Following up on this: today is my first day with 8hr of sleep in several weeks. :) I’m feeling very good! Now, I can engage in my Bible studies (b/c today is Bible study day, i.e. Sabbath) without feeling like passing out for several hours.

Nah my diet is exclusively protein (from chicken, shrimp, unsweetened greek yogurt, kale, and protein powder), healthy carbs/sugars (e.g. fiber from apples, mangos, berries, bananas, potatoes, etc.), healthy fats (though eaten in portion, all fats I consume come from unprocessed sources), and whatever vitamins come from this diet. I was born with a body that rejects added sugars, more than two bottles of water in given day, etc., similar to how some cannot tolerate lactose.

I’m in camp: adults should be free to do what they want so long as they’re not hurting anyone else.

I’m against nanny-state style regulations. Or regulations that are “for your own good” or “you’re too stupid to use this product correctly” or “this information is too dangerous for you to read/listen to” → non-exposure to critical issues only blunts a persons ability to think critically. For an example: This is why the “abstinence only” education areas are the ones drowning in teen pregnancy.

Note, this is not at all practical so more of a glib take, but here’s a thought:let it all exist, but make sure there is much more information available. Maybe show videos of how the food is prepared, show where the flesh comes from. Fruit flesh, show the fruit being harvested and prepared. Show the bread grains being manufactured to flour, whatever other strange additives that go into the bread (show Americans what they’re eating isn’t real bread). Show the animals being slaughtered and processed. I think that will make people choose healthier options… or at least not fool themselves into what they’re eating. For some restaurants this will be a horror show, but I think for others it will be quite appetizing.

Your lack of self-control does not justify taking away choices from other people.

Man, this thread just keeps dropping hit after hit.

This reminds me of Stoicism.  Do you follow that btw?  

I kind of agree.  It is worrying how bad modern day food is with all of the chemicals and plastics.  I've looked into this more and you start to see how alzheimers, obesity, etc result from these if one has too much microplastics and chemicals in their body.  It's further disheartening to realize how the people from big tobacco purchased fast food companies and have turned their attention to engineering foods that hit every kind of taste and yet are the worst thing you can put into your body.  

I've recently gone vegan and eat simply.  Just stuff from the produce aisle and beans, chia seeds, and yeast.  

Finally, i'll point to how the Flynn effect has peaked and apparently people are backsliding with their IQ now, and i beleive that this may be due to more microplastics in food, more chemicals, more fertilizer, obesity, etc.  It's all the same problem to me.  

Ok, rant over, wish everyone here a good weekend

Anyone that puts pickles on the burger, or even just in the to go box so the juices ruin everything should be banned yes.