Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets

Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by bryanlarsen on Saturday August 08, 2015 @01:04AM (#10026400)

Sugar, fat and salt taste good. That means that humans and animals evolved to seek them out. If they were unequivocally bad for us, we would have evolved to find them disgusting.

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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by gaius on Saturday August 08, 2015 @01:18AM (#10026425)

We evolved those tastes at a time when 1) those things were much harder to get and b) energy needs were higher due to more physical lifestyles.

If you are burning 5000 calories a day hunting or farming, eat all the sugar and fat you want (and can get by your own efforts). But if you are burning 2000 calories a day sitting at a desk... You can't debate food in a vacuum without considering lifestyle.

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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by DanBC on Saturday August 08, 2015 @04:16AM (#10026681)

So it's okay to drink sea water?

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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by ectoplasm on Saturday August 08, 2015 @04:30AM (#10026704)

You could probably cook pasta with it.

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Re:Eating habits – parsing the moral language of modern diets by bryanlarsen on Saturday August 08, 2015 @12:06PM (#10027649)

does it taste good?

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