Re:How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat
by kuschku on Friday December 11, 2015 @04:44PM
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Yes, willpower was one of the things I see as the issue, too.
The food manufacturers make it very easy to overeat, by providing cheap low-quality food that is full of sugar.
I’ve seen myself the issue that, if I buy groceries based on what I feel like, I tend to end up buying premade food.
So, I consciously avoid that. If I have no frozen pizza, no chips, no peanuts, I can’t eat them either. And I’m too lazy to go to the store right now to buy those, so I instead end up making a healthy meal.
The "but it’s healthy!" ads don’t make it easier, as they try to trick your mind, too.
Honestly, if everyone would have the willpower to only buy what is good for them, the food market and the ad business would not be able to exist anymore.
Coca Cola would be bought almost never, except maybe for parties or during holidays or on birthdays (like my parents used to do when we were kids – softdrinks only on these special occasions).
But it would also affect a lot of the "healthy" food that isn’t actually healthy, like "low fat" yoghurt (20% sugar content), or "fruit juice" (with 10% added sugar), etc.
The food manufacturers make it very easy to overeat, by providing cheap low-quality food that is full of sugar.
I’ve seen myself the issue that, if I buy groceries based on what I feel like, I tend to end up buying premade food.
So, I consciously avoid that. If I have no frozen pizza, no chips, no peanuts, I can’t eat them either. And I’m too lazy to go to the store right now to buy those, so I instead end up making a healthy meal.
The "but it’s healthy!" ads don’t make it easier, as they try to trick your mind, too.
Honestly, if everyone would have the willpower to only buy what is good for them, the food market and the ad business would not be able to exist anymore.
Coca Cola would be bought almost never, except maybe for parties or during holidays or on birthdays (like my parents used to do when we were kids – softdrinks only on these special occasions).
But it would also affect a lot of the "healthy" food that isn’t actually healthy, like "low fat" yoghurt (20% sugar content), or "fruit juice" (with 10% added sugar), etc.