Tricked Into Eating More: How The Food Industry Lies To You | Hooked on Food | Only Human

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[@sarahbiermann5889]

My mother was way ahead of her time. She knew of the bad affects of sugar in the 60s. We ate no junk, sugary foods or processed foods and now, I have a very low sweet tooth. I felt deprived as a kid as my friends at sugary cereals etc. but now I am grateful.

[@marialiyubman]

People knew too much sugar was bad for you from the very beginning.

[@lpanayi6954]

One of my siblings had a tonne of food allergies and our mother was also into a wholefood diet so we started off on a pretty healthy diet- however I developed a huge craving for the things I had at my friend's houses- mostly orange squash and chocolate biscuits, and once I had the opportunity to eat what I wanted- I made some pretty bad choices. Another odd thing is, I still really have a food scarcity mentality (just like my ex-stray cat!), even though I've never been deprived of food or starved. I feel like my food is going to be taken away and that any free food is good food and should be taken advantage of or not wasted. I wonder if it's genetic or something? I've never been officially overweight, but I do feel somewhat controlled by food and would love not to feel this way.

[@annemarie3811]

My mother did the same (80’s though) and now I’m an absolute sugar fiend. I’ll eat a 16oz bottle of honey in two days if I buy one. I didn’t give my daughter juice, but there was candy around all the time, she could have it whenever. She’s 21 now and couldn’t care less about it. The same thing happened with one of my cousins- he doesn’t care for it. Being controlling about children’s food isn’t necessarily the best thing.

[@alia9087]

we had sweets on a friday when my dad got home and fizzy drink at Christmas. I don't have a sweet tooth either

[@ilovepenpalandsnailmail1745]

@@annemarie3811 it's not controlling. Eating sugary things in moderation is fine and will cause no harm. But letting your kids eat tons of sugar is liike killing them, slowly. The affect isn't immediate

[@gwens5093]

What makes me angry is the food industry knows what they are doing. They pay a lot of money to psychologists to find ways to promote sales.

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Ikr! And unlike cigarettes, people can't just quit eating. We can choose healthier foods, but I hate how this addictive junk gets some kids hooked when they're too young to make wise choices, and their parents don't either. On a brighter subject -- you have such a cute dog! ❤️🐕 Greetings from mine to yours!

[@w.thiller7822]

Be angry at the 'psychologists' as much if not more. They are sworn to 'do no harm'. They do the opposite. Here and in many other cases They cause problems and are at the root and base of them. In the states at least

[@JayHendricksWorld]

@@w.thiller7822 Psychologists aren't bound (whatever that means today) by the Hippocratic Oath, psychologists aren't doctors. Psychiatrists have medical training, though.

[@Thatmainchick]

They formulate foods to be as appealing as possible. Its why you never grow tired of eating it even if you eat it every day. They have researched how people eat. You can get tired of eating most foods but even though most all the stuff on the store shelf, like cereal for example, is all made from the same ingredients people can eat them every day and feel a false since of variety.

[@Ifailedeverything]

Of course they do. They’re in it to make money. Caveat emptor.

[@sperm8141]

I come from a family of diabetics. 2 days after i cut out soft drink from my diet i was getting sever headaches and i was craving it like mad. Believe me. Sugar is as addictive as any drug.

[@SailorDoggo]

Sugar is not a drug.

[@sperm8141]

@@SailorDoggo It's just as addictive

[@SailorDoggo]

@@sperm8141 The reviewed evidence supports the theory that, in some circumstances, intermittent access to sugar can lead to behavior and neurochemical changes that resemble the effects of a substance of abuse. According to the evidence in rats, intermittent access to sugar and chow is capable of producing a “dependency”. This was operationally defined by tests for bingeing, withdrawal, craving and cross-sensitization to amphetamine and alcohol. The correspondence to some people with binge eating disorder or bulimia is striking, but whether or not it is a good idea to call this a “food addiction” in people is both a scientific and societal question that has yet to be answered.

[@masmantour]

It might have been the caffeine that you had a dependency to. In addition to the sugar, the two together causes massive dips in energy that leave you seeking more.

[@daniby9894]

@Sperm I agree and disagree with you, becouse detoxing from excess sugars intake is much easier and faster then getting off drugs, even heavy meds for that. I'm not a huge sugar consumer, but under the holidays, like, Christmas, New Year, I really get hooked on all sugar and holiday carbs, home made... That's something I cann't resist and I never do! Afterwords, I don't cut eccessively on carbs, but I increase the protein and veggie intake, so I feel fuller afterwords and need less or even no snacking between the meals, and instead of deserts or soft drinks or whatever you find tempting, I just throw myself on devouring sweetest fresh fruit or instead of softdrinks some hot tea with a bit of sugar or honey. You sattisfy your cravings by substituting sugar with fructose in fresh fruit or much less sugar then in a soft drink, then you let your body adapt and when you're read for the next step, you reset your limits and find the right balance again. Your cravings aren't driving you nuts, you're not nervous and you don't fell awful becouse of sudden drops in your blood sugar or getting headaches and whatever...

[@SalmanAli-pn7lq]

"We don't eat what we need, we eat what we like" that was really powerful. Had we ate what we needed there would be no wastage nor hunger.

[@anujkumarshukla3881]

weel hunger is created artifically by world food loobies. Do you really think this great planet will let us sleep hungry if we really wanna eat something? How irony that westerns pitty about the problems they themselves have given to world

[@jumper4ever937]

We want to eat what we need. The problem is, most people never ate what they need so they don't know what to want.

[@geraldlewis1050]

True

[@epicsdrummer2010]

It’s far more than ‘wanting’. It is addiction. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine.

[@Catlily5]

@@jumper4ever937 That is not completely true. My father had a garden. We ate delicious vegetables and fruits. I have tasted good whole foods. I still struggle with eating too much sugar.

[@amysanchez3699]

I don't believe it's an accident that veggies are so expensive in the US. If you can, grow your own and trade with others. My family has always done this, trade corn for peppers or broccoli, etc.

[@agneslaufer9579]

I live in usa it cost me around $ 40 a month to buy food and it's mostly veggies and meat not processed . For me it's cheap .

[@neverlandse9914]

@@agneslaufer9579 yeah it’s a myth that it costs more. I’m a vegetarian and vegetables are reasonably priced. Processed foods cost more depending on what you get. Plus it doesn’t fill you up as much so you buy more of it.

[@agneslaufer9579]

@@neverlandse9914 true I eat less bc I don't eat PROCESSED food.

[@storm3927]

@@neverlandse9914 it depends on where you are. some folks live in food deserts or barely above the poverty line.

[@mauriciomendoza3682]

Veggies are dirt cheap here in Cali. Good quality meat and animal products are expensive. Which I've found are the best foods to keep me satisfied and from over eating.

[@bro7269]

As a recovering drug addict/alcoholic I can say without a doubt that it is much harder to quit sugar than quit drugs. As long as I stay way from certain places and people I don’t have to worry about the drugs. The constant reminder of sugar in everything we eat just wears me out after a while and I finally give in. It much harder to get back on track.

[@Thatmainchick]

And sugar is often hidden and un noticed if you dont read labels. You will think you are doing well on removing it only ro find your favorite snack has some form of sugar under a different name.

[@elin_8400]

Yup and the fast that its socially acceptable because everybody is addicted…

[@yellowbird5411]

@@Thatmainchick I found sugar in my organic, multi-grained corn chips. You can't taste it. I was floored. I also found it in my sliced organic ham (packaged). It's in almost everything. Gotta read the labels, and stick mostly to whole, unprocessed foods. I don't buy sugar, haven't for over 30 years. I do eat raw honey, a tsp. in my coffee or tea, up to two a day. I will eat a sweet if it is in the house, but I can walk by a bakery or sweets shop and it doesn't even bother me. I will pass on dessert in a restaurant. But I am a big bread eater, but my whole grain/seed organic bread has more than one kind of sugar in it. I was so sad to see that.

[@pinschrunner]

Take probiotics with water or the milk of your choice daily on an empty stomach. If you stick with it, you will no longer crave sugar or carbohydrates. @Wahfreak. The best probiotic is a refrigerated one with live cultures.

[@suelane3628]

@@yellowbird5411 How much sugar is there in bread? In theory it should all have been fermented. Even better: no sugar is needed to make bread which is why I always use the French recipe on our bread maker.

[@satriaamiluhur622]

I live in indonesia where processed foods are super expensive. Frozen pizza in supermarket costs 4$. Meanwhile a healthy lunch consisting of rice, fish and veggies from street vendors is only 1$. Soda is 1$ per bottle. Warm ginger tea from traditional market is only a third of that price. You have to be very rich to live on nothing but processed foods here

[@nolungesplease2945]

In Australia that fish, veg and rice will be expensive like $15 or more. And the frozen pizza the cheaper option cheapest option is $4-5.

