• Boozilla@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    Soda crackers are one of those snacks I never crave. But on those rare occasions I eat them I think, damn, why are these always better than I think they are?

    Probably has something to do with me being hungry enough to eat a soda cracker in the first place. Hunger is the best flavor enhancer.

    Thanks for reading my Deep Thoughts on soda crackers.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I’m down with Kevin. Graham crackers are like sugar bombs to me, altho when they’re perfectly crisp & fresh, they do have a certain argument.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I used to love a box of assorted Dunkin’s from time to time, but when you get older I find it’s best not to aim for the diabetes lifestyle. This nation’s diet is unbelievably terrible considering the expensive state of healthcare.

          • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            In reality, most processed food is stripped of its fibre, commonly with lots of extra sugar, salt, junk oils, sketchy additives added, and often vitamins, minerals, phyto-compounds etc processed away.

            It’s not about a donut here and there, it’s about the common foods we regularly eat that we think are ‘okay,’ and are more like junk food in reality. Bread & pasta are some easy examples.

            • mote@lemmy.ca
              2·
              24 hours ago

              Aye, once you have to give up salt (sodium) and really start reading labels, looking around and whatnot for that purpose (blood pressure, heart disease), you end up learning about “splitting the sugars” in labeling and keep going down the rabbit hole. Oh gosh now you’re reading about additives, and…

              Cutting sodium out of my diet caused a removal of all those other preprocessed things which in turn has lead to more fresh vegetables, fruits and nuts every day and healthy weight loss. What started out as a necessity has become a “hey, this is actually nice” eating life without added salts and sugars, along with increased fibre and nutritional value.

              • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
                11·
                23 hours ago

                “Health is wealth” as the saying goes, and yet from what I’m aware of, nutrition education is sorely lacking in the States (dunno about CAN). I was lucky in that they offered courses in college, so that was my own rabbit hole.