Jul 02

Gross, Here Are 5 Toxic Chemicals in Your Food

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You know what I hate about eating? The constant conversation on whether this food is good for you or bad for you. It seems to change everyday! New reports say this will cause cancer. Other reports say the same thing can prevent it. Even awful food that contains arsenic and other toxic chemicals can be somehow reasoned to be not as bad for you. This video by BuzzFeed shows you what’s toxic inside the food you eat (birthday cake! chicken!) but how it isn’t all that bad for you either. Let’s just either eat what’s delicious or not eat at all! [BuzzFeed Video]

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May 15

This is the Modem World: Digital junk food

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Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.

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I’m hanging out in Atlanta right now, getting ready to speak at Digital Summit 2013 about things you’re probably not terribly interested in. Most importantly, I’m sitting at a bar and just ordered what looks to be a monster of a burger called the “Hot Mess” at a place called Park Bar near my hotel. Despite my disdain for online review sites, it was either this via Yelp or the hotel bar and, well, I find hotel bars depressing.

It’s also pretty clear that the only reason I ordered the Hot Mess is because my wife isn’t here to give me a hard time about it. No, I’m not a kept man, but I respect her knowledge of health and try to let her guide me most of the time. But when I’m on the road, I sometimes let all bets fall to the floor so that daddy can dig into a burger uninterrupted.

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Feb 20

The Science of What Makes Junk Food So Addicting (And Delicious)

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It’s basically impossible to stop eating junk food. And it’s like that for a reason. There are billions and billions of dollars at play in Big Snack, and those corporations want to keep it that way. The New York Times has an exhaustive and fairly massive feature about how junk food companies use everything from economic theory to chemistry to experimental psychology to keep you eating it. More »

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Jul 08

What Junk Food Should Actually Be Called [Humor]

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You may think you’re eating Cheetos and Lunchables but what you’re really eating is spray-painted styrofoam peanuts and your mom giving up on you. And they should be called that! Smosh hilariously renamed all your favorite junk food to something much more accurate. More »

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