Cheap, Legal And Everywhere: How Food Companies Get Us 'Hooked' On Junk
An interesting article and podcast featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss:
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The more the years gave passed trying to live low carb, the more we only use whole foods or "minimally processed". Which set us up for baking at home this last year. And trialing low carb desserts. My son who spent time with his buddies ate lots of junk and pizzas. Sigh. Oddly, he ran a fever with first shot. As did DH. My other son and I had little to no reaction. Junk eaters v. Whole foods........ |
I don't know whether there's much correlation between eating and reaction to the vaccine. Certainly we've seen a wide variety among the people on this forum. I've also seen a wide variety among people I know and it includes plenty of junk eaters that had no reaction and whole food eaters that had a strong reaction.
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I've been LC for around 18 years now, seldom eat any processed foods at all. I had a relatively mild reaction to the first shot (the brain fog and dizziness were the strongest reactions), fairly strong reaction to the 2nd one. (extremely achy and tired, feverish, slept almost constantly for a good 24-36 hours, and was still a bit out of it for another day or two) There's speculation that the reaction has a lot to do with hormones (more estrogen generally = stronger reaction, even 15+ years post-menopausal, I have more estrogen than DH, who had little to no reaction to either dose, but eats loads of processed foods), whether you've been exposed to the virus before (those who have had confirmed cases of the virus, then got the shot almost always have a stronger reaction), or just have a very strong immune system that goes into hyper-drive with any vaccine, especially the 2nd dose of a covid vaccine. But really, I've seen so many different gradients of reactions among people of all different ages, all different health markers, all different diets - I'm not sure whether processed or unprocessed, LC or high carb food has much bearing on it at all - how you feel overall, yes, but not so much when it comes to the vaccine. |
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I've been low carb & whole fooding it for years now, but both Moderna shots have been much like that, too. Yesterday had a horrible spell of what felt like food poisoning, but in this case after a meal I've eaten many times before. It also spanned hours, not days, so it was more likely a vaccine reaction? My attempts to stray out of strict categories never seems to end well; I've been eating a lot of chopped salad, and maybe it's not what I put on it. Maybe it's the plant material. But even restricted as I am, it's so much more nutrition than junk food. Which actually uses up nutrition without adding any! |
I take anything Michael Moss claims with a large grain of salt. Processed foods and the companies that manufacture them are easy targets; however, we often read about bad diets that lump together red meat, fats, and sugar which never leads to the root causes of poor health. His embracing the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) initiatives including their advisories as foundational input to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) is a relationship that causes me grave concern. I do agree with his claims of foods being manufactured to purposely cause addiction and rampant, uncontrollable eating. I fully support that theory as it has been very well articulated by Dr. Robert Cywes, Gary Taubes, and others. I prefer a stance by those who also promote a balanced diet of both animal and plant-based whole foods in combination to achieve optimum health.
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Good catch, Rob! The vegan propaganda is only being ramped UP in the United States from the Pandemic fears about health. |
I eat minimal processed foods. What I do eat is minimally processed like cheese.
I've been low carb since Bob Atkins was still alive. I hardly ever get sick (a mild cold every 15 years or so and that's it). I had almost no reaction to the first Moderna shot, a day feeling like I had a fever for the second one (but I wasn't running a fever). Well worth it for the amount of protection I got. I've never had a flu shot, so I can't compare it with that. I never catch the flu. Bob |
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That's fairly typical of a male reaction to the vaccine - not universally, because there have been men who had very strong reactions, just more likely that a male have a milder reaction than a strong reaction to the vaccine. https://www.businessinsider.com/cov...r-adults-2021-4 That article provides very generalized information about how strong side effects are likely to be, based on age and gender of the individual, and also provides very generalized info such as how females generally have a stronger reaction than males, and those over 65 generally have weaker immune systems than those under 65. None of that is universal of course. As you scroll down, there's also a place to click on the vaccine you received, as well as your age group to see how common each side effect is for that particular age group and vaccine. Considering that the article talked about women having a stronger reaction to it than men, I was surprised that it didn't also have the side effect stats separated by sex too. The article says nothing at all about lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc) or overall health factors (healthy vs mild health issues vs severely immune compromised), and how they affect the reaction to it - but it would certainly be interesting to see. Do we have a centralized place on this site where the information about reaction to the vaccine as related to age/sex/carb consumption/overall health factors is being recorded? Can polls be set up on here to record such information? |
Considering the hard time I'm having after the 2nd Moderna, I'll assume I'm a YOUNG WOMAN!
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Sharing this article featuring Dr Robert Lustig's latest book from this morning's edition of The Times.
Very disappointed though to see him pushing the eat 'grains' and 'less red meat' agenda. Quote:
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He's got a new book that The Times has covered in a marketing piece. In all, the article has good information; however, one might suspect he's trying to appeal to a wider audience by including foods some eating practices do not recommend. I have a issues consuming wheat, so that's one. I enthusiastically support his message about the dangers of sugars in the diet.
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This is a different view than the one commonly stated by the WHO and many other medical practitioners and nutritionists today accusing red meat of causing cardiovascular disease and cancer. These hollow claims are based on epidemiological studies which can't identify root cause down to a single food source. Books and articles like these reinforce the need for people to research, experiment, and identify in an N=1 fashion which foods are most healthy, as taking an "expert's" word as nutritional gospel doesn't work. |
I get along better with red meat than I do either pork or chicken.
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I read that men generally have milder responses than women.
However. My DW and I got our shots together, and she had hardly any reaction at all to either one. On the other hand, I had a vigorous reaction to the second one. We both eat low carb, we are both about equally as active, and we spend pretty much 24/7 together most days. I know there are exceptions to every generality, and our reactions to the vaccine confirm that the gender differences aren't universal. |
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Me too also better than fish |
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