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[mt1200]

Utterly disgusting. Can't believe it wasn't prohibited in the first place. Makes me question whether or not the american food production industry values health.

There are a lot of imported american goods at the local supermarkets where I live, and I can tell you i'm always shocked by the huge amounts of sugar everything has. I don't buy that "FAT FREE" bullshit if they instead put half a pound of sugar in cranberry juices.

And judging from the high cancer, obesity, and diabetes rates in the USA, It's pretty obvious to me that the american food industry doesn't give a crap about people's health, they'll keep adding more sugar, sodium, or.. rubber chemicals.

 

[FOOTE]

Still getting one for lunch.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Unlikely.

Skip the dressing, pickles, go with plain veggies and you manage to get rid of most of the unhealthy stuff.
It's pretty alright.

 

[John Kowalski]

It's legal, so it's probably less dangerous than Kinder Surprise!

 

[jakncoke]

Its amazing some the shit FDA allows. Did they think most of these rulings were a good idea or simply lobbied into allowing it and brushed it under the public eye?

 

[Alcotholic]

I like living on the edge. Every time I eat a subway sandwich I get an adrenaline rush; It's so intense.

 

[canoli2006]

Reading up on the ingredient from Wikipedia:

 

[Azulsky]

They are still using H2O to make bread and I hear H2O is used in nuclear reactors.

Will anyone think of the children.


Dont English majors take something that equates to a logic or critical thinking class at university/college before they are allowed to humiliate themselves.

 

[Cizeta-Moroder]

EW! I don't want any molecules and genes in my food!

 

[rkn]

I just ate a box of macaroni and cheese. The cheese was powder, what did i just eat?

 

[AwRy108]

insane amounts of sodium and fat are healthy though.

I just wish they weren't so overpriced.

 

[Benutzer]

There's a lot of imported american goods at the local supermarkets where I live, and I can tell you i'm always shocked by the huge amounts of sugar everything has. I don't buy that "FAT FREE" bullshit if they instead put half a pound of sugar in cranberry juices.

And judging from the high cancer, obesity, and diabetes rates in the USA, It's pretty obvious to me that the american food industry doesn't give a crap about people's health, they'll keep adding more sugar, sodium, or.. rubber chemicals.

I think the cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure risks of high salt intake are exaggerated.

 

[Scrooged]

Margarine is just one molecule away from plastic, guys. FEAR IT.

 

[Community Forum]

Meanwhile, Subway starts using Fritos in new sandwiches.

 

[NHale]

Hey guys don't ever drink dihydrogen monoxide. It's a chemical used in concrete and everyone is selling it and people keep drinking it.

And the FDA allows it! Incredible!

 

[TheClimaxan]

Oh I loved that thread.

 

[brotherbean]

Hey guys don't ever drink dihydrogen monoxide. It's a chemical used in concrete and everyone is selling it and people keep drinking it.

And the FDA allows it! Incredible!

I prefer to roll my own. Two parts H, one part O, stir until combined. Perfect every time.

 

[jmdajr]

How generous

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Why is the US normally one of the last developed countries to stop using an additive that has been banned by other countries?

$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[kick51]

is the chemical guilty by association or something

Mass produced has something that could be construed as weird in it

News at 11




This is why people get away with selling products that remove the vortex phytotoxinitis from your chakra zones

Why is the US normally one of the last developed countries to stop using an additive that has been banned by other countries?

takes a long time roll things out when your country is 50 european countries in one. can't just think of things and implement them the next day

 

[Gannd]

$$$$$$$$$$$$

That or the EU has fallen for a bunch of hokum.

Chemicals are good for you.

 

[Gannd]

They are still using H2O to make bread and I hear H2O is used in nuclear reactors.

Will anyone think of the children.


Dont English majors take something that equates to a logic or critical thinking class at university/college before they are allowed to humiliate themselves.

HEY! They are trying to SAVE THE WORLD. What are you doing Mr. Science understanding person!

 

[Kinitari]

People need to realize that a chemical used in rubber is not rubber. The compound's main use is a flour treatment agent, so it makes dough rise faster and stronger. THIS DOESN'T MEAN IT'S RUBBER.

Spoiler

Frustrated chemist here.

I'm pretty sure they even use the chemical dihydrogen monoxide in the development of rubber, which we also use in almost all our foods. Many don't know that we also use this chemical in nuclear reactors!

They are still using H2O to make bread and I hear H2O is used in nuclear reactors.

Will anyone think of the children.


Dont English majors take something that equates to a logic or critical thinking class at university/college before they are allowed to humiliate themselves.

Woah.

 

[zigg]

Of note, Foodbabe is a nutcase website with rabid idiocy like this:

http://foodbabe.com/2012/07/30/why-its-time-to-throw-out-your-microwave/

Short version: if you microwave water, water molecules line up to say "Hitler".

Holy shit, I thought you were joking. I laughed, then I saw

 

[dapperbandit]

I was suspicious that one time I dropped my footlong and it bounced back into my lap.

 

[kick51]

oh noes! microwaves were never fully researched before adoption!


some of this is practically engrish


nobody tell them raw foods are covered in bacteria, dirt, and possibly a bit of animal shit

I was suspicious that one time I dropped my footlong and it bounced back into my lap.

lol

 

[BassForever]

Why is this the outrage? People should be upset they replaced their pretty decent pizza with the stupid flatizza

 

[mrklaw]

it'd be interesting to see a comparison of food between the US and Europe/Australia - see what kind of crap they put into everyday stuff in one area that they aren't allowed to in another.

