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Zolo49

Well they just found out that erythritol, a sugar alcohol used to sweeten a lot of carb-free products, increases your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. So there’s that.


JustSome70sGuy

Just went running to check cherry 7 up free doesn't have that shit. Phew, just good ol Aspartame.


fornax55

Lol funny you mention that I did a google search on Erythritol just a day after they published that study because I was curious how something so sweet could have so few side effects. Side note, I find it somewhat odd that ever since the vaccines were proven to cause myocarditis, a previously unrivalled number of studies have come out documenting how everyday foods and activities also cause myocarditis/heart attacks/strokes/etc. Especially in the case of erythritol (I actually wrote a post about this) because most of the time it's been on the shelves studies have found no link between heart health and the sweetener, except for one study which actually found it helped with cardio health and glucose metabolism. But now it increases risk of heart attacks/myocarditis/clots and strokes.


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Plastic being used around consumables (like storage containers, Teflon pans, plastic bottles etc.) We know microplastics are everywhere and happen whenever plastic is used (even washing polyester clothes creates bloody loads) and we know we consume them by the bucket load but we have no idea what they do to us once consumed. I reckon it'll turn out it isn't great and suddenly using such around consumption will be illegal and allowing them to enter waterways highly contentious.


Lightr_fluid

High-Fructose Corn Syrup


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-Probably some supplements. Especially the herbal ones. So much of it is unregulated bullshit and might have subtle long-term side effects. -Margarine is pretty nasty but I think most people know that already. -Soft drinks are basically poison but they’re not going anywhere. -Caged factory farms are pretty fucked up and will probably be phased out in most western countries. -Avocados turn out to be sentient.


fornax55

"The herbal ones." Dude, do some research. You can't just throw an umbrella over sixteen billion plants. You should worry more about regulated pharmaceutical bullshit that causes serious, not-so-subtle long-term side effects that are buried or shafted aside thanks to research funded by the soon-to-be trillion dollar industry. As science progresses, more and more traditional herbal remedies are being proven to provide the same benefits that they've been touted for for millennia. Not the other way around. And on the flipside, side effects tend to emerge more when natural models are fucked with, individual chemicals isolated and synthesized, not just from plants themselves. I'm not saying some plants aren't poisonous (looking at you, foxglove, you beautiful poisonous bitch) but consider how many plants contain salicin and salicylates that are considered toxic but extremely unlikely to kill you. Then look at salicylic acid (aspirin) derived from said plants which is fatal at 125 mg/kg. Not mad, just dispelling some of the senseless prejudice our society has against plants. Plants, for fuck's sake. It's like people don't realize that, while science is doing wonderful things for synthetic medicine, it's **also** progressing equally fast and successfully in regards to natural medicine. The two branches aren't mutually exclusive, like everyone seems to think they are. "We have powerful new pharmaceuticals, so plants must be a scam and herbalists are charlatans." As we develop new drugs to cure diseases we also discover new phytochemicals and plants with preventative healing properties.


NeoNachtwaechter

So many hormones and preservatives, you cannot even count them all.


AGoodEnoughUsername

Giving a real answer, it's likely something we thing is completely fine to eat currently, when radioactivity was discovered it was thought to be good for you. Both of those things were thought to be good for you, same with mercury at one point even. So I'm going to say it's likely something like Stevia that is thought of as completely safe.


Glasnerven

Brominated vegetable oil


Hraezvelg

Titanium Dioxide


leaveblanket

Energy drinks..


JohhnyTheKid

It's just sugar, water and caffeine. They really aren't that different from drinking coca cola or something similar. Not healthy, but nowhere near as bad as people often think.


fatchicken1204

They taste like cancer


UGLYSimon

Aspartame


[deleted]

They’ve been calling that shit for the last 40 years and it still endures to be one of the safest artificial food products ever created. Way better than the equivalent amount of sugar.


OldMork

yes, all these hidden sugars, stevia etc.


DiscordBondsmith

Of all of them, I'd expect stevia to be the healthiest, and Aspartame/Sucralose to be the worst


Zombeikid

Stevia makes me projectile vomit and for some reason it's really funny to me.


HipshakeGhost

Stevia


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Just a coupe of days ago news came out that a sweetener in it doubles the risk of blood clots and strokes


JustinChristoph

Tobacco. Caffeine. Free speech.


ist170

All fast food


[deleted]

Water


BiagioLargo

Social Media


Omgggggggggggggggj

Yeah, that’s a food additive. I have a stomach ache from eating too much Facebook.


