Junk food, sugar and additives - The dark side of the food industry | DW Documentary

À 13 ans? Mais où sont les parents? Nous n'avons jamais eu de sodas ou chips à la maison, le Nutella c'était de temps en temps sur les tartines.

This documentary really makes people think about what we eat every day. Food companies should care more about health than profit.

first step, avoid processed food, second step, file a lawsuit against retailer, food company

I've been working in my local hospital's outpatient pharmacy for almost a year now, and being in my early 20s, I've become a lot more health conscious. I know that hypertension and diabetes and high cholesterol (the big 3s) is an increasing trend in my country, but I didn't really understand the scale of it until I'm packing and dispensing all these medications to patients after patients. People commonly have 12+ medication, from as early as from 30-40 year olds, and I've even dispensed 28 different types of medications to a 50+ year old man. To everyone reading this, please please please eat healthy. You really don't want to be taking 30mins-1 hour every single day just to be taking your medications. It's really a sad way to live. And for hypertension (high blood sugar) for example, one of the causes is eating too much salt, and doctors will have to stack more medications the worse your case is. From ACE inhibitors (enalapril, lisinopril, captopril) to ARBs (losartan, valsartan, telmisartan) to CCBs (amlodipine, nifedipine, diltiazem) to hydralazine, spironolactone, terazosin, methyldopa.... It's crazy how many medications a lot of people need to take every single day, until the day they die. Type 2 diabetes is another super common thing people have too, and some people also need to take a combination of these medications everyday the worse it gets. From the basic metformin, to glipizide, sitagliptin, linagliptin, dapagliflozin, empagliflozin, to all the insulin injectables and pens (Recormon, Apidra, Lantus, Novomix, Insulatard)... I've definitely cut down my sugar intake by ALOT from just my first month working in the pharmacy. High cholesterol is also super common worldwide now, as this video shows... Common medications we dispensed in the pharmacy includes statins like atorvastatin, simvastatin, rosuvastatin, and other lipid lowering agents like fenofibrate, ezetimibe, fish oil, and even super expensive PCSK9 inhibitors like evolocumab injections. High cholesterol also causes atherosclerosis (narrowing of arteries due to plague build up), which can cause life threatening diseases like stroke, angina, heart attacks, peripheral artery disease (PAD), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). You might also need to get a stent placement, a surgery where the surgeon inserts a tiny mesh tube into a narrowed or blocked artery to hold it open, restoring blood flow that was previously blocked due to plague build up. Seriously made me shudder after learning about that, I definitely don't want that inside me :') Hope everyone will be able to take care of themselves. I don't think anyone wants to take medications lifelong, even though it might be inevitable sometimes.... Or to take 20-30+ meds a day when you're turning 50 or 60, or to be unable to go outside for long or do activities we once love. Medications can get really, really expensive too, pharm companies make a massive profit, especially with the whole GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic that are now being sold and prescribed for weight loss... It's another whole crazy topic in itself. Even the train station by the hospital had Novo Nordisk's ads pasted all over... It's honestly crazy. But stay healthy and take care everyone. ❤

"My mother never told me to eat fruit instead" that's disturbing

It’s becoming more common to consume unhealthy foods, and when you choose to eat healthier, many people say you’re on a diet.

One regret in my life as a kid up to early adulthood, eating junk food, and not eating more healthy vegetables, now that I'm more older and wiser, I've changed that and never looked back.

My mother tried her best to raise us by herself. However, that did come at the cost of proper nutrition. She has since had surgery and lost a lot of weight, but continues to eat junk food snd drink. We keep trying to tell her to eat better but she claims to know nutrition, while eating nothing but junk. In her mind, carbs are the culprit, but she still cant identify what has carbs in it. I've struggled a lot with my weight. I grew up eating nothing but junk, so overcoming the addiction has been tough. I gain and lose weight. I am now pregnant and have told myself that when that baby is born, I will be better at giving them a good understanding of healthy food vs junks. Not to say I won't occassionally let them have sweets, but I never want to become a fast food mom or a parent who keeps junk around the house for their kids to freely snack on.

