I love what Michael Pollan says about only eat foods your grandmother would have recognized. These heavily processed "foods" affect our body's immune system's ability to fight germs, invaders, foreign substances because the lines get too fuzzy.
Crisco has now been around for 110 years, so my update edit is to “Only eat foods your great-grandmother would have known as a young girl. Here is a link to a post about some of the backstory to the origins of Criso.
And then ya have to consider the associations that those associations are tied to which also happen to influence their agendas (or their collective agenda) as sponsors, but don't directly appear on the list themselves.
The cereal and candy aisles have given me the heebie jeebies for awhile now. The fact that half of the items on that chart were even considered common food choices is enough to leave one feeling very alone 🥲
The alphabet “medical” associations are nothing more than marketing agencies for Big Food. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is collusion with Big Pharma in the shadows. After all, it’s mutually beneficial for them to work together to assure current customers for the poison from Big Food, and then the inevitable future customers for the “solution”(poison) from Big Pharma.
If you truly want to get the heebie jeebies, just look at the contents of the shopping carts in supermarkets today. Most of the time, there is little to no actual food. Just one package of ultra processed “food” after another.
We have everyone searching for the “perfect” diet, from low fat, to vegan, low carb, Keto, carnivore, etc., where what we just need is a back to basics emphasis on whole foods. Let’s forget the perfect, and focus on the greatest good. Think of the enormous change to the healthcare system, and the entirety of society itself, if there was a wholesale reduction of ultra processed foods with their excessive sugars, refined carbohydrates and seed oils.
Yeah this stuff all seems to go back to the early start of the Kelloggs and Rockefellers, they had their tentacles in everything from nutrition to healthcare to the school systems, big oil, govt, etc. People will believe what they want rather than driving a wedge into their own cognitive dissonance to at least see what's been in front of 'em the whole time. And we all suffer for it.
I think back to all the processed crap and box after box of breakfast cereals I consumed as a kid and I just cringe. There was real food at dinnertime but the rest shouldn't have ever been considered acceptable, it's like nobody ever stopped to wonder what makes it qualify as food or nutrition. Was probably all justified by imagining whatever govt agencies approved of it were assuring it was healthy. The same mindset is going to leave kids eating bugs next just because that'll be what their parents can afford and they trust the so-called self-appointed 'authorities' to decide what's food or not.. Good enough for gov, good enough for their helpless hungry little dependents.
Yes, this twisted and warped history that gave us the “food” pyramid and Crisco and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Unlike the current crop, at least you had real food for dinner. How we got here is interesting, but the more pressing matter is how we get out? Where is the “education” going to come from? We obviously can’t expect the manufacturers to go against their own interests. Then there is “health”care….Not that we need any reminders, but take a look at hospital patient’s menus in 2022. It’s certainly not going to come from government. Ideally it would be happening at the government’s indoctrination centres(schools), but that obviously has not happened. Which leaves us with the last line of defence, the individual and the parents of the next generation. I certainly won’t hold my breath for them. If anything, for the general population, it has only gotten worse, not better in the last 20 years, and things were already awful before.
The inertia of the current nutritional nightmare is enormous. This is why I strongly believe in keeping it as accessible for the average person as possible. They don’t have the willingness to use any energy on this diet over that diet. We need to keep it simple, with one unified message. That message needs to be about avoiding ultra processed sugary products. Is improving nutrition more complicated than that? Sure, but that message alone will help 95% of the population. I like those odds.
Tufts University is notorious for crap like this. Their animal nutrition lab is sponsored by Purina. Purina is one of the most carb heavy worst foods a dog could eat. Just like humans there is no essential carbohydrate for dogs.
And then on top of the carbs there's all the mycotoxins and other toxins and chemicals that find their way into their products, which they'll explain away by claiming it's safe by govt standards or that there aren't studies to prove it causes illness.. Poor pups end up so sick and the owners don't make the connection that it's because they've basically been feeding 'em poison the whole time 😔
I love what Michael Pollan says about only eat foods your grandmother would have recognized. These heavily processed "foods" affect our body's immune system's ability to fight germs, invaders, foreign substances because the lines get too fuzzy.