[@laurab972]

The greed in America surpasses all logic and care for human life. I’m 50 and lived in the US my whole life. When I was a kid there were hardly any overweight kids in school. Now half or more of them are overweight. All the processed foods and convenient foods here are addicting and poisoning us. We have much higher diseases and illness than ever before!

[@TonymanCS]

They will find a way to make it cheaper. Once ultra processed foods somewhere become cheaper than healthy option then that country is doomed without strict regulation which rarely ever come since nobody thinks of food as harmful drug.

[@raquelbennett6946]

I've cut out processed foods and sugars and its the best decision I've ever made in my life. I still WANT these things, but as time passes, I feel it has less and less hold over me

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

Give it a couple months or so you'll begin to crave healthier food items. If you eat healthier instead of sugary processed chemical junk. Way to go keep it up!

[@stevenhanson6057]

You’re an inspiration

[@franny5295]

You can make your own snacks. You would be surprising how good carrots and peanut butter can be. Or how refreshing fresh cut cucumber sprinkled with allulose is. It tastes like watermelon. Even kids like it.

[@Bloxeh]

It's great! I crave steamed broccoli these days :).

[@ellie698]

@@Bloxeh I wish I did! I'm addicted to wine gums 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Tammissa]

The way the nutritionist explained sugar and food like cocaine is completely true. As long as the big corporations are making $$$$$$$ nothing will change. Stop buying their foods and then the big corporations will change.. it’s in the consumer’s corner now.

[@cceste6885]

And governments, right? Expecting the addict to just change will not help anything.

[@flopbr1]

Just don't buy cocaine, why would the government ever be asked to regulate corporations profiting from addictions like cocaine?

[@cceste6885]

​@@flopbr1 Used to be that corporations would put it into consumer products and advertise it as beneficial. Nowadays drug addicts are a drag on their society, so shouldn't society want to better the addicts to better society as a whole?

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

@@flopbr1 er, you understand that making cocaine is illegal? This is how the government has regulated it, it made it illegal. Now obv, bad people still make it, but they can’t advertise it during childrens’ tv programming, they can’t open a franchise near a school and plaster the area with posters to get school kids addicted to cocaine. I’m sure they would if they could, drug pushers have pretty much the same agenda as big food manufacturers

[@JoJo-ie8sl]

unfortunately food deserts exist and limit poorer communities access to healthy food :/

[@TheWendable]

I’m so grateful that the UK has stricter guide lines as to what can be put in our food. McDonalds USA fries have 14 ingredients, the UK equivalent have just 4. I only have white sugar in my house for guests tea & coffee. I don’t even use it in baking any more. We were poor as kids and ate what ever we were given but I’m lucky that I don’t like sweet food. Its never too late, start using food as medicine, your body will thank you and you’ll live longer.

[@haileybalmer9722]

Are you aware that the food at McDonalds in the UK has more calories than the food at McDonalds in the US? Sounds like your regulations aren't helping you much there. Japan is worse than both countries when it comes to the calories and number of ingredients, but people in Japan live longer and are trimmer than people in the UK or the US. And sure, it's not like people in Japan eat McDonald's every day, but their diet consists of a lot of processed grains and food with additives that are illegal, even in the US. I'm glad what you're doing is working for you, but it's a little more complex than you seem to think. You have to look outside of yourself, the UK, and your limited knowledge of the US.

[@VaniaAjah]

Maybe i'm a wierdo that i never like sugar, even when i'm a kid i never asked for any chocolates nor candies. But yeah i like salty food.

[@sierrasmith8722]

@@VaniaAjah you are blessed :)

[@sierrasmith8722]

@@rsss7046 LOL

[@Shamballaa]

@@VaniaAjah same even I , I am from India and i don't like too much sweet even as a kid , Once i ate caramel custord it was too sweet for me and i vomitted even when i see liquid sugar or just pure sugar candy it makes me gag don't know why, tho i love spicy food and alot of spices in my food . The last month i went to America i decided to hit the supermarket bought some snacks and also their legendary twinkie but it was like too sweet it felt like i was eating sugar, i threw it though the chocolate bar was ok .

[@inkgun3993]

The funny thing is most junk food eaters will never watch documentaries such as these. All awareness videos are usually consumed by people who are already aware. Unfortunate but true. EDIT: Folks, there are exceptions to this rule, so take it easy.

[@deniselittle5558]

Please provide your source for this statistic.

[@Kinky_Oreo]

I eat junk food and I'm watching it

[@autumnsummers6599]

I eat junk food yet here I am. Stop with your holier-than-thou mentality.

[@lelaperkune1613]

Eating my third yasso frozen yogurt bar as I watch this. Granted its 100 calories and more a "healthier junk"

[@lelaperkune1613]

@@Kinky_Oreo hi bro same

[@Karamelaki]

I was born and raised in an African country. When I travel abroad even the normal bread tastes sweet!

[@nadezdat5081]

Yeah weird americans make sweet bread, come to Eastern europe or Balkans we have normal food

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

@@nadezdat5081 Americans didn’t make anything happen. You do realize their are European style breads that are sweet too right? Like Challah, and then a bunch of French beads right? But sure blame Americans.

[@lavinder11]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 Right? Not only that, but Korean and Japanese bread are basically desserts.

[@Feed-My-Mind-Not-My-Ego]

Yea, they put a copious amount of sugar in bread.

[@lemonsmelons12]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 well the difference is that we know its a treat, we don't mistake it for 'normal nutrition bread'. In Russia also there's sweet bread and pastry but there's a clear difference for us even as children that it's something you have with tea maybe for morning tea. Also dessert isn't a thing and not expected after dinner like it is in the west.

[@Freshmarketers]

In Germany, a lot of products come with a rating system pasted on the package. Rate from A to E, E being the worst in terms of nutrition. It is great.

[@aina2165]

Such a great idea!

[@llalllii_]

but it is sometimes sponsored by the producing company, so even on potatoe chips you will find a nutri score of of A or B which does not make any sense when we consider the processing grade of potatoe chips

[@sosalosarosanos7006]

@@llalllii_ absolutely....there labels will be based on the archaic food pyramid - something that desperately needs revision given we understand nutrition much better now and are aware of the influence of big business on nutrition guidelines.

[@charlenebrissette3348]

I wish they would do this in Canada.

[@sleepsmartsmashstress740]

Are you hinting that all foods in the US need to be graded F ?

[@JTDyer21]

I won't eat oreo cookkes cause if I eat 1 cookie it's over. Then I'll eat a whole package all at once. All or none.

[@eppiechan5673]

Another translation of zero sum game. 😅

[@eppiechan5673]

Similar to me about cashews or other snacks. Oreo? Never! Too sweet.

[@sierrasmith8722]

me too!! i love the thins

[@Thepinkxx]

I used to do it in high school now only the idea disgust me

[@paround5578]

Amen am celiac and youngest daughter is. When she saw gf Oreos we had to have them even though they are 8 dollars a box. Of course the cookies were gone before we got home. I am pre-diabetic and swell in my feet and hands when I eat sugar. I still could not stop myself from eating 6 or 7 cookies. That is why had to totally cut out sugar as gave no control once it is bought.

[@patricebright4182]

I grew up eating bologna sandwiches, those prepackaged cheap ramen noodles, and sugary cereals. I tried so many new foods when I moved away from home and gradually changed my taste buds over the years and began to enjoy eating healthy. I had a hiccup when I moved back home and reverted back to my old eating habits and gained 50lbs and could feel the stark difference in the way my body feels when eating healthy versus not. Got back to eating healthy and am constantly berated by family members because I choose to eat differently and they've even tried to convince my child not to eat vegetables while giving her junk food. They are unfortunately stuck eating unhealthy and despite their growing health concerns they refuse to change

[@kriskarpenko8381]

Kris I guess ei we

[@overgrownkudzu]

it's sad, but at least your kid will know better and be aware of vegetables and proper food from a young age

[@ritalawson7020]

Move away from these stupid people if they want to eat themselves into an early grave let them

[@lily5952]

My sibling used to basically live on premade pizza with processed Vienna sausages , white bread with margarine and cheap instant noodles. They used to be the one that was healthy and I was the one with the allergies and eczema. Now my sibling has asthma and is allergic to all nuts and peanuts. I am a lot healthier than I used to be and I attribute it to eating whole foods and good healthy fats like olive oil, avocado oil and grass fed butter. I also always ate my veggies. Its expensive to eat the way i do though. It's really sad what is happening to people because of these greedy companies.

