like blaming spoons and forks for making you fat. The didn't force the food into your mouth, only one person decided what you eat...

    Totally agree with this post.
  • stefjc
    stefjc Posts: 484 Member
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    And repeat... that wasn't what the documentary was about!
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
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    No money left from the tobacco suits, there's been groups of attorneys+ chipping away at big food for 20+ years now. ;)

    To be fair though, unless you can unhinge your jaw, you really do have to chip away at the big food if you want to eat it.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
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    How much is that scientist in the window? :P
  • Yanagibashi
    Yanagibashi Posts: 58 Member
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    Yeah, I made myself fat and I enjoyed every minute of it (or at least the eating part of it). And Nacho Cheese Doritos and various baked goods from my part time job were my weapons of choice. Still 100% my fault but I kind of doubt I would have done the damage I did if junk food was things like grapes and cherries and carrot sticks.
  • parys1
    parys1 Posts: 2,072 Member
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    No money left from the tobacco suits, there's been groups of attorneys+ chipping away at big food for 20+ years now. ;)

    To be fair though, unless you can unhinge your jaw, you really do have to chip away at the big food if you want to eat it.

    I need a new chisel.
  • cargilb
    cargilb Posts: 116
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    This isn't about blaming other people, it's about exploring what changed in our political and cultural history which made the supermarket culture which we all experience come to be.

    I find it validating to be able to look at what is marketed right now as "healthy" and know that I'm not crazy for having tried to lose weight for years and not being able to because I fell into the traps that have been set and now that I've dug myself out and can see it clearly, it becomes easy for me to see where I went wrong, and know that it WILL be an uphill battle, probably more than past generations, because of how difficult it really is to avoid certain ingredients. Nowhere in it does it say that you don't have to put the work in in order to lose the weight, it's saying "this is what is and has been in our culture which adds to why it's so difficult to lose weight." Films like this one are what helped me finally see that it really is as difficult as I think it is and why. From there, I was able to explore how to make changes that have helped me lose a lot of weight.

    Taking responsibility for your part in your own weight gain doesn't negate that our daily lives are, in fact, affected by the decisions made which are shown in this film. It doesn't take the responsibility off of the individual to learn the pitfalls, in a way, it helps show potential pitfalls are that the viewer may not have been aware of (that's certainly what films of this nature did for me), so that they may be conscious of them in the future.

    The title and a lot of the phrasing in the narration is a bit sensationalized, yes, but a good deal of the information in it is valid.

    right on point.

    People arguing against this documentary obviously did not see it, or did not understand it.
  • dpwellman
    dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
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    I think I am all the dumber for having read this thread.

    Why not have a documentary on The Wives Who Made Us Hit Them?
  • PJ64
    PJ64 Posts: 866 Member
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    You made my day, thanks Brother!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    what about the woman who made us fat? Betty Crocker, Aunt Jamima, etc...?
  • hookilau
    hookilau Posts: 3,134 Member
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    You made my day, thanks Brother!

    that was a really funny gif, albeit kinda gross :laugh:
    ETA: lost my appetite :tongue:
  • Debbie_Ferr
    Debbie_Ferr Posts: 582 Member
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    They're going to do whatever they can to make money, that should be expected, if you're informed and you pay attention to what you put in your mouth, it shouldn't matter.

    This.

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