When it comes to calorie counting, One of the least noticed features is the various degrees of “bad” when we decide to loosen up and eat bad food
I feel creamy cakes are among the worst foods. Except for the strongest dieters it is probably impractical to completely ban creamy foods as if they were opium.
There are important degrees of bad — fried peanut and alcohol are both worse than creamy food.. tobacco is worse than alcohol.. drugs are worse than tobacco. In the mass media and everyday conversations, we can see the different attitudes towards categories of “bad” substances.
In terms of calorie density, more stupid are the calorie-dense foods that aren’t satisfying — fried peanuts; alcohol; mint ice-cream; cheese chunks;
— ranking by regulatory restriction on substance-advertising
- TV show or football binge-watching
- movie addiction .. no advertising regulation
- .. harm: huge t$cost if a poor person watches too much
- e-gaming .. no advertising regulation
- unhealthy food
- alcohol .. age restriction
- tobacco .. age restriction. No advertising allowed in some countries like SG. Tobacco is deemed more addictive and harmful than alcohol
- drugs .. complete ban on advertising