Another Interesting Health Food Article

crvynatrlbeauty

I found this on my MSN homepage this morning ... a lot of my favorites are on this list msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/20-junk-foods-you-didnt-know-you-were-eating/ss-AAolz1K?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp#image=12

This further supports my ideal that I can eat whatever I want in moderation (CICO).

ladyreva78

Pseudo-scientific nonsense.

If something fits into your calories, there's no reason to avoid it and the explanations they gave as to why it's supposedly 'not healthy' just make me shake my head.

save your time and stop reading such trash.

kommodevaran

Yup. It also confirms the slogan "buyer beware".

WinoGelato

I wouldn't call that a "health food" article so much as a "click bait list of things that some random person says you should restrict with no real scientific justification"...

This article is meant to scare people but the reasoning behind it (like avoid tricolor pasta because it's no healthier than regular pasta) is dubious. What if I like tricolor pasta? What if I like regular pasta? Why should I give either up?

JeromeBarry1

Roger that. Although the Ole Xtreme Wellness green tortilla really is health food.

tinkerbellang83

Too summarise: It's not health food, it's not junk food, it's just food.

pinuplove

Glad a random internet article told me the yogurt I just had with my