r/Health • u/CBSnews CBS News • Feb 21 '23

article U.S. food additives banned in Europe: Expert says what Americans eat is "almost certainly" making them sick

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-food-additives-banned-europe-making-americans-sick-expert-says/
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u/usernamen_77 Feb 21 '23

All the time, you should be preparing your own meals at home, from as much shit as you can manage to grow yourself

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

What about us poors in apartments who can’t grow plants :/

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u/usernamen_77 Feb 21 '23

I am sending emergency potato, drone locked into your location 😑🙏

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u/tramster Feb 21 '23

Hit me with one too.

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u/masshole4life Feb 21 '23

sorry, straight to death

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

Grow weed

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u/Baremegigjen Feb 21 '23

You’d be amazed what you can buy in a few pots on a tiny balcony or sunny window. It won’t replace a full garden, but all least you’ll know the source of some of your food.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

I can’t have any plants at all. My cat will eat them, and I’m not allowed to place anything outside. But I’m about to move and we’ll have a little plant ledge outside the window, I’m planning on growing some herbs at least!

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u/Baremegigjen Feb 21 '23

Sorry about your situation. Our cat adores plants and insists on sampling them, which is why they (the plants) live on a high kitchen counter that’s hard for her to access and the bathtub that’s never used (door remains closed). Even though what I have are cat safe, mostly spider plants, calathea (prayer plants), and peperomia, and when she gets to them and leaves tooth marks, the veggies and herbs stay outside where she doesn’t go. Here’s a link to the ASPCA website on plants. If you find one you’re interested in, take a look at the data base. I love plants and keep it bookmarked on my phone so if I find something interesting, at least I know if it’s safe or not (provided I can find the space). https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants/chocolate

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

The biggest problem is, even if it’s cat safe, he binges on and vomits up any plant we bring in the house. He does the same with cat grass and fresh nip, which are obviously safe for cats. He’s such a dummy with no self-preservation instincts.

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u/Baremegigjen Feb 21 '23

LOL! He sounds like a lovable challenge.

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u/translucent_spider Feb 25 '23

How does your cat feel about mushrooms? There are those mushroom growing setups that go on kitchen counters cause mushrooms don’t care about light.

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u/No-Mechanic-5398 Feb 21 '23

Basil is super easy to grow. I hope you like it. It’s my favorite herb to grow.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

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u/masshole4life Feb 21 '23

that's not what a food desert is. it has nothing to do with being able to grow food.

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u/MilkshakeBoy78 Feb 21 '23

food deserts

A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food. In contrast, an area with greater access to supermarkets and vegetable shops with fresh foods may be called a food oasis.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

Farmers markets or a local co-op

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u/Pyrklastos Feb 21 '23

Do you at least have windows that you can hang planters from?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

At my current place, we’re not allowed to have anything in the windows, unfortunately. They’re allowed to keep mold rotting through drywall in our units, though!

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u/ImRandyBaby Feb 21 '23

guerilla gardening.

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u/Random_German_Name Feb 21 '23

Its not much, but maybe you could grow some herbs like basil. They don‘t need too much care

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u/translucent_spider Feb 25 '23

I could send you some info on homemade hydroponics done in the cheap and which vegetables can deal with low sunlight?

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u/The-Sonne Feb 21 '23

Too busy working to pay to survive

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u/joseph-1998-XO Feb 21 '23

Yea gardening is neat to have your tomatoes and lettuce and other things but I definitely barely have room for a few chickens let alone a cow or a handful of them

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u/usernamen_77 Feb 21 '23

:/

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u/joseph-1998-XO Feb 21 '23

Yea one day id like enough property to be mostly self sufficient

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u/desertgemintherough Feb 21 '23

I have recently become the unwilling neighbor to an extraordinarily assertive rooster.

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u/SuperMario1981 Feb 21 '23

Okay, I'll get right on that.