The wonders of Google Maps. And adipophilia.

[Steve Bullman]

9 minutes ago, john87 said:

so what are the loonies that help them thinking??

Maybe its one of those rich kids games, they are having side bets who can grow the biggest human. Like a pumpkin competition.

[GarethM]

It's also down to the high fructose corn syrup used in practically everything in the USA.

 

It's cheaper than sugar but unlike sugar fails to tell the brain your full, the UK uses sugar as we get most of it from beet. Whilst slightly different from cane sugar it's less problematic.

[sime42]

27 minutes ago, john87 said:

I think eating is a habit, and just something they get used to as part of their routine..

 

The ones above are skinny compared to this one... Who are the idiots that feed them though>> They cannot go to get the food for themselves, so what are the loonies that help them thinking??

 

 

john..

 

My, this thread has taken a turn.

 

So the culprits here might be Feeders. Who knew that Feederism was a thing? There's a fetish for everyone these days!

[sime42]

26 minutes ago, GarethM said:

It's also down to the high fructose corn syrup used in practically everything in the USA.

 

It's cheaper than sugar but unlike sugar fails to tell the brain your full, the UK uses sugar as we get most of it from beet. Whilst slightly different from cane sugar it's less problematic.

 

Yes. They couldn't feed all the corn surplus to cattle so they had to find something else to do with it.

Another Nixon triumph, this was all down to his man Earl Butz back in the early 70s.

[5thelement]

19 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Yep seen stuff like this before. All this talk about eating only grass fed beef and not from these farms is all well and good but the simple fact is there’s too many of us to feed. Farms like this are the only way 

It’s the only way if you insist on eating meat for every meal and every day, that’s never been normal behaviour at any point in our evolution. 

[GarethM]

16 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

It’s the only way if you insist on eating meat for every meal and every day, that’s never been normal behaviour at any point in our evolution. 

Agree to disagree there, the American system isn't really replicated anywhere else and that includes over the border in Canada.

[5thelement]

7 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Agree to disagree there, the American system isn't really replicated anywhere else and that includes over the border in Canada.

I’m talking about the intensive rearing of cattle anywhere, not just in the US, including the feeding of cereals fit for humans to cattle, and growth hormones to produce cheaper and cheaper meat. 
This is all a symptom of over eating meat, meat every day and sometimes more than once, we have never had this behaviour at any point in our evolution, this is the problem.
 

[GarethM]

4 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

I’m talking about the intensive rearing of cattle anywhere, not just in the US, including the feeding of cereals fit for humans to cattle, and growth hormones to produce cheaper and cheaper meat. 
This is all a symptom of over eating meat, meat every day and sometimes more than once, we have never had this behaviour at any point in our evolution, this is the problem.

Growth hormones are pretty much exclusively for America, they don't even inoculate hens!.

 

In Europe we don't really feed cereals to livestock other than as a small ration, it's primarily grass based because it's cheaper and more natural but understandably a lot slower.

 

Pigs and chickens are the exception, but even then it's not human grade grains. It's the lower protein quality that can't be used for baking etc.

[5thelement]

17 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Growth hormones are pretty much exclusively for America, they don't even inoculate hens!.

 

In Europe we don't really feed cereals to livestock other than as a small ration, it's primarily grass based because it's cheaper and more natural but understandably a lot slower.

 

Pigs and chickens are the exception, but even then it's not human grade grains. It's the lower protein quality that can't be used for baking etc.

There is also the rather large issue with Soya Bean production, and the subsequent deforestation associated with it. Again to produce feed for cattle worldwide, again , to produce cheaper and cheaper ( Shiter and Shiter) meat. 
We need to address the diet issue and reverse the farming methods that are commonplace in the US rather than replicate them worldwide.

[Doug Tait]

3 hours ago, sime42 said:

My, this thread has taken a turn

 

Thought it made a lot of sense. Adipophilia (had to look it up) and a satellite view of something huge on the planet's surface seem to go hand in hand!