This might be how fast food industry made America FATTER.

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Brasspen

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So, I was doing some math on food costs, and came up with a plan to have just 1 hot dog per meal. 4 times per day. This is because right now I am broke.

I learned that I can adjust to the 1 hot dog per meal, but it's going to be hard at first.

I then thought about fast food, and what they might have done to make people fatter. Read the Second AI report from google on that one.

For people who might not know, the fast food chains started increasing the portion sizes. They started making their burgers bigger and bigger. And now we have those 800-1.5k+ kcal burgers. I am talking about those double and triple stackers.

Just like the farmers 'bridle the horse' to reduce food cost, the fast food chains increased everyones apetite, making them eat MOOooooree. With them eating bigger burgers, the cost is higher per meal. And then they want even more, spending even more on it. I one time worked with a man who would by 12 cheese burgers, and eat them all in one meal. He was huge, bigger than I am.

This happened to my Dad too, someone told him some stuff about being able to eat alot, then it made him eat alot, which made him FAT. And he never got over the portion size. I am victum of it too. They gave him praise and glorified him saying how much he was able to eat. The people who did this thing are dead. But so is my Dad.

From my personal expreirence, you will want the bigger portions from day one.


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Adjusting to smaller portion sizes typically takes about a week or two. This timeframe can vary depending on individual factors like the extent of the reduction and overall dietary habits. Some people may adjust more quickly, while others might need more time to adapt to feeling full with less food.

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--- From google AI ----

The body can adjust to larger portion sizes fairly quickly, potentially within a few days to a couple of weeks, but it can take longer to form new habits around portion control. The stomach is a flexible organ that expands to accommodate food, and with consistent overeating, it can adapt to hold more food. However, this doesn't necessarily mean the body is more efficient at processing those larger portions in the long term.

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tourist

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The fast-food industry does not force anyone to consume their products in such an excess that weight gain is a result. My problem is being chronically underweight. I should probably eat more fast food. Worth a try. Maybe you could jazz up those hot dogs with sauerkraut and onions.
 

Brasspen

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The fast-food industry does not force anyone to consume their products in such an excess that weight gain is a result. My problem is being chronically underweight. I should probably eat more fast food. Worth a try. Maybe you could jazz up those hot dogs with sauerkraut and onions.
One thing about it, is they are giving them the temptations to eat it. They are not forced to eat it, but they are put thru temptations to eat it. But, because it's not force it's seen as morally good practice.
 

Tall_Timbers

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Fast food places aren't responsible for anyone's obesity. For as long as I've been alive there have been quarter pound, 1/3 pound, and half pound burgers, and of course McDonald's 10th of a pound, all before cooking.

If you're short money hot dogs may not be your best choice. They've gotten so expensive that I don't buy them now, and heavenly only knows what's in most of them. Processed meat, generally speaking is not healthy to eat. Purchase hamburger when it is on sale and put it between a couple of healthy slices of bread with mustard and pickles and you'll be eating fairly healthy.
 

SomeDisciple

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Bruh, fast food doesn't compare to middle age-to-older married ladies... they recklessly distribute their baked goods without any regard for anyone's physical fitness. Basically any time you might exert yourself in a way that causes the slightest bit of hunger they just pop out from behind a wall with a tray of cake, or muffins or something with just an absurd amount of frosting... you wanna just be like "get behind me Satan"; but it seems like an excessive thing to say...
 

shittim

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A "portion" is about the size of a deck of cards.
For cheese, it is about the size of a domino.
wish I had been taught that 70+ years ago.
blessings:):coffee::giggle::giggle::giggle:(y):unsure:
 

Billyd

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A "portion" is about the size of a deck of cards.
For cheese, it is about the size of a domino.
wish I had been taught that 70+ years ago.
blessings:):coffee::giggle::giggle::giggle:(y):unsure:
I was. It didn't help.
 

HealthAndHappiness

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So, I was doing some math on food costs, and came up with a plan to have just 1 hot dog per meal. 4 times per day. This is because right now I am broke.

I learned that I can adjust to the 1 hot dog per meal, but it's going to be hard at first.

I then thought about fast food, and what they might have done to make people fatter. Read the Second AI report from google on that one.

For people who might not know, the fast food chains started increasing the portion sizes. They started making their burgers bigger and bigger. And now we have those 800-1.5k+ kcal burgers. I am talking about those double and triple stackers.

Just like the farmers 'bridle the horse' to reduce food cost, the fast food chains increased everyones apetite, making them eat MOOooooree. With them eating bigger burgers, the cost is higher per meal. And then they want even more, spending even more on it. I one time worked with a man who would by 12 cheese burgers, and eat them all in one meal. He was huge, bigger than I am.

This happened to my Dad too, someone told him some stuff about being able to eat alot, then it made him eat alot, which made him FAT. And he never got over the portion size. I am victum of it too. They gave him praise and glorified him saying how much he was able to eat. The people who did this thing are dead. But so is my Dad.

From my personal expreirence, you will want the bigger portions from day one.


--- From google AI ----

Adjusting to smaller portion sizes typically takes about a week or two. This timeframe can vary depending on individual factors like the extent of the reduction and overall dietary habits. Some people may adjust more quickly, while others might need more time to adapt to feeling full with less food.

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--- From google AI ----

The body can adjust to larger portion sizes fairly quickly, potentially within a few days to a couple of weeks, but it can take longer to form new habits around portion control. The stomach is a flexible organ that expands to accommodate food, and with consistent overeating, it can adapt to hold more food. However, this doesn't necessarily mean the body is more efficient at processing those larger portions in the long term.

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shittim

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the stomach doesn't know if it is water or food, that can be a help.:)(y):unsure::coffee:
 

Brasspen

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I can't do the hot dogs only, but can have eggs, other things. My sister's husband has been eating my hot dogs.
 

Handyman62

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Mark 7:14-37
New International Version



14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” [16] [a]


17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)


20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
 
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Fast food places aren't responsible for anyone's obesity. For as long as I've been alive there have been quarter pound, 1/3 pound, and half pound burgers, and of course McDonald's 10th of a pound, all before cooking.

If you're short money hot dogs may not be your best choice. They've gotten so expensive that I don't buy them now, and heavenly only knows what's in most of them. Processed meat, generally speaking is not healthy to eat. Purchase hamburger when it is on sale and put it between a couple of healthy slices of bread with mustard and pickles and you'll be eating fairly healthy.
Another idea that may allow someone to save on the bread purchase is buying the hamburger on sale and cooking it up in the skillet (just as one would to make tacos, for instance) and mixing the hamburger meat with some rice and a vegetable. That can end up being a very healthful meal or two that won't strain the finances. I will also sometimes mix the meat with sauerkraut (love Bubbies in the glass jar, myself, but that can be a bit expensive), and I think it's delicious. Just my two-cents.