From the people that brought you the ‘Art is Dead as Art Itself’ meme, we proudly present Food is Dead: a look at Middle America’s dietary habits and culture of consumption.

Here we feature “2 Easy Steps to 1 Great Meal”.  Note: this is not a meal.

(via ieatcatlitter)

Science once again tells us what we sorta already knew but didn’t necessarily know to this extreme:

“Bacon and cheesecake can alter the brain in ways similar to heroin and cocaine, according to scientists who say they have found the most compelling proof yet that high-fat foods rewire the brain and drive the development of compulsive eating.”

Back to the article:

When rats raised on regular chow were suddenly given unrestricted access to a high-fat diet, they lost complete control over their eating. Not even mild foot shocks kept them from compulsively feasting on chocolate bars, cream-stuffed cakes, sausage, frosting and other highly palatable human foods. Within 40 days, their body weight had increased 25%.

The rats not only got fat, they also showed addiction-like changes in brain reward circuits — the same changes that have been reported in humans addicted to drugs…

The more junk food the rats ate, the more they overloaded the brain’s reward circuitries until they essentially crashed. As the pleasure centres in the brain became more and more blase, and less responsive, the rats quickly turned into compulsive overeaters. They were motivated to keep eating to get their fix…

When the researchers took the high-fat foods away, leaving only the healthy, but boring chow — what the scientists dubbed the “salad bar option” — the rodents essentially voluntarily starved themselves.

** So basically, if you eat a lot of Cheesecake, and then try to “diet” with healthier food options, prepare to become an anorexic.

“They liked the junk food so much they would rather starve than shift onto the regular chow,” Dr. Kenny said. Even after two weeks of having no junk food, “they still hadn’t returned to the level of intake that you see in the control animals for the standard chow. That goes to show just how powerful this food was.”

The final report goes further, and explains just what’s happening in the brain.

Three groups of rats were studied. In addition to unlimited access to their regular chow, one group was given one hour of access a day to the junk food, while another group had 18 to 23 hours of access each day, for 40 consecutive days.

Rats that had one hour access to the junk food binge-ate, gorging on the food during those one-hour sessions, so much so that they consumed almost two-thirds of their daily calories in that one-hour session. “But they didn’t gain weight, and they didn’t show those addiction-like changes,” Dr. Kenny said.

Rats given unlimited access to the sausages, frostings and cakes didn’t binge or gorge, but they snacked all day. They kept eating, consuming twice as many calories as the “control” rats, even when the flashing cue light came on that was paired with a foot shock.

“Many drug addicts know that what they’re doing is bad — they’re damaging their health, their finances, their family. But they find it very difficult to stop — the behaviour is almost beyond their control,” Dr. Kenny said.

“The same thing happened here: The animals kept on eating, even when there was something in the environment that said something bad was going to happen. They simply ignored it, and they just kept on eating.”

I’m an addict, I’m an addict.

I’m an addict, I’m an addict.

I’m a-dick, I’m addicted to you…. - Simple Plan

Read more: (http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2737117#ixzz0jlisBRns)

There are two things cultured peoples of today love a lot: FOOD and MUSIC.

Cuz FOOD is delicious, COOKING is fun.  And MUSIC sounds awesome, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE is cool.

Talking about your favorite restaurants makes you sound sophisticated, discussing your favorite new band that only ten other people have ever heard of makes you sound trendy.

Cooking your friends a nice dinner makes you seem talented, DJ-ing a set at a cool party makes you seem badass.

These two staples of culture are simply fabulous…

So why not combine the two?

Introducing… DJ CHEF.

“The only entertainer who simulatenously cooks and deejays for special events, tradeshows and private affairs around the world.”

This dude will rock your party like no other, playing your favorite Chris Brown song while preparing your favorite bean and cheese quesadilla.

How does he do it??  How can he do both at once??

Nothing sounds sexier than a man who can COOK and DEEJAY at the same time… Ladies be warned, he could be at your next bachelorette party.  As the flier above says, he “comes to your home and pumps”.

Spices on one side, vinyls on the other.  He’ll turn your cramped and corny kitchen into a wild ruckus of endurable treats, mediocre entrees, killer Top 40 jams and a hoppin’ party atmosphere.  Just check out the disco lights to the left!

“This is by far the coolest bachelorette party idea EVER” - Victoria, bride

Get ready for the best time of your life.  FOOD + MUSIC = hellllll yeah good timez!

(I can’t do this anymore… I’m losing my grip on reality… get me out of this twisted nightmare of culture-killing and boganism)