Food is "too good"?

I saw a video saying that the reason people are overweight is because food has engineered to be "too good".

Thoughts?

To me...it is kind of extremist maybe.

But there might be something there.

Pasta just feels so much better than veggies.

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

MSG added to food as a “flavor enhancer” when in reality it is an appetite stimulant is one big reason why. Plus the variety of different ethnic foods means that a person will never be bored with their diet and will tend to overeat due to that. So many processed foods available that it makes it easy and quick to buy them and have for a meal or snack.

HellsBelle · 36-40, F

@cherokeepatti can you tell me more? do you cook your own food? what flavors/meats do you use? I want to be more organic. local butchers, etc, or meatless entirely

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@HellsBelle I do cook my own food. I find single herbs and spices and a few blends that are MSG free. I can tell if it has MSG in it because MSG causes me to have heart palpitations after eating something with it in it. I think one of the most flavorful combinations is lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. It even tastes good on a plain cooked bowl of beans. Good on chicken baked with it too. I also add a bit of lemon juice and olive oil to a lot of the soups that I cook.

HellsBelle · 36-40, F

@cherokeepatti yeah those are my staple ingredients. I like adding cajun spice too

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@HellsBelle Can add oregano or thyme to the lemon and oil, maybe other green herbs. Green dill weed is very flavorful, it’s good cooked in rice or rice dishes with chicken, green beans or baby Lima beans and is also good on deviled eggs and potato salad.