Why don’t Americans give a f*** about what they eat?

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of products have hidden sugar and it is hard and expensive to find things like ketchup, barbecue sauce, soy sauce etc without sugar. Avoiding sugar can feel like a full time job in america. I am always surprised when I find yet another product with hidden sugar.

That isn’t the problem. Those items have always had sugar in them, and the sugar is minimal. The problem is portion size and having a diet consisting of essentially junk food- not ketchup and soy sauce.

It’s really not hard to avoid sugar. Don’t eat ketchup and bbq sauce. It’s entirely unnecessary. Cook at home with minimal sugar. It’s really not hard.

Yeah, it’s not really hard. Just cook your own ketchup and barbecue sauce from scratch, bake your own bread, maybe start a fish pond for a healthy fish supply, raise your own cattle and voila - you’re finally eating healthy.

Not PP, but this over-the-top hyperbole isn’t helping your cause. Just eat sugary processed stuff less often, and in smaller quantities. It’s truly not as hard as you’re making it out to be.

People who have traveled and lived in other countries have experienced a different quality of food and can’t compare. It’s sad that most Americans don’t even know what real food tastes like.

If you knee what it’s like you would never be OK with junk that’s being sold here as food.

The difference is that I cook my own food the vast majority of the time, instead of constantly eating fast food and at restaurants and then being *shocked* that somehow I have become pre-diabetic. When I’m cooking lean proteins and fresh vegetables for dinner, they are not magically imbued with extra calories simply because I purchased them in America.

But also, since you bring it up, please provide an actual list of what you consider to be healthy, good food.

[Anonymous]

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Not PP, but this over-the-top hyperbole isn’t helping your cause.

It’s not my cause, honey. It’s yours. You’re living in a country where 73% of population is overweight, 40-45% is obese, and sickly.

If you think it won’t concern you because you live in your UMC bubble and can afford organic food and hours of cooking, you are SOOO mistaken. How can you be so short sighted?

You will have to pay for all those lazy bums who eat at McDonald’s and then become crippled adults in their late 20s. You will have to pay for them, their Social Security and Medicaid and you will also be living among them. And your kids will be living among them.

You are part of this culture. You are just as responsible for all this too. By being selfish and only thinking about yourself but not people as whole.

So, like…you?

[Anonymous]

I thought we all had to benefit from each other's strengths and subsidize each other's weaknesses. Do I deserve better care because I exercise regularly, don't drink alcohol, eat meat or junk food, and have never smoked or used drugs? Of course not. I have other problems, for which I hope I am deemed worthy of help. Everyone merits assistance from others by virtue of merely existing within our society.

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Anonymous wrote:Op you sound like a moron. I live in LA and I’m pretty sure people here care a lot more about their diet than you. You must be real fun at parties.

I’m an immigrant and I have literally never told anyone to go home, but you’re going to be the first. If you’re so smug and think Europe is so great, go home?

Since you’re asking why Americans don’t care about what they eat, I’m going to ask why so many Europeans don’t care about fixing their teeth or sun damage.

She isn't from Europe. I'm saying this as someone who actually lives in Europe. She is an unhappy mom who is bitter about what her bad choices have done to her body and life, so she posted this thread pretending to be a non-American.

Also, she is poorly educated. I feel kind of sorry for her when I see her illogical generalisations and hysterical attempts to assert her hare-brained notions as universal truths. I am beginning to think we are being cruel by continuing to engage with her.

I want to know where op is from because I lived in Italy for 3 years and ate pizza and pasta every day- just like everyone else. It’s not that much healthier in Europe. People just eat smaller portions. Have you been to the UK?? It’s like fast food and curry central. How about Germany? With all the bread? Maybe there’s less fast food joints but people eat like crap over there as well, but positions are smaller. AND THEY WALK MORE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op you sound like a moron. I live in LA and I’m pretty sure people here care a lot more about their diet than you. You must be real fun at parties.

I’m an immigrant and I have literally never told anyone to go home, but you’re going to be the first. If you’re so smug and think Europe is so great, go home?

Since you’re asking why Americans don’t care about what they eat, I’m going to ask why so many Europeans don’t care about fixing their teeth or sun damage.

She isn't from Europe. I'm saying this as someone who actually lives in Europe. She is an unhappy mom who is bitter about what her bad choices have done to her body and life, so she posted this thread pretending to be a non-American.

Also, she is poorly educated. I feel kind of sorry for her when I see her illogical generalisations and hysterical attempts to assert her hare-brained notions as universal truths. I am beginning to think we are being cruel by continuing to engage with her.

I have a feeling that OP is from somewhere like Winnipeg, and knows that sharing that detail will diminish her “healthier food back home” cred.

CANADIAN HERE TO TELL YOU WE EAT LIKE SHIT, TOO!!! Also, I feel like this is more of a Toronto vibe. Alberta is the Texas of Canada and people eat what they want and would more likely be posting on the conservative threads vs food threads. Lots of fat people in Winnipeg! If it’s a canadian, definitely to Toronto because no way anyone from Quebec is going to judge food choices when they literally invented poutine and people in Vancouver are too busy being outdoors and healthy to bother posting on this site.

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Oh, yes, "there is junk everywhere [EVERYWHERE!] when you step outside the house"! The world is a veritable Candy Land!

You really have to believe us that your hysterical exaggeration makes you sound stupid and illogical.

I have commented several times about living just over the border from France. In non-Covid times we are there shopping or visiting our close friends several times a month. I actually live in the area, and I am telling you that what you say about France isn't true. You sound so unsophisticated and naive with your absurd generalisations. Really, just do yourself a favour and don't try not to talk much about these things around your friends.

Also, why do you refuse to tell us what country you are from? It's because you made that up too, right?

