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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Also lactose intolerant. I am now on a campaign to stop buying almond milk and almond flour or anything almond due to the environmental impact the almond industry has on water. Omg the water consumption of the almond industry makes the beef industry look like nothing!! Beyond healthy food choices, there are also sustainability issues I worry about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Also lactose intolerant. I am now on a campaign to stop buying almond milk and almond flour or anything almond due to the environmental impact the almond industry has on water. Omg the water consumption of the almond industry makes the beef industry look like nothing!! Beyond healthy food choices, there are also sustainability issues I worry about.

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I love almonds and avocados, but both of those things terrible for the environment, as is palm oil, the derivatives of which are in everything. Our appetite for foods (and body products and probably a ton of other things) made with palm oil is destroying the rain forests in Southeast Asia and we’re killing so many species along with it, big charismatic ones like tigers and elephants and rhinos along with a million other little ones.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Actually it isn’t. Most oat mills they don’t “add” in additional sugar- look at the ingredients. But how they have to squeeze and process the oats, the natural sugars in the oats separate in the “milking” process so when everything is put together for the final product it has to be labeled as “added” sugar. Though it really isn’t. It is from carbohydrates that were already present in the oats pre-milking. The kind you make it home will have the same amount of sugar.

Yes and it turns out that oat milk is just a carbohydrate bomb, even the stuff without added sugar. I love me some Oatly, but I’m not going to play along like it’s healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chile put black box warning labels on junk food. Parents stopped buying it as much. Their sky high obesity rates are falling.

In America, the only solution we offer to societal problems is personal responsibility. That’s the way our capitalist overlords like it. It’s no wonder our levels of anxiety and depression are sky high. This forum is next level though….with all the trolls specifically here to add to parents (let’s be real though mostly moms) shame and sense of failure. But we’re not failures. We’re trying to stay afloat.

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Of course black box warnings work. That's why food companies spend so much lobbying against them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Actually it isn’t. Most oat mills they don’t “add” in additional sugar- look at the ingredients. But how they have to squeeze and process the oats, the natural sugars in the oats separate in the “milking” process so when everything is put together for the final product it has to be labeled as “added” sugar. Though it really isn’t. It is from carbohydrates that were already present in the oats pre-milking. The kind you make it home will have the same amount of sugar.

Yes and it turns out that oat milk is just a carbohydrate bomb, even the stuff without added sugar. I love me some Oatly, but I’m not going to play along like it’s healthy.

Carbs in and of themselves are not bad for you. I have a latte every morning before I workout made with 6 oz of Oatly. It tastes better and froths better than any other milk I’ve used and I can’t do dairy due to lactose intolerance. Different people have different nutritional needs. Would you put a black box warning on Oatly?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Actually it isn’t. Most oat mills they don’t “add” in additional sugar- look at the ingredients. But how they have to squeeze and process the oats, the natural sugars in the oats separate in the “milking” process so when everything is put together for the final product it has to be labeled as “added” sugar. Though it really isn’t. It is from carbohydrates that were already present in the oats pre-milking. The kind you make it home will have the same amount of sugar.

Yes and it turns out that oat milk is just a carbohydrate bomb, even the stuff without added sugar. I love me some Oatly, but I’m not going to play along like it’s healthy.

Carbs in and of themselves are not bad for you. I have a latte every morning before I workout made with 6 oz of Oatly. It tastes better and froths better than any other milk I’ve used and I can’t do dairy due to lactose intolerance. Different people have different nutritional needs. Would you put a black box warning on Oatly?

This is why I disagree with black box warnings. For me, yes. I don’t need anything that hits my bloodstream like that and Oatly hits about as bad as a glass of soda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm European and eat chocolate or ice cream every day. So does my very skinny kid. My toddler doesn't eat any desserts but I'm not freaking out over a few grams of sugar in a hot dog bun.

You think the French with their butter and smoking are making better choices? Or the Germans with their processed sausages and copious amounts of beer? Or the Brits (I'm not even going there as far as alcoholism goes).

Over to Asia, white rice is metabolized basically the same way as sugar, and while I know many an auntie who swears by the health properties of ghee, I hate to burst their bubble...

Americans are fat because they don't move. It's not because their food is that much worse.

You sound woefully misinformed about nutrition. White rice is not metabolized the same way as sugar. It also has a bunch of vitamins and protein.

Ghee (saturated fat) is actually much healthier than trans-fats.

Lifestyle issues definitely impact why Americans are fatter on average. But the quality of our food is also poorer than in most other countries, and it also makes a difference.

[Anonymous]

We just visited our family in Alabama. SIL and two nieces are morbidly obese, their children are overweight, one nephew is 267 lb at the age of 16.

They eat a lot of fried Southern food, hot dogs, burgers, pizza, drink sodas. This is the norm in the South.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just visited our family in Alabama. SIL and two nieces are morbidly obese, their children are overweight, one nephew is 267 lb at the age of 16.

