Modern food is designed to be quickly digestible and to make us fat.
It follows the same principle of Oxycontin addicts. They take their daily dose, crush it into a powder and snort it. Voila, they get addicted.
They use the same method for food. They process it until it becomes easily digestible, add flavor enhancers and then we eat it. It digests quickly, our body can't use it all at once and we store it as fat. We get an insulin spike and then we feel tired and also we may feel hungry again.
Thus begins a vicious cycle that results in us gaining weight over the years and unable to lose it even with exercise.
Since the start of May this year I quit all processed foods. No high fructose corn syrup, no food with ingredients I don't keep in the kitchen. I've lost 40 pounds. It was literally the easiest thing I have ever done.
Was it expensive? Nope. Dirt cheap. A couple of Costco chickens each week, broccoli, cauliflower, other veggies and fruits.
No breads or pastas. No cookies or ice creams. But I can eat all the fruit I want. I can steam veggies and add some butter and Parmesan and seasoned salt.
Anyway, I've lost an average of 7 pounds a month. I'm not trying to do calorie deficit but I probably was in a deficit. The thing is hunger doesn't bother me because it doesn't come with fatigue and insulin shocks.
I spend about 50$ a week for groceries for myself. I'm down to 205. I call it The 70's Diets because I only eat food that could have been eaten in the 70's, but only if it is made exactly like in the 70's. Twinkies used to be made with cream, flour, and eggs. Now it is hydrogenated oils, preservatives, and HFCS. Doritos used to be stone ground corn. Now it is highly processed corn with flavor enhancers. Ice Cream used to be cream and sugar. Now it is HFCS and mouth feel additives to mimic cream. Then it is whipped with air so you can spoon it out faster. There is no barrier to eating it other than cost.
There is a huge about of food options out there. Not all foods are heavily processed. If you feel like you don’t have any agency or feel out of control around food, or feel like you have a food “addiction” (not a thing), reach out for help with an eating disorder specialist.
Also, do you eat anything with agave syrup? Which is days branded as a healthier sweetener alternative these days. Well, agave has a higher fructose content than high fructose corn syrup, which is just comparatively higher in fructose than regular corn syrup.
I’ll add that you do you, but restriction (cutting out certain foods or food groups entirely) VERY commonly backfires.
Healing the relationship with food is a WAY better idea. Also, many things in moderation are OKAY. Labelling foods good or bad only increases stress and rumination around food, which feeds into the disordered eating loop of guilt, compensation, then back to restriction, then over-indulging/bingeing, etc.
Your lifestyle diet or whatever isn’t right for everyone.
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u/geneticdeadender 14h ago edited 13h ago
Modern food is designed to be quickly digestible and to make us fat.
It follows the same principle of Oxycontin addicts. They take their daily dose, crush it into a powder and snort it. Voila, they get addicted.
They use the same method for food. They process it until it becomes easily digestible, add flavor enhancers and then we eat it. It digests quickly, our body can't use it all at once and we store it as fat. We get an insulin spike and then we feel tired and also we may feel hungry again.
Thus begins a vicious cycle that results in us gaining weight over the years and unable to lose it even with exercise.
Since the start of May this year I quit all processed foods. No high fructose corn syrup, no food with ingredients I don't keep in the kitchen. I've lost 40 pounds. It was literally the easiest thing I have ever done.
Was it expensive? Nope. Dirt cheap. A couple of Costco chickens each week, broccoli, cauliflower, other veggies and fruits.
No breads or pastas. No cookies or ice creams. But I can eat all the fruit I want. I can steam veggies and add some butter and Parmesan and seasoned salt.
Anyway, I've lost an average of 7 pounds a month. I'm not trying to do calorie deficit but I probably was in a deficit. The thing is hunger doesn't bother me because it doesn't come with fatigue and insulin shocks.
I spend about 50$ a week for groceries for myself. I'm down to 205. I call it The 70's Diets because I only eat food that could have been eaten in the 70's, but only if it is made exactly like in the 70's. Twinkies used to be made with cream, flour, and eggs. Now it is hydrogenated oils, preservatives, and HFCS. Doritos used to be stone ground corn. Now it is highly processed corn with flavor enhancers. Ice Cream used to be cream and sugar. Now it is HFCS and mouth feel additives to mimic cream. Then it is whipped with air so you can spoon it out faster. There is no barrier to eating it other than cost.