We do need better food in the US

[New_Journey]

Politics aside, I agree with what RFJ Jr. says about better food in his hearing. Everyone says the food in Europe is different and we can see in the weight of the people, and even women don't get that fat.

Have you gone to Europe? Is the food that different?

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi New_Journey,
Never been to the States,but I can say that the new season veg like Potatoes and Carrotts In England have a quite magical taste,also their first Strawberries,But if your Ladies are bigger than the English,then they are some big Heifers LOL.

 

[Gamisch]

Lol USA has many ingredients that are prohibited here. There are sooo many many things wrong there...it's crazy. The cybertruck isn't allowed here due to safety reasons but USA be like what safety issues? And the list goes on and on.

Government seems to be playing good cop bad cop with two parties while the elites are ruling and partying together. At the end of the day Obama sits next to Trump cracking jokes. I guess we can't get too political so I won't say anymore about this.

 

[Vanderdonck]

US food is poison. The FDA is a rubber stamp - they leave inspections and reporting up to private industry. Just google "yoga mat bread" and you'll get one example of how despicable it is.

EU has its problems too but the default is ban first, then test, when there is doubt. And there is great respect for food. Processed foods from the US cost more because they can't use the same sh!t ingredients.

 

[Bible_Belt]

40% of grocery store spending in the US is welfare money, which is a system built by corporate lobbyists to benefit the companies that control the food supply. We use tax dollars to buy junk food for fat people.

 

[The Duke]

I agree that the corporations are in bed with politicians and that drives a lot of it. There are also some ingredients in our food that probably shouldn't be there. But its not the governments problem that some fat bastard is overweight, diabetic, and has heart problems. Its up to you to decide what you put into your body. I don't want someone telling me what I can and can't eat. I'm smart enough to do my own homework and take responsibility for my actions. I'd rather let the idiots kill themselves off. We need to clean up the gene pool.

 

[New_Journey]

I agree that the corporations are in bed with politicians and that drives a lot of it. There are also some ingredients in our food that probably shouldn't be there. But its not the governments problem that some fat bastard is overweight, diabetic, and has heart problems. Its up to you to decide what you put into your body. I don't want someone telling me what I can and can't eat. I'm smart enough to do my own homework and take responsibility for my actions. I'd rather let the idiots kill themselves off. We need to clean up the gene pool.

I agree with on this. I don't know to what extent the food has more impact that the people taking action to be healthy

 

[sevbucmash]

Cook this up once a week

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Vanderdonck,
I did what you suggested and googled in Yoga Mat Bread...
Quite disturbing,I then checked whether they chuck this Chemical in our bread,very happy to see that we have banned it here along with Britain and the EU.

 

[Bible_Belt]

There are some amazing statistics in this opinion piece. 9.3% of SNAP (formerly called food stamp) money goes to buy soda alone. That accounts for up to 1/4 of the revenue for Pepsi and Coke.

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5118876-healthy-snap-act-reducing-unhealthy-food/

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Politics aside, I agree with what RFJ Jr. says about better food in his hearing. Everyone says the food in Europe is different and we can see in the weight of the people, and even women don't get that fat.

Have you gone to Europe? Is the food that different?

Yes its much better for you. Even if you eat "like crap" the effects are very minimal in comparison to the US.

I was there for 3 weeks this summer and was eating anything and everything, lots of things that I typically wouldn't be eating when I am focused and working out normally and I thought I was going to come back weighing 10-15 lbs more and I actually came back 2 lbs lighter.

Why? Food quality. The EU does not allow US food to be imported and bans lot of additives and fillers allowed in the US.

If you take the exact same products made by the same company and look at the EU version versus the US version you will find the US version ingredient list is twice as long if not more.

That's a major problem because that is where the obesity epidemic is largely coming from. Sure, some of it is eating the food itself, but there is a reason why you almost never see obese people in Europe and when you do, it's usually American tourists.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Last I checked you can still check labels and cook your own food from healthy ingredients.

Not rocket science.

 

[New_Journey]

Yes its much better for you. Even if you eat "like crap" the effects are very minimal in comparison to the US.

I was there for 3 weeks this summer and was eating anything and everything, lots of things that I typically wouldn't be eating when I am focused and working out normally and I thought I was going to come back weighing 10-15 lbs more and I actually came back 2 lbs lighter.

Why? Food quality. The EU does not allow US food to be imported and bans lot of additives and fillers allowed in the US.

If you take the exact same products made by the same company and look at the EU version versus the US version you will find the US version ingredient list is twice as long if not more.

That's a major problem because that is where the obesity epidemic is largely coming from. Sure, some of it is eating the food itself, but there is a reason why you almost never see obese people in Europe and when you do, it's usually American tourists.

Yeah I remember you went there. Still can't believe food is that different on purpose

 

[BillyPilgrim]

I've been to England, OP, does that count as Europe? Nom nom nom, love me some bland slop

 

[BillyPilgrim]

Lol USA has many ingredients that are prohibited here. There are sooo many many things wrong there...it's crazy. The cybertruck isn't allowed here due to safety reasons but USA be like what safety issues? And the list goes on and on.

Government seems to be playing good cop bad cop with two parties while the elites are ruling and partying together. At the end of the day Obama sits next to Trump cracking jokes. I guess we can't get too political so I won't say anymore about this.

Well to be fair you're talking about the most competitive and individualist country in history made of up immigrants from countries speaking different languages so there's naturally going to be less of a collective consciousness. Plus it's huge geographically so a lot of regionalism (Texas vs. California, The South vs. New York/New England, etc)

 

[Pandora]

Politics aside, I agree with what RFJ Jr. says about better food in his hearing. Everyone says the food in Europe is different and we can see in the weight of the people, and even women don't get that fat.

Have you gone to Europe? Is the food that different?

I go to any nation outside of the USA for even a week and I lose 5lbs atleast. Much of this is due to walking more but a lot of it is due to the food.

Our food is straight poison. You go to Eastern Europe and they dont even gym. They smoke all day and they are still skinny. Its the food.

Okay I will give you an example. In African villages the chickens are small. They are sweet tasting almost. They are real chicken. The chicken wings in other nations are not jumbo sized. I dont even remember seeing an item called chicken wings in other countries.

Where my woman is from in the Middle East they don't use vegetable oil. If you pull out Canola Oil in the kitchen my girl's family will die. They only use olive oil. The seed oils is one of biggest differences. The rest of the world uses more natural oils to cook.

 

[Vanderdonck]

I agree that the corporations are in bed with politicians and that drives a lot of it. There are also some ingredients in our food that probably shouldn't be there. But its not the governments problem that some fat bastard is overweight, diabetic, and has heart problems. Its up to you to decide what you put into your body. I don't want someone telling me what I can and can't eat. I'm smart enough to do my own homework and take responsibility for my actions. I'd rather let the idiots kill themselves off. We need to clean up the gene pool.

You make a good point and the best solution is to grow your own or source it locally from a known farmer. Even then you still have to trust the farmer. Freedom to choose is great as long as you're alive to enjoy it.

Technically I can eat whatever poison I want where I live. It just won't be labeled and sold as "food" by some conglomerate. But yeah a bureaucracy can't save you from yourself.

 

[Vanderdonck]

Last I checked you can still check labels and cook your own food from healthy ingredients.

Not rocket science.

Food labels do not always include all ingredients. For instance a certain type of flavoring may have several ingredients but be listed as one.

Best bet is to buy products that don't require labeling - fruits, vegetables, fish and meat. Hope that they animals were fed right and allowed to swim/walk and the plants weren't poisoned.