They eat a lot of fried Southern food, hot dogs, burgers, pizza, drink sodas. This is the norm in the South.

This comment is regionalist and inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We just visited our family in Alabama. SIL and two nieces are morbidly obese, their children are overweight, one nephew is 267 lb at the age of 16.

They eat a lot of fried Southern food, hot dogs, burgers, pizza, drink sodas. This is the norm in the South.

This comment is regionalist and inappropriate.

Someone hates facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Actually it isn’t. Most oat mills they don’t “add” in additional sugar- look at the ingredients. But how they have to squeeze and process the oats, the natural sugars in the oats separate in the “milking” process so when everything is put together for the final product it has to be labeled as “added” sugar. Though it really isn’t. It is from carbohydrates that were already present in the oats pre-milking. The kind you make it home will have the same amount of sugar.

Yes and it turns out that oat milk is just a carbohydrate bomb, even the stuff without added sugar. I love me some Oatly, but I’m not going to play along like it’s healthy.

What is wrong with it being a carb bomb? I don't see any issue with it being carb-heavy food. What makes it unhealthy if there is no added sugar? I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

What is wrong with it being a carb bomb? I don't see any issue with it being carb-heavy food. What makes it unhealthy if there is no added sugar? I don't get it.

IF we do every get warnings on food in this country, hopefully they won't be determined by DCUM food police who think carbs should be banned from everyone's diet because they personally, do not eat anything but water, vegetables and lean protein.

My DD worked at a popular chain salad place in McLean and witnessed parents telling their kids that they couldn't have a spoonful of sliced strawberries in their salad because it is too much sugar and will make them fat. I once posted that I have oatmeal and berries for breakfast daily and got responses like "I would never eat dessert for breakfast!" I guess oats are just bad in any form. Time to remove the labels that say that oats are good for reducing cholesterol and replace with an "OMG CARBS" label.

[Anonymous]

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What is wrong with it being a carb bomb? I don't see any issue with it being carb-heavy food. What makes it unhealthy if there is no added sugar? I don't get it.

IF we do every get warnings on food in this country, hopefully they won't be determined by DCUM food police who think carbs should be banned from everyone's diet because they personally, do not eat anything but water, vegetables and lean protein.

My DD worked at a popular chain salad place in McLean and witnessed parents telling their kids that they couldn't have a spoonful of sliced strawberries in their salad because it is too much sugar and will make them fat. I once posted that I have oatmeal and berries for breakfast daily and got responses like "I would never eat dessert for breakfast!" I guess oats are just bad in any form. Time to remove the labels that say that oats are good for reducing cholesterol and replace with an "OMG CARBS" label.

Geez! Oats are totally great! Filling, delicious, and not too many calories either! It is like the eating culture is that of extremes. Eat nothing. or eating everything is a sight! I have no idea what the effects are not kids of eating no fruit and what does eating some fruit and sugar later does to them? I mean if they have no sugar at all, do they end up in a sugar diabetic comma when they eat a cookie at friends' house? Do they start binging on sugar when older?
Bread and carbs and oats are delicious! So is rice and potatoes and well, carbs are truly awesome. Don't eat cookies after cookie and 7 loaves of bread per day... but surely nobody thinks bread gives you diabetes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Actually it isn’t. Most oat mills they don’t “add” in additional sugar- look at the ingredients. But how they have to squeeze and process the oats, the natural sugars in the oats separate in the “milking” process so when everything is put together for the final product it has to be labeled as “added” sugar. Though it really isn’t. It is from carbohydrates that were already present in the oats pre-milking. The kind you make it home will have the same amount of sugar.

Yes and it turns out that oat milk is just a carbohydrate bomb, even the stuff without added sugar. I love me some Oatly, but I’m not going to play along like it’s healthy.

No it isn’t. I use Califia Farms oak milk barista blend in my coffee. It isn’t sweetened. The only sugar is that from the oats. It has 14g carbs per 1 cup. Whole milk ha 12 grams carbs per cup. Seems pretty comparable to me. Plus oat milk has 2 grams fiber per cup. I would hardly call that a “carb bomb” especially if used in coffee in place of cream. Way less calories

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had been putting oat milk in my coffee and just found out that it is more like pitting sugary pancake syrup in my coffee. I have a PhD and I can't figure out what to eat! At least I can afford a nutritionist. Why is it so complicated?

My DD is lactose intolerant so she started drinking Almond Milk. I searched for the purist almond milk I could find, that only had Almonds and Water, and could only find 1 brand (I think it may have salt or 1 other ingredient). The solution? Make my own. It's quite simple, tastes better and I can make it in smaller batches. You can do the same for Oat Milk.

Yes more labor! Just work harder! That’s a winning solution for all!

So now I need to make my own oat milk, bread, hummus and deli meat. Anything else?