Let's be real; the food industry is _mostly_ dark.

"Nestle wants to help people to eat well" 🙃🙃🙃

As a child my parents used to restrict such things especially junk food I used to think why won’t they give me such tasty food when I was young now I realise how good their intentions were! Thank you mom and dad

Now we know why we have the ''beautiful at any size'' movement

that nestle spokeswoman is answering like chat gpt lol

This is so tragic. We can rely only on ourselves and critical thinking that determine what's best for us. In 2017, I gave up fast food and soda. Later on, I gave up take out and only go to restaurants with friends. I went from 208 to 125 pounds. Not bragging but saying it can be done with persistence and discipline.

These aesthetic shots of food is actually making me crave these 😂

I'm glad my mum she nver allowed me to eat junk food or sugary products or cola or any of shity drinks since my early age she feed me natural things like nut vegetables and fruit, now i have the perfect body and health I'm thankful for mum she is saved my life

Growing up, my mom was super strict about junk. We'd have Take Out literally a handful of times a year, and chips and sweets were also not common, about 2 or 3 times a month if we went to the shops or had birthday parties etc. I used to be jealous of family and friends who seemed to eat out whenever, but now I am SO grateful to my mom. My diet isn't perfect, but I consume junk a lot more moderately than many. Strive to do the same with my children.

Evil people controls ignorant people easily

I’ve worked in an NHS mental health hospital for several years now and it never ceases to amaze me the appalling lack of knowledge and awareness medical professionals such as doctors and nurses have when it comes to the link between nutrition and health. The dementia and neuropsychiatry wards are particularly bad where patients who have fasting bloods of 7- 8, and after eating 12-13 is seen as normal and of no concern. I find it ironic that diabetic patients (which there are many) are not allowed to have sugar in their drinks but yet are permitted to eat as much toast, beans, potato, cereal, pasta, rice as they like. I once voiced my concerns about this with a senior nurse, who simply shrugged her shoulders whilst telling me there’s very little sugar in bread, rice or pasta so it was fine. I couldn’t believe this highly experienced nurse didn’t have a clue how carbs are processed in the body. For a second, I was tempted to inform her that these carbs are converted into glucose by the liver causing huge blood sugar and insulin spikes. I thought better of it. My words would’ve almost certainly fallen on deaf ears. Just the other week I witnessed a nurse encouraging a diabetic patient to eat some toast before they go to bed as their bloods were too low 5.8. I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing. After the toast her bloods shot up to 12! The nurse was happy with this and allowed her to go to bed. Many patients are encouraged to eat three meals per day plus snacks and supper which include pudding after every meal (usually cake and custard). toast, and copious amounts of biscuits. Many patients who’s bloods are too low (5-6 range) for their insulin shots are encouraged to eat several biscuits so they can get their shot. Patients who refuse meals as they’re simply NOT HUNGRY are regularly bullied into submission and virtually force fed. Nurses and staff go into a blind panic thinking that missing a meal or two will somehow have a detrimental effect. For those who don’t cave into the pressure it’s not long before the Ensures (full of sugar) are being pushed upon them. It’s a farce. As a result of this appalling lack of understanding around nutrition many patients pile on the weight, and their condition deteriorates rapidly. Many patients are on a whole cocktail of drugs which seem to have very little positive effect whatsoever. In fact, I’m convinced many suffer detrimental side effects as a result. This is an NHS hospital where patients are supposed to come to get better. It’ a sad state of affairs! What the heck is going on!?

Since my teens I wanted to have flat belly. Ran and exercised a lot for that. One problem was I ate everything. Never got fat but always thought as long as I am running, cycling, hiking I could eat anything. Now in my 40s diagnosed with pre-diabetic condition last year. Got on strict diet. Got myself off sugar, bakery, reduced carbs, increased fibre, protein and continued physical activity. In 10 months, lost 11kgs, no more pre-diabetic, grew my hairs back, improved eye sight and got my six packs. Passing this to my kids now. They need not go through this.