[@AngelsAndButterflies]

It's truly appalling that other people are pushing junk food on your child! :(

[@absolutefoot4594]

I went a day without any sugar - I’d ended up with a horrible headache and it felt like I was dissolving from the inside out. That was quite the eye opener, getting rid of an addiction is no joke!

[@VictoriaBajorek]

Was it added sugars like in sweets or cereals, or also including natural sugars found in fruits, vegetables, bread etc. too? Your body DOES use glucose as its primary source of energy (it creates the most ATP) so if you have low glucose levels, you might experience symptoms like headaches and fatigue (which is what you often experience when starting a keto diet)

[@nadineknows29]

I cut added sugar, 4 days today, mainly drinking sugar-free tea and not buying anything packaged. I keep eating bread and fruits... I didn't feel any different and it has been quite easy. Did you cut out sugar entirely? Or do you consume lots of junk food ?

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@VictoriaBajorek sugar is sugar.. natural or not

[@VictoriaBajorek]

@@wallacesousuke1433 correct, that is why i asked that question... sugar is practically everywhere, so i was curious what op meant.

[@franny5295]

I went through sugar withdrawal too. I'm now keto for life. I have found recipes to make some things I enjoy but never again will it get a hook in me. That was worse than detoxing off of opiates. I weaned, with my doctor's permission, off of 9 months of high dose morphine. And it was detoxing from sugar that almost killed me.

[@garrywillits8025]

The thing I notice is that the people in the French overeaters support group would look slim in the UK and US. From my experience the French haven't normalised being over weight like those countries.

[@maddie-1]

im from the uk and they do not look slim

[@missyfentoon]

this documentary is quite old now considering it was filmed during the obama administration but yeah you’re not wrong

[@mode7scaling3]

their women look like men

[@anthonydelfino6171]

When he's talking about the cart/basket situation in the grocery store, interestingly I'm the opposite. If I use the hand basket, it keeps me more aware of what I'm buying and limits how much I buy, and since I'm shopping for the week, I don't have room in the basket for things such as ice creams or candy bars when I need to include bread, milk, and other dietary staples. This might also have to do with the fact that I don't drive, so when I use the basket I'm also acutely aware of how much I'm going to have to carry on the walk home, as well as I'm only shopping for myself and not for a family, so it's possible to carry a week's worth of food in the one basket. If I grab a cart, though, I find I do engage more in buying more food, and foods that I don't need that might be more unhealthy because that concern for how much space it's taking up is gone.

[@brittanyfehlings6838]

My thoughts exactly! A basket is for a small, precise trip, whereas when I have the room of a cart and dont have to worry about how heavy the load gets, what's one more product I wasnt planning on......

[@Idaho-Idaho]

Yes you are correct. A basket gets heavy fast so I really limit the content. Psychology as applied to the food store can be easily beaten. I've learned to avoid end-cap items (considered the prime spot on the isles and always shop for items either up high or down low (the eye level items pay more for position). Real food has no labels (fruit and vegetables, etc.).

[@emoryrubyg9631]

I'm the same way. The basket keeps me from buying anything other than essentials since it gets heavy, but I go a little overboard when I have a cart so I try to avoid getting one.

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

Those mini-trolleys for the kids have me worried

[@roryfear91]

100% agree. I think marketing researchers are very clever & they tell you these lies about the trolly to make you buy more food. I agree I am the same if I use a smaller basket I will buy much less and be more mindful of what I’m buying. If I use a trolly I can’t even see what I’ve put in and over spend. Subtle lies to make us spend spend spend.

[@chineadoconnor1199]

Cultural differences are astounding as well. My husband is born breed American that's had a sugar addiction ever since he was a wee lad, his parents always supplied snacks and their go-to meals were TV dinners. I grew up in Poland and the UK. In Poland we lived in damn near poverty, my mother cooked at home where I picked up how to make homemade meals (that my husband is a total sucker for). We only got chocolate for Christmas, Easter and birthdays - that's it. After moving to the UK I definitely was introduced to a massive amount of sweets and crisps and fast foods. I was able to regulate my appetite and never had issues refusing sweets etc. my husband can't do that, even if something isn't his favourite he will eat it regardless whereas if I dislike something I will not force myself to eat it just because it's sweet. It's a real battle trying to help him get over his sugar addiction. I can make healthier sweets at home but he will still crave Oreos, Reese's cups what have you. In conclusion, bad eating habits start at home and the pretense of working full-time or the fact that stuff is available at a hand's reach should never be an excuse to cut corners around nutrition. Convenience is the real devil 🤷‍♀️

[@pris_pris]

Why are you using Chantal’s pic on your KZbin pic? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 foodie Beauty

[@nobodybutme412]

It enrages me when the corporations say, “It’s your personal responsibility to not eat our food.” Meanwhile they relentlessly advertise and pump more and more sugar in. Where’s the responsibility of these corporations to put a safe product into the stream of commerce? Where’s the corporation’s responsibility in obesity problems? I take it as a dare. One day we’ll cause them all to go bankrupt.

[@larrysmith2123]

it is your responsibility dear. bye

[@KarolinaLopez]

I wish the comments had more people talking about their real struggles with sugar, food addiction, etc. Instead of people on their high horse because they aren't victims to it.

[@dianejensen3420]

I've noticed that the more sugar I eat, the more junk food I consume! If I have a cookie, I'm reaching for the potato chips bag next. Then to go with those salty, greasy,crunchy chips I've got to grab a soda. What a nightmare!!! So every day I try to make homemade meals and eat at table - slowly. That helps tremendously!!!

[@KarolinaLopez]

@@dianejensen3420 I think it's good that you notice that about yourself. It's that feeling of needing more, like smth that can't be satisfied. At least that's me with sweets/ chocolates.

[@jennifer7648]

@@dianejensen3420 That is the exact same with me. It is a real struggle when we have our youngest child (she is 8) asking for junk food every time we go to the store. Although it makes me realize how much junk is disguised as healthy. It's horrible!

[@Joelswinger34]

Which one are you?

[@mmk590]

It’s weird how once you quite sugar, even simple boiled rice tastes slightly sweet as you chew you it well before swallowing! I am loving it!

[@jhanebaliat7854]

I am asian, we enjoy home cooked meals.. we love fish...and veggies.. we only have cakes for special occassions.

[@jadwiga40]

I’m from Poland. I have cake every Sunday🙂Apple pie or cheesecake are our favourite ones. My mum or grandmother baked it in the past.

[@rachelk1316]

You guys aren't food addicts then, you're lucky

[@thecuttinggardener361]

A former coworker confided in me that in his younger days he drank, smoked, and did street drugs. He quit all those vices and also went on to eat a keto diet and lose quite a bit of weight. He said that after quitting tobacco, alcohol, cocaine/heroin, and sugar, sugar was by far the hardest to quit. “Cocain and heroin don’t have anything on sugar,” he told me. I can absolutely believe it.

[@KiKi-tf8rv]

Good for him! And you don’t get shamed for not doing drugs, you do for not eating sugar. People actively try to sabotage you. I’ve been keto for a few years and the amount of times I’ve had people shame me and tell me I’m going to die because “the body needs sugar” is shocking.

[@thecuttinggardener361]

@@KiKi-tf8rv really!? I’ve never heard someone say the body needs sugar, but I have heard people say the body needs carbs (same thing). When I tell patients, especially diabetic patients, to cut out the carbs and the sugars completely, they are often surprised. Dietitians often tell people to eat a certain amount of carbs with each meal so they can dose their insulin based on carb counting. So backwards! Why are we telling people to eat carbs so they can take medications to counteract the carbs…😒 But a lot of patients act like I’ve told them to stop breathing when I tell them to cut out the soda and carbs. I’ve had people ask me “well what am I supposed to drink?” When I say “water” they look at me like I have three heads. This is all in the setting of severe heart disease as I’m an NP with cardiothoracic surgery. My patients are not in good shape usually, and it’s amazing how often people act like cutting out sugar is beyond their abilities. Just goes to show how addictive it is.

