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Dont call me Shirley

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81. It's like the big food makers took the lessons from the religious cult diets and put it into mass
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 10:03 AM
Feb 2015

use. Cult diet on steroids. How convenient for the ruling elite!

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All things in moderation, including moderation. randome Jan 2015 #1
Yes, occasional flexibility in diet restrictions ErikJ Feb 2015 #55
Pervasive Labeling Disorder bananas Feb 2015 #59
Funny marions ghost Feb 2015 #61
So the DSM applies yet another label? longship Feb 2015 #62
Yep - getting more common KT2000 Jan 2015 #2
You just described my mother laundry_queen Jan 2015 #17
It's like a cult. I have friends who are "Paleo", they are fucking brainwashed. Drahthaardogs Jan 2015 #29
I'm so sick of hearing about Paleo too PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #41
Obesity is killing half a million Americans a year and it's contagious bananas Feb 2015 #58
If being a hoarder runs in your family laundry_queen Feb 2015 #68
Avoiding it is admirable Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #71
Fad Diets - DeEvolution of Man Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2015 #47
It so funny you say that laundry_queen Feb 2015 #67
Met a man in San Fran with this. He said he progressed from being vegetarian McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #3
I have a relative with this same issue. TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #4
haha justabob Jan 2015 #9
is it the whole table of folk Skittles Jan 2015 #30
this waitress appreciates that justabob Feb 2015 #40
I am having a problem with this as I have a dinner party coming up. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #5
Don't cater. Tell them "this is what I am serving..." beforehand. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #7
I know I shouldn't, but I am so afraid to offend. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #13
Holy cow! I had a Christmas Party at my house yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #14
Thanks! I wish I could be more carefree, but it's a smaller group. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #38
something like a vegetarian dish, simple salad should be enough JI7 Jan 2015 #24
Yes, thank you! I am planning to serve a variety of dishes. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #39
I don't invite people who have extremely restrictive diets to MineralMan Jan 2015 #27
Yes, I would do that except it's kind of a group birtI hday dinner. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #37
May I suggest a middle ground? MH1 Feb 2015 #70
When I have to feed a crowd tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #78
Recently, I had to figure otu what to take to a potluck Bettie Feb 2015 #82
How did "gluten-free" get to be a thing? Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #6
Celiac disease. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #8
Thanks nt Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #12
And not too many people actually have it. enlightenment Jan 2015 #25
Right rjsquirrel Jan 2015 #32
So glad this isn't a problem for you Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #51
I specifically rjsquirrel Feb 2015 #84
Actually, I was thrilled to see the bandwagon get fired up Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #86
Because the anti-vaxer moms decided it treated autism. LeftyMom Jan 2015 #15
Yup. Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2015 #34
I worked for a bakery with a GF line LeftyMom Feb 2015 #43
Eating disorders suck. Ykcutnek Jan 2015 #10
Some people are addicted to eating. Maybe you were but congrats on finding your way free of it! randome Jan 2015 #28
I think I know this person. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #11
So if I don't want to eat GMO's workinclasszero Jan 2015 #16
And if you want to eat clean and healthy, you have a mental disease. (Sarcasm thingy) Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #19
Thats right. Cross Big Ag and your obviously insane! workinclasszero Jan 2015 #22
Especially by supposed liberals and progressives on this website. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #23
Good point marions ghost Feb 2015 #63
It's like the big food makers took the lessons from the religious cult diets and put it into mass Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #81
Cult diets marions ghost Feb 2015 #83
No - KT2000 Jan 2015 #20
I have started to see this in my daughter. She has recently started lifting weights and trying to liberal_at_heart Feb 2015 #77
I think it's about control KT2000 Feb 2015 #79
*Exactly* what I was thinking when I read the article Matariki Feb 2015 #45
ditto marions ghost Feb 2015 #64
I don't think that is what is being said Marrah_G Feb 2015 #80
Does anyone not know somebody like this? LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #18
Sounds like PasadenaTrudy Jan 2015 #21
Disorder seveneyes Jan 2015 #26
There was just a post over in cooking and baking... catnhatnh Jan 2015 #31
I practice this every day nilesobek Jan 2015 #33
There's a difference between what you eat every day and a dinner party Silent3 Feb 2015 #44
We need to talk. You have no idea what an american pepperoni is Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #49
Real Italians know Bonobo Feb 2015 #52
Hence the preface American. Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #53
I'm not sure what I'm eating really. nilesobek Feb 2015 #54
Well,when you make slow cured salami Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #74
That's interesting. nilesobek Feb 2015 #75
that's not what the OP is about, a better comparison might be someone who demands everything be JI7 Feb 2015 #57
what should i call my picky eating? pansypoo53219 Jan 2015 #35
A trainer I used to go to was certain that she was... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #36
Something to add to the already huge DSM manual ananda Feb 2015 #42
I think it's compulsive imagined-to-be-healthy eating that's the problem... Silent3 Feb 2015 #46
"Overcoming the Obsession with Healthful Eating" What next? flvegan Feb 2015 #48
It's disordered if it's impairing your normal functioning. LeftyMom Feb 2015 #50
Excellent point marions ghost Feb 2015 #65
Making up new words (neologisms) is a symptom of schizophrenia. bananas Feb 2015 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Exhibit A Feb 2015 #60
Anxiety and depression marions ghost Feb 2015 #66
Um, maybe in extreme cases, but ... GMAFB? MH1 Feb 2015 #69
I'm pretty consistent with my day to day diet madville Feb 2015 #72
"Oh no, people in a country with insane levels of diet-related disease, are watching what they eat!" whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #73
There's a difference between "trying to eat healthier" Freddie Feb 2015 #76
There are people.. sendero Feb 2015 #85
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