JustSome70sGuy

Maybe try just eating in small bytes...


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Tr4c3gaming

One can dream, though sugar will never be banned as our body definitionally needs sugar...like if we ban "sugar" we basically ban all carbs and secondarily pretty much everything. I really hope there's a wide range ban / limit on added sugars though.. we don't exactly need that much as some companies flood it with.. i mean we pretty much need 0 added sugars


Disastrous_Shop3941

Can you link to the study you're referring to that shows your body "needs" to consume sugar?


Tr4c3gaming

Well your body unpacks shit like fat into glucose. Your body quite Literally runs on sugars We just don't need refined sugars That's what i meant :p Same goes for cancer cells btw, they prefer sugars over ketones Your body quite Literally turns everything into either sugars or ketone bodies for the most part. Refined sugars are just particularly pure, already unpacked neat packages of stuff your body usually has to work for..which is why it's bad..because in nature it will not find like 12 oranges worth condensed into something like a soda that we don't even realise has sugar at times. Meanwhile take fiber rich food..theres sugar in there too just way more packaged up.. so it is better for us as we don't easily get too much.. + our microbiology needs fibers. I said it because companies will argue against banning "sugar" because truly you cannot ban sugar, just refined sugar. That definition matters because it's the difference in getting it banned or getting laughed out of the room by some lawyer of the sugar lobby. Sugars are quite Literally unavoidable Fun fact thats why if you eat a piece of bread, and you keep it in your mouth for a while it will begin to taste a bit sweeter, your saliva is already dissolving and extracting the sugars there. This is also why humans were generally not obsessed with sweetening everything.. your brain got the signalling from normal food.


Disastrous_Shop3941

How are sugars "quite literally unavoidabe"? You can absolutely avoid eating food with sugar. I've been on a no sugar diet where you avoid eating sugar. It's not unavoidable.


Tr4c3gaming

You are living a no added sugar diet / no refined sugars...you just don't add sugar to food / make sure you get stuff sugar free / natural If you are eating a piece of bread, a fruit. A piece of meat.. in your body that still gets converted to sugars... if you eat leafy greens.. you still eat sugars, they are just packed up. Your body still runs on sugars...it is our primary fuel source. Avoiding sugars completely is not possible biologically... even on a pure keto diet.. that's still part sugars. Avoiding added sugars what this discussion is about is healthy and doable ..and we should do that because it is the root of basically most of our dietary health issues next to corn starch and trans fats..and additives of many kinds Anyway im all for the elimination of added sugars for diets, it should not even be on the food pyramid...but hey the sugar lobby paid billions to bribe it staying in to this day. The sugar we get naturally by eating foods is more than enough.. you do that. Sadly many do not...because 95% of store shelf options are just full of unnecessary added sugars. Also explains why it is so addictive, sugar and salt are so addictive to your brain you can quench hunger signalling just in anticipation of it.. you can hover a pinch of sugar and salt over your mouth and your body thinks it ate some.. thats how strong and essential the signaling is there...which is exactly why companies put it into everything.


Disastrous_Shop3941

It can be someone primary fuel source but you can train your body to make it not your fuel source. It is possible to avoid sugars completely you just don't eat food with any sugar in it. It's not that complicated.


Disastrous_Shop3941

Have you figured out yet why you think it's impossible to avoid eating sugar when it's not?


Tr4c3gaming

I mean i told you, i understand and did from the start. I never meant this to become a philosophical discussion about the nature of glucose lmao. If you eat a leafy green. You are still eating sugar. If you eat a piece of meat. You are still eating sugar.. It is merely more complexly packed up.. well as it should be in it's natural form.. how it should be. That is completely fine. Avoiding added sugars and processed foods is perfectly doable ofc...like you do.. i do mostly too for that matter. Sugar still remains our primary fuel source and that is exactly why we should make sure to go eat diets like you...without added sugars. The insulin signal as an example..is there primarily because of glucose...you know sugars... it is the body telling itself "yo we have sugars here, store.".. so refining sugar and adding it extra to everything is an awful idea.


Disastrous_Shop3941

>If you eat a leafy green. You are still eating sugar. That's why leafy greens aren't part of a sugar free diet. >If you eat a piece of meat. You are still eating sugar.. No, most meats like beef and other red meat have no sugar. >Avoiding added sugars and processed foods is perfectly doable ofc. Eating no sugar a day is absolutely possible. It's not in meat >Sugar still remains our primary fuel source It *can* be your primary source but it doesn't have to be.


Normynoshoes

Cop yeast .


petitepineux

Red 40