Archived Whiny pig reeeing about its type 2 beetus gets slammed in comments by fit diabetics (mobile.nytimes.com)
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Archived Whiny pig reeeing about its type 2 beetus gets slammed in comments by fit diabetics (mobile.nytimes.com)
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[–] MothaFuckinTreeStars 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
There are gems like this though: ""I will make a shopping list full of foods I'm not particularly fond of." This pretty much says it all. Until there is a way to make MOST people prefer broccoli to burgers or cabbage to cake (or become indifferent to the pull of those foods) there is no hope of making a dent in this. Willpower isn't enough when confronted with a staggering array of tasty food at every turn vs a pile of vegetable that takes a lot of work (and money!) to turn into something tasty."
Bull. Fucking. Shit. Lots of people prefer healthy, nutritionally dense foods over shitty, processed, calorically dense foods. Have food companies been manipulating the chemistry of their foods to make them hyper palatable? Sure. But they can't recreate the delicious crunch of a roasted brussel sprout, the color of fennel on fresh undyed salmon, or the perfect balance of sweet and sour of a fresh blackberry. When you love food, I mean actually LOVE food, you'd never dream of shoving such shit as Taco Bell, and whatever else these fats eat.
Sorry that was long. I'm clearly distraught lol
[–] 6559960? ago (edited ago)
It's fucked up it's taste buds to the point where anything that's not crap "food" tastes awful to it. If this thing just committed to eating real foods for a month or even less the cravings it is having due to it's crap "food" addiction would either drastically lessen or disappear altogether.
My SO is currently having to cut his sodium intake drastically (long story, not fat). SIX DAYS and his taste buds are already adjusting.
Wow, this thing tried broccoli once (with who knows how much "cheese" or whatever sauce) eaten alongside who knows what (because I absolutely do not believe that was all it ate) and it didn't work so it gave up.
[–] Phillyshitlord ago
It's not even that. You can eat McDonald's or Taco Bell, it's just moderation you have to figure out. That's where fats fail.
[–] MothaFuckinTreeStars ago
Definitely. Not saying you can't eat those things, but fats who claim to "love food" are kidding themselves if they think processed shit can compare.
[–] pocketsize 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
With two type 1 diabetics in my family, including a brother who was diagnosed at age 4, I have absolutely no sympathy for the author. My brother's balance of food, exercise and insulin is literally a matter of life and death, especially since he can't tell if his blood sugar is too low, until it's literally something like 30 (normal is 80-120 - at least for normal weight, non-diabetic humans).
[–] text_inputter 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah, I've always wondered why type 1 and 2 are just flavors of diabetes. They have the same symptoms, sure, but wildly different causes and type 2 is almost entirely treatable with diet and exercise. When the author mentions things like "There’s the invisibility of the deeply dedicated management it requires." it's easy to be furious because, well, type 2 doesn't usually require "deeply dedicated management." Type 2 usually just requires that they stop stuffing their maw with bullshit all day.