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Found your essay through Freddie deBoer’s newsletter, and so glad I did. Excellent run down! This describes a lot of my experience until I, too, got away from hyperpalatable foods. Brings to mind how people who easily eat well all the time don’t feel like they’re denying themselves at all—it requires very little effort, actually, because we’ve kicked the addiction of all the added sugars and processed foods.

Anyway, kudos.

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Thank you! I agree with you. I remember hearing the comedian Tig Notaro talking about eating a mostly plant-based diet, and she said people will often react as if she's being forced to eat that way "against her will." Really, once you get used to eating a certain way, it can become really joyful and easy. Eating "healthy" has often been thought of as punishing, but I think that's because it's always associated with dieting or denying. It definitely doesn't have to be that way.

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