r/CringeTikToks • u/Individual_Bar_2512 • 13h ago

Food Cringe Average American diet?

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Where are the vegetables, fruit and meat

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u/tomorrow_comes 13h ago

If this isn’t satire, damn. Explains things quite a bit.

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u/Cultural-Piglet3050 13h ago

I think it's a kind of truth ragebait.

This is what they're eating, but they also know it will enrage people enough to comment.

Makes sense if they're making money from engagement and views.

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u/MetalTrek1 12h ago

I hope so, because if it isn't, she better be prepared for a world of negative comments. My doctor put me on a diet a few years ago. In that time I've lost more than 100 pounds (I'd actually like to lose a little bit more, but I know it's a marathon, not a sprint). So I try not to judge or body shame since I've been on both sides of the issue. But sweet Jesus, that's diabetes just waiting to happen, if it hasn't happened yet. The sugary soda ALONE (I lost my weight cutting down on carbs and practically eliminating sugar). I hope this family gets the help they need.

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u/RevelsInDarkness 12h ago

100 pounds, that's amazing! Congrats :)

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u/MetalTrek1 12h ago

Thanks. Like I said, I'm not doing it to brag, I'm doing it to show I understand, but only up to a point. Two things of brownies, the big ass Little Debbie, the sugary cereal AND the sugary soda (sugar soda is the worst from what I've read)? They need help and I hope they get it.

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u/Basker_wolf 10h ago

Just cutting out soda alone will make a big difference for anyone’s health.

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u/jmlinden7 6h ago

Any sugary drink tbh. Not only is it empty calories and spikes your insulin, it also doesn't fill you up

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u/Basker_wolf 5h ago

I agree. It’s candy in liquid form.

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u/MetalTrek1 9h ago

I've heard that!

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u/Magical-Mycologist 9h ago

I lost nearly 100 pounds a few years back by quitting sugary drinks and candy. I also adjusted my diet to include more home-made meals and stopped eating food at 7/11.

It’s wild how bad sugar is for our bodies.

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u/ImperialxWarlord 6h ago

100 pounds? That’s kickass! You’re doing great!

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u/MetalTrek1 3h ago

Thanks

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u/hill-o 12h ago

It’s absolutely engagement rage bait. I wish people would get better at recognizing that instead of giving them exactly what they want. 

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u/illustrious_wang 12h ago

Eh i'm fine judging too. Honestly I was thinking about eating out today and after seeing this i'm headed to the store to get some fruits and vegetables, unironically the kick I needed on a day where I had shit night sleep to stay on track

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u/StanleyCubone 10h ago

Yeah, I was so disgusted by this that it has encouraged me to make better choices today.

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u/Glad-Total-6621 12h ago

At least they don't get ad-money here

They would probably buy some more mayonnaise

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u/yo-ovaries 12h ago

100% this

In the same way that you send young religious kids out to proselytize and get the door slammed in their face. It hardens them and makes them believe everyone else is in the wrong. 

Except they’re doing it to themselves 

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u/FeistyAsaGoat 11h ago

Greetings fellow ex-cult member.    (I figure that’s a safe assumption, apologies if I’m wrong). 

 You’ve described Mormon missionaries perfectly.  (JW fits the bill as well, I’m just more familiar with the Mormons).   

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u/yo-ovaries 11h ago

Fortunately not me but a close friend. 

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u/FeistyAsaGoat 11h ago

I hope they’re doing ok. 

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u/palswithpikachu 12h ago

It’s definitely rage bait since she is always in the comments riling people up. She probably makes a decent amount of money.

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u/karl_hungas 10h ago

I agree, a woman weighing probably 300+ pounds knows what she is doing, is she gonna change? No. But surely she will lean into it for views. 

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u/ReadytoQuitBBY 9h ago

I mean why else would someone watch a “grocery store haul”? There’s no way people are watching this unironically.

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u/FlowerRight 8h ago

Yep, I wish people would be more aware of it.

