• Large Bullfrog
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    3 years ago

    I really think poorly regulated processed foods are having a negative and serious effect on people’s brains in America.

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        3 years ago

        That’s an interesting one. What’s the connection between snacks and tiredness? Asking because I have a massive sweet tooth (which leads to constant snacking) and feel tired a lot, despite not really doing much physical or mental labour (work suspended).

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          3 years ago

          IIUC at least one of the mechanism is that an abrupt spike in blood sugar causes spike in insulin production to process it which overshoots in removing the sugar meaning you may dip to lower sugar levels than prior to eating.

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      Fun fact, did you know the US goverment used lead tubes to make the water sistems of a lot of cities some decades ago, with they only stoped and remade said water sistems with actual tubes in the 80s/90s, so around 50% of the us population suffers from lead poisoning of some type

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        Ouch, especially bad in a barbarian country without socialized Healthcare like the US