Oddbean new post about login | logout I sometimes do Instacart for extra income, and this is what a customer requested. Seriously, what are people consuming? Doing these deliveries has given me some real insight into how people eat—and it’s no surprise why we see the mental and health issues we do in the U.S. today. https://image.nostr.build/c9fa8319fc1c75b635dc3e8160b86066b1b881647e2e0a8e88d57c002dd4db91.jpg
Garbage. Just give your kids wine for breakfast might do less harm 😂 nostr:nevent1qqszyum9emrctk4hgzal847y3ak308fpn6xdwurgu2g7kua29rm534gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygxpueg9cqk635ds5keadkmwrxewkgku648sap3sdmy2yyus9vc40cpsgqqqqqqssh3wnx
This is the fiat shit they invent in boardrooms.
90% of Americans have at least one marker for metabolic syndrome. NINETY PERCENT. 50% of Americans are obese or overweight. More than 10% of the total population has full blown type 2 diabetes. The CDC estimates > 26% of Americans have a disability. The root cause of almost all of this is this hyper processed toxic pseudo-food. Most countries are seeing similar trends to the US. There has never been a time in human history where the health of an average person has been so poor. And from something completely preventable and reversible (diet). Absolute insanity.
Absolute insanity indeed. Makes me sad
I never fail to see an extremely unwell person at the grocery store with a cart full of trash food. I always want to evangelize them on a proper diet 😂
I should definitely make a series about my Instacart experiences - it would be both funny and eye-opening. I notice the same thing when I’m out shopping or walking around. The food choices people make are all over the place. One minute, they’re buying health foods, and the next it’s ice cream, sodas, and chips. The combinations are sometimes so conflicting, it’s no wonder we have so many health issues. It’d be interesting to highlight these strange shopping habits in a way that’s both amusing and thought-provoking.
In the sixties, birth control was becoming widely available and drug companies were able for the first time ever quantify how much a person on a monthly medication was worth. A sick person is a valuable commodity. An obese child is worth literal millions over the course of their lifetime. Perverse incentives get perverse outcomes. 🍻🧡👊🏻🥩
And if pharmaceuticals can’t treat them they just get the government agencies to move the goal posts… https://www.uab.edu/news/health/item/9281-103-million-people-classified-as-having-high-blood-pressure-under-new-guideline
💯 Just look at all the isles that are filled with things there is zero reason to eat. I literally go around the outside lane of the store to shop with a possible detour down the condiments isle. 🍻🧡👊🏻🥩
It reads "gluten free"; As if the gluten would be of any concern in this. Although to be fair, I just looked up the ingredients and apart from the three usual suspects (palm oil, fructose, sugar) it's actually not too bad: Limed Corn Flour, Palm Oil, Fructose, Sugar, Cinnamon, Salt. But then again, I don't know if regulations in the US require listing things like preservatives etc in the ingredients list, and considering these are only the base for what looks like a sugar and cholesterol bomb filling, it probably shouldn't exist.