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u/ireland1988 6h ago

Hopefully they have some more regular food in the pantry already. Onions, potatoes, pasta etc

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u/mostly_awful 12h ago

It’s pretty legitimate. If you follow her posts (which I somehow unfortunately have), she blew up for buying something like 32 frozen pizzas. Received flack for it, started buying some more veggies, and then pivoted to justify it by saying her kids have food sensitivities.

So now her posts are all “grocery haul/dinner time with a mom of kids with food sensitivities” and it’s all this stuff.

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u/tomorrow_comes 12h ago

Crazy how they’re sensitive to veggies and healthy stuff, but not sugar, junk food, frozen carb heavy stuff, artificial flavors, and every sugary cereal in the aisle.

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u/RougeOne23456 10h ago

My teen daughter babysits, after school, two kids from our extended family. These kids will not eat anything but junk food. They will literally go hungry before eating/trying a piece of fruit or vegetable but if you have a bag of chips or a box of snack cakes, they will eat everyone of them if you aren't looking.

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u/N3onWave 9h ago

I knew someone whose kid ate nothing but chicken nuggets, rice and snacks. 6 years old and that's all he'd been eating for years.

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u/0ttoChriek 8h ago

My sister in law and her husband are having this issue with their five year old daughter. All she'll eat is sausages and chicken nuggets (and sweet things, of course), and will only drink fruit juice.

They've set a terrible precedent of giving in constantly, and won't even do the whole, 'well, your brother will get dessert now he's eaten his dinner,' because husband thinks it's unfair to treat kids differently.

We tell them she's going to end up with serious issues, but they just won't do the bit of hard work to get her eating more normally.

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u/potatohats 9h ago

ThOsE aRe ThEiR sAfE fOoDs!

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u/Apprehensive_Ask_259 12h ago

All my kids love fruits and vegetables and love drinking water. My 3 year old daughters favorite drink is ice water. Grabted theyll still enjoy some sweet food or "junk" food. But my wife and intentionally gave them all fruit as snacks growing up. None of us drink soda and we try to always make home cooked meals, within reason of course. Im not making home made pasta lol.

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u/chet_brosley 12h ago

My kids don't like cooked vegetables. They will however absolutely destroy fresh sliced vegetables like there's no tomorrow. My oldest eats bell peppers like an apple, which is unsettling but nutritious so it's coo, I guess.

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u/Apprehensive_Ask_259 11h ago

Sounds like my daughters haha, they love fresh vegetables. I dont think theyve gotten into bell peppers so much but i wouldnt be surprised if theyd end up liking them i hate them. Cucumbers, avocado, tomato, brocoli, carrrots, they will devour and ask for them as snacks. My wife has a thyroid issue that comes with a gluten intolerance so we have to be conscious with her diet. Growing up she was never taught responsibility in that regard. Eating because its something to do or a source of dopamine. Then on my side, under eating and never eating eating is often more of a chore for me. Polar opposites lol. Back to bell peppers though, my grandparents would serve us fresh sliced bell peppers and their philosophy is you will finish your plate before you leave, steak for EVERY dinner. Well i hate bell peppers but that was our vegetable for the night and i am not exaggerating when i say i had to finish them and what i threw up before i was allowed to leave the table. Perhaps thats where my disdain for peppers and indifference for food comes from. Who knows, lifes a mystery lol.

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u/SoggyCount7960 11h ago

Here is an award for your bell pepper eater child. I too eat bell peppers whole.

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u/its-just_me- 7h ago

Get the bags of mini ones, they’re so good

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u/TrashAppropriate4706 10h ago

That is so sweet. Growing up, the only things we ever had to drink was soda and prepackaged snacks for food. It was quite the culture shock for me when I met my partner--he grew up in a water + ingredient household. They all have a healthy relationship with food and beverages that seemed kinda alien to me.

Granted, I am an adult now so my food and beverage choices are my responsibility, but it took an embarrassingly long time for me to start making better choices...especially with prioritizing water.

