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Does this means mom was correct on the subject?
GaleHawkins
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medicalxpress.com/news/2016-07-fruit-vegetables-substantially-happiness.html
"Professor Andrew Oswald said: "Eating fruit and vegetables apparently boosts our happiness far more quickly than it improves human health. People's motivation to eat healthy food is weakened by the fact that physical-health benefits, such as protecting against cancer, accrue decades later. However, well-being improvements from increased consumption of fruit and vegetables are closer to immediate.""
"Professor Andrew Oswald said: "Eating fruit and vegetables apparently boosts our happiness far more quickly than it improves human health. People's motivation to eat healthy food is weakened by the fact that physical-health benefits, such as protecting against cancer, accrue decades later. However, well-being improvements from increased consumption of fruit and vegetables are closer to immediate.""
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I think happy people are more inclined to eat fruit and vegetables.3
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Gale, you find some weird shizzle to "debate".
Fruits and veggies don't improve my happiness. Money and desserts do.27 -
Another sterling example of Gale's quality research.8
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Must be all that delicious sugar in the fruit
. I hear it's better than cocaine. 6 -
Ummm, sex, weights and protein shakes are the keys to happiness.
And peanut butter.
And chocolate.
And ice cream.
And cute puppies.
And British children's accents.
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Only if Ronnie Coleman can curl said puppy while chugging a protein shake...
I won't reference the rest of the happiness for fear of points.2 -
Well. When my mental health is on the slide, as it often is (thanks bipolar!) I am less inclined to care about fruit and veg and more inclined to care about pizza. Because pizza makes me happier than any stick of celery ever could. (And not in a rude way).4
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I'll go with fruits and veg make people happy and healthy. Seems right.
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from the article:
The researchers concluded that people who changed from almost no fruit and veg to eight portions of fruit and veg a day would experience an increase in life satisfaction equivalent to moving from unemployment to employment. The well-being improvements occurred within 24 months.
I think this makes sense. Eating a well balanced diet will usually make a person feel better and it's hard to have a balanced diet without fruits and vegetables.4 -
Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"0
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I think if you're eating a nutritious and balanced diet you're likely to feel pretty good...throw in some regular exercise and I'm golden. Not to mention that fruit and veg is delicious...
That said, beer makes me pretty stinkin' happy...and whiskey...and a cigar.3 -
NorthCascades wrote: »Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"
Mine didn't. She said "eat your veggies." Maybe "eat your veggies, they are good for you."1 -
NorthCascades wrote: »Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"
Mine said I had to sit at the table till I ate them, which is kind of like telling I won't be happy until I eat them.4 -
My mother never told me to eat vegetables or any food. She thought I was weird for eating soup for breakfast. I'm happy eating tasty foods including vegetables.
My mom told me to put down my books and go outside more. She told me to go to sleep. She was probably right about a lot of things.
I think a person could feel happier eating more vegetables if they physically feel better after increasing their consumption. That is pretty possible if their diet was lacking a lot of nutrients before.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"
Mine said I had to sit at the table till I ate them, which is kind of like telling I won't be happy until I eat them.
Yep!
"You're not leaving the table until you have finished ALL your veggies" :sad: :sad:
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Christine_72 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"
Mine said I had to sit at the table till I ate them, which is kind of like telling I won't be happy until I eat them.
Yep!
"You're not leaving the table until you have finished ALL your veggies" :sad: :sad:
. . . or those big ol' lima beans (that tasted like raw flour in plastic packages)
or corn bread (that was like eating salty sand)
or those bubbly slabs of pig fat (do I really eat kosher because the Bible says to or because I remember this?)
or mustard greens (that were always bitter and slimy)
or chitt'lin's (EWWWW! the very thought!)0 -
RainaProske wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"
Mine said I had to sit at the table till I ate them, which is kind of like telling I won't be happy until I eat them.
Yep!
"You're not leaving the table until you have finished ALL your veggies" :sad: :sad:
. . . or those big ol' lima beans (that tasted like raw flour in plastic packages)
or corn bread (that was like eating salty sand)
or those bubbly slabs of pig fat (do I really eat kosher because the Bible says to or because I remember this?)
or mustard greens (that were always bitter and slimy)
or chitt'lin's (EWWWW! the very thought!)
