#food purity

[ed-recovery-affirmations]

Carbs, sugars, fats, and salt are not inherently "bad." In fact, all of these things are necessary nutrients for a complete diet. Diet culture will tell you that craving or eating these things is a sign of failure when in fact it is entirely natural and instinctive to want food items that, if you had to scavenge for food, would go a long way toward keeping you alive.

[embervoices]

Here's the archive of the first article

This scam made the California University study 124 imported oils and found that over 70% of samples failed the tests.

These failed:

Mezzetta

Carapelli

Pompeian

Primadonna

Mazola

Sasso

Colavita

Star

Antica Badia

Whole Foods

Safeway

Felippo Berio

Coricelli

Bertolli

These brands passed:

Corto olive

Lucero

McEvoy Ranch Organic

Omaggio

California Olive Branch

Bariani Olive oil

Lucini

Ottavio

Olea Estates

Cobram Estate

Kirkland Organic

Also, test the olive oil yourself at home. Put the bottle out when cold, or in the fridge for 30 min. if it gets solid, it is pure and has monounsaturated fats.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"FINED AS SAUSAGES LACKED ENOUGH MEAT," Toronto Star. March 7, 1934. Page 3. --- M. T. Ballantyne Pays $35 and Costs for Breach of Food Act --- Following a plea of guilty to a breach of the Food and Drug Act by failing to put sufficient meat in sausages to conform to the act, M. T.Ballantyne was fine $35 and costs er in the alternative 10 days in jail when he appeared in women's court to-day. No defence was offered.

Convicted of a charge of keeping a disorderly house, Mary Bourne was remanded for sentence in custody til March 14.

When Cecilia Smith failed to appear to answer a charge of securing goods from a department store by false pretences, a bench warrant was issued for her arrest by Magistrate Patterson, who expressed indignation at persons who have been ordered by summons to appear at court failing to do so.

"The money has been paid into the court," pleaded defence counsel, explaining that the charge had arisen when no funds were available to meet cheque issued by accused, who was ordered to attend today after her case had been previously remanded.

"I am getting tired of these people who never pay these amounts until after they are summoned and then expect consideration," her worship remarked, ordering the warrant Issued.

"This is positively your last chance. If you again, come before me you will go down for a substantial jail term." Magistrate Patterson warned Joe Franko, who was last week convicted of keeping a disorderly house and who appeared for sentence to-day. Franko was granted a remand for sentence with a $200 hand to insure his probation for one year.

"If you have a job to go to, as your counsel asserts, you had better get to work and support your family and there is to be absolutely no renting of rooms," her worship added. Franko signed the bond.

Charges Theft of $150 Pleading not guilty to theft of $150 in money from Mary Capasko, who laid the charge. Mary Pankin. through her counsel, elected trial by jury and was accorded a preliminary hearing.

The complainant, speaking through the court interpreter, Alex. Markowitz, testified that she had been in this country for three years, having come from Poland. She said she had been introduced to Mrs. Pankin by the latter's husband.

"I had $150 that my boy friend gave me," she swore, "and about one month ago I was taken to hospital. I was living at the same place as the accused woman and I put my money in my trunk which was left at that house."

She admitted that she left the amount in the care of Mrs. Pankin when she was removed to hospital and she claimed that when she requested its return after her arrival home, accused had refused to relinquish it.

"I will not give you the money. What are you going to do to me?" she quoted accused as saying.

"Did you owe her any money?" inquired Crown Attorney J. w. McFadden, K.С.

"No, all my rent was paid up," declared witness. Upon completion of the evidence submitted by the complainant, the bench committed Mrs. Pankin for trial and cash bail of $500 was accepted as security.

Must Forget Girl Herbert Philpott, convicted of assault last week, received a warning from the bench when he was bound over in a $200 bond to keep the peace towards complainant, a former friend, who testified that Philpott had struck her when she resented his continued attentions after she had sought to break up their friendship.

"This man, who is not working, has been making himself a perfect nuisance to a girl who is employed," the bench affirmed, and told Philpott that a severe sentence would be imposed if he broke the terms of his probation. Bonds of $200 were provided on behalf of Philpott.

Neighborly Scrap Gray-haired Isaac Titlebaum accused his neighbor, Sarah Swartz, of assaulting himself and his wife in their own house, but contradictory evidence as to what occurred was submitted by the two principals.

