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SciFiSoldier_481 t1_j4cm31r wrote

Companies used to use fat (lard) to flavor foods. A health food movement pushed companies to reduce fat, so they added sugar. A health food movement is currently pushing companies to reduce sugar, so their adding artificial sweetners. The point is that people keep pushing companies to take out something bad, and they put in something worse.

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andcal t1_j4ctgiy wrote

Corporations gonna corporate.

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maretus t1_j4gqf7n wrote

More like regulators gonna regulate - even if it doesn’t make sense.

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andcal t1_j4gwxqs wrote

Ok, I know the government does put out dietary guidelines for people to follow if they want to, but I’m not sure what regulations you are referring to.

When you say regulations, do you mean restrictions, or something that somehow penalizes companies that make food if they don’t follow certain rules? I was unaware of such things (outside certain states like the one where NY limited portion size on sodas, or something else rare and isolated like that).

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DoktoroKiu t1_j4ih68x wrote

There is good evidence that during the low-fat craze most people did not actually change their diets overall, and they added these "healthy" low-fat products on top of their unchanged diets because they're "guilt-free".

It's also a big assumption that they're always adding something worse. It's a hard sell to claim we somehow get further away from knowledge of health with every discovery.

And plenty of people in alt health circles are swinging the pendulum hard back to high-fat low-carb products and diets, and just ignoring all the evidence that led us away from this in the first place.

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