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74 percent of food products have added sugar [W:65]

Militant_Vegan_ said:
this thread isn't about veganism at all. you're coming across as unhinged and stalking.
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You don't really understand this discussion thing. I was replying to your statement about not trusting the food industry. The other side of the coin is not trusting fad diets.
 
zyzygy said:
You don't really understand this discussion thing. I was replying to your statement about not trusting the food industry. The other side of the coin is not trusting fad diets.
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what fad diet? this thread is about consuming high amounts of sugar. then you posted a bunch of stuff whining about veganism. unhinged.
 
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Militant_Vegan_ said:
wow, That's pretty high


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The past couple of runs, I've been listening to Kelly Brownell of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale interview Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California at San Francisco. (Part 1, "Childhood Obesity"| Part 2, "Sugar and Processed Food") Yesterday, I was bowled over — OK, just figuratively, I did actually keep running — by Lustig's saying that 80 percent of the 600,000 food product sold have added sugar.

*I* am convinced that added sugar is pervasive, but I never would have guessed it was thus. (I inquired about the stat, first with Lustig and then with UNC's Barry Popkin, whom Lustig pointed to as his source. The final figure was more like 74 percent, Popkin said, and will be published in the next month or two.)

In the same 'cast, Lustig said that we need to drastically reduce average daily consumption of sugar — from 22 teaspoons now to 9 teaspoons for men and to 6 teaspoons for women — if we are to avoid the illnesses that otherwise result, and "there's no way to do it with the current food supply."

74 percent of food products have added sugar | Michael Prager
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So don't buy processed foods. Seems simple enough to me. I don't.

That doesn't mean that I will turn down a medium rare lamb chop with a rosemary crust.
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
wow, That's pretty high

The past couple of runs, I've been listening to Kelly Brownell of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale interview Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California at San Francisco. (Part 1, "Childhood Obesity"| Part 2, "Sugar and Processed Food") Yesterday, I was bowled over — OK, just figuratively, I did actually keep running — by Lustig's saying that 80 percent of the 600,000 food product sold have added sugar.

*I* am convinced that added sugar is pervasive, but I never would have guessed it was thus. (I inquired about the stat, first with Lustig and then with UNC's Barry Popkin, whom Lustig pointed to as his source. The final figure was more like 74 percent, Popkin said, and will be published in the next month or two.)

In the same 'cast, Lustig said that we need to drastically reduce average daily consumption of sugar — from 22 teaspoons now to 9 teaspoons for men and to 6 teaspoons for women — if we are to avoid the illnesses that otherwise result, and "there's no way to do it with the current food supply."

74 percent of food products have added sugar | Michael Prager
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We really just need to stop eating processed foods. They are created in scientific laboratories to be the equivalent of chum or bait, to say it another way. Stop eating processed? You don't have to worry about how much sugar is being added. Your body will thank you.
 
MaggieD said:
We really just need to stop eating processed foods. They are created in scientific laboratories to be the equivalent of chum or bait, to say it another way. Stop eating processed? You don't have to worry about how much sugar is being added. Your body will thank you.
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Its hard to believe what people simply dump down their greedy maws, including soda pop.
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
wow, That's pretty high


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The past couple of runs, I've been listening to Kelly Brownell of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale interview Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California at San Francisco. (Part 1, "Childhood Obesity"| Part 2, "Sugar and Processed Food") Yesterday, I was bowled over — OK, just figuratively, I did actually keep running — by Lustig's saying that 80 percent of the 600,000 food product sold have added sugar.

*I* am convinced that added sugar is pervasive, but I never would have guessed it was thus. (I inquired about the stat, first with Lustig and then with UNC's Barry Popkin, whom Lustig pointed to as his source. The final figure was more like 74 percent, Popkin said, and will be published in the next month or two.)

In the same 'cast, Lustig said that we need to drastically reduce average daily consumption of sugar — from 22 teaspoons now to 9 teaspoons for men and to 6 teaspoons for women — if we are to avoid the illnesses that otherwise result, and "there's no way to do it with the current food supply."

74 percent of food products have added sugar | Michael Prager
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You have to actually go out of your way to find bread and peanut butter without added sugar. That's absolutely amazing, when you think about it.
 
calamity said:
You have to actually go out of your way to find bread and peanut butter without added sugar. That's absolutely amazing, when you think about it.
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Today the PB has too little sugar for me, I need to add something, often honey. It just does not taste good to me without the sugar.


MERRY CHRISTMAS
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Today the PB has too little sugar for me, I need to add something, often honey. It just does not taste good to me without the sugar.


MERRY CHRISTMAS
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I'm hardcore. Just peanuts, please. If I want to sweeten it up, I throw a few blueberries on top.

Merry Christmas back at ya.
 
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MaggieD said:
We really just need to stop eating processed foods. They are created in scientific laboratories to be the equivalent of chum or bait, to say it another way. Stop eating processed? You don't have to worry about how much sugar is being added. Your body will thank you.
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I do grow concerned when the people who make the recipes of processed food seem more like scientists in white coats than cooks, and when the flavorings and additives are brewed in chemical plants....this backlash against the food makers probably could have been predicted.