"She came running into my house from her place next door and she jumped over and hit my wife first and then hit me," Titlebaum told the court through an interpreter, and his evidence was contradicted by a witness, who claimed to have been sitting in the room when the affair occurred.

"I went in and asked them why he hit my little child, and then he grabbed me by the hair and hit me," Mrs. Swartz maintained. Her daughter, too young to take the oath, substantiated this, claiming that Titlebaum had struck her.

"I think both parties had better keep the peace. Mrs. Swartz, you must keep out of this house, and Mr. Titlebaum, you had better refrain from bothering these children. If they bother you, go to the juvenile court," her worship said.

Hit Telephone Pole "He hit me, sir, at half past eight last Thursday night, at his own door." Thus John Lezar explained why he was accusing Dick Mozy of common assault, but when the crown Intimated that further information was necessary, Lezar proceeded to enlarge on the terse description.

"I went to his house, where I used to live, to get a spoon I left there. and I waited outside when he said he would get it. All at once he came out, pulled me inside the door and hit me. He had a closed knife in his hand and hit me on the head and cut my forehead."

While Lezar testified, Mozy sat shaking his head vigorously in denial and when called to the stand. stated that he was employed during the summer on the farm of Premier George S. Henry.

"But did you hit this man?" asked his counsel. "Just with my hands." replied accused. "We had a scrap. He was hitting me and I was hitting him. Then he started to run and he ran into a telephone pole."

This explained the cut which Le far maintained he suffered at the hands of Mozy. It was complain- ant's turn to shake his head as defence evidence was submitted to the effect that he was the one who started the fight.

Her worship disposed of the case by binding accused in the sum of $50 to keep the peace for one year.

Too Much Excitement In the early hours of the morning of March 1, Jake Gross pushed her in such a way that she fell over the doorstep on to the veranda, declared Mrs. Lily Lipovitch, when Gross was charged with assault, but Gross maintained that the woman fainted.

"And why did she faint?" Mr. McFadden wished to know. "Oh, I guess it was too much excitement and too much swearing." replied Gross, who explained that his uncle, a tenant of the same house as complainant on McCaul St., had requested him to assist him in moving his household belongings after he had returned from work.

"Why the parade?" inquired Mr. McFadden as witness after witness filed to the box to support complainant's evidence, though none would swear they saw the actual assault.

Gross declared that Mrs. Lipovitch had interfered with him by cries loudly as he worked at removing furniture. "I did not push her," he declared. "She was simply causing a disturbance in the early hours of the morning, and I wanted her to stop.

Magistrate Patterson bound Gross over with a $50 bond to keep the peace towards complainant.

[sjbattleangel]

Double D facts book: When we said "Be critical of the media you love"... we didn't mean "nitpick and tear it to shreds" to the point of seeing things that aren't there such as "pro-status quo Neoliberalism" or "Nazi apologia".

[m00nb04rd5]

Can I have a Longan Dragon Cookie moodboard? 🤍🐉🍪

Longan Dragon Cookie (Cookie Run)

[computer-cacophony]

The side of purity culture where you're forced to be a happy robot

Okay, so this is a mix between a vent, observation, and a discussion post, but yesterday I had an argument with my mum that made me realize something.

So we all know that purity culture, using its blanket term, means to be pure sexually and physically. It's not the only thing in that umbrella, but one could argue that's what coined the term in the first place. As ex-Jehovah's Witnesses, I'm sure we, of all people, know about that. But it's emotional, too.

Most of us grew up being told that we should be happy because "we know the truth", because we have the light unlike the world who lives in the dark (ugh), and despite them (sometimes) saying that negative things and feelings are normal, they're generally frowned upon. I'm sure we've seen the dramas, and we know how they tell us not to do research outside the "truth".

Enough rambling, let me get to the context.

So yesterday, I had a long stressful day with work, school, and just generally being hormonal (girls and FTMs, iykyk), and I was a bit sour. Some of it was just general emotional overload, and others were legitimate frustrations, like the pile of dishes that was there for me to clean when all I wanted to do was rest and even though someone else was in the house to do them. I eventually snapped, "Everyone (even though it was just me and mum in the house) shut the fuck up and give me a minute!"

To this Mum said, "Well, I'm steering clear of you tonight, [deadname]. This isn't like you."

This honestly did not make me feel any better. Certainly made me feel guilty, though. I told Mum, "I'm not a perfect angel. Besides, you can't tell me you haven't had days like this."

"True, but your attitude is unbecoming of a Witness."

