Thu, Feb-29-24, 08:50
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Plan: Atkins-ish (hypoglycemia)
Stats: 000/000/000
BF:
Progress: 50%
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Originally Posted by WereBear
Ick! I had strep throat and used that numbing spray. But that's not candy  But it did make food unappetizing. Which goes to show this has long been a civilization problem, not a hunter/gather one. People will do ANYTHING except stop eating sugar when food has become their drug.
And I think most kept this danger under control when they lived in a culture that did not bombard a person with processed opportunity every waking hour. A plain baked potato will give a person a sugar rush, if they would eat it. Starch is the same thing, chemically.
Which is how sweetened starch is determined to be our new future. And we need a drug to make us want the old one less?
If it weren't for the side effects, it would be a fool-proof plan. Just how much medicine is about saving us from what OUR FOOD is doing to us? They are creating their own market. |
Not disagreeing - just want to make sure it's understood that these are 2 different markets.
There's the food manufacturers (Ok, UPF manufacturers) - their goal is to create and sell as much irresistible food as possible.
Then there's the drug market, and one of their current goals is to create drugs that reduce the individual's desire for irresistible food, and of course to sell as much of those appetite reducing drugs as possible.
That puts their goals in direct conflict with each other.
This is a very different scenario from the UPF market creating snacks and treats that diabetics can't resist, and drug manufacturers spiking the price on insulin because diabetics who can't resist UPF end up needing more insulin to keep their blood sugar somewhat under control.
The UPF companies are seeing the writing on the wall - If they lose sales because their best customers are suddenly their former best customers, that is a very serious problem for their industry, and as long as the weight loss drugs are selling more and more, it's likely to become even more of a problem - creating UPFs that are geared towards those whose appetites have been seriously dampened by drugs is going to be their natural goal, one they will pursue desperately.
Bob said it well:
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Whenever you buy anything from a corporation, you have to remember this: The corporation does not care about you. All it cares about is your money. A corporation has to make more and more and more and more profits every quarter, or the stockholders will jump ship.
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