-Diablo's Journal, 19 July 2018

yes as I stated earlier, overprocessed foods combined with refined sugar is the problem. Flour has no fiber left to buffer the effect. Over processed food which removes the good aspects of the basic food and replacing it with crap then adding poor quality fats and harmful chemicals to keep it fresh then add the sugar. Definitely a healthy choice there D. Fruit is loaded with fiber that is a healthy choice. Whole wheat products are a healthy choice. At least if the people eating it don't have a problem with the item. you should move down here and get a job as a lobbyist for the sugar industry. they would love your dogged approach to promote their product. 

The second one sounds tasty 😋 

It’s also just very easy to overconsume processed/refined sugars such as snack cakes or candy simply because they’re not filling at all due to low nutritional/macro content so having a box of little Debbie’s for example will make someone more hungry than having a bowl of watermelon or strawberries with whipped cream etc. with that said though, everyone’s palate is highly individualized, so there are people who can eat processed/refined foods and be satisfied with that or even feel some relatively small feeling of fullness, but, there’s also all the other minor and major factors relating to, are they dieting to los weight or gain weight? That’ll change the psychological perception of food & how someone views/enjoys/consumes it via how the chemistry/chemicals of the endocrine system & brain & hormones act when dieting, specific to weight loss... gaining weight won’t matter much since the perception of food is “rewarding” to the goals of gaining weight (regardless if the goal is gaining muscle, body fat, or both), so “overeating” will change the way all those issues act in the body. Also, regardless of dieting or not, if someone is being more restrictive vs. less restrictive, then there is also that factor of “wanting” foods that either A: satisfy the feeling of joy (“reward”) consuming them. B: Being non-filling &/or missing certain macros that the body needs, cravings increase leading to consume X foods. C: typically the further away from eating X foods someone goes, especially if it’s in their “normal routine” then the need/want for it will increase over time. & D: it’s also a hell of a lot easier to consume highly palatable foods, not only high in processed sugars but also high in fat content, such as sodas/candy/fruit, vs celery/broccoli/Brussel sprouts etc... those are just a few examples relating to this perception of consuming sugary foods, there are many foods that aren’t high in sugar that are easy to consume as well, and certain foods even more “addicting” that sugary food. But the problem isn’t just the sugar, it’s the fact that your biological chemistry uses glucose, in many aspects, which is why it’s easy to over-consume sugar substances. Now besides the factor of companies putting chemicals in certain foods to make them more enjoyable/consumable/rewarding to eat etc. We may not NEED carbs to survive technically speaking, but there are still reasons why our bodies use them in the first place. Otherwise, there probably wouldn’t be such a craziness when it comes to eating sugar.  

I eat A LOT of fruit. Right now it's summer fruit heaven: apples, blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, cherries (!), and papaya. Any of that in nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt (food lion) is, imo, 90% as good as ice cream, and that's saying a lot considering how much I LOVE ice cream. Glad to know I'm not a sugar addict. BUT if I had ice cream in my freezer, sooner or later I'd eat it. /heck yeah/ Maybe I am. Maybe I'm just controlling it. How does one know the difference? 

Low-Fat was/is a fad from some years back, never worked, they had to jack up the sugar and salt content to make the same food palatable. Low-Carb was/is more in response to the bollox of low-fat, the correct push-back, as it were/is. Better to completely avoid processed garbage, though overeating anything isn't a good idea, it's just harder to overeat lettuce and tomatoes than it is pizza.  

Great points!!!  

The second one 😋😋 

Oldie but goodie. 

Great bump ❤️