[@KiKi-tf8rv]

@@thecuttinggardener361 Yes, I’ve heard it so many times now, it’s unreal. I’m “demonizing sugar” for a fad diet they say. I’ve been told I’m killing myself and the doctors who put me on this diet are quacks. I had gestational diabetes with my pregnancies and one of my nutritionists once told me to eat personal bags of potato chips to limit myself. She said no one can go without potato chips so just eat small portions.🤦‍♀️ I honestly don’t think she believed that, I think she believed no one “would” go without potato chips. I knew I couldn’t eat them even in small amounts and keep my blood sugar in check. Twice my morning sugars were 91. Since they were over 90, she wanted to put me on metformin or insulin if I hit over 90 a 3rd time. I thought that was extreme. I just stopped eating the food the elevated it instead. I was eating really healthy and I knew the side effects of the meds would make me miserable, force me to eat more carbs, and increase my weight gain. Do you know what they’re doing now for c-section moms? They’re having them drink glucose drinks right before the surgery…200 carbs!!! The nurses said patients do better on that than on an empty stomach. I wonder if that’s because the majority of people are on such a high carb diet that they crash when they fast? I would have been puking left and right! The only way I got out of it was because I had gestational diabetes. I’m so glad I had doctors who believed this diet would help me, because I honestly didn’t believe it would when I first started it. Your patients are so blessed to have you! My pcp who put me on this diet moved away before she really got to see how much it helped me. So I want to thank you on behalf of the patients who may not have had a chance to tell you!❤️

[@sierrasmith8722]

wow ! what a guy, i really wish the best to him

[@jj-py9kf]

I bet he would've chose his "drug of choice" over a bag of sugar before he quit using...sugar is what ex drug addicts and alcoholics use to make it easier to stay off the other stuff...sugar and caffeine. Any AA or NA meeting has coffee and pastries, but you go to a "drug house" they're not circled around a bunch of coffee and pastries. It's trading one addiction for another lesser addiction.

[@needmoreramsay]

A perfect example of shameless, excessive exploitation of sugar in a food product that it truly does not being in is a When Dee's hamburger bun. As a kid I used to eat my fast food burgers layer by layer. I always LOVED their buns because it was literally like eating a plain, white donut. And it's actually gotten worse as the years go on. There's absolutely zero reason to be adding sugar to a hamburger bun, other than to get people even MORE hooked on their products.

[@jerriedenham2320]

Sure, blame the industries. YOU choose what to eat, and parents are responsible for what their kids eat. No one is twisting your arm to eat that stuff. You choose to.

[@Treaks1981]

@@jerriedenham2320 Clearly you've never had an addiction to anything.👏

[@NZKiwi87]

@@Treaks1981 or lived in an urban food desert. Or experienced poverty of knowledge regarding health. Or been dealt a hand of clueless parents, a society that doesn’t care & the ‘wrong’ colour/religion/gender/insert pointless thing to discriminate on. Jerrie, How Lucky you are to be able to have such a narrow opinion. What a shame the privilege is wasted on you.

[@jerriedenham2320]

🤣🤣🤣. If it makes you feel better to blame me for what you feed yourself and family, go ahead. But at the end of the day it is YOUR choices, no one else’s.

[@jerriedenham2320]

@@Treaks1981 clearly.

[@grahvis]

When I was a kid in the UK, sugar was on ration so there was a small limit on how much in the way of sweets you could buy. The family had an allotment and grew all the vegetables we could eat. My favourite meal was a plate of sliced runner beans picked young, with a poached egg on top.

[@HenrietteMesman]

Why the hen's period on top?

[@suelane3628]

@@HenrietteMesman What? A chicken's egg is the egg not a waste product. Commercial eggs are infertile so their is no developing embryo and blood vessels which is why they are allowed in a vegetarian diet. This should also include free range, zero carbon and no destruction of the rain forests in order to produce chicken food.

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

@@HenrietteMesman Huh?

[@michelinaperfetto415]

I always explained to my children the harm of junk food,they in return explained it to there children,all in perfect health ,the drug industry will go broke with people like us

[@PHlophe]

Well done, Auntie Micheline.

[@babytho.4006]

There are natural ways and lifestyle changes to enhance the curability of body from any diseases; with correct environment such as food, water, certain cure enhancing natural plants, exercises, timely pooping, sleep… Prevention is better than cure.

[@FernandaARSilva]

This comment session is full of people blaming people. This entire documentary is about the power of the food industry and such power will most often win against simple people, specially simple, busy people that are just trying to survive.

[@user-bs7ie3py5v]

Yes, poor people are fatter then rich people.

[@Qplyy]

Yeah I agree, so much judgement and no compassion. Wealthy people have more free time, low stress, various therapies, personal trainers, high quality food, nutritionists, private chefs, surgery etc… And things like food security which is invaluable. Regular people don’t have the same choices or such easy access to healthy food. And it seems like nobody has heard of food deserts which are political choices.

[@StephiSensei26]

This should be shown in schools to our children. They are the ones who will suffer the most if they continue to be poisoned by this barrage of junk food. It's not even food really, because it has virtually no health benefits. It's a misnomer to call it food to begin with. Well done everyone.

[@lovecats6856]

I call McDonalds "nonfood items"

[@CordeliaWagner]

Parents who love their children educate themselves about healthy food and teach their children.

[@tenaturner3942]

The sweetened cereals should not be placed with other breakfast food. And it should be in the candy isle called desserts. They have no right to call them breakfast foods,

[@sueclark5763]

@@tenaturner3942 Along with the sugar, at least 4 different forms per box, be sure to look down at the bottom of the ingredients panel, in tiny, tiny print for "contains bioengineered ingredients", aka GMO. Nearly all corn used in products today is the GMO varieties.

[@vickikleist2263]

Most children are not going to be interested nor understand a documentary like this. Parents are the ones who need this to at least control what they are bringing into their home and what they eat when out.

[@fayeking5066]

There was a long line of cars, i thought it was a covid testing line. Nope, it was a line for Dunkin Donuts.

[@zvezdoblyat]

You should see the chick fil a lines, 15 cars or more at all times every day except Sunday and only because they’re closed

[@electrodynamicorb6548]

Both are dumb things to line up for.

[@tiana2906]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@highcotton63664]

I never understood families who have dessert every night. I was raised to only have these things on special occasion and that is what I do today as an adult. I also never had condiments growing up so I don't eat them today.

[@christinerodriguez3976]

We did as kids growing up, we had dessert after dinner. We were not obese or overweight, we spent all our days outside playing and were very active. Of course now as adults we are more cognizant of how much we eat, due to the fact of gaining weight and not being as active as we once were.

[@kennhern]

Ironically, the American breakfast is filled with dessert. Cereals and pancakes are some

[@arissamoromisato1835]

And I don’t understand having sweet drinks in every meal, growing up I just had water or unsweetened tea.

[@Weissguys6]

When I was little, a brig treat for desert was a can of pears!

[@happycook6737]

Well just like you think how you were raised is "normal" the eat dessert every night people think their way is "normal" too

[@meganchristi7146]

I don't wanna be "hooked on food" I've started a keto diet about 3 months ago and I feel so much better. Honestly, cutting out so much of the junk that I was eating has given me clarity of mind, more energy, and just a healthier me overall. I pray and I hope for all of us. Please don't become addicted to food and don't let food control you. We control it and we control what we put in our bodies.

[@Magneticlaw]

Carnivore is even better

[@seitanbeatsyourmeat666]

That woman at the end of the video is over 80?! Mama mia… she looks and sounds fantastic, sharp as a tack. She’s lounging on the couch like a 16 year old, not a pain in her body. Her skin looks fresh, she looks *alive* Eat your vegetables, friends

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

I ate my vegetable friends. They called me a cannibal. I said, no I am a vegetarian, They were vegetables after all. Judge and prosecution didnt buy it though.

[@CornerStaple]

The best thing you can do is vote. Vote by purchasing whole real foods. Supermarkets keep track of their sales and big corporations are very interested and keep careful track of what people are spending their money on.

[@elroytrojan]

I love the way U have put it...

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

This is true. It’s why my supermarket carries more non-gmo, organic, vegan, low-sugar, keto, high protein, options, and they’re actually pretty affordable.

[@justniobe]

Yes!

[@RNS-FindingFitness]

Well said, it’s our demand for products that drive the marketability for them. If we stop buying the processed, sugary foods, companies will have no choice but to take notice, find out what’s plunging their sales and make the appropriate changes to accommodate the consumers who are demanding healthy , higher quality products

[@genxx2724]

@@RNS-FindingFitness Kellogg’s cereal sales have been hurt. Maybe because of inflation and shrinkflation, though. Idk.

[@anmbiosnik3694]

In all honesty fight them back. I decided hey, if they use science to make me hungry. I will use science to curb my appetite. Been researching on ways to trick my brain into going back to normal. Lots of work but has to be done

[@LadyWithAKnife]

I just went cold turkey for 2-3 months and the cravings went away. Now I might have a thin cookie a day or 1-2 chocolate cashews per day and it feels enough. I no longer think of food 24/7 or turn to sweets for cravings. Good luck...

[@eironhendrix]

Oh please share your tricks!

