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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by lhoff on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:26AM (#30601749)
I havent bought bread in probably 4 Years now. Investing half an hour of work (distributed over the day) every other week for a 2kg Bread. Half of it goes in the freezer.

Also buying fresh vegtables and cooking instead of buying ready made dishes helps.

Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by tomxor on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:42AM (#30601985)
Yup, this is basically the only realistic way to avoid it, switch to types of food that cannot by their very nature have sugar added.
Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by cma on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:05PM (#30602337)
I would imagine most of those fresh vegetables have been domesticated/bred to increase sugars.
Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by tomxor on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:42PM (#30608958)
You're probably right, but that's still a lot better than manufactured foods. Also the funny thing with fruit and veg is that the opposite can happen, with the "Red Delicious" as the leading example, bred for looks and lost all the taste.

Even without human interference, fruit can actually be bad for you if you eat it at the wrong time and in the wrong quantities - fructose has the same effect as sugar - but now we are basically getting into nutrition more generally which is a tricky subject. Fruit still comes with many other nutritional benefits compared to sugary manufactured snacks, and even fibre that make it worth while (note that orange juice, as minimally as we are processing the fruit, still allows you to consume it in unnatural quantity and concentration, which can be very bad).