Kim K and (In)Flaming Hot Toxins
Differentiating between healthy and toxic products becomes complicated when presented with seductive packaging. Add to that alluring factors, like fillers, that make manufactured merchandise look or taste good, and anyone can turn a guilty pleasure into an obsession.
Watching a show or clicking on a post is consumerism. To a greater extent, these are also the same as ingesting food because senses are actively processing the content. Kim Kardashian is a product like Cheetosâ- they were created to entice, sell, and hook.
If it looks and tastes good, how much harm could it be doing. Right?
Our body and mind are connected. The gut-brain axis (GBA) controls our cognition, appetite and overall health. Accumulation of an excess of ingested toxins can cause chaos along the GBA, which manifests in inflammatory diseases. Keeping up with vapid “reality” TV personalities or emotional snacking on processed foods can lead to conditions ranging from psoriasis to dementia.
We tend to choose unhealthy food, people or entertainment because it is easier than dealing with what we really need. According to Ayurvedic Science, excessively fatty, salty and oily products are often substitutions for affection and love, including self-love. Kim Kardashian in a flaming outfit is equivalent to Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Mac ‘n Cheese. Additives, whether fake butts or fake sugars, are cheap replacements, but they can’t replace the real thing without negative effects.
“ama = toxins that have built up in the body and mind”
Maltodextrin is a sugary additive found in a lot of products, including in some vitamin supplements. Like lip fillers that plump up natural lips, maltodextrin fills up and thickens food to make emptiness feel ampleness. It comes from corn, which leaves one satisfied and healthier in the long-run because corn is a fiber- and vitamin-rich food. The problem is that the further we move from the natural state of a food, the more potential for toxicity because the beneficial characteristics of the food has been stripped away.
Maltodextrin modifies the brain and inflames the gut, causing IBD (inflammatory bowel disease). Learning, memory, energy, and metabolism are transformed due to alterations in the hippocampus and hypothalamus. Altering metabolism and diminishing the coating of the gut is how maltodextrin consumption leads to IBD.
After knowing this, is that what you want to eat? It’s also an insecticide.
Ingredients
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Mac ‘n Cheese
Flour, oil, milk byproduct, salt, Maltodextrin, fat, fake sugar, sugar, thickener, nonfat buttermilk, yeast extract, citric acid, MSG, oil, onion powder, cheap cheese byproduct, lactic acid, fake colors, garlic powder, anxiety-linked fake protein, blue cheese, flavor enhancer, salty food enhancer, preservative and flavoring additive, thickener, iron, niacinamide, vitamin B1, riboflavin, folic acid.
Kardashian*
Botox, BBL, lip fillers, liposuction, lasers, breast augmentation, nose job, face lift.
Bottom Line:
Additives also increase the shelf life of processed products- food and people. Kim K’s hotness can last forever with a nip, tuck and injection every Sunday at 8pm. But can you last forever filling up on artificial content? Indulging in synthetic goods is a form of malnutrition. It is profitability at the expense of consumers’ health. When numbers reach billions, a diet from products that provide zero value to society is as essential as the 20 amino acids. Otherwise, we all go up in flames.
*Putative ingredients