Middle age health thread for fatties

[Wolter]

I suspect the actual reason for diminished flavor is either:
1. Side effect of the adding of brighter color or shelf stability. Possibly the phenotypes are linked.
2. The vast majority of people prefer bland food and hate vegetables with a strong taste.

[Flex]

I suspect the actual reason for diminished flavor is either:
1. Side effect of the adding of brighter color or shelf stability. Possibly the phenotypes are linked.
2. The vast majority of people prefer bland food and hate vegetables with a strong taste.

I think it's mostly 1 and 2 is at least partially a result of bland food becoming "normal" for people. Anyways, it's a shitty, avoidable trend.

[eumaas]

I remember when tomatoes had flavor.

[101Walterton]

Carrots are actually purple, the Dutch genetically modified them to be orange for their royal family.

I’d suggest some of the loss of flavour is due to the sterile processing of the crops?
Euumas mentioned tomato’s which is true. The scent from a tomato (as with most crops) is in the leaves and stalk which are usually removed and the fruit cleaned.
If you have ever grown your own tomato’s you will know how strong the scent is and how much more flavour there is in the fruit.
Like most foods no scent no flavour.

[Wolter]

I suspect the actual reason for diminished flavor is either:
1. Side effect of the adding of brighter color or shelf stability. Possibly the phenotypes are linked.
2. The vast majority of people prefer bland food and hate vegetables with a strong taste.

I think it's mostly 1 and 2 is at least partially a result of bland food becoming "normal" for people. Anyways, it's a shitty, avoidable trend.

One was the most likely. I’ve just noticed lately on social media that more and more people I assumed were grown adults eat like five year olds. All bland foods and safe choices devoid of green.

[Dr. Medulla]

I suspect the actual reason for diminished flavor is either:
1. Side effect of the adding of brighter color or shelf stability. Possibly the phenotypes are linked.
2. The vast majority of people prefer bland food and hate vegetables with a strong taste.

I think it's mostly 1 and 2 is at least partially a result of bland food becoming "normal" for people. Anyways, it's a shitty, avoidable trend.

One was the most likely. I’ve just noticed lately on social media that more and more people I assumed were grown adults eat like five year olds. All bland foods and safe choices devoid of green.

It can also be matters of economy. Crappy food tends to be cheaper and a lot of people just don't have access to more nutritious food. Which has a way of reinforcing poverty because shitty diet decreases health. Tho it's not a plot by The Powers That Be, it is a happy result of corporate food provision.

[Wolter]

I suspect the actual reason for diminished flavor is either:
1. Side effect of the adding of brighter color or shelf stability. Possibly the phenotypes are linked.
2. The vast majority of people prefer bland food and hate vegetables with a strong taste.

I think it's mostly 1 and 2 is at least partially a result of bland food becoming "normal" for people. Anyways, it's a shitty, avoidable trend.

One was the most likely. I’ve just noticed lately on social media that more and more people I assumed were grown adults eat like five year olds. All bland foods and safe choices devoid of green.

It can also be matters of economy. Crappy food tends to be cheaper and a lot of people just don't have access to more nutritious food. Which has a way of reinforcing poverty because shitty diet decreases health. Tho it's not a plot by The Powers That Be, it is a happy result of corporate food provision.

I’m specifically talking about people I KNOW are comfortably well off and not in food deserts. Although that is a huge problem in itself.

[Dr. Medulla]

I suspect the actual reason for diminished flavor is either:
1. Side effect of the adding of brighter color or shelf stability. Possibly the phenotypes are linked.
2. The vast majority of people prefer bland food and hate vegetables with a strong taste.

I think it's mostly 1 and 2 is at least partially a result of bland food becoming "normal" for people. Anyways, it's a shitty, avoidable trend.

One was the most likely. I’ve just noticed lately on social media that more and more people I assumed were grown adults eat like five year olds. All bland foods and safe choices devoid of green.

It can also be matters of economy. Crappy food tends to be cheaper and a lot of people just don't have access to more nutritious food. Which has a way of reinforcing poverty because shitty diet decreases health. Tho it's not a plot by The Powers That Be, it is a happy result of corporate food provision.

I’m specifically talking about people I KNOW are comfortably well off and not in food deserts. Although that is a huge problem in itself.

You should stop knowing people like that.

[Flex]

capitalism is so bad it doesn't even require concerted effort or planning to ruin everyone's meal

[Dr. Medulla]

capitalism is so bad it doesn't even require concerted effort or planning to ruin everyone's meal

As I said earlier, it's not a plot, as the conspiracy-minded comfort themselves with, but a beast that no one controls. Some may benefit more materially, but the logic of capitalism dominates human autonomy and leads people to do the dumbest goddamned things, individually or socially.

[WestwayKid]

I suspect the actual reason for diminished flavor is either:
1. Side effect of the adding of brighter color or shelf stability. Possibly the phenotypes are linked.
2. The vast majority of people prefer bland food and hate vegetables with a strong taste.

I think it's mostly 1 and 2 is at least partially a result of bland food becoming "normal" for people. Anyways, it's a shitty, avoidable trend.

One was the most likely. I’ve just noticed lately on social media that more and more people I assumed were grown adults eat like five year olds. All bland foods and safe choices devoid of green.

It can also be matters of economy. Crappy food tends to be cheaper and a lot of people just don't have access to more nutritious food. Which has a way of reinforcing poverty because shitty diet decreases health. Tho it's not a plot by The Powers That Be, it is a happy result of corporate food provision.

This is a great point. It's a nasty cycle and I even saw it in my post-divorce life as a now single father of 2 small children. Food choices at the store were often based on how much things cost. Given the choice between different types of bread - I'd always go with cheaper over more nutritious. I obviously knew what I wanted to buy, but I also knew a dollar could only be stretched so thin. We spent several years existing on cheap food versus nutritious food and thankfully as I've gotten back on my feet - that has changed.

I truly feel for those trapped in that cycle, however. It isn't just being forced into buying cheap food because that's all you can afford - how many people are simply stuck? You won't find a Whole Foods or a Trader Joe's in the "crummier" neighborhoods of Milwaukee. We have really bad public transportation. It isn't easy (or encouraged) to take the bus out to one of the suburbs to grocery shop.

[Dr. Medulla]

This is a great point. It's a nasty cycle and I even saw it in my post-divorce life as a now single father of 2 small children. Food choices at the store were often based on how much things cost. Given the choice between different types of bread - I'd always go with cheaper over more nutritious. I obviously knew what I wanted to buy, but I also knew a dollar could only be stretched so thin. We spent several years existing on cheap food versus nutritious food and thankfully as I've gotten back on my feet - that has changed.

Far and away, our diet was at its worst when we were in grad school in NC, living basically poverty line. Some decisions just made themselves.

[JennyB]

I remember when tomatoes had flavor.

Our next door neighbor grew his own tomatoes this year and gave us about a half dozen. They were SO DAMN GOOD. I basically lived off caprese salad for the week.

[BostonBeaneater]

Step one eat a bar pie with a couple on miller lites.

Step two hike it off.

[BostonBeaneater]

34 flights.