I just ignored that, had dinner, did the dishes, got a shower, and then shut myself up in my bedroom to unwind with some video games.

Could I have handled things better? Absolutely, I'm not denying that, but it made me think how we're outright ordered to be happy by those in the organization, how anything less than our happiest is practically demonized. Even when we lose a loved one, we're told that there's no need to grieve because "we'll see them in Paradise".

I guess honestly, the reason I'm writing this is because it's just now hitting me how in control they are of our emotions, even when we're trying to deconstruct.

And as mentioned above, this is a discussion post, so I'd like to ask if anyone else had a similar observation and how they came about it.

[revawake]

Lottie pre-crash eating her breakfast alone save for the maid who works for the Matthews, who is both Lottie's subject in a way (serving her) and her superior in a way (acting as an extension of her father's will, serving her medications she's not allowed to decline).

Lottie as an adult crafting herself a home where she can permanently banish the isolation and powerlessness of her childhood without losing its comforts. She's fixing it. She'll be what her father wasn't. Loving, not cruel. Liberating, not tyrannical.

She's a healer. She's a leader! She acts graciously when one of her servants followers serves her maca root instead of ashwaghanda. She makes it a rule that they can leave whenever they want!

Lottie in the wilderness hallucinating all her friends eating together, and look, even though she's died her disciple best friend Laura Lee is there and she already served got her some takeout! And Jackie isn't there there's one free seat just for Lottie!

Lottie's the good queen. Someone has to be! They can't all be unborn queens, she tells herself, or else she everyone would starve!

[raspberryjellybrains]

image I.D. below the cut

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[a promotional picture of Sam and Dean Winchester, Sam on the left and Dean on the right, their images from circa 2010. They both stare challengingly into the camera with their arms crossed, though Dean also holds a large blade. The background is a two lane blacktop with an older style of power line and corn on either side. At the top and bottom are flames. Sam says "im restricting", Dean says "and im bingeing" and the flaming text gif at the bottom reads "the eating disorder brothers.]

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[aroaessidhe]

so have people heard about how a certain publisher sent - unsolicited, without consent or even checking the age of recipients - sex toys in a PR box? the same publisher that people have been boycotting for 9 months because of concerns about the safety of readers/influencers & their information when dealing with this publisher?

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

There's a box of grocery store brand baking soda in my kitchen...

There's a message on the front of the box informing me that the powder inside is "Non-GMO."

Honey Child, of course it is. The powder inside that box has no Gees to Em. It's not even an Oh.

[ed-recovery-affirmations]

Hello. So I'm having a battle inside of my brain. I've been following you for a while now, and I'm also in recovery for anorexia and bulimia. I'm also a newly graduated medical doctor. This means I know a lot about the human body. Which is exactly my point now. I try so, so hard to eat 'intuitively', listen to my body, and be okay with gaining weight, and I try to be in body positive and fat acceptance spaces (1/2, I will continue in next question)

(2/2), but I also know and I have seen with my two eyes, and treated with my own hands, the consequences of not eating healthy or being at an unhealthy body weight. I live in fear that If I eat and eat because I'm trying to recover, I'm gonna have the opposite health problems. I bring it up to my psychiatrist and psychologist, and they tell me there is no unhealthy food. But there is. And I just don't know how I should go with my recovery like this. Any advice for this? thank you for this blog

So I had to take a bit of time to think about the best way to articulate answers for you, because there are some complex and often competing needs addressed on my blog. I think it's important that you get an answer to your question, but I wanted to be careful to go about it in a way that wouldn't cause harm to anyone else. So I'm going to make my best effort, and putting it under a cut because it will be long and some who are triggered by medical views on fatness may prefer not to read on.

First of all, I'm so sorry to hear that you're struggling with this. Having a battle in your brain, as you say, sounds like an agonizing way to live. I hope that you are able to work through it.

Now, as you may know if you frequent this blog, eating disorders are complex and varied. Bodies and their workings are complex and varied. Some people do experience a variety of health conditions that are influenced by what they eat, so for these individuals, they may be best served by making choices accordingly. These choices can also be incredibly complex in this world - you may have seen a recent ask I recieved, for example, about somebody whose husband was just diagnosed with diabetes. The asker was stressed about learning to prepare foods for them both in accordance with his strict diabetes-friendly diet would trigger their restrictive tendencies from their eating disorder. So as you can see, the dietary choices that might be in his best interest might not be in the best interest of the asker. But them being married, I'm sure they would like to share meals together, so following a diet that suits them both is complicated. Difficult choices will have to be made at every juncture.