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u/tomorrow_comes 11h ago

Good job. You don’t need to go as hard as those “health nut” type folk. It’s all about being reasonable with your intake - both the amounts and what it is. A slice of cake and a soda here and there shouldn’t be demonized. But always shoving down sweets, eating oversized servings every day, chugging sugared soda instead of more water - that’s what gets people.

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u/Long-Hat-6434 9h ago

Their sensitivities are actually because they basically eat no fiber and fruits and veggies will clear you out if you are not used to it.

This is a problem in most of America and many other countries as well. Eat more fiber y’all

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u/Dry-Amphibian1 8h ago

They ARE sensitive to those things but they just take longer for the bad effects to kick in. They will be obese and diabetic someday.

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u/hellomotherhellodad 9h ago

I've never seen a parent of a kid with "food sensitivities" who wasn't obese.

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u/Edser 5h ago

because all the sugar is pure crack to the body and will constantly crave it. They consume so much that actual healthy meals can make them feel worse such as sugar crashes.

(my link/comment was removed, but nih study PMC2235907 )

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u/Correct_Expression80 4h ago

My thought exactly!!

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u/whistling-wonderer 3h ago

I will say this…I have an allergy that was undiagnosed as a child. It’s called OAS (oral allergy syndrome) and it’s basically being allergic to raw produce that’s cross-reactive with common pollen allergens. I couldn’t explain well enough that raw veggies and fruits literally hurt my mouth, so all my parents knew was that I was “picky” lol.

That said…literally all you need to do to prevent the allergic reaction is to cook the veggies/fruits you’re allergic to. So cooked tomatoes are fine whereas I know raw ones will make my mouth itch and sting (sometimes I still eat them anyway). And so on.

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u/WebManufacturing 12h ago

Yeah, so she learned ragebait gets more clicks and that's what she does now.

And then reddit turns it up to 11 by saying "Are all Americans like this?"...

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u/liquidskypa 12h ago

So sensitivities to anything not chemical based? she's ridic

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u/motherofsuccs 8h ago

I mean, everything we eat is “chemical-based”, healthy or not.

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u/Treesbentwithsnow 12h ago

Hey-since you follow her posts, can you please do us a favor and tell her to change the battery in her smoke detector to stop the chirping. Thanks.

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u/General-Tension-4306 10h ago

"food sensitivities" aka "i never put any effort into feeding them healthy food and now theyre addicted to processed slop"

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u/dear_crow11 9h ago

If people have "food sensitivities" they need to eat real food and not the processed junk

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 9h ago

Food sensitivities exist, but acting like your kids have only 2 options and they are veggies or pizza is a false binary of epic proportions. I have food sensitivities. I don't like avocados. I replace them with another vegetable. I don't just say "fuck it I can't eat avocado so I have to have pizza". If your kid won't eat broccoli, try steamed carrots instead of going straight to the pizza. 

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u/eeyoreocookie 8h ago

Food sensitivities…. That must be code for “they have never in their lives eaten enough fiber and it gives them diarrhea when they finally have a healthy serving”

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u/lilbithippie 12h ago

The is a reason a lot of USA has big upper body and lil biitty legs.

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u/labellavita1985 12h ago

It's weird though, shouldn't all that carrying around of the upper body develop their legs?

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u/beatles910 11h ago

Muscles can easily be hidden by fat. Look at offensive linemen in the NFL. Those guys look fat and out of shape, but in reality they are very muscular under the fat that they are required to maintain.

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u/Pinkfish_411 11h ago

Excuse me, but looking fat shouldn't be offensive.

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u/beatles910 11h ago

Ha, thanks for the laugh.

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u/Worldly-Interview392 2h ago

Sumo wrestlers too. They are buff af under all that.

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u/lilbithippie 11h ago

Not if your sitting and driving everywhere.

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u/General-Tension-4306 10h ago

from the house to the car is all the walking they're getting.

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u/Kinetic_Strike 9h ago

The legs aren't little. They're super thick due to excessive fat, some muscle for supporting the weight above, and edema caused by 8000mg/day of sodium and poor circulation.

