It helps the consumer avoid the racket in the first place.
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- Thread starter The Hammer
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Who knows.
Only to some extent. At the end of the day, we all choose what we put in our bodies. Let’s take some personal responsibility, folks.Huh... Not really, because what you are talking about at this point is access to affordable nutritious food. America has a lot of food deserts where the only options people have for their groceries are highly processed and packaged foods from convenience stores and gas stations. What are they supposed to do?
Keep in mind that a lot of ingredients and chemicals that are used in these foods that the FDA allows are banned in many other first world countries as well
FDA must do more to ban thousands of chemicals added to your food, petitioners say
The US Food and Drug Administration hasn't regulated the 10,000 chemicals added to your food, according to a petition filed Wednesday by groups representing pediatricians, the environment, public health, as well as food and consumer safety advocates.amp.cnn.com
Not to say that Americans have great eating habits in general because many don't, but the food that Americans have access to is dictated by their circumatances for sure. I think this plays far more of a determining role than simply blaming it on low self control. That's a lazy scapegoat
That said, our health care system kind of amplifies and perpetuates this problem in particular. Going in to have a doctor let you know how your eating habits effect your health and how to correct them is expensive here - especially if you are afraid that you might find out that you need to go in and have an expensive preventative procedure done. A lot of people would rather pretend like everything is ok and just go about their business until all those preventable problems stack up into an eventual emergency room visit. This is the norm now for the majority of people in the USA.
Father Heathen
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How exactly does criticism of the ghoulish healthcare system in the U.S. = advocating for unhealthy lifestyles?
I didn’t say that.
No. Because some people don't have the same access as others have pointed out here. Don't be dense.
You can't avoid a racket that has been forced on you and you need to eat. Food deserts are a real thing and affect a large portion of Americans.
Edit: "There are over 6,500 food deserts in the U.S. These are places where economics and geography make it harder for people to access healthy, nutritious food. While the challenges for those in rural and urban food deserts may look different, their refrigerators often look the same."
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Honestly?
When I visited family in California, I gained like 5 kg (I think that’s 10 lbs) in like a week
Granted I went out of my way to try fast food that we don’t have here.
But even “normal meals” were sugary to me.
Like even the bread tasted like it had tons of sugar. And my family are all health nuts!
Oh and your fast food literally made me sick after a while.
Like I found out why many US fast foods are illegal in my country first hand lol
Tasty though
Denial is a sign of addiction. Do you need help?
Ultimately you choose what goes in your mouth. I broke the cycle of obesity in my family. You can too. Good luck.