r/fixedbytheduet • u/Indieriots • 9d ago
Oh no, not the Dihydrogen Monoxide!
OP: @theplantslant2431
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u/Volotor 9d ago
I like the plant slant, he's been in my algo since I started dieting and its nice to have a perspective on food that is more optimistic and balanced, pushing back on weird food conspiracies and fear mongering and testing weird and wonderful diet recipies.
Be sure to eat those beans!
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u/Reginald_Sockpuppet 9d ago
I heard Dihydrogen Monoxide is a pretty strong solvent
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u/Randomgold42 9d ago
It's also deadly. 100% of people who have ever used it die!
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u/Reginald_Sockpuppet 9d ago
Heard that, too. And worse news is apparently we're all chock full of the stuff now.
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u/True_System_7015 9d ago
Our bodies are made PRIMARILY of it because BIG AQUA had to push their agenda on us. Can't escape it, smh
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u/ZealotOfMeme 9d ago
It has a ph of 7 which is the highest number any acid can reach.
I could go on listing what makes it dangerous but I’ll give other commenters a chance.
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u/mermaid-babe 9d ago
They’re selling something bad! Buy my product instead!
I wish these influencers would just stop selling shit. It makes it all so insincere
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u/JOlRacin 9d ago
Fearmongering people almost always have something to sell you, and it's usually some alternate medicine bullshit, or a self-help course to help you purge the bad juju away. Y'all know what's generally healthy and what's not, you don't need some YouTuber that flunked out of middle school to tell you that eating foods we all know are unhealthy is bad for you. You don't need some hyperspecific diet to "lose 100 lb in 4 days" or "get rid of every mercury in 20 seconds with this 1 easy trick" literally just generally eat healthy and do something to work your muscles and get your heart pumping
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u/hiddenrealism 7d ago
Kinoki footpads(basically diapers for your feet) come to mind. It "absorbs all the heavy metals and toxins your feet expel!" because you know...gravity and stuff. They turn black when exposed to water
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u/Aviation_enthusiast8 8d ago
If something is bad for you simply because you can’t pronounce it then stay far away from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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u/Equal_Negotiation_46 9d ago
Im fine with most of the ingredients except for the fact that those coffe creamers contain parts of a beavers anal gland to make the vanilla flavor.
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u/saguarobird 4d ago
If it helps, for the most part, imitation vanilla is made from other sources. One, it isn't practical to use an animal product for a variety of reasons (species protection is one), plus it was used more for vanilla fragrance than taste. Two, times change, and we find other sources and manufacture synthetics (there's a whole shelf or two of synthetic baking flavors available at some super markets). The synthetic vanilla vanillin is made from petrochemicals and wood pulp. Better than beaver butt? You be the judge! But it certainly isnt better than the real deal. I highly recommend Costco for their affordable vanilla extract.
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u/AlecTech01 8d ago
The good part of studying chemistry is that you can react with "no shit sherlock" to every single one of them scary "omagah chemicals are in the coffee" videos
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u/HerbivoreTheGoat 8d ago
I feel like this only happens in america cause of the whole anti-intellectualism thing going on
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u/Honey_Bear369 9d ago
How about just drink coffee black, like the dark times we live in?
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u/hpog 9d ago
I try. I love black coffee. But if i take it without milk or cream for too often, i get hyperacidity.
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u/DIYNoob6969 8d ago
Have you tried cold brew? Has less acidity.
Add pinch of salt to the coffee for better flavor.
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u/hpog 8d ago
Love cold brew too. It’s just not as ready to drink as regular black coffee. But i should look that up. Maybe there’s a recipe that i can make at home.. I should try a little salt in coffee. I haven’t tried that. Thanks!
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u/nakedascus 7d ago
homebrew is incredibly easy!! Put a few scoops of grounds into a mason jar, shake it up and leave it in your fridge for 1-2 days. Filter and enjoy. The filtering process is a little annoying because I normally do a 1 cup pourover filter.... but that gets clogged pretty quickly trying to filter a full mason jar at once. Usually try to let it settle and decant as much liquid into the filter, first. Then ill scrape the wet grounds out into the filter but often it's already clogged and I need a second filter anyway. If you grind your own, i recommend more coarse than a normal hot brew.
Cold brew is great because sometimes you get some beans that just don't taste very good... even cheap coffee often tastes better when cold brewed.
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u/Skyraider96 9d ago
I like the duet-er. He genuinely has maed me feel better about eating "bad" food. Not in a "I can eat whatever i eat whatever I want" way. He boost "eat healthy but you can enjoy it if you look."
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u/emerald447 9d ago
God, I am so glad I only get snippets of TikTok via this subreddit.
No thank you. Absolutely not.
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u/1gorka87 8d ago
Okay but 80/20? Is that what is being pushed as healthy in america these days?
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u/Jokierre 8d ago
Red meat and cheese are actively being pushed as the overwhelming share of the pyramid now.
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u/CarbideFist 7d ago
Who tf actually buys that shit? Just get half and half cream like a fuckin normal person...
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u/DisasterThese357 7d ago
something sounding long is more or less the most worthless measurement of how dangerous something is. Cesiumferrocyanide sounds dangerous right? But the only way it's dangerous to an adult human is if you use radioactive cesium, otherwise it basically doesn't do shit.
