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“Adjacent To This Complete Breakfast!” Kicking Your Cereal Addiction…Consider Eating the Box Instead

(This article is Part II of my carbohydrate addiction series. In order to fully understand it, you should start with Part I, “Why You’re Addicted To Bread“, because it describes the mechanisms of sugar (‘carbohydrate’) addiction—all of which apply equally to breakfast cereal. Part III is here.)

Breakfast Cereal = Skittles

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Mechanisms of Sugar Addiction: Or, Why You’re Addicted To Bread (Updated)

(This essay is Part I of a series on carbohydrate addiction and the myth of ‘complex carbs’. You can skip to Part II, “Adjacent To This Complete Breakfast!” or Part III, “The Myth Of “Complex Carbohydrates”.)

Why do we crave the empty calories of bread? Answer: for the same reasons we crave the [ . . . ]

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The Term “Vegetable Oil” Is False Advertising (Updated)

Vegetable oil solvent extractor plant, China.

The term “vegetable oil” sounds healthy, because vegetables are healthy, right? Lettuce, broccoli, peppers, cucumbers…

…but that’s not what “vegetable oil” is made from. It’s made from grains, seeds, and beans.

Corn oil: grain “Canola” (rapeseed) oil: seed Soybean oil: bean Sunflower oil: seed Safflower oil: [ . . . ]

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