[@joeker6220]

Keto is the best way to surpass appetite and stop cravins in my opinion. I am not saying thats the best diet you can do but it worked for me

[@lonelydogclub]

Fasting for 4 days is a good start

[@sissyrayself7508]

Getting into metabolic ketosis through consuming no more than 20 grams of carbs from all sources DOES stop the cravings and can certainly reset your metabolism..that is the physical part sorted....but the psychological part of the addiction of sugar is another subject. If you are a true addict...total.abstinence from all sugars is the only answer. You would not tell a cocain addict to just do a half line of cocaine.. And you would not tell an alcoholic to just take a thimbleful of booze. Younknow even a small smount of the drug would cause a relapse or a binge..No one would question eating a grape r an apple or a mandarin orange..ut even this small amount of " natural" sugar..despite its natural state and its fiber content..could still trigger them sugar abduct to break their abstinence and end up binging on an all out binge. Knowledge is power..but most people have no clue that to your body..once that apple is digested..to your body..the sugar in it is the same as the sugar from any other source. the obesity problems caused by excess carbohydrate consumption is a much tougher mountain to climb.

[@bonniegaither3994]

I watched an episode of the series Foods That Made America and it was quite interesting to note that before around 1970-ish, most burgers sold were singles. Dave Thomas came up with a double and no one really bought it, so he made a triple burger, tricking people into buying the double.

[@warthog473]

My grandmother from the old country had this idea that kids had to eat everything they were given, no matter how full we were. So when I was a baby, if I got full and didn't want to eat anymore, she'd scoop a few spoonfuls of sugar into it. I've been dealing with eating disorders since I was five and I'm fifty seven. I wish she could have understood the damage she was doing. Mom made fun of my weight in front of everyone all the time. If she thought that was going to make me lose weight, she was sadly mistaken. She only cared about her embarrassment, not my health.

[@SanjanaJBhat]

I'm sorry you had to go through that!

[@TheRealBambihooves]

Your grandmother and your mother both did a real number on you. Makes you wonder what gets into women to do things like this to their children. I am so very sorry for what you've been through and what you are going through even today. ❤

[@RocknRollAddicts]

I am so sorry that your family put you into these circumstances, sugar is just as bad as drugs and I wish more people would wake up to that. I hope you are able to conquer this and I wish you the best!

[@renatoramos8834]

sue them

[@Anna-jh7iy]

I am so sorry you went through that. I hope you can heal

[@shibolinemress8913]

Shopping carts always tempt me to buy more, whether healthy foods or not. Baskets limit my purchases because they're smaller, and get heavier to carry with each item I put in.

[@CWM-xl8ki]

Having been both a smoker and morbidly obese. I can say with 100% certainty that losing weight and eating a strictly healthy diet is far harder than giving up smoking. After ballooning to just under 140kg and my eating being wildly out of control. I had Bariatric surgery, I’ve lost over 40kg, with only 15kg to go, in 3.5 months. This whole journey was rough and incredibly tough. When I gave up smoking after 15 years, it was nowhere near as emotionally taxing as losing weight was. Good luck to anyone on this journey, it’s incredibly tough but so worth it!

[@NJLev]

Having *been* morbidly obese and *still* being a smoker, I wholeheartedly disagree.

[@chrissywales6575]

So about 308 lbs or 22 stone for those who don't do kgs.

[@chrissywales6575]

Lost 88 lbs with 33 lbs to go.

[@jennyrudi2098]

I feel so bad for the communities where they dont have fresh vegetable markets, but only soda and ultra processed food stores

[@ChuChuAndAhBa]

After watching this video Suddenly I realized how the people in the past stay much healthier than us without getting high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes. The reason is rather simple people living in the past do not have junk food restaurants that sell fast food and pizzas. In the past there was no such place as a supermarket where you have lots of junk food to select to damage your health.

[@lindass5966]

Watch the documentary on food fraud. It's worse than you think.

[@lynzimoore3561]

i am so blessed to come from a family that cooks our meals, not just that but having the opportunity to eat large varieties of cultural foods, rather than basic american food.

[@hermeslein6614]

Ah another Anti American sentiment what’s new

[@ellie2434]

@@hermeslein6614 because if it’s American it can’t be bad? Critical thought is not geo-political.

[@opidasdagoat]

yeah american food is so bland and boring lol.

[@M123Xoxo]

Fast food/junk food isn't "basic American food." It's junk food in America just like anywhere else. The vast majority of Americans are not eating McDonalds every day. Most people eat a hamburger maybe a few times a year. It's not a daily diet staple.

[@ineedhoez]

Just look at people who KNOW eating sugar will kill them or take their limbs. They do it anyway. If that ain't addiction, I don't know what is. You KNOW engaging in the behavior is bad for you but you can't make yourself stop. Just like a junkie. They don't call it junk food for nothing.

[@lainypumpkin]

Don't mind me, just watching this while eating a slice of cake

[@needmoreramsay]

Don't mind me, just watching this while eating a -slice-of- cake

[@Raaaach92]

You just reminded me I have birthday cake left!

[@silviacostanzo7356]

I guess it is ok if the cake is homemade XD

[@honey5269]

I love your honesty

[@bjbrown6884]

😂😋💕

[@britinbrazil7912]

The processed food industry is as powerful as the oil and gas industry when it comes to lobbying politicians. You can make your own choices though. If the food you are buying has a barcode on it, it's not going to be good for you. Stop buying processed food and buy fresh, unprocessed food instead. In many cases it's cheaper anyway.

[@jennifers550]

What is funny about your statement is that in my grocery store even individual fruits and veg have barcodes.

[@britinbrazil7912]

@@jennifers550 lol! Yeah I've seen that too, totally unnecessary plastic packaging. I should have said if it's got an ingredients list and a barcode it's probably not very good for you! 😆

[@abrahamdsl]

@@jennifers550 I would think that the barcodes are internal to the supermarket for their purposes of automating things, not IUPAC/universal/government regulated for the ikes of processed foods.

[@jennifers550]

@@abrahamdsl This is likely. It just tickled my funny bone that the fruits and vegetables have barcodes too. Have a wonderful rest of your day. 🙂

[@jwoolman5]

@@britinbrazil7912 - no, the barcode stickers are placed right on the fruit. No need for plastic packaging unless they are selling things as a set. It just helps them track sales and keep online catalogs up to date. A lot of people appreciate that, me included since I can’t shop for myself.

[@saraharold3670]

It's América which has got the brunt of this and the quality of the food on sale is very poor in many areas. Very difficult for them to change as they grew up with these products in their system. Sad that it spread to France because thirty or so years ago you could buy fresh seasonal food daily or every second day in any fair-sized town because there were real markets. You could shop with a real wicker basket and come home with treasures to base a couples of days meals around.

[@1werewolf]

Live in the USA. Lived here all my life and never seen so many obese or overweight people. People live to eat. Food should be enjoyed, but it is out of control. Food is not entertainment. See it only getting worse. Would love to go to Italy. They know how to eat correctly.

[@meman6964]

The increase of 9bese people fits the time line of the introduction of high fructose corn syrup!! They brought out "New Coke", people in the south hated it... but they didn't get original Coke back, made with cane sugar Nope, they call it Classic Coke, but it has HFCS!! Mexican coke is the ORIGINAL RECIPE

[@miaomiaou_]

@@meman6964 idk man sugar is sugar, ppl really just need to eat less of it, and there shouldn’t be so much of it in everything in the first place. HFCS is cheaper than cane sugar hence the substitution

[@zvezdoblyat]

@@miaomiaou_ sugar is definitely not one fits all. Cane sugar is much much better than corn syrup, dextrose etc. Yes they’re all bad for you, but cane sugar is less bad than the rest

[@clykins1177]

After living abroad where food quality is higher and there is less salt and sugar I'm not longer able to eat the same things from home that I love. American ketchup for example is so salty its almost impossible to eat

[@LadyWithAKnife]

I agree. American style pancakes are very salty to me too. I can't believe pancakes dusted with powdered sugar and sticky sweet maple syrup is considered breakfast... I consider that dessert. Also after I kicked my sugar habit, a month later I tried vanilla ice cream and it tasted so sweet that I had a headache from it.

[@ranjapi693]

Had the Same Here.. once cutting Out the sugar and starting cooking with Ingredients (no Maggi no Ketchup) from Scratch you realize how much sugar there is in Food. A simple Glass of Pesto.. i couldnt eat IT because i Tasted the sugar so much. Try cooking the Same Things you Liked to eat.. But leave Out the sugar.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

I don’t mind the pancake thing, at least you know what you’re eating and I love American style pancakes. It’s the bread that got me. I just couldn’t believe how sweet the bread was in the US. And, of course, the natives weren’t even aware. Like the salty ketchup, it’s all they knew

[@annehatter3319]

@@clareshaughnessy2745 some of us are aware, and the stupidity hurts

[@shalenah]

feel this everthing taste so artificial

[@yr2180]

I live in South Africa. We go to a local farmers market and buy our food fresh. I have to get up at 4:30 on a Saturday to go, but it’s so worth it

[@Nettsinthewoods]

I remember how outraged people were in the U.K. that American food was flooding the high streets and supermarkets, but now it’s fully accepted despite how understood the damaging it is. Now I see the same in France. So sad.

