• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    It’s the corn syrup more than the fried food honestly. The number of people who drink soda all day is wild.

    • Hanrahan@slrpnk.net
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      3 minutes ago

      And a car enforced society zeor active tranaport

      This dude (Gen Z american living in the UK) talks about it in this vid (amongst other things) he walks to the grocery store walks home, cycles to work etc as jet says, he could own a car but doesn’t need one.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

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      6 hours ago

      The number of people I know in America who “can’t” drink just water and have to have some syrup flavored drink instead is astounding. Dude, you’re complaining about your weight. Maybe cut back on the sugar for one drink per day.

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        6 hours ago

        Depending on the region the soda may actually be healthier, we have looped right back to people avoiding water because it’s dangerous but instead of parasites it’s pollution and parasites.

        Note I do drink water but only from my fridge with a high quality filter, tap water is a coin flip and if I can taste anything other than water I’m assuming it’s contaminated.

    • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 hours ago

      There’s another major reason tbh, cheap shite is unhealthy for you but very quick and easy to cook

      And there’s more people in USA that live under the breadline, where they’re working stupid long shifts for stupid low pay - because there is not anything better available for them

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      11 hours ago

      I used to work with a morbidly obese lady that kept a 2 litre of mountain dew at her desk at all times. She’d come in every Monday with 2 of them. It was wild to me.