TWINKIE is
SYNTHETIC COUNTERFEIT PROCESSED FOOD
A Twinkie is an American snack cake, marketed as a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling". Steve Ettlinger, the author of the book “Twinkie, Deconstructed” spent months of his life interviewing chemical engineers, questioning industrial bakers and even traveling 1,600 feet below the surface of the Earth to see where Twinkie ingredients are mined. (Mined!) To be sure, the Twinkie contains easily recognizable ingredients, such as flour, sugar, water, eggs, whey and salt. But Ettlinger dug and dug until he understood what the terms Polysorbate 60, Red 40, mono and diglycerides and calcium sulfate really meant. (Spoiler alert: Calcium sulfate is a food-grade equivalent of plaster of Paris.) Five ingredients come from rocks. Twinkie ingredients come from phosphate mines in Idaho, gypsum mines in Oklahoma, and oil fields in China.(See: Pictures of Twinkie's ingredients) Ettlinger writes, many of the Twinkie’s ingredients are “more closely linked to rocks and petroleum than any of the four food groups.” Twinkie is barely a "food" with almost no nutritional value. Some researchers suggest that the body has difficulty even recognizing a Twinkie as food. The food industry discovered a Twinkie with it's sugar, fat, and salt - creates a huge dopamine rush to the brain. Enough to make us feel our body needs and wants more.
A Twinkie is nutritionally worthless yet irresistibly yummy.
Twinkie artificially enhanced modified food that is not good for you.
Twinkie vs. Whole grain bread.
If you're training for a race, don't eat Twinkies.
SYNTHETIC COUNTERFEIT PROCESSED SEX
Porn has become an American past time, marketed as a "Adult entertainment a harmless habit." A person's sexual brain chemicals result in "pleasure" any time the sexual response is triggered. However, the experience varies depending on what triggers the response. Unnatural stimulation of the sexual response results in an synthetic artificially modified sexual experience. Today's culture emphasizes the sexual pleasurable experience at the expense of a "real" relationship. Current research suggest pornography makes women into objects of desire rather than real people. Pornography sabotages one's ability to have intimacy with a partner. Another study concluded that prolonged exposure to pornography affects the user’s sexual and personal happiness. For instance, porn increases distrust and dissatisfaction with one’s partner; it increases acceptance of infidelity and male-dominated relationships, and it decreases the desire to marry or raise a family. (See: Pornharms.org and Fightthenewdrug.org) The sex industry discovered pornography with explicit sexual images - creates a huge dopamine rush to the brain. Enough to make us feel our body needs and wants more.
Porn is virtuously worthless yet irresistibly pleasurable.
Porn artificially enhanced modified sex that is not good for you.
Porn vs. Sexual relations between husband and wife.
If you ever want an intimate relationship with a "real" partner, don't watch porn.
CHALLENGE
Explain to someone you love the following concept:
"Twinkie" is to "wholesome nutritious food" as "Porn" is to "healthy sexual intimacy".
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"Twinkie" is to "wholesome nutritious food" as "Porn" is to "healthy sexual intimacy".
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Great Article! We all need reminders, and somehow I believe only those who listen to this will remain too quiet... We need some great marching orders, or strategy for talking to everyone on this difficult subject. Keep up the good work.. I'm a grandpa and talking with someone that's not a trusted friend opens doors that are hard to shut.
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