[@Julia-qp1hb]

I've always had a sweet tooth and desserts are my vice. Aside from desserts, I eat very healthy and don't drink anything except water and black coffee. However, I recently decided to cut back on desserts. Our brains are wired to crave certain foods and almost expect them on a regular basis. So, since I've decided to cut back on desserts, I've been eating oatmeal with a spoonful of natural peanut butter as my daily "dessert ". This way, my brain still thinks I'm getting a dessert, however, it's about a hundred times healthier than a piece of cake, cookies, etc. Baby steps.

[@HB-oy5hc]

When I'm craving something sweet I really like a baked banana with crushed macadamia nuts on top. My vice is chai tea lattes. I have yet to find a healthier beverage that can replace it.

[@GiGitteru]

CB Here's a healthier beverage that can replace it: just normal chai itself. And no, not "chai tea", you're just saying "tea tea".

[@HB-oy5hc]

@@GiGitteru I have tried that. It doesn't have the same mouth feel and I don't feel satisfied drinking chai on it's own. It is definitely a bad habit for me.

[@naturecenterformeditationchi]

@@HB-oy5hc use a little honey instead of sugar

[@susanrim999]

For desert try nuts,raisins and one square of dark chocolate

[@lpanayi6954]

I will NEVER get tired of plain Greek yoghurt maybe with a bit of honey on occasion.

[@evamarek5205]

Greek Yogurt actually helps to reduce blood pressure. My doctor told me this. In addition to flax seeds, pistachio nuts, etc.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

I’m going to say something you probably already know so forgive me. You have to get proper Greek yoghurt. Here in the UK, only one product, made by the company Fage is actual Greek strained yoghurt, at least in supermarkets. Every other make has to call itself Greek ‘style’ yoghurt. The difference, though, is huge. Greek ‘style’ yoghurt uses artificial thickeners to imitate the delicious texture of the real thing. I don’t know whether corporations are forced to put the ‘style’ thing on packaging in the states?

[@JoeyBarb87]

Add protein powder & pb2👌🏽

[@gowdsake7103]

🤢🤢🤢🤮

[@chum5628]

I’ve been eating unsweetened coconut milk based yogurt lately with cantaloupe, watermelon, and strawberries. Fruit is the best sweetener!

[@hal2166]

im going to live in a small house in the middle of the woods, growing and making my own food.

[@aphr0d]

That would be the dream ❤️

[@SarahSherman-di7ku]

Do it, I sold my house in the suburbs and moved to a rural area with a smaller house and 7 acres- I raise and process all my own chickens, ducks and turkeys, this spring will be adding a greenhouse and pigs. I can't even eat eggs from the store anymore they just don't taste good compared to fresh ones from my chickens.

[@sharinaross1865]

I may do the same.

[@emilysahlen9164]

I am and was born a Type 1 Diabetic. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone! There’s a choice with Type 2 Diabetes, I don’t understand why they don’t take it when I didn’t have one?! I’ve lost my best friend and twin sister because of this disease. She was also a Type 1 Diabetic.

[@InsertMyChineseUsername]

I had a classmate with that, it seems pretty horrible :(

[@jasmines.6325]

Food addiction and a predatory food system

[@Olivia-W]

@@jasmines.6325 This. I got addicted as a kid. And the slew of industry funded studies that took a while to get re-reviewed and for new, better studies published. Like, _now_ I know low carb is better. A few years ago? Inconclusive.

[@claudiameier666]

i know we should know better but its almost automatic. i just ate a bunch of meringe cookies. its like i couldnt stop. and the sad thing is ive been trying to cut out sugar and breads.

[@thankthelord4536]

My grand kids father passed away in 2020 of type 1 diabetes at the age of 35. His blood sugars were at least 300-700.

[@XxRoseBudsAJPWxX]

i remember when i stopped eating 5,000 kcal a day. i felt so sick and hungry all the time. it helped with my high blood pressure and the symptoms only lasted about 8 days. it sucks but you'll get through! its only a week or so of adjusting to eating 2,000 kcals a day. i always remember my old habits and i thank my past self for taking that first step towards longevity and long term health.

[@massacrematt4613]

5000? What were you 400lbs damn😂

[@XxRoseBudsAJPWxX]

@@massacrematt4613 312 pounds 🥲

[@massacrematt4613]

@@XxRoseBudsAJPWxX I didn’t mean to be rude it was just crazy to me that someone ate 5k calories

[@XxRoseBudsAJPWxX]

@@massacrematt4613 I know you were joking lol. I was just starting to eat over 5,000 at that point.

[@Mistermeena1]

I saw a similar video to this where they intrviewed a scientist conducting experiments around addiction. He had rats on a direct intravenous dose of cocaine and after a while with cocaine they were given the choice to push a button for sugar water or for cocaine. They started choosing sugar water. Obviously, the psychological side is not comparable but the chemical physiological side is pretty much the same mechanism.

[@MLuna-uh4tg]

I stumbled on the actual research paper for this experiment. Sugar is horrible to put it simply.

[@mika-6417]

isn't that the exact experiment in the documentary?

[@MLuna-uh4tg]

@@mika-6417 yeah but I didn't know about the documentary. I just found the actual research paper by accident

[@zxyatiywariii8]

@@mika-6417 There have been several. In each one, rats chose sugar water over even cocaine and heroin.

[@jj-py9kf]

@@zxyatiywariii8 maybe they were thirsty, were they offered plain water too?

[@sunahamanagai9039]

Self cooked meals taste so much better than any of these packaged products, or fast food chains for that matter.

[@LukeFisherGAS]

This is amazing, thank you! Im absolutely sickened through and through, but my eyes are more opened than ever. Millions more need to see this, all around the world

[@laurent3415]

Every time I see farmer's markets with an amazing variety of choices, I am reminded of how terrible my local ones are. My local ones only have tomatoes, squash, zucchini, potatoes, onions, watermelon, cantaloupe, and peaches.

[@veronicadare9047]

How is this legal??? Shouldn’t there be labels warning consumers of possible addiction? This is not okay. We should be protected from greedy corporations engineering food for their benefit and not with our health in mind. It’s terrible. Our country is full of unhealthy individuals and it’s a sad sight. :(

[@stormyfleur]

it’s legal because nobody cares

[@Yehyeh613]

Of course not.. we have to stay sick so corporations will stay paid.

[@omied1390]

Everybody has a choice if they’re going to eat the garbage or not. Stop buying the prepared food from these greedy corporations…we all know they are out for profit

[@aphr0d]

Capitalism

[@rhonddalesley]

I don’t think that we can hold greedy corporations solely responsible, of course they’re going to do whatever they can and by whatever means necessary to get their hands on our money because that’s how business works. Think about buying shampoo, there’s all manner of ingredients in it that really aren’t good for us but we’re sucked in by the advertising, pretty packaging and promises of soft, sleek healthy hair instead of researching what’s actually in it and whether we’d plaster those chemicals on our heads if they weren’t in shampoo? Same thing. What we need to do is take personal responsibility for our consumption, educate ourselves on what’s in the ‘food’ we’re consuming and the health risks associated with it.

[@anara5570]

Oreos are such an awfully tasting desert food. I would reach for it only if starving.

[@KG-VanityInKnickers]

I tried a dessert that was made with Oreos and, I think whipped topping among other things, at a potluck (it seems to be a favorite, cuz I have seen many of these). I finally decided to try it and couldn't get past the first bite. It was so sickening sweet I couldn't handle it.

[@katie7748]

Yuck! Agreed! I tried one the other day to see if I still disliked them. The "frosting" is so...weird. It's mealy, waxy, coats your teeth and gums, fake tasting, overly sugary, etc. And that's coming from someone with a bona fide sweet tooth!

[@Booksandstrawberries]

True. I have a sweet tooth but even for me the sugar in the Oreos is too much, it's just plain sugar and sweeteners.

[@chrissyellem7397]

Lol I only like Oreo shakes but haven't drank one in 4 months.

[@jodihussung6161]

Something they neglected to say: all carbohydrates turn to sugar.

[@SailorDoggo]

Yes but the longer the process is the healthier the carbohydrate is.

