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hombre_fatal 3 hours ago

> An estimated 95% of American adults and children fail to meet daily fiber recommendations, with intake often falling below 10 grams per 1,000 calories consumed

It's tempting to focus on some magic bad ingredient/practice to explain our bad health (like seed oils), but we don't exercise, we eat directly against dietary guidelines, and we eat foods that we know are bad for us.

Now add on to that the social media grifters and industry advocates who tell you that eating poorly is good for you.

I don't blame individuals just trying to live their life though. This is how we've let our whole food environment set up shop.

NotGMan 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Focusing on fiber while leaving out glyphosate, sugar etc... is myopic.

hombre_fatal 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think I need to enumerate every way our diets are bad in an HN comment, do I? You didn't even want to do it and you're the one gunning for it.

But processed meat consumption would be another good example of where we happily eat against dietary guidelines despite its link with colorectal cancer.