Hara hachi bu is an eating practice followed by some of the world’s oldest people.
  • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1513·
    9 days ago

    The real issue here is Americans and many westerners have been binge eating disgusting processed junk since very early childhood.

    Permanently damaging or even destroying their biological mechanisms for feeling full

    This leads to a weird obsession with other cultures that contain knowledge and practices for eating in a particular manner

    They are quite literally missing an upbringing where their culture and parents taught them to stop eating

      • Beacon@fedia.io
        102·
        9 days ago

        Don’t call someone an insult when they were just having a polite topical discussion

          • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            9 days ago

            Not a he and you are the rude one

            These are serious problems majorly affecting society. I doubt you would consider it polite if I posted research on childhood obesity and satiety or how this article directly relates to and reinforces new eating disorders

      • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        9 days ago

        Only 1/3 of America is a healthy weight

        1/3 is overweight 1/3 is obese

        This is a manufactured problem stemming from unregulated foods and a profit driven free market.

        I have personally seen way too many family and friends deliberately over-feed their children and sentence them to lifelong weight issues.

        This problem will likely only be solved through medications because the food industry has completely won