[@jodihussung6161]

@@SailorDoggo but in the end. All carbs turn to sugar. Our fruits and vegetables have been engineered to be sweeter. So we eat more and buy more.

[@SailorDoggo]

@@jodihussung6161 So we eat more vegetables and fruits and stay healthy and live long and fulfilling lives. Where the harm in that? Whole food plant based diet

[@jodihussung6161]

As someone with diabetes, I can no longer tolerate carbohydrates. I follow a low carbohydrate whole food approach. But know that the carbohydrate addiction is right there at the ready. Best of luck

[@SailorDoggo]

@@jodihussung6161 It really is unfair for you in that medical situation and you have my sympathy. I hope you have the ability to live the best life you can and be happy.

[@bjbrown6884]

The best thing you can do is raise as much of your own food as possible. I have my garden and use it all year round growing plants in season. I buy things I can't grow because my garden is small but I have fresh veg and fruit most days.

[@meman6964]

Live on 4th floor, but grow sprouts every day. Simple, just a jar with holes and seeds or beans. Wish I had a little spot 9f dirt, I'd grow sweet potato

[@susanrim999]

Don,t understand why in USA lawns take up space where vegetables could be grown

[@bjbrown6884]

@@susanrim999 I think because the ideal in America was to have a sweeping lawn to express your wealth. Now it's too much time feeding, weeding and watering. Why not grow food!

[@susanrim999]

And the shocking thing is that zoning laws fine people who raise veggies instead of grass

[@bjbrown6884]

Lucky for me i can raise food!

[@V.Hansen.]

a tax on any food that's been processed and no tax on any unaltered food would be good.

[@franzjosefmueller-alban509]

Went full Keto over a year ago, exercise 6/d week , cardio 3/d week and I have felt better in my life (56 years young )so yeah , best decision ever

[@nightmarerex2035]

why dose keto help so meany but hurt others? like going vegan can make one healtheir OR worse. and someone else going carnivor helps more?

[@franzjosefmueller-alban509]

@@nightmarerex2035 hi there , transitioned to carnivore after that .. slowly stopped eating plants . The way I see it is simple : listen to your body , I found out ( for example) that all foods containing starch are terrible for me . The funny things is , when you eat the SAD diet , you don’t notice such things until you start from scratch. I eat 5 eggs , a burger patty , butter and cheese for breakfast and … I am not bloated, I don’t feel anything at all , I just feel satiated. Whatever I add and feel different my body is telling me : that’s not good for you so , I may introduce some other food in the future but for the time being my body is working just fine . I increased my protein intake to 200 gr / day and my recovery after workouts is perfect .. so listen to what your body tells you . All the best and have a great day

[@stickytopics]

Agreed... the industry is money making, not human saving 😅

[@Kitten_maniac]

Good thing that I highly dislike sweet things and crunchy things. That means I hate biscuits, cream, chips, mass produced cupcakes, jams and most packaged products. And I am too broke to afford fast food 😂

[@kalaidoscopez5388]

Same here mate, Fast food is way too expensive!

[@TheNickleChick]

I wish I could hate crunchy stuff lol I'm a total texture eater and crunchy is my fave so I eat a lot of salad when i want the CRONCH

[@user-zy3nv1jy1m]

Carbs for the win

[@Kaili90]

I was often sick when I was young. So I told myself at 12yo not to consume snacks, sweets. Even when I’m older, I don’t feel I’m missing out. Just grateful that I do not have to fall into their “traps”. And I got better in health.

[@georgepipito5471]

I never had excessive amounts of sugar as a kid/teen and rarely got sick even when people all around me were getting sick… now as an adult I started eating real/ Whole Foods and intermittent fast and I haven’t been sick since and I this was 3 years ago I started. Right before covid started! Even crazier I have never been vaccinated for covid and never got any type of sickness in general!!! While they are pushing the vaccine, I doubled down on getting healthier and I feel absolutely happy with my decision!

[@livelearnandteach7402]

We need to start making it clear most of what we call food is just 'product'.....its not food at all.

[@antoinettefrancis5036]

Great video, I eat mainly unprocessed protein, veges and salad and fruit. I do struggle at times with chocolate and bread cravings. I try to avoid dairy and gluten but it’s not always smooth sailing. Watching this it makes me want to wear a tshirt to the supermarket, saying don’t eat the crappy food made by the elite food companies. Makes me so angry, we’re basically being poisoned and we pay for it twice, maybe even 3 or 4 times! Enough is enough.

[@sueridgard9068]

A very good documentary. Everyone should educate themselves about reading food labels and try and eat less unprocessed foods. The soft drink industry also has alot to answer for in the obesity crisis we have now. I think it's extremely poor that none of the big food industries would take part in this programme.

[@Valcon41]

My opinion and thoughts. If it's been massed produced in a factory, if it is in a box or package, not grown on a farm. We should not be consuming it. I don't think of it has food. Since I stopped eating breads and pasta, stopped consuming milk, cut out the processed garbage. More fruits and vegetables, less processed meats, the weight dropped. Drinking more water, staying away from fruit juice and pop. My energy levels increased. We consume more then what our bodies need, all those chemicals to keep these foods shelf life longer. Chemicals we don't need. I may get heat for this, but bread and milk, and how much we consume of them are one of the biggest culprits.

[@mrsmokingskittles148]

So all your meals are fruit, veg and meat? Nothing else?

[@Valcon41]

@@mrsmokingskittles148 I ran into some financial issues which made me temporary do what i needed to make it through. But once i get back on track yes. Breakfast eggs, meat, potatoes, fruit. For the rest of the day again yes vegetables, meat. Seeds and nuts. No bread, no pasta, no junk, no condiments, no dairy. Key is to just eat enough for your body energy requirements, and not over do it. And yes the weight just melted off.

[@thankthelord4536]

So the point is, the food industry needs you just as addictive to the food as drugs whether good or bad. Keep you craving like an addict. Got it!

[@savedbygrace1582]

Fight back and quit buying packaged foods. Read the ingredients. Sad that so many additives that are not actually foods are included.

[@lilitalia777]

Fascinating and also not surprised by everything I heard. I was bulimic for nearly 20 years. It's a twisted thing when you grow up in a country where the models were stick thin and food is the center of EVERYTHING. My binges were always super salty, super sweet, or a combination of the two. I was finally able to break the cycle by going vegan / whole foods plant based. I also found something I loved more than food: running. No one wants to talk about obesity. The churches don't want to confront this country's most prevalent sin: gluttony. Happy? Eat! Sad? Eat! Bored? Eat! Really makes me sad...

[@tatan4939]

İn my workplace it has been a habit of taking afternoon tea paired with cakes, pastries and chocolates, most of my workmates are obese. At first i join them, but after few times i felt sick eating all these sugary stuff. Now seeing something like that automatically lose my appetite. Coz the obesity of my workmates remind me what i should not do.

[@bobfryfish]

lol at last line.

[@annecher5737]

Since the pandemic started I haven't touch fast food for more than 2 years which I used to eat every week! Lost more than 20kg. Not touching fast food anymore.

[@kerriealison6545]

It's interesting that products that are proven to have health benefits..green tea, taurine, are targeted for label changed

[@cristelraymundo1188]

In Mexico, all the products come with a label, that you can see if there is full of sugar, calories, sodium or Saturated fats!!

[@daintybeigli]

I love sweets and cookies, but have never understood the appeal of Oreos. They’re not good.

[@dilljakerm6147]

I have not had an Oreo cookie in over a year. Just seeing it reminds me whenever I used to have them as snacks.

[@anytimeelgin8645]

A 2013 study by Connecticut College found that 50% of lab rats preferred Oreos over cocaine & morphine. That's how addictive these corporations make their products to hook us.

[@benzei2003]

Wow the clinical psychologist Ashley really explained it very well, relatable and simple. She would probably be an excellent lecturer and advocate

[@Magnulus76]

Sugars aren't normally found in rich foods in nature, and aren't typically mixed with fats, which contain alot of calories per gram. Fruits generally are low in calories, because they contain alot of water and fiber, and most only have a small amount of actual sugars. It's humans that make confections, donuts, pastries, and cookies, which are really quite artificial in nature and unlike the foods we ate for tens of thousands of years.

[@evafernwell6751]

All I get after eating an oreao is an awful plant oil aftertaste... 🤢 Sugar is not evil in itself. The trickery is... If you're eating a slice of cake you know you're consuming sugar. But you have no idea you're eating sugar in your sauces, meat products, etc. I read labels of everything I buy. And one thing that's worse than sugar, btw, is plant (aka seed) oils, recently shown to be responsible for more chronic disease that sugar...

[@Urbanwarrior1967]

I don't like oreos either. They taste nasty to me.

