Community Chat

[blackhole99]

Let's face it, any food you eat too much is no good for you. IMO if people could just eat less and move more they wouldn't have to worry about carbs, sugar, etc.

[luv-the-Q]

If people would eat natural foods in appropriate portions there would not be the need to analyze every single thing we put in our mouths.  I grew up eating potatoes and carrots every day and no one in my family was overweight or had illnesses.  I still eat potatoes almost every day.  They haven't made me fat or sick.

[Noel7]

Very little food is natural anymore.  It's exposed to pesticides, runoff chemicals or salmonella, etc.  Sometimes handlers passing along illnesses.

Of course we have to be careful, even fish is being examined now.

[Ms X]

I remember Julia Child saying that moderation is the key to a healthy diet.  I agree with her.  The only exception is if someone has a particular medical condition (diabetes, food allergies, PKU, gluten sensitivity, etc.). 

When I was in college, one of the popular courses was OF ALL THINGS nutrition.  It had all the earmarks of a "gut course," in fact.  The professor held court in an enormous auditorium that was filled to the rafters. I didn't need a science course, as I took plenty, but I took it anyway.  Decades later, I'm so glad I did.  This professor probably improved the lives of untold hundreds of thousands of people in his years as a lecturer.  His course was wildly popular, but we really learned a lot  He was an extraordinary teacher.  Even though the science of nutrition has evolved since then, I was educated about the basics and can read a nutrition label with a real understanding because of him.

The field of nutrition seems to always be demonizing certain nutrients while putting forth others as the key to health.  That their findings have been repeatedly proved false and/or exaggerated does not seem to diminish their zeal.  I'm a bread/pasta addict who is trying to cut back, with some success.  If I had to eat only one food, it would be lasagna with sweet Italian sausages, cheese, and eggplant parm as filling.  In a perfect world, this would be the food recommended by nutritionists.

[millieshops]

I'm not for eliminating anything unless there's actual a medical reason to do that.  Most of us just need to eat the "evils" in smaller quantities.

Years ago when I did WW for the first time, we weighed and measured, and to this day more than 40 years later, those quantity suggestions still make sense to me -  even when I knowingly ignore them!

[hckynut]

I will stick with my carbs like I have done most of my highly sports related competitive activities. My belief is that most foods that grow from the ground and tree, is much healthier and have enhanced my endurance, than those that are animal and fat based.

No reason for me to even give a 2nd thought to the nonsense someone decides to write. Now were I a diabetic, my choices would be different.

hckynut(john)

[mstyrion 1]

@Noel7

All of a sudden your list of foods that you will never eat went away.  I thought it was cute and I can't fathom why it would be deleted.

I have one major food that will never cross my lips.

PEAS

Never, ever ever!     

[Noel7]

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@mstyrion 1 wrote:

@Noel7

All of a sudden your list of foods that you will never eat went away.  I thought it was cute and I can't fathom why it would be deleted.

I have one major food that will never cross my lips.

PEAS

Never, ever ever!     

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Hi @mstyrion 1

I thought about it for a minute, worried that someone would get upset by the mere mention of a few things, and I deleted it

My father liked liver and onions, one on my list, and I could not stand the smell of it.

[athenian]

Celeriac is a root vegetable that is not high in carbs, and is a good substitute for potatoes for those who have to watch high-gylcemic foods.  It does look pretty scary.

[mstyrion 1]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@mstyrion 1 wrote:

@Noel7

All of a sudden your list of foods that you will never eat went away.  I thought it was cute and I can't fathom why it would be deleted.

I have one major food that will never cross my lips.

PEAS

Never, ever ever!     

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Hi @mstyrion 1

I thought about it for a minute, worried that someone would get upset by the mere mention of a few things, and I deleted it

My father liked liver and onions, one on my list, and I could not stand the smell of it.

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I get you. That makes sense.

I like a few of the things on your list, but I won't say which ones!