MERRY CHRISTMAS
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I do grow concerned when the people who make the recipes of processed food seem more like scientists in white coats than cooks, and when the flavorings and additives are brewed in chemical plants....this backlash against the food makers probably could have been predicted.


MERRY CHRISTMAS
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It's a well-deserved backlash. The food industry peddles drugs just as surely as the pushers on the corner. These companies aren't worth hundreds of billions of dollars because they sell fresh vegetables. They are worth those billions because they scientifically engineer food through taste, texture and chemical enhancement to turn the greater majority of Americans into junkies. Making us sick just as surely as if we are smoking a pack a day.
 
MaggieD said:
It's a well-deserved backlash. The food industry peddles drugs just as surely as the pushers on the corner. These companies aren't worth hundreds of billions of dollars because they sell fresh vegetables. They are worth those billions because they scientifically engineer food through taste, texture and chemical enhancement to turn the greater majority of Americans into junkies. Making us sick just as surely as if we are smoking a pack a day.
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Yep. It's no coincidence that RJ Reynolds bought Nabisco.
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
wow, That's pretty high


"
The past couple of runs, I've been listening to Kelly Brownell of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale interview Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California at San Francisco. (Part 1, "Childhood Obesity"| Part 2, "Sugar and Processed Food") Yesterday, I was bowled over — OK, just figuratively, I did actually keep running — by Lustig's saying that 80 percent of the 600,000 food product sold have added sugar.

*I* am convinced that added sugar is pervasive, but I never would have guessed it was thus. (I inquired about the stat, first with Lustig and then with UNC's Barry Popkin, whom Lustig pointed to as his source. The final figure was more like 74 percent, Popkin said, and will be published in the next month or two.)

In the same 'cast, Lustig said that we need to drastically reduce average daily consumption of sugar — from 22 teaspoons now to 9 teaspoons for men and to 6 teaspoons for women — if we are to avoid the illnesses that otherwise result, and "there's no way to do it with the current food supply."

74 percent of food products have added sugar | Michael Prager
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Is it bad, if I take thick dark brown sugar on my porridge with the heavenly full sweet cream and

;)
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
wow, That's pretty high


"
The past couple of runs, I've been listening to Kelly Brownell of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale interview Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California at San Francisco. (Part 1, "Childhood Obesity"| Part 2, "Sugar and Processed Food") Yesterday, I was bowled over — OK, just figuratively, I did actually keep running — by Lustig's saying that 80 percent of the 600,000 food product sold have added sugar.

*I* am convinced that added sugar is pervasive, but I never would have guessed it was thus. (I inquired about the stat, first with Lustig and then with UNC's Barry Popkin, whom Lustig pointed to as his source. The final figure was more like 74 percent, Popkin said, and will be published in the next month or two.)

In the same 'cast, Lustig said that we need to drastically reduce average daily consumption of sugar — from 22 teaspoons now to 9 teaspoons for men and to 6 teaspoons for women — if we are to avoid the illnesses that otherwise result, and "there's no way to do it with the current food supply."

74 percent of food products have added sugar | Michael Prager
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I am addicted to sugar

The worst thing one can have in one's diet is refined sugar...it took them HOW long to realize that sugar was bad for us?

Well turns out that like the tobacco industry knew the dangers of the poison they promoted, so did the food industry.

Once I start eating it, I can't stop...right now I am on a free pass until it's gone from the cupboards but even my mouth has cankers from the past few days of indulgence

it's poison and should be avoided
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
wow, That's pretty high


"
The past couple of runs, I've been listening to Kelly Brownell of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale interview Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California at San Francisco. (Part 1, "Childhood Obesity"| Part 2, "Sugar and Processed Food") Yesterday, I was bowled over — OK, just figuratively, I did actually keep running — by Lustig's saying that 80 percent of the 600,000 food product sold have added sugar.

*I* am convinced that added sugar is pervasive, but I never would have guessed it was thus. (I inquired about the stat, first with Lustig and then with UNC's Barry Popkin, whom Lustig pointed to as his source. The final figure was more like 74 percent, Popkin said, and will be published in the next month or two.)

In the same 'cast, Lustig said that we need to drastically reduce average daily consumption of sugar — from 22 teaspoons now to 9 teaspoons for men and to 6 teaspoons for women — if we are to avoid the illnesses that otherwise result, and "there's no way to do it with the current food supply."

74 percent of food products have added sugar | Michael Prager
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I'm honestly surprised it's that low.
 
I can say that I started making my own pasta sauce precisely because I wanted to avoid the added sugar in jarred sauces. Not that I want to eliminate sugar entirely, I just see no need for it in my pasta sauce.
 
radcen said:
I can say that I started making my own pasta sauce precisely because I wanted to avoid the added sugar in jarred sauces. Not that I want to eliminate sugar entirely, I just see no need for it in my pasta sauce.
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have you ever made your own pasta at all?

i just started and my first batch was great
 
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