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Is health food making you fat?

worstcaster
worstcaster Posts: 217 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Interesting video on peoples' behavior when eating "healthy" food.

[yt]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hh48_Kwt88s[/yt]

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Nope, I read labels and avoid anything targeted as a fitness thing or to fitness buffs.

    I sometimes eat breakfast cereals and boxed granola bars, but I know what is in there and am not kidding myself about anything.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    Yeah, maybe to the general public, but to the people on here? I don't think this applies.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    nothing important to add here, just, mmm... trail mix.
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    edited June 2015
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    Yeah, maybe to the general public, but to the people on here? I don't think this applies.

    My thoughts exactly! Most people here are reading labels (calories, macros, micros, serving size) and (hopefully) weighing all solids. Little room for any significant surprises.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,750 Member
    edited June 2015
    I don't apply labels to food, but read nutrition panels of any food with one to decide whether or not it's "worth" spending calories on..

    I also eat to exercise, not exercise to eat.... That people exercise less when they have "health/fitness" food may be perhaps due to them thinking they need to burn calories off because of food, and somehow equate healthy food with less calories
  • Winterlover123
    Winterlover123 Posts: 352 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    I don't apply labels to food, but read nutrition panels of any food with one to decide whether or not it's "worth" spending calories on..


    Same
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    Knowledge and willpower cures all.

    Take time to let that absorb...
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    That's a good video for people who aren't already calorific-aware. Thanks, I'm sharing that elsewhere.
  • FreshStartForMyself
    FreshStartForMyself Posts: 196 Member
    Food is food, both "healthy" and "unhealthy" will make you fat if consumed in excess.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I've lost count on how many times I've read on here " I'm eating healthy, why am I gaining weight"?

    This video need to be posted on those threads!
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    FoxyLifter wrote: »
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    Yeah, maybe to the general public, but to the people on here? I don't think this applies.

    My thoughts exactly! Most people here are reading labels (calories, macros, micros, serving size) and (hopefully) weighing all solids. Little room for any significant surprises.

    This. Luckily, this is why MFP is such a great tool and site. It allows us to dispel the nonsense of marketing.

    And this is why i always see newbies or people in my life saying things like "I'm eating healthy! I am not losing!"
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Some people correlate healthy food with unlimited food..
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