Gluten is not inherently bad or evil. Unless you have Celiac disease, in which case gluten is actually going to kill you slowly. You need to monitor your salt if you have high blood pressure, but if you've been diagnosed with POTS, you may actually need more salt, and lots of it. I myself will occasionally snack on chips, but never Funyuns. There's nothing inherently wrong with them, but they were invariably a trigger food for me to binge, so I stopped bringing them into my house. But this doesn't make them an unacceptable snack choice for everybody else.

Do you see where I'm going with this? Different people are experiencing different circumstances, and may need different things. Just because a food is particularly bad for one person doesn't make it a "bad food" unilaterally. Even the kinds of foods we consider "junk foods" can be tolerated by our bodies in moderation - well, most of our bodies, anyway. Now there are some people who have eating disorders like ARFID, where they literally cannot eat most foods and must veeery gradually expand their palate. For these individuals, we say "no food is bad food" because, while you might not like to see a person living on, say, saltine crackers or potato chips alone, they will literally starve without it, and so eating the food they can eat is preferable. For these individuals, that sleeve of saltine crackers can be a lifeline. Or take anyone who has a complex gastrointestinal disorder. Ask anyone with Chrohn's about their gut and its complicated relationship with fruits and veggies, a staple segment of the food pyramid touted by most doctors for its immense health benefits. Eating what you can will keep you alive and as healthy as possible in cases like these.

Now, there are people who are impacted in complex ways by the kinds of foods I'm guessing you're describing - things like chips, candy, fried food, processed/instant food. So in this case, do keep in mind that when an individual has a diet consisting largely of these types of foods, there are often complex genetic, epigenetic, and socioeconomic factors that are influencing the way their bodies naturally work and the way their dietary patterns have been established. I do understand how easy it is, at first glance, to just point at their diet and assume that it's easy and sustainable to change it, or that it would be a fix-all. But those same factors that contribute to the development of those complex health issues are often ongoing into the life of the affected individual, not to mention financial and social complications that may make it difficult to change things. But again, just because you've identified a certain food as detrimental to a patient's specific needs doesn't mean it's the same in regards to your own body's needs. Especially if these foods cause a trigger reaction for you to restrict or become obsessed with food "purity."

Now I know that in your work you say that you've treated with your own two hands the results of eating unhealthy foods. But I want you to get honest with yourself here, because you're not mentioning the experiences of the doctors who have treated and seen the damages of restrictive eating disorders. Both anorexia and bulimia, when sufficiently progressed, can cause lasting damage to the body even years into recovery. And they can also cause death. Surely a bag of chips or a cookie every now and again can't be more unhealthy than that? I'm hoping that you can take the time to periodically remind yourself of this, and to remind yourself that your own bodily needs are your own, and that paying attention to what YOUR body needs is self-care.

I know it's hard for an eating-disordered mind to listen to logic, but I'm truly hoping that you can overcome this for your own sake as well as for the sake of your patients. Anon, medical fatphobia has a long history of damaging patients. I know this because I myself have seen it happen. I've told the story before of my friend who was raised by hippies, fed all-organic snacks and kale chips, never allowed a hydrogenated oil, and was still fat growing up. I watched this person reduced to eating saltines and a few bites of apple per day when they were suffering with gallstones. It was all they could eat, but because they were fat, doctors assumed that their gastrointestinal distress must be caused by an excess of fatty foods in their diet. They lived on apple slices and saltines for months, still suffering pain all that time, before they were correctly diagnosed. Can you imagine what it did to their body, to live on such a restricted diet for such an extended period of time? This was not the only time a missed diagnosis threatened their health because all doctors saw was the fat. This person also starved themselves for a few years after being taught to do so at fat camp, and their anorexic behaviors were never called out because even though they did lose weight, they never ended up "skinny" at their lowest weight. But that starving certainly couldn't have been better for them than just living fat - their vision was blacking out every time they stood up! Anon, I hope you don't mind if I speak to you honestly about this. It's hard to gain a full honest medical history from every patient and patient family member you come across, because healthcare is a complicated field. But you cannot let your fear of fatness dictate the way you hear and see your patients. Yes, even if they're not following their prescribed diet. Yes, even if food is a contributing factor in their particular case. (And do keep in mind that a patient's refusal to change diet may come from a place of complicated factors, financial, social, emotional, you name it. Compassion will get you farther with them than judgment, and may even help you get a fuller story.) But do it for yourself, too. And listen to your body. If a food makes your body FEEL well and nourished, then it wasn't a bad food. And you deserve to be well fed and embark on your own healing journey. I hope you find the self-worth to believe that.