[@kerb5989]

@@Urbanwarrior1967 Personally mint areos are my guilty pressure, but I think the original comment was about oreos

[@Urbanwarrior1967]

Areos on the other hand are very nice 😉

[@aphr0d]

@@Urbanwarrior1967 huh?

[@aphr0d]

@@Urbanwarrior1967 what are areos.. Is that a misspelling of areola. Cuz the wink confused me

[@stephaniebrizard8657]

I'm the opposite - if I get a basket, I can only hold so many things, so I get the things I actually went to the store for, and nothing extra.

[@marylizakowski706]

Same here, Stephanie! I was wondering what in the heck that guy was even talking about. How in the world does using a basket influence one to needlessly shop extra?

[@nightmarerex2035]

@@marylizakowski706 another channel sied the OPPOSITE and that the CART is the thing that makes buy more, most like to fill the cart so thats why carts get bigger over time.

[@NEMO-NEMO]

For the first time I had a chick-fil-a chicken sandwich. I only like home made food and I make my own savory and sweet dishes and desserts. I was shocked at what the sandwich tasted like. It was a sweet with a bun that was almost a piece of cake and lots of butter on the bun. The chicken was also sweet with lots of crunch and spices. And the Asian sauce was really jam. I asked others if they could taste the sweetness of the sandwhich and they said no not at all. I only finished 1/2. I got heartburn while I was eating it.

[@heathern4052]

So I started a modified keto diet, and a Burger King Whopper is surprisingly allowed - as long as there's no bun. I hadn't realized how sweet and delicious that bun was until I started tossing it. Man, it hurt to throw out that soft sweet bread.

[@NEMO-NEMO]

@@heathern4052 That Keto diet will never be as effective as you cooking at home. Burger King is corporate food, unhealthy and devoid of anything good.

[@HenrietteMesman]

You don't need dead bird's flesh anyway.

[@thankthelord4536]

I don't know what ppl see in Chick- fila. I tried it once and don't like it.

[@annettestephens5337]

We eat for flavour, texture and entertainment. We used to eat for nourishment

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

The people that care about labels know how to read them..the ones that dont care...wont read them. Labels aren't the problem...children can read them. Not caring is the problem and there is no solution to stupid.

[@leonardoives674]

And underprivileged people who cant read labels ? People who dont understand labels? People who were never taught about nutrition?

[@jdmccoy1999]

@@leonardoives674 In the US they teach nutrition in school. If you want to learn about it or even care about it, there is a lot of info available for free. If you care, but can’t understand or read, plant your own veggies and fruit. People find ways if they care enough. It starts with parents teaching and showing their children..being an example.

[@chokemewithmydiamonds9456]

@@jdmccoy1999 you seem to not factor in the fact that a lot people simply don't have the privilege to grow their own food, whether that be not having enough money to buy all the necessary supplies, or lack of space to grow, or both. just today actually, i was out to buy ham (yes, ham) and most of them had no labels (i'm not from the states). i saw your other comment saying that most of the blame is on the consumer, but that's not true when these big corporations find ways and tactics to fool buyers.

[@leonardoives674]

@@jdmccoy1999 I live in south africa where people arent as lucky and privileged as you lot are in America.

[@eironhendrix]

Im from the US and i was NOT taught how to read labels or nutrition. I didnt know how to read labels until about 5 months ago after watching what the health and turning vegan i learned how to read labels and ingredients at 27. Also, ingredients can be easily hidden with not so known chemicals and wording.

[@KB-jo8ld]

Sugar addict here of 30 years. Started Keto 11 weeks ago and have lost 32 pounds. 54 more to go for a healthy BMI. I have also noticed so many health benefits. Will switch from Keto to low carb once I've lost the weight I want to lose. I never want to get on the sugar addiction train again.

[@-carly-]

Keep going! You’re doing freaking amazing 🤩

[@KB-jo8ld]

@@-carly- thank you! In the end i lost 85 lbs with keto and got to a 25 BMI :) Broke my foot a few months ago so gained some weight, but am trying now to get back to where i was. It will be a battle to fight for the rest of my life 🦾

[@alexandrathiele9109]

I hate Oreo cookies, they look bad and they taste bad because they’re so dry

[@lindsay3995]

I mean, let’s be real tho. I can routinely gain/lose 10-15 lbs around the winter months my only notable dietary shift comes from near daily trips to my local bakery where I buy (and watch them mix/bake) gorgeous sourdough and then add to it mashed avocado & pepper. There’s frankenfood and then there’s good old fashioned carb indulgence lol.

[@april_]

Local bakeries don’t normally put all that nasty stuff into their foods. Sounds amazing! I love avocado on sourdough

[@bredaobrennan9993]

Great documentary, thanks.

[@No-sv6mu]

Sugar is a major addiction. Now we see more nations besides just the US having an issue with it. I have started making as much as I can from scratch to control all the added sugar.

[@horsepowermultimedia]

Did you know that sugar is addictive because of it being altered by those corporations? I tried root beer that had cane sugar instead of processed sugar and I did not get an urge to drink more. If you want sugary drinks, make sure that the sugar is NATURAL. Unfortunately, since cane sugar is being replaced more and more by corn syrup, if we are what we eat, we might as well become a bunch of pancakes due to all this syrup.

[@dotsyjmaher]

I LOVED sugar as a kid...and we had cheap candy with fairly natural ingredients... I was lucky we got very high quality bakery items in my neighborhood... But over time I noticed sugar made me feel awful... and I had to take over our household at 14 due to my "mother" being crazy... I started buying and prepping very good food and snacks... My father still brought home the nice high quality bakery goods...but I rarely ate them or only ate a little...my siblings got much better snacks because I PREPPED THEM AND KEPT THEM RIGHT IN THE FRIDGE... I worked myself to death for ungrateful aholes.. good food take money...but it TAKES A LOT OF TIME... Most people won't invest the time...

[@MrsSiri-ts4fd]

This is a Great documentary that i ever seen in this month. first of all, i'm asian people but i understand this problems and craving to campaign and call out about this because in my country had so manny childrens eat sugar product As a result had overweight , tooth decay problems. Conclusion ,Thank you for fascinating documentary.💖

[@basketballfan5763]

I worked all through college in a food supermarket and I developed a neck injury where I couldn't bend down or lean up and I discovered that certain products are stocked at eye-level and it's funny with my dairy allergy that I always have to go to the ground for the soya milk and the rice milk until lately where it's come up now to eye level on the shelf

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Just for general information: This morning I spent £9.49 on shopping, and bought enough to make me 3 meals a day for the next 7 days. Most of my shop was vegetables and pulses, with not one single "branded" product. The more manufacturers spend on advertising, the less they're spending on the food. It's all down to the bottom line.

[@moniquechat6860]

The freshest veggies and fruit are actually Frozen then there's produce what she's like one or two weeks old by time they get it into the store and then there's can food I worked in a grocery store I do know the freshest is actually Frozen that's 1 hour after being picked it has the most vitamins in it and it's the safest then the second safest is produce produce comes in about one or two weeks after being picked people don't know that unless you live on a farm you're not going to get fresh unless you actually go to the Frozen ffy

[@glenobrien2008]

Can always go to a green grocer that get their fruit and veg freshly harvested each day.

[@muffinz1005]

thanks for telling us! did not know this

[@jwoolman5]

@@glenobrien2008 - if you have the time during open hours and have a car and can afford gas.... That’s even assuming such a place exists in your area. The USA is very spread out and has poor or non-existent mass transit outside of the really big cities. We even lost access to intercity buses decades ago and we have just one cab company, in a small city of 50,000 people.

[@omied1390]

The freshest vegetables that I buy are right from a farmers market that are often picked with an a day or two of being at the market. I’ve also gone places to pick my own cherries, strawberries, raspberries, peas, So I consider those the freshest, and have grown some of my own which is great to pick and eat within an hour.

[@moniquechat6860]

@@omied1390 I got a little secret for you you do know the stands where you buy the fruits and veggies $0.50 for a pound for some of the fruits and veggies if you go out and where the farmers are three times more you get with them then you do if you get the middle hand that's where you're paying more for the produce section same thing for the fruit that's why I go with the Frozen if I have to little tip my family has done a lot of different things in their lives and some are still doing farming and they sell their props for less than what it's worth just so they can keep their farms hint hint and it's fresh that way but the stores won't take it's in perfect shapes and and perfect coloring other fruits and veggies but it's edible it's good and it's tasty it tastes the same so you can get it for really cheap prices they don't waste food they still sell the stuff it's in perfect because it's still edible good tasting and it gives them a little extra money in their pocket if you look for those you'll be really good off

[@sylwia7060]

Thanks for the upload ☺️ watching from Norway 💞