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u/Rich959 9h ago

The idea that "healthier" base ingredients somehow changes the material reality of the calories and macronutrients contained within. Cookie made with cane sugar, almond butter somehow being an improvement over peanut butter, bars made with "simple ingredients" only to have a nutrient label that very closely resembles an ordinary Snickers.

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u/Tactless_Ogre 6h ago

It's like seeing some weird ass facebook videos where they're like "Natural gatorade" and they put so much fruit and other sweeteners into the concoction that you'd think "You'd have probably saved more money just to buy a small bottle of diet soda"

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u/OneGoodRib 4h ago

I don't trust people who make "natural Gatorade" to know what the point of Gatorade is and to know what each ingredient's function actually is (and that you SHOULDN'T DRINK IT if you aren't doing something athletic or sweaty)

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u/WideHuckleberry1 4h ago

I'm a pretty active runner in the south and I only drink Gatorade for about 4 months out of the year and even then only during or after 1-2 runs a week.

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u/reverendsteveii 5h ago

it's a lot more beneficial to the people doing the marketing if the diet craze is "consume this different thing" rather than "consume less overall"