Crisco has now been around for 110 years, so my update edit is to “Only eat foods your great-grandmother would have known as a young girl. Here is a link to a post about some of the backstory to the origins of Criso.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CjDwQrOubTR/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
And then ya have to consider the associations that those associations are tied to which also happen to influence their agendas (or their collective agenda) as sponsors, but don't directly appear on the list themselves.
The cereal and candy aisles have given me the heebie jeebies for awhile now. The fact that half of the items on that chart were even considered common food choices is enough to leave one feeling very alone 🥲
The alphabet “medical” associations are nothing more than marketing agencies for Big Food. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is collusion with Big Pharma in the shadows. After all, it’s mutually beneficial for them to work together to assure current customers for the poison from Big Food, and then the inevitable future customers for the “solution”(poison) from Big Pharma.
If you truly want to get the heebie jeebies, just look at the contents of the shopping carts in supermarkets today. Most of the time, there is little to no actual food. Just one package of ultra processed “food” after another.
We have everyone searching for the “perfect” diet, from low fat, to vegan, low carb, Keto, carnivore, etc., where what we just need is a back to basics emphasis on whole foods. Let’s forget the perfect, and focus on the greatest good. Think of the enormous change to the healthcare system, and the entirety of society itself, if there was a wholesale reduction of ultra processed foods with their excessive sugars, refined carbohydrates and seed oils.
Yeah this stuff all seems to go back to the early start of the Kelloggs and Rockefellers, they had their tentacles in everything from nutrition to healthcare to the school systems, big oil, govt, etc. People will believe what they want rather than driving a wedge into their own cognitive dissonance to at least see what's been in front of 'em the whole time. And we all suffer for it.
I think back to all the processed crap and box after box of breakfast cereals I consumed as a kid and I just cringe. There was real food at dinnertime but the rest shouldn't have ever been considered acceptable, it's like nobody ever stopped to wonder what makes it qualify as food or nutrition. Was probably all justified by imagining whatever govt agencies approved of it were assuring it was healthy. The same mindset is going to leave kids eating bugs next just because that'll be what their parents can afford and they trust the so-called self-appointed 'authorities' to decide what's food or not.. Good enough for gov, good enough for their helpless hungry little dependents.
Yes, this twisted and warped history that gave us the “food” pyramid and Crisco and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Unlike the current crop, at least you had real food for dinner. How we got here is interesting, but the more pressing matter is how we get out? Where is the “education” going to come from? We obviously can’t expect the manufacturers to go against their own interests. Then there is “health”care….Not that we need any reminders, but take a look at hospital patient’s menus in 2022. It’s certainly not going to come from government. Ideally it would be happening at the government’s indoctrination centres(schools), but that obviously has not happened. Which leaves us with the last line of defence, the individual and the parents of the next generation. I certainly won’t hold my breath for them. If anything, for the general population, it has only gotten worse, not better in the last 20 years, and things were already awful before.
The inertia of the current nutritional nightmare is enormous. This is why I strongly believe in keeping it as accessible for the average person as possible. They don’t have the willingness to use any energy on this diet over that diet. We need to keep it simple, with one unified message. That message needs to be about avoiding ultra processed sugary products. Is improving nutrition more complicated than that? Sure, but that message alone will help 95% of the population. I like those odds.
Yes, I like the corrected chart, I would just move melon up on the list. Other than that, it actually make sense….
Tufts University is notorious for crap like this. Their animal nutrition lab is sponsored by Purina. Purina is one of the most carb heavy worst foods a dog could eat. Just like humans there is no essential carbohydrate for dogs.
And then on top of the carbs there's all the mycotoxins and other toxins and chemicals that find their way into their products, which they'll explain away by claiming it's safe by govt standards or that there aren't studies to prove it causes illness.. Poor pups end up so sick and the owners don't make the connection that it's because they've basically been feeding 'em poison the whole time 😔