Can I petition MFP users to use the terms "more ideal" and "less ideal" instead of good/bad foods?
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Oh no....agggh...now we have a "kinder gentler" food naming convention. Eeeks, forbid we offend someone with the words good or bad. Too funny.0
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Maybe I'm crazy, but I think the thread title was a joke. (I think the "more ideal" thing was an obvious tipoff.)
The discussion here and in the "bad" food thread (which I can't find, was it deleted?) seem to me to be about a more significant question--how do we create a nutritious diet.
Is it by labeling foods "bad" and "good" and eating only the "good" ones (and beating ourselves up if we eat "bad" ones)? Or is it by actually thinking about what should be included in a healthy diet and eating those things in a sensible amount depending on what they are (plus other foods we enjoy that fit).
I vote for the latter.
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that's a bingo.lemurcat12 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Maybe I'm crazy, but I think the thread title was a joke. (I think the "more ideal" thing was an obvious tipoff.)
The discussion here and in the "bad" food thread (which I can't find, was it deleted?) seem to me to be about a more significant question--how do we create a nutritious diet.
Is it by labeling foods "bad" and "good" and eating only the "good" ones (and beating ourselves up if we eat "bad" ones)? Or is it by actually thinking about what should be included in a healthy diet and eating those things in a sensible amount depending on what they are (plus other foods we enjoy that fit).
I vote for the latter.
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Maybe I'm crazy, but I think the thread title was a joke. (I think the "more ideal" thing was an obvious tipoff.)
The discussion here and in the "bad" food thread (which I can't find, was it deleted?) seem to me to be about a more significant question--how do we create a nutritious diet.
Is it by labeling foods "bad" and "good" and eating only the "good" ones (and beating ourselves up if we eat "bad" ones)? Or is it by actually thinking about what should be included in a healthy diet and eating those things in a sensible amount depending on what they are (plus other foods we enjoy that fit).
I vote for the latter.
Yeah, I got it was a joke. My post was also in jest.
I would vote for a world where everyone is free to call food what they want, without their motives being questioned or derogated.0 -
Expressing an opinion on what someone else says is as essential a part of freedom of speech as the original statement.
Not that freedom of speech applies here, of course, but I never get the argument that it's wrong to comment on what others say, which is what you seem to be arguing. If I think it's dumb to call white rice a "bad" food, why shouldn't I be able to say that, just as others can say white rice is "bad" if that floats their boat. (Of course, it's weird it does.)0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Maybe I'm crazy, but I think the thread title was a joke. (I think the "more ideal" thing was an obvious tipoff.)
The discussion here and in the "bad" food thread (which I can't find, was it deleted?) seem to me to be about a more significant question--how do we create a nutritious diet.
Is it by labeling foods "bad" and "good" and eating only the "good" ones (and beating ourselves up if we eat "bad" ones)? Or is it by actually thinking about what should be included in a healthy diet and eating those things in a sensible amount depending on what they are (plus other foods we enjoy that fit).
I vote for the latter.
Yeah, I got it was a joke. My post was also in jest.
I would vote for a world where everyone is free to call food what they want, without their motives being questioned or derogated.
I would be fine with that if there wasn't this hierarchy of what is "crap" or bad food to people that I've seen get expressed almost as gospel.
I've seen it get it up to all these:
any dairy
any animal products
cooked vegetables
legumes
and EVERY one of those has a lot to offer besides calories (contrary to the aforementioned Oreo in the other thread).0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »Expressing an opinion on what someone else says is as essential a part of freedom of speech as the original statement.
Not that freedom of speech applies here, of course, but I never get the argument that it's wrong to comment on what others say, which is what you seem to be arguing. If I think it's dumb to call white rice a "bad" food, why shouldn't I be able to say that, just as others can say white rice is "bad" if that floats their boat. (Of course, it's weird it does.)
You are able to say that, of course. Feel free.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »I've changed my behavior in the past based on risks I'm sufficiently convinced about--it's why I don't eat trans fats or much fried food (not saying anyone should come to the same conclusions I have, and the fried thing has as much to do with calories).
Are you saying foods high in trans fats are bad?
Answered fully in the other thread (following me taking a moment to sort out my thoughts). If you didn't read it and want me to answer here (assuming I'm not the only one unable to find that thread), let me know.
On the other hand, if you replied to my response, I'm interested.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Maybe I'm crazy, but I think the thread title was a joke. (I think the "more ideal" thing was an obvious tipoff.)
The discussion here and in the "bad" food thread (which I can't find, was it deleted?) seem to me to be about a more significant question--how do we create a nutritious diet.
Is it by labeling foods "bad" and "good" and eating only the "good" ones (and beating ourselves up if we eat "bad" ones)? Or is it by actually thinking about what should be included in a healthy diet and eating those things in a sensible amount depending on what they are (plus other foods we enjoy that fit).
I vote for the latter.
Yeah, I got it was a joke. My post was also in jest.
I would vote for a world where everyone is free to call food what they want, without their motives being questioned or derogated.
I would be fine with that if there wasn't this hierarchy of what is "crap" or bad food to people that I've seen get expressed almost as gospel.
I've seen it get it up to all these:
any dairy
any animal products
cooked vegetables
legumes
and EVERY one of those has a lot to offer besides calories (contrary to the aforementioned Oreo in the other thread).
I agree. All have their attributes. That would not change my vote.0 -
how about ..
"bad dietary choices"0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »Can we just call it food and leave the value statements out of it?
nope, food is inherently good or evil ...its kind of like GI Joe VS Cobra0 -
I prefer "foods that will let me eat ice cream at the end of the day", vs. "foods that will have me eating raw kale or protein isolate".0
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MB_Positif wrote: »I prefer "yummy" and "more yummy" to be honest.
So do I.0 -
I prefer "foods I want to eat" vs "foods you think I should want to eat".0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I've changed my behavior in the past based on risks I'm sufficiently convinced about--it's why I don't eat trans fats or much fried food (not saying anyone should come to the same conclusions I have, and the fried thing has as much to do with calories).
Are you saying foods high in trans fats are bad?
Answered fully in the other thread (following me taking a moment to sort out my thoughts). If you didn't read it and want me to answer here (assuming I'm not the only one unable to find that thread), let me know.
On the other hand, if you replied to my response, I'm interested.
that thread got nuked....
so I guess we are all moving over here..0 -
hopefully, we can all agree that anything substituted with cauliflower is "bad"...0
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