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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by enraged_camel on Friday August 07, 2015 @09:37PM (#10025995)
>>Also processed stuff usually doesn't taste as good.

This isn't true. The entire reason there's more salt and sugar in processed foods is to make them taste good. Compare a Snickers bar with broccoli.

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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by jessaustin on Friday August 07, 2015 @09:47PM (#10026013)
Well-prepared broccoli certainly tastes better than a Snickers bar.
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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by enraged_camel on Friday August 07, 2015 @10:35PM (#10026116)
Objectively, no. Humans have evolved to enjoy salty and sweet things, due to evolutionary reasons. You may prefer well-prepared broccoli over a Snickers bar, but I can guarantee that that's an acquired taste. 6-month old jesseaustin most likely swung the other way. :)
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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by jessaustin on Saturday August 08, 2015 @12:20AM (#10026315)
6-mo me consumed milk, exclusively. b^)
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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by dylanjermiah on Friday August 07, 2015 @10:18PM (#10026090)
Taste is subjective, can't really make general statements.
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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by jessaustin on Saturday August 08, 2015 @01:23PM (#10027953)
Indeed.
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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by ectoplasm on Friday August 07, 2015 @10:41PM (#10026128)
By all means, if you think processed food tastes better, then that's what you should be eating, at least as far as good taste -> enjoyment -> good mental health -> good physical health is concerned. But, it's worth your time to do proper comparisons and not write off unfamiliar things.
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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by rosser on Friday August 07, 2015 @10:29PM (#10026108)
...to you.
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