This as one example, then Canada banning Marmite for having too much salt. There must be hundreds of examples of major brands that have significant differences which seem to have no point but on an industrial scale probably saves the companies millions

 

[NekoFever]

Man, when did chemical become a scary word? I guess it come from a misunderstanding of what and where chemicals are (see:everywhere and everything)

The same stupid thinking that everything natural is good started using 'chemical' to mean 'harmful, toxic, *gasp* artificial substance'.

I once saw plant food with "100% chemical free - just add water" on the package.

 

[Escape Goat]

takes a long time roll things out when your country is 50 european countries in one. can't just think of things and implement them the next day

People tend to think because US is largely descended from Europe they must think alike. Average American attitudes can see very different from Europeans. Now let those attitudes form policy over 200 years. For better or worse that's who we are.

 

[Confidence Man]

Subway skeeves me out. Meats made from scraps processed in a factory somewhere and shipped in a bag of gelatinous liquid; questionable "fresh" veggies and condiments, all thrown on a barely browned loaf of carcinogenic bread-rubber.

 

[inm8num2]

Why is this the outrage? People should be upset they replaced their pretty decent pizza with the stupid flatizza

The commercial was annoying.

"Flatiiiiiizzaaaaa!"

 

[Dyno]

Subway fell off for me a couple years ago. You can taste the cheapness of the ingredients they use. Everything is just so bland and tasteless.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

lol Subway and bread...

Subway sandwiches have no bread. Shit is thin as hell, can barely hold its content

Quiznos >>>>>>> Subway #facts

 

[Escape Goat]

Subway fell off for me a couple years ago. You can taste the cheapness of the ingredients they use. Everything is just so bland and tasteless.

Not true. You can taste the salt (and preservatives)!

 

[Merino]

Meanwhile people will still keep eating bread enhanced with L-cysteïne which is often extracted from human hair (obtained from Chinese barbershops).

 

[lil smoke]

I'm over Subway.

That bread smells good when you're walking past. It tastes like chemicals. You don't leave spending $5 ever, They rush you thru the line, whut-kinda-bread?? If you take 4 seconds and look at the oven to see, they get all flustered and point you to their dumb pic, just to tell me they ran out of hearty Italian. They use that dirty ass knife that they dip into that nasty water. Dude if you cut dude's sub with mayo and I don't want mayo, CHANGE the F'in knife. Fuck charging me for spinach when you want to. Ughh what a nasty place, why the hell do we bother with that piece of shit?

The only thing good there is the branded coffee with the double slide-close lids.

 

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

I bought a bag of Sunbeam hotdog buns once and there was an actual chunk of black rubber in the bag. Probably not related but kind of funny (and worrisome).

 

[Deleted member 13876]

I think it's equally idiotic to equate all chemicals to water, as it is to act they're all as dangerous as cyanide. In this case there are indications that the chemical formed can have adverse effects. I can't personally assess how dangerous it is or isn't, but acting in the complete opposite of the naturalistic fallacy is still a fallacy.

Spoiler

oh is that a gal I see?

 

[Wazzy]

But will it still taste good?

 

[entremet]

But will it still taste good?

Still?

When did Subway ever taste good?

 

[CornBurrito]

Meanwhile people will still keep eating bread enhanced with L-cysteïne which is often extracted from human hair (obtained from Chinese barbershops).

And is L-cysteine actually harmful, or are we supposed to go "EWWW from HAIR!" like a fucking three year old and not eat it because of that?

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Margarine is just one molecule away from plastic, guys. FEAR IT.

Margarine is poison for another reason: (partially-)hydrogenated oils are fucking poison. They will cause heart disease at an accelerated / higher-incidence rate like smoking will cause lung cancer.

 

[Wazzy]

Still?

When did Subway ever taste good?

It taste okay here in Canada.

Don't take away my reubber chemical breadddddddddddddd

 

[Muppet of a Man]

That or the EU has fallen for a bunch of hokum.

Chemicals are good for you.

They may have, but the question is which chemicals are good for you vs. which chemicals are bad. Regardless of their natural or synthetic origins, some are good for your health, some neutral/inert, and some bad.

Many synthetically produced chemicals not found elsewhere in nature (in abundance anyway) happen to be bad for you because we haven't co-evolved with them to consume and assimilate them safely (i.e., our bodies do not have proper mechanisms available to deal with them).

 

[Dark Octave]

Time to start a farm.

I thought Subway was all "fresh and healthy". Is there a food chain out there that isn't trying to kill you?

 

[Lijik]

Is this why their bread always tasted like shit?

 

[CornBurrito]

They may have, but the question is which chemicals are good for you vs. which chemicals are bad. Regardless of their natural or synthetic origins, some are good for your health, some neutral/inert, and some bad.

Many synthetically produced chemicals not found elsewhere in nature (in abundance anyway) happen to be bad for you because we haven't co-evolved with them to consume and assimilate them safely (i.e., our bodies do not have proper mechanisms available to deal with them).

However, many medicinal compounds also contain synthetic compounds not found elsewhere in nature. Something isn't automatically terrible for you just because the human body didn't evolve being exposed to it.

 

[mckmas8808]

lol Subway and bread...

Subway sandwiches have no bread. Shit is thin as hell, can barely hold its content

Quiznos >>>>>>> Subway #facts

WHAT?! Subway sandwiches are nothing but bread and they barely have enough meat.