Lol lol
Chittlins?? Is that some kind of organ meat? I would have run away from home if i got a big ol plate of kidneys, liver or heart put infront of me :sick:
I am still so grateful my mum never cooked Brussel sprouts ~shudder~
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https://www.bing.com/search?q=chitterlings&form=EDGNTC&qs=PF&cvid=9f9b79deb3064935ad77a27d0138abb0&pq=chitterlings&elv=AGFRKg!qCt8FHPbPqE0LID7wJmaBZX7R*B3zJZqEWj3S
Just one look, if your stomach can handle it, will convince you not to eat them!0 -
RainaProske wrote: »https://www.bing.com/search?q=chitterlings&form=EDGNTC&qs=PF&cvid=9f9b79deb3064935ad77a27d0138abb0&pq=chitterlings&elv=AGFRKg!qCt8FHPbPqE0LID7wJmaBZX7R*B3zJZqEWj3S
Just one look, if your stomach can handle it, will convince you not to eat them!
Oh good god woman, that looks truly vile. What kind of parents make their kids eat this stuff!!??
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Mustard greens are delicious if prepared well. Also, guess I've been lucky with corn bread, although we never had to eat it -- it was a treat.0
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RainaProske wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"
Mine said I had to sit at the table till I ate them, which is kind of like telling I won't be happy until I eat them.
Yep!
"You're not leaving the table until you have finished ALL your veggies" :sad: :sad:
. . . or those big ol' lima beans (that tasted like raw flour in plastic packages)
or corn bread (that was like eating salty sand)
or those bubbly slabs of pig fat (do I really eat kosher because the Bible says to or because I remember this?)
or mustard greens (that were always bitter and slimy)
or chitt'lin's (EWWWW! the very thought!)
Wow, I hope your mom knew some better recipes to make up for those monstrosities!
It makes me sad that the cornbread was like salty sand. Cornbread should be heavenly!1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »and whiskey...and a cigar.
Both make me happy.
Cracking open my humidors and getting a good whiff of quality cigars and Spanish cedar makes me happy and removes stress.
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Did your mother actually tell you "eat your veggies it'll make you happy?"
Mine said I had to sit at the table till I ate them, which is kind of like telling I won't be happy until I eat them.
My grandmother said this, but in Italian. Which is very strange, since she's Irish.1 -
Corn bread: It may be just me. When I lived down South, nary a speck of sugar toughed the cornbread; up north, they make if very sweet, like cake. To the chagrin or many in my family, I've yet to taste any cornbread that I like. However, my brother sent me a recipe of cornbread made with sweet potatoes. That may work.
But it just seems like cornbread ought to have crispy, butter edges and otherwise not be so grainy or sweet.
Re the chitterlings, I think they came out of the desperation of the Depression.
No, Mother was not a good cook, except for when she made fried chicken. After I was in high school, however, she found a recipe for oatmeal bread that absolutely knocked my socks off. It was not only delicious on the day it was baked; it was still fabulous on the day afterward!
I tried mustard greens as an adult -- also collard greens -- and they were just too bitter.
I stayed very, very skinny as a girl. During school, nearly the only thing I ate were rolls and butter at school and cold cereal.0 -
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RainaProske wrote: »Corn bread: It may be just me. When I lived down South, nary a speck of sugar toughed the cornbread; up north, they make if very sweet, like cake. To the chagrin or many in my family, I've yet to taste any cornbread that I like. However, my brother sent me a recipe of cornbread made with sweet potatoes. That may work.
But it just seems like cornbread ought to have crispy, butter edges and otherwise not be so grainy or sweet.
Re the chitterlings, I think they came out of the desperation of the Depression.
No, Mother was not a good cook, except for when she made fried chicken. After I was in high school, however, she found a recipe for oatmeal bread that absolutely knocked my socks off. It was not only delicious on the day it was baked; it was still fabulous on the day afterward!
I tried mustard greens as an adult -- also collard greens -- and they were just too bitter.
I stayed very, very skinny as a girl. During school, nearly the only thing I ate were rolls and butter at school and cold cereal.
People eat chitterlings (or regional versions of them) around the world and have done so for hundreds of years. They've been consumed in the US since colonial times. They aren't related to the Depression, although economic issues may have encouraged some people to try them when they otherwise wouldn't have.1 -
Must be broken for me then.0
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Healthy diets lead to healthy bodies and healthy people are happier, so it makes some sense.
I've never thought of cornbread as a health food, but it sure is good. If you're making healthy cornbread, you're probably making it wrong. 2
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