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saspa
11/07/2025
07:21 AM
#1
What do
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11/07/2025
07:38 AM
#2
Add more
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emblem-man
11/07/2025
08:02 AM
#3
What do you mean
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DuneMan
11/07/2025
08:03 AM
#4
Shouldn't the first concern be the extra 1,000+ calories that come from the meal when compared to a similar option made at home? When in doubt most places will just load on butter or other fats to "enhance the flavor".
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AnsestralRecall
11/07/2025
08:11 AM
#5
Stop worrying about that shit
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MotaroRIP619
11/07/2025
08:15 AM
#6
Well stop worrying about it. It is full of all that shit. So is frozen food and almost anything processed.

Unless you are making food from scratch its very hard to get away from all of that stuff now. Its beyond your control. Ive tried to make more stuff from scratch, but its hard to do that with every meal and not want to buy box noodles or jar sauce or something.
HashtagSEP
11/07/2025
08:39 AM
#7
DuneMan posted...
Shouldn't the first concern be the extra 1,000+ calories that come from the meal when compared to a similar option made at home? When in doubt most places will just load on butter or other fats to "enhance the flavor".

Yeah man everybody should just make every food option they could possibly get at a restaurant at home, it's so simple.
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DuneMan
11/07/2025
08:44 AM
#8
Because THAT must have been what I said.
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ReturnOfDevsman
11/07/2025
08:57 AM
#9
Are you European?

Here in the US, those are a given in everything.
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11/07/2025
09:02 AM
#10
Everything you eat, if you are in the US, is pretty much bad for you.

Just dont overeat and exercise,
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emblem-man
11/07/2025
09:04 AM
#11
AnsestralRecall posted...
Stop worrying about that shit


DuneMan posted...
Shouldn't the first concern be the extra 1,000+ calories that come from the meal when compared to a similar option made at home? When in doubt most places will just load on butter or other fats to "enhance the flavor".
This

Fear about food additives or whatever is honestly the least of most people's worries when it comes to health issues due to over eating, lack of exercise, and lack of eating fiber, fruits, and vegetables.
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Voidgolem
11/07/2025
09:18 AM
#12
suppose it depends on the restaurant
Why not go all in?
HANGtheDJ_86
11/07/2025
09:26 AM
#13
You likely require more preservatives to preserve your carefree attitude
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saspa
11/07/2025
10:42 AM
#14
DuneMan posted...
Shouldn't the first concern be the extra 1,000+ calories that come from the meal when compared to a similar option made at home? When in doubt most places will just load on butter or other fats to "enhance the flavor".

Also salt. And sugar.
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eggcorn
11/07/2025
11:01 AM
#15
saspa posted...
Also salt. And sugar.
And plastic
And insects
And rat poo
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ellis123
11/07/2025
11:03 AM
#16
eggcorn posted...
And plastic
The plastic is in the stuff you eat at home as well.
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hitokoriX
11/07/2025
11:07 AM
#17
American food is killing all of us in the states. And by food I mean fast food AND even some stuff grown on farms. So what can you do? Try to limit how much takeout you eat, and try to cook for yourself as much as you can. Working out is dope, but you can't outwork a bad diet.
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TheAnthraxBunny
11/07/2025
11:09 AM
#18
DuneMan posted...
Shouldn't the first concern be the extra 1,000+ calories that come from the meal when compared to a similar option made at home? When in doubt most places will just load on butter or other fats to "enhance the flavor".

This and the portion sizes.
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MarshMellow
11/07/2025
11:18 AM
#19
Well they're surely not giving you organic. Restaurant shit comes in 5 gallon buckets and frozen packets of slop decorated up to look like it's worth what they charge.
BiggWillieStylk
11/07/2025
11:27 AM
#20
Voidgolem posted...
suppose it depends on the restaurant
This. There are plenty of local restaurants that use fresh locally grown ingredients.
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saspa
11/07/2025
12:04 PM
#21
MotaroRIP619 posted...
Well stop worrying about it. It is full of all that shit. So is frozen food and almost anything processed.

Unless you are making food from scratch its very hard to get away from all of that stuff now. Its beyond your control. Ive tried to make more stuff from scratch, but its hard to do that with every meal and not want to buy box noodles or jar sauce or something.

Heck, short of raising chickens yourself like that movie chicken run, it becomes a moot point to worry about
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vycebrand2
11/07/2025
12:24 PM
#22
I dont eat out and eat stuff from the garden. I've limited my meat intake and no snacks. I was 217 now 197. I got bigger plans next year. This tells you how much I miss my old life. Its in my blood.
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LightSnake
11/07/2025
12:28 PM
#23
You're gonna need to deal with some of that, unfortunately. Just research the brands you pick, as some are better than others, and try to portion control.

The biggest issue is loading stuff up with things like bitter and salt. It's very, very easy to blow past your sodium intake on a single plate
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Starks
11/07/2025
12:28 PM
#24
American restaurants are just a contest to see who prepares Sysco the best.
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Shamino
11/07/2025
12:47 PM
#25
Anything that isn't homemade in the US is full of extra ingredients.
So either make everything from scratch, or just live with it.
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Unsuprised_Pika
11/07/2025
12:49 PM
#26
ellis123 posted...
The plastic is in the stuff you eat at home as well.

Its also in organic food. Its in aninals that are dozens even hundreds of miles from any human settlement.

You'd be hard pressed to find food that doesn't have microplastics.
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FL81
11/07/2025
01:24 PM
#27
Now now, be a good child and eat your plastic
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EmbraceOfDeath
11/07/2025
01:25 PM
#28
Deal with it or cook your own food without the crap included.
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eggcorn
11/07/2025
01:32 PM
#29
ellis123 posted...
The plastic is in the stuff you eat at home as well.
You have more control at home. The more touches an item has the more potential degradation, contamination. I grow a lot of my own vegetables.
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TheLiarParadox
11/07/2025
01:36 PM
#30
Just accept it. There's no need to compound the unavoidable negative effects of modern food by stressing about them. Avoid all the most obviously and easily avoidable harmful things and move on.
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ReturnOfDevsman
11/07/2025
01:36 PM
#31
lol I'm posting this from a McDonald's parking lot
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Mussurana
11/07/2025
01:37 PM
#32
Honestly TC?

If eating out is a treat, rather than regular, just accept the extra salt/fat/whatever content as something to pay off.

Most professional chefs do add more salt than necessary (salt is tasty, plus if you get used to the flavour, it's natural to add even more).

As long as the restaurant isn't your primary food source, and you eat healthily at home, it shouldn't be too big an issue.
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saspa
11/10/2025
11:08 AM
#33
Starks posted...
American restaurants are just a contest to see who prepares Sysco the best.

Which is better, sysco or cisco?
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