Grocery Store Videos NEED TO STOP

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I got tagged in a video talking about why bread is unhealthy.
Their argument: "if you are buying highly processed bread just because it's cheap".
I find this interesting, because if you read the comments it is clear that a lot of people are annoyed with these kinds of videos. You can see many similar people making similar videos, like Food Babe, Flavcity, CarnivoreMD (Paul Saladino) and Eddie Abbew.
Why are people getting annoyed? One reason is because they often recommend things that are not realistic.
Let’s use bread as an example. If a cheap bread is “full of additives” (which ones specifically and what their health risks are is a separate, bigger question) what is the solution?
Are you all going to start baking your fresh bread from scratch? That’s not going to happen, for most people, let’s be honest.
Are you only allowed to buy expensive bread? That’s not going to happen either.
When I disagree with these kinds of grocery store videos, a lot of people think I am pretending food quality doesn’t matter, which is nonsense. There are many reasons some foods are more or less nutritious than others.
But, I don’t think this trend of grocery store videos is actually very helpful.
More often than not, they are not teaching you anything detailed and useful about food additives, or how to make better food choices (which I am totally fine with, obviously).
They are often just vaguely point at labels, mention some scary sounding words and telling you to buy something more expensive.
Personally, I am not sure they are very helpful. What do you think?
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Reference: The Multiple Ingredients Effect: The More Diverse (Un)Healthy Ingredients, the More (Un)Healthy the Food

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@Nat_uo 3 месяца назад

Ironically, I got a v shred video as an ad right before this 🥴🥴🥴 how do we block those forever haha

@simonize251 3 месяца назад

Probably one of the most cancerous fitness influences there is. With a large following also. 🤦

@RicardoCosta88 3 месяца назад

brave browser

@alexiswinter6948 2 месяца назад

You have to pay YT to never see v shred again.

@24Ruiner 26 дней назад

“WWWWHAT’s goin on, guys!”

@Hopeful62 3 месяца назад

You are just about my favorite creator. You are honest and you don't just hurl unfounded opinions.

@Blah115 3 месяца назад

Thank you for telling what I think! Love your videos, very informative and very smart!

@BenCarpenter 3 месяца назад

Thank you, friend. I am glad you like them 🙂

@richsimm221 3 месяца назад

Loving your content! You're now in my Top 4 of evidence based nutrition info along with Layne Norton, James Smith and Gil Carvhalo.

@439801RS 3 месяца назад

Maybe don't promote other channels in his comments Even if that's not the intention, that's virtually what you're doing

@lhuce7586 3 месяца назад

@@439801RS This is an L comment.

@ch.k4580 3 месяца назад

Dear Ben, thanks for breaking it down. I get really annoyed by these kinda type of videos where there is no actual learning behind it! Thanks for your very educational short videos! Love them! Keep the great work!

@razia6046 Месяц назад

Coming from Europe I have to ask: Isn't it an option to get your bread from a bakery, like whole wheat bread made with sourdough or is that even more expensive in the US?

@AlenAbdula 3 месяца назад

Going to bakery and getting fresh bread is cheaper than what they suggest and ingredients are flour, salt, yeast and water! 🤗

@BubbaJoeSparXxX 2 месяца назад

I have a serious issue and i was wondering if you can help with it in some way (If you ever read this). So long story short: I was fat, i lost 70 kg, i have all the six pack and veins and sh1t.. but..i have a constant fear of food. I eat a cake with my kids and than i fast for 24 hours..i mean its getting a bit problematic. I thought that if i know my calorie maintenance, surplus and deficit stats would be sufficiant and in time i will get accustomed to the new way of life but this paranoia is not going away. I have reached the point where it stops me of building any muscle because if i see +1 kg im loosing my mind and lowering the food income to compensate for the gain. Im literary lowering my BF% with the small muscle gains i make in order to see the scale the same whay as always and i know i can't keep this mutch longer because no one can leave a normal life with 9,8,7,6..BF% and lowering it on a regulare basis. I saw in a few of your videos that you speak about food disorders so i decided to ask for an advise.

@zanzabar7878 2 месяца назад

The focus should be on helping people eat well within their budget. Eating a home made sandwich with inexpensive bread can be much not healthy then eating mcdonalds for example. Telling people you have to buy a 6 dollar loaf of bread is just being out of touch and snobbish

@SoulReaver 3 месяца назад

11/10 thumbnail, Ben!

@atikenny 3 месяца назад

Would be awesome to hear your breakdown of bread ingredients. Which ones are to avoid and what are the health issues connected to them.

@AlenAbdula 3 месяца назад

The issue is not so much the ingredients it's the dosing. It's when little bit of this, and that, from this, and that snack all add up to unhealthy dosage. Bread only has flour, salt, yeast and water. If you go to bakery in the morning that's what you are getting. If you go to shelf you are getting preservatives! Again not necessarily bad if that's the only "bad thing you are eating"

@thorstenmauch5346 3 месяца назад

I agree with you about the videos. I don't know about the US. but here in Germany a "normal" traditional sourdough bread don't cost a lot. And even a whole grain organic bread don't cost you a arm and a leg. So maybe bread is not the best example.

@HollywoodColt 3 месяца назад

YES YES THEY DO!!!!!!

@LouisLuzuka 3 месяца назад

justified.

@eric1020 3 месяца назад

I mean, $6 for a loaf of bread sounds incredibly reasonable. A single sandwich from a restaurant or deli is often twice that. $1 or $2 sounds insanely low and should immediately make you question wtf you're eating. Unless you're literally in poverty, spending fifty cents on a slice of bread is utterly affordable.

@richsimm221 3 месяца назад

I used to work for the biggest bakery in the UK and you're talking nonsense. Its flour and water its not worth that much.

@eric1020 3 месяца назад

@richsimm221 (1) not all bread contains just flour and water; (2) the price of products is not determined simply by the raw ingredients; (3) there is no reason to think the bread at your bakery was at all good, especially since it was "big".

@richsimm221 3 месяца назад

1. You're still talking nonsense 2. You're still talking nonsense

@eric1020 3 месяца назад

@richsimm221 brilliant reply. I guess when the ideas run out, just do what you do.

@richsimm221 3 месяца назад

3. You're still talking nonsense

@sfcablecar 3 месяца назад

Good video but needs more cat. 😸

@BenCarpenter 3 месяца назад

Haha, if I picked her up and she was near the food she would get VERY wriggly 😂

@Enoch-Root 3 месяца назад

Six dollars? I thought this guy was British.

@BenCarpenter 3 месяца назад

I am, but I live in California with my wife 🙂

@pawelkapica5363 3 месяца назад

I get your point, but she didn't tell anyone to buy expensive stuff. She just informs the viewer that this stuff is full of chemicals. And it is. Even people with a low income can make healthier choices by buying whole foods rather than highly processed if we want to go there. Information and education are the first step on that route.

@439801RS 3 месяца назад

There's no education going on, as Ben said, they just point at some scary sounding ingredients and say it's bad, period What are you supposed to learn from that?

@Eskam9090 3 месяца назад

Full of chemicals? Like which ones?

@439801RS 3 месяца назад

@@Eskam9090 water, salt 🫣

@discordantduck1808 3 месяца назад

everything is full of chemicals. you yourself are chemicals. until they can point to a specific correlation between the existence of "chemicals" and obesity or whatever it is they're trying to claim will happen I will continue to ignore anything they have to say. nobody ever died because of "preservatives".