Posted on 11/05/2019 11:08:05 AM PST by BenLurkin
Scientists from the University Of Kansas have recently published research in the journal Obesity that attempts to define those foods under the term “hyper-palatability.” While hyper-palatability has been used for years in relation to foods, this paper is the first to provide a concrete definition.
The researchers found that combinations of certain types of ingredients create hyper-palatability: combinations of fat and sodium (hot dogs, bacon); combinations of fat and simple sugars (cake, ice cream, brownies); and combinations of carbohydrates and sodium (pretzels, popcorn). Researchers assigned quantitative values to those ingredients, then analyzed 7,757 food items in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies. Their findings: 62% of foods in the database met the definition of hyper-palatability, including 49% of all items labeled as “low/reduced/no sugar, fat, sodium, and/or sugar.” That’s right: Half of the seemingly better-for-you foods out there are still designed to make us overeat.
Lead researcher Tera Fazzino says the definition of hyper-palatability could change the way we approach nutrition and diets. Rather than cutting out all desserts or all chips, for example, consumers might only need to avoid those that meet the nutritional definition of hyper-palatability
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You must not have any enjoyment.
The Barefoot Contessa makes some of the best food evah.
Well, I recently read an article about recent Russian immigrants. One thing about America that surprised them was how sweet the white bread was. It was like eating cake, one of them said.
Sprinkle a few grasshoppers on it. That’ll fix it.
I always hated white bread. Even as a kid when that’s mostly all that was on the shelves. It tasted like puffy cardboard to me.
Yeah, it’s satire, the author is just too young to know it is satire.
I used to take Wonder Bread, rip off the crust and then compress the white bread into a rubber-like ball. Then ate maybe 10 balls. lol
Yes...when my mother over-boiled broccoli, cauliflower, peas, and brussels sprouts until they were mush, that’s the way they were supposed to be cooked...and you’re gonna like it!
"Cereal would create fortunes and create multinational companies that we still know today. But Dr. John Harvey Kellogg K +0%, the inventor of corn flakes, did not care about profits. For him, cereal was not just a health food because it would improve Americans digestion. He believed a diet centered on bland foods like cereal would lead Americans away from sin. One very specific sin: masturbation."
The surprising reason why Dr. John Harvey Kellogg invented cereal
Here's wishing BenLurkin well in his struggle.
Exhibit A: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
Buy whole foods and cook at home.
Nothing else.
Where’s the Flaming Hog Balls from Top Secret???
I know they’ve blown Kellogg’s idea to Heck and back.
All the sugar that gets added probably results in a vast increase in the activity that Kellogg was trying to stop.
We have removed sugar from our diet and will occasionally eat something with sugar. Regular “healthy whole wheat” bread is way too sweet for us now and difficult to eat. I used to make 4 slices of toast with it and slather it with butter and jam.
Clearly, the manufacturers add sugar to enhance the flavor.
Read somewhere that anything labeled “low fat” has sugar added to it to compensate for the loss of flavor because the fat is removed. Consumers expect that “low fat” is healthy when it probably isn’t because they are consuming bunch of sugar.
I want to start making my own “Keto” Bread.
I don’t trust the “Keto” Breads they sell in the store.
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