You keep saying you are living on border with France, but have you actually lived in America for extended periods of time? Have you eaten in American restaurants?

I’m not naive. I’m an immigrant from Europe and also have traveled a lot and lived in other countries. The other posters who are from Europe have commented here the same. It’s strange you are the only one who lives on some mysterious border with France keep repeating yourself over and over. Even obesity statistics don’t support what you’re saying.

Unlike you op, the posted on the border with France actually uses European spelling. That’s what got you. Remember next time to use ‘s’ instead of ‘z’ and ‘our’. Amateur

- Swede

[Anonymous]

Swede again- plus, if you are actually European or even canadian you would have written ‘travelled’. Can’t believe no one else picked this up. It’s your spelling. Try harder next time, you sad little troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op you sound like a moron. I live in LA and I’m pretty sure people here care a lot more about their diet than you. You must be real fun at parties.

I’m an immigrant and I have literally never told anyone to go home, but you’re going to be the first. If you’re so smug and think Europe is so great, go home?

Since you’re asking why Americans don’t care about what they eat, I’m going to ask why so many Europeans don’t care about fixing their teeth or sun damage.

She isn't from Europe. I'm saying this as someone who actually lives in Europe. She is an unhappy mom who is bitter about what her bad choices have done to her body and life, so she posted this thread pretending to be a non-American.

Also, she is poorly educated. I feel kind of sorry for her when I see her illogical generalisations and hysterical attempts to assert her hare-brained notions as universal truths. I am beginning to think we are being cruel by continuing to engage with her.

I want to know where op is from because I lived in Italy for 3 years and ate pizza and pasta every day- just like everyone else. It’s not that much healthier in Europe. People just eat smaller portions. Have you been to the UK?? It’s like fast food and curry central. How about Germany? With all the bread? Maybe there’s less fast food joints but people eat like crap over there as well, but positions are smaller. AND THEY WALK MORE.

Oh, hey, easy there. We eat less bread than Americans, and we don't eat much white bread--mostly Schwarzbrot. You can also buy it here in DC, and it's quite a lot healthier. We also don't eat quite the quantity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swede again- plus, if you are actually European or even canadian you would have written ‘travelled’. Can’t believe no one else picked this up. It’s your spelling. Try harder next time, you sad little troll.

German PP here. You're probably correct about the troll, but I learned (yeah, not learnt) American English instead of British English, and have never used any other form. I'm not the only one out there. Thanks, JFK Schule

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op you sound like a moron. I live in LA and I’m pretty sure people here care a lot more about their diet than you. You must be real fun at parties.

I’m an immigrant and I have literally never told anyone to go home, but you’re going to be the first. If you’re so smug and think Europe is so great, go home?

Since you’re asking why Americans don’t care about what they eat, I’m going to ask why so many Europeans don’t care about fixing their teeth or sun damage.

I love how none of the Europeans are addressing the teeth lmaoooooooo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because our government is influenced by money more than people

What does the government have to do with it? We go to grocery stores and restaurants and choose what we eat. We have a lot of choices.

A lot, actually. Starting with the post WW2 wheat surplus that the (Farmer's lobby? Agribusiness? Can't recall) decided to offload on consumers by developing cereals and then convincing Americans that it was a healthy breakfast through media campaigns and the "new" food pyramid with, you guessed it, wheat and bread products as the main source of food.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Swede again- plus, if you are actually European or even canadian you would have written ‘travelled’. Can’t believe no one else picked this up. It’s your spelling. Try harder next time, you sad little troll.

German PP here. You're probably correct about the troll, but I learned (yeah, not learnt) American English instead of British English, and have never used any other form. I'm not the only one out there. Thanks, JFK Schule

You are the extreme minority if you learned American English. That’s actually something you study in university unless you go to an international school. The European curriculum teaches British English and pleads don’t try to pretend Europeans are going around with American English as standard because that’s a complete lie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op you sound like a moron. I live in LA and I’m pretty sure people here care a lot more about their diet than you. You must be real fun at parties.

I’m an immigrant and I have literally never told anyone to go home, but you’re going to be the first. If you’re so smug and think Europe is so great, go home?

Since you’re asking why Americans don’t care about what they eat, I’m going to ask why so many Europeans don’t care about fixing their teeth or sun damage.

I love how none of the Europeans are addressing the teeth lmaoooooooo

I have white, straight teeth. I had braces as a teen. What do you want to know?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op you sound like a moron. I live in LA and I’m pretty sure people here care a lot more about their diet than you. You must be real fun at parties.

I’m an immigrant and I have literally never told anyone to go home, but you’re going to be the first. If you’re so smug and think Europe is so great, go home?

Since you’re asking why Americans don’t care about what they eat, I’m going to ask why so many Europeans don’t care about fixing their teeth or sun damage.

I love how none of the Europeans are addressing the teeth lmaoooooooo

I have white, straight teeth. I had braces as a teen. What do you want to know?

I want to know why this is such a rare thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Swede again- plus, if you are actually European or even canadian you would have written ‘travelled’. Can’t believe no one else picked this up. It’s your spelling. Try harder next time, you sad little troll.

German PP here. You're probably correct about the troll, but I learned (yeah, not learnt) American English instead of British English, and have never used any other form. I'm not the only one out there. Thanks, JFK Schule

You are the extreme minority if you learned American English. That’s actually something you study in university unless you go to an international school. The European curriculum teaches British English and pleads don’t try to pretend Europeans are going around with American English as standard because that’s a complete lie.

I know (I mentioned the school, actually). And I don't know why you feel the need to be hostile about it. It's not *that* uncommon for Germans to speak American English or a mix. There are a lot of Americans in Germany, especially in the south and years ago. I never said it was standard, I said it wasn't unheard of--actually I said I wasn't the only one, but basically it's not unheard of.