Because honestly, food deprivation affects your metabolism. You may experience the notorious anorexia recovery hunger as your appetite reemerges, and you will need to give your body what it needs in order to develop a pattern of being healed in both body and mind. You can keep nutritious options around for that, but I think you may need to keep working on your fear of "snack foods." Your metabolism may be changed as well, and so yes, you may gain back more weight than you had envisioned, or your body shape may be different than you had expected for a little while. Sometimes the weight distribution is a little weird during that regaining phase, and that's okay and does not determine your worth. You are going through a medical event and deserve to be compassionate with your body and soul as that happens. In fact, that is the only way you can heal your mind. Because, even before you look to your patients and the ideal steps for their specific health needs, you need to prioritize yourself and look to your own individual needs. So to recap, periodically use these reminders.

"Just because a food is bad for that other person doesn't make it a bad food. My dietary needs are my own."

"There's no food unhealthier than an eating disorder."

"I will look inward at what my own eating behaviors have done to my health, rather than ruminating on that patient's eating behaviors."

"I'd rather gain weight than hurt my body again."

"My thinness does not reflect my worth."

Feel free to add on as you progress in your recovery journey. Best of luck, in that and in your career. It's certainly not an easy one. Do your best, be open to learning, and remind your eating disorder that your therapists are right even if it doesn't want to listen to logic. I hope that when you are able to bring yourself to eat your next treat, you enjoy it thoroughly.

[be-a-muslim-1st]

[lurkdragonstuff]

I really enjoy pork fried rice, but it is relegated to being an Occasional Special Treat for me. Perhaps I will learn to make it myself one day, but for now, I have to buy it frozen.

And the frozen stuff comes with peas.

Now, peas and I have an adversarial relationship. Can't stand 'em. Can't stand the taste, the smell, the texture. They are my sworn enemy.

But to enjoy pork fried rice, I must get it with peas. The peas are kind enough to not get their pea-ness all over food they have touched, at least. So I thaw my pork fried rice and then spend half an hour delicately pulling the contamination out before I can start eating. And then I must be diligent, and watch my spoon and bowl, lest a pea try to sneak in. I'm good enough at it now that I usually avoid it, but the whole mouthful must be discarded if one of these horrible green grenades touch my tongue.

Still, the risk is worth it for me. I'll never enjoy pea soup (the thought makes my stomach churn), but I can pick the things out of my pork fried rice now and then. The peas themselves? Oh, I give them to whoever might enjoy them. I can't stand 'em, but I know they're a great little vegetable for folks without my particular set of sensory issues.

This post is about triggers and squicks.

[sharonisthebettercarter]

i'm realizing very quickly that i have a raging hard on for media that explores the detriment of war and weaponry, dives into the hypocrisy of human tribalism and false dichotomy, and heavily criticizes capitalism--of course with the pretty no filter horror bow<3

and i'm okay with that<3<3<3

[sparkylurkdragon]

I have found that stopping to say to myself "who am I going to piss off with this and do I value their opinion" has served me a lot better than saying "here is a thing I Cannot Write."

Sometimes I do value their opinion! That's when I let the idea simmer as I do some learning. Sometimes the idea gets shelved after I've done my learning. Hey, sometimes it turns out I'm really not the best person to make a thing.

But, other times, I say to myself, "I feel able to write about this, but I could still see it pissing someone off for understandable reasons, so I'll put some kind of 'contains nuts' label on it. Anyone who gets pissed off after that is likely a bad faith actor, so fuck 'em."

And the corollary to this is, "Wow! This person wrote something that pissed me off, but on the other hand that sure is a 'contains nuts' label. Guess I should avoid things I'm allergic to."

Does it get annoying when people make nutty pieces that in canon Very Specifically Contain No Nuts? Yeah. Especially when it seems like Fucking Everyone Loves Nuts and here you are allergic to them.

But, oh well. I'll go make a pizza with pineapple and enjoy it myself.

[essektheylyss]

Why is it SO goddamn hard to get a goddamn plain focaccia in the Seattle metropolitan area. The thing that drives me back to the east coast is going to be the absolute lack of Italians in this city. I am trying to make a CAPRESE SANDWICH.