I will eat a whole packet of biscuits, is that normal? Food nosie

[ByNimbleOrca]

If there are sweets or something in the fridge I really like, I will eat them all in one sitting.

Packs of six pack crisps don't last more than two days, I can't stop eating biscuits and even savory food I will pick at it.

Is this normal or does everyone have to control themselves?

Obviously not. It's an eye opener that people eat whole packets of biscuits and multiple packets of crisps at a time.

Not sure if you caught the news a couple of days ago but there is ongoing research into the genetic factors relating to this - from memory it's 40% of Labradors have issues with impulse control on food, so Cambridge is studying why and looking for similar patterns in humans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy05qw217x9o

But how much of their stress comes from societal judgement like the ones seen on this thread?

we all know that you can’t directly link eating a packet of biscuits with obesity, diabetes or anything else. Plenty of people eat this way with no health related issues.

You have mistakenly conflated ‘not overeating’ with restricted intake and orthorexia.
And then made inaccurate and rude judgements.
But if you don’t have a problem then I’m delighted for you.

Not eating a whole packet of biscuits in one sitting is not restrictive or controlling eating.
It's sensible eating.
I am are heavier end of my healthy weight.
I don't deny myself anything.
If I'm having biscuits with tea I have 2 .
If I have a packet of crisps I have one.
Over eating and under eating are both bad for your health.
Telling people that eating a whole packet of biscuits in one sitting is not healthy. Maybe as a one off, ok but if this is a regular occurrence you need to accept that you have a problem.

Hear hear

I’m not mistaking “not overeating” for orthorexia. I’m judging comments like the below for using orthorexic language.
Are you suggesting these comments are just gently explaining their lack of over eating?!?

“I have a greater desire to maintain my figure than I have to satisfy any taste”.

“That is not normal at all.
Quite disgusting”

“Is ‘food noise’ the modern, trying-to-be-more-socially-acceptable phrase for insatiable greed?”

And that’s just page 1.

I was talking about all the ridiculous comments about "nothing tastes as good as thin feels", "no I'm not like you I actually have self control" classic horrible skinny-therefore-better-than-you self-important nonsense

I'd never heard of 'orthorexic' before. I learn something every day on Mumsnet.

Yes but if someone is craving chocolate/crisps/takeaway they will pay. Just like smoking is expensive but people still do it as it's an addiction

This- And of course, lots of people can afford it anyway. Let’s not start on the fat people are poor stereotype too!

How do you not get hungry if you stop eating so early? Or do you eat quite a big meal before and go bed early?
I think the government do heavily tax junk or things full of sugar. Look at the price if full sugar coke to all the diet or coke zero. It's more expensive. I don't like the diet ones so will only buy full sugar but I only have 1 can a day sometimes none and drink water the rest of the time.
Although I doubt the diet ones with all the sweetners in it are better for your health than the full sugar ones.

It's quite common to stop eating early. Loads of people do intermittent fasting, me included. I stop eating around 6pm then don't eat or drink (other than water) until 11am or 12pm the next day. There's no need to be constantly eating.

Interesting I'll have a look at downloading the app later quite a few foods. I just assumed would be UPF's. May not be.

But I very low carb, so don't eat a lot of processed food anyway, finding food that is both low-carb and not UPF. 😵‍💫😵‍💫

Actually, I don't usually eat the whole pack. I might eat half or 3/4 and then stop, but one or two biscuits wouldn't be enough. Almost the whole pack seems just right.

It might be because I am using food as a drug to soothe myself from stress ro depression (comfort eating) and just one or two biscuits isn't enough to do that.

In the past the only way I can control this is by giving up biscuits. I had really expensive treatment for binge eating and they tried to instil in me the idea that I could be the kind of person who could eat just 1 biscuit, but I haven't found this to be the case so far.

Looks like everyone just decided to gloss over the science part.

Ridiculous comment.

Is overeating a crime?

You can’t police everyone saying it’s not normal or healthy to compulsively eat by saying this is orthorexia. I have read the posts and they indicated it felt compulsive ie can’t stop once started, feel compelled to eat all of it until it’s gone I don’t know how @AquaPeer you created this into ‘it’s ok to sometimes eat biscuits’ which is an obvious statement that no one disagrees with.

If you advocate that it’s normal and ok to eat compulsively then this is what people are disagreeing with and you are purposely playing it down by using orthorexia as its alternative which is black and white thinking. Compulsive eating can be destructive and stressful to the person experiencing it, and no it’s not because society says so - science backs up the fact that this can cause health problems if it was frequent and excessive. your body will make you feel nauseous and full up, with a blood sugar crash later on.

I don't think most people eat biscuits/crisps/chocolate etc only because they're hungry.

I have to exercise my strongest willpower with chocolate. Not that bothered about biscuits.

food noise is very real and people do not eat just because they are hungry.

Saying it’s not normal or healthy is blunt and probably unhelpful and I agree doesn’t help people who are experiencing it to actually find a way to fix it. I don’t know what the answer is, just that if you feel like you can’t stop eating once you start, is common but I don’t think it should be normalised or dismissed. We will need to see how the GLP1’s pan out over time and whether this is the long term solution

JeanPaulGagtier re genetic factors
Have a look at UK 50/60s photos of people in the street, you don’t see overweight people like you do now.
In the 90s you didn’t see overweight people in China, there is a massive problem today.

True there is this gene, I think it was proved that ancestors who had suffered from starvation (in a Northern Europe country) had a genetic changement.

The problem for us lies with the food being engineered to be very addictive.

They smoked loads too

Susie Orbach ‘On Eating’ is a good short read. I’ve had a bar of 70% dark chocolate in the house since last Sunday and eaten 6 squares. I don’t like any biscuits so don’t buy them. I could eat a 6 pack of crisps over 2-3 days but wouldn’t eat much else on those days and would probably not enjoy them after the first packet or two.

I don’t have Pringles, Kettle Chips etc. in the house, very rarely eat out or order takeaways. OP, you decide what’s normal. Do you enjoy eating a whole packet of biscuits or are you getting them out of the way so you’re not tempted by them the next day?