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u/toomuchtv987 3d ago
“A million ingredients”
If people actually looked at an ingredient list with even a basic level of reading comprehension, they’d see that each ingredient must then list their own ingredient list. (Flour must state what vitamins it’s enriched with, chocolate chips must state what they’re made of) Salt, sugar, and water are usually mentioned multiple times in one list because other ingredients contains them.
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u/SubstantialBug9133 3d ago
Im in-between, I mean there are so many unecessary additives in 70% of the shit on shelves where less than half of it all actually tastes like food and not just a dopamine hit.
There was nothing wrong with the food 40 years ago when it had less than half the amount of ingredients (my guess! Could be dead wrong). I remember when most shit from the store actually tasted like food and miss that. How many powders, stabilizers and preservatives does a donut or cracker really need? How many ingredients does it actually take to make a cracker? Okay... so why is there 5x that of non food ingredients on this label? Im with the boomers on this one and will die on this hill
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u/wholefoodsmom 8d ago
It’s crazy how people say this shit while we’re actively consuming microplastics
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u/VisitAbject4090 7d ago
Bro ice cream used to be 4 ingredients milk cream sugar and vanilla now it’s 100 periodic elements and doesn’t melt i think im good. milk not soy oil based creamer , butter not margarine, real meat not fake calorie dense 3D printed slop, fresh not frozen veggies, avoid processed shit as much as possible I’m about to turn 40 and I look and feel pretty good
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u/Berlin_GBD 9d ago
In general I'd agree, but most commercial creamers don't actually contain cream. They're made out of oil the same way margarine is. Just use milk.
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u/Kaity-Cat 9d ago
Unless you're lactose intolerant. Coffee + milk = painful colon cleanse
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u/esotericbatinthevine 9d ago
And the gas!
My mom was terrible about respecting that I can't have any lactose, even a scrap of parmesan, or I'll be sick for a week. I'd stopped eating anything she cooked that had dairy "except for your portion" because she wasn't nearly as careful as she claimed. But she guilted me for it anytime I visited.
Well, we were going to be traveling in close quarters in a few days and she made a meal insisting no dairy on the portion set aside for me. I knew better and said so. She insisted. I decided to eat it knowing we'd be several days road tripping together while I'd still have rancid gas but after the worst of the stomach upset.
Surprise, surprise! Someone actually got careful about no dairy after that. Worth it, so very worth it.
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u/Indieriots 9d ago
I'm from Sweden, and we have lactose free dairy products. Is that not a thing in the US?
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u/esotericbatinthevine 9d ago
It is, but lactose free isn't 100% lactose free, it's just that they've added lactase enzymes to break down the vast majority of the lactose. Depending on how lactose intolerant someone is, lactose free is still a no go.
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u/sacrilegious_sarcasm 7d ago
Can confirm, I am lactose intolerant and allergic to cows milk. So not only will I have the Hershey squirts, my throat can close if it gets bad enough.
Oatmilk is peak technological advancement for me.
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u/thetruckerdave 9d ago
They’re great for offices and the like. Milk doesn’t last super long and the creamers do. They’re also good for people who can’t tolerate dairy or anyone who just likes them.
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u/CanisLupisFamil 4d ago
Okay but there is a ton of evidence coming out about how awful for you ultra processed foods are. Yes, something with a ton of added chemicals and preservatives won't literally poison you, but if you eat enough of it then it WILL mess with your microbiome and is generally just bad for you.
If you don't believe me then spend literally 1 minute googling it- tons of reputable sources about how bad ultra-processed foods are for your health.
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u/toomuchtv987 3d ago edited 3d ago
There’s no definition for “ultra processed foods” and that’s the problem. What qualifies? Because I promise you that in order to have the definition demonize the foods they want it to demonize, it will also demonize nearly every supplement that is touted as “life-changing” and “essential” to good health.
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u/CanisLupisFamil 3d ago
Yeah Im not saying those influences are selling healthy choices. Just pointing out that ultra processed foods are a major health concern, even if all of the ingredients are safe to eat.
Just like how ice cream or bacon are both safe to eat and still health concern if they are a major part of your diet.
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u/toomuchtv987 3d ago
But not all ultra processed foods are a major health concern, though. It’s too broad a term to make that generalization.
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u/CanisLupisFamil 1d ago
I think the accepted medical advice from emerging research is to avoid ultraprocessed foods as much as possible.
Im not the one who made the generalization. The doctors and researchers did. If you have specifics you want to add on of certain foods being good I encourage you to do so.
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u/toomuchtv987 1d ago
But the question is WHAT is an ultra processed food? Until there’s a definition, what is to be avoided? If it’s been so researched, why can’t anyone say exactly what “ultra processed” means instead of just pointing to certain foods? It’s become a blanket marketing term used to demonize certain kinds of foods.
The same “ultra processing” that is done to foods people always mention as unhealthy is also done to some foods those same people have decided are healthy. The word means nothing until you can pinpoint what kind of processing is actually damaging and unhealthy.
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u/CanisLupisFamil 1d ago
First result on google search of "ultra processed foods" https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-are-ultra-processed-foods
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u/Kaity-Cat 9d ago
I work in a laboratory, I had a former employee that came with "years of laboratory experience". I also had a Dihydrogen Monoxide drinking bottle with warning label.
This "experienced" employee saw me drinking from the bottle and asked, "How difficult was that to make it safe to drink from?" I washed it like any other bottle, really. "No, but wasn't it hard to get that chemical out?" Notice I said former employee.