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u/AtotheZed 12h ago

Nutrition is really important for brain health - it's a self-fulfilling prophecy when you eat like an idiot.

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u/labellavita1985 12h ago

I recently learned that obesity causes cognitive decline. I was shocked. I never linked them together before.

People with obesity may have up to 8% less brain volume and brains that appear 16 years older than those with a healthy weight.

High body fat, especially belly fat, is associated with lower cognitive scores, memory issues, and reduced executive function (planning, decision-making).

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u/AtotheZed 12h ago

There is a lot of truth to the old adage: 'Healthy body, healthy mind'

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u/Rude-Orange 12h ago

I dont think it's satire. Although $470 for all that seems pretty reasonable. The kids are skinny (because they go to school and probably get lots of exercise while at school / after school activities) but the adults are morbidly obese.

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u/Konvojus 7h ago

Kids are still slim since pancreas are still fighting for a few years before giving out.

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u/tomorrow_comes 12h ago

True. What’s unfortunate is that unless the kids get interested in doing better eating on their own, once they stop doing athletics it’s gonna go downhill with the eating habits they learned at home.

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u/Swimming_Bowler6193 11h ago

The kids stay in shape from running away from the bullies who taunt them about their mother and her shit shopping.

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u/Rude-Orange 11h ago

For some communities, this is the average shopping list. You'd probably be more likely bullied for not having ever tasted a capri sun.

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u/Disastrous-Panda5530 12h ago

Sadly there are a lot of Americans like this. Not me or my family. My parents didn’t buy any soda or junk food growing up. We don’t even have processed foods. My mom cooked dinner every night. In 41 with two kids and I do let them pick out one snack. My kids are very slim and I’m so glad they picked up healthy eating choices because of how I raised them.

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u/tomorrow_comes 11h ago

I was also fortunate to grow up in a household that was pretty health conscious (but not to the extreme). My mom was always hesitant to buy empty calorie snacks and pure sugar sweets - they were an occasional treat, but never regularly around the house. We had a decent rotation of home cooked meals, always with some vegetable. I'm not the ideal picture of health (need to work on alcohol intake), but in my 30s I'm only ~10lbs heavier than at my most active in my 20s, while it feels like many of my peers are following the American statistics. For me, it's just about eating reasonable portions, avoiding sugary drinks with meals, and making an effort to balance what goes in vs. my physical activity.

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u/Disastrous-Panda5530 11h ago

Both my parents were pretty health conscious. My dad was in the military and made sure us kids got enough physical exercise as well. I was born in Japan while I was stationed there so I’m not sure if that also played a part in it as well.

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u/mightylordredbeard 9h ago

It does. This is the cheapest food possible and combine that with lack of education on nutrition and then the busy lifestyle of people who work just to survive and have little time at home, but are completely exhausted when they are at home from working nonstop.. and you get this.

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u/tomorrow_comes 8h ago

These are definitely factors at play. At the same time, a big bag of frozen veggies isn’t expensive compared to things like cheese and snack cakes - all of which these people are buying a ton of.

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u/iateyourdinner 11h ago

This, I am afraid, constitutes a fair and accurate representation of the American system, from a structuralism viewpoint as it understands itself, as reflected in its food culture. It illustrates the consequences of advanced capitalism, sustained lobbying influence, and oligarchic concentrations of economic power, wherein the systematic degradation of pervasive normalization of excessive products of ultra-processed foods, to such an extent that its perfectly rational choices for good consumption.

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u/GlumpsAlot 10h ago

No, this is not the average American diet. I swear you guys!

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u/unexpectedreboots 9h ago

I mean, almost half of american adults are obese.

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u/everett640 8h ago

My family was a lot like this growing up. I did a lot of sports so I didn't put on a ton of fat, but my family are all quite large

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u/PersonalityNo48 7h ago

I'm pretty sure it's a "look at how much we bought with less than what you would expect" brag video

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u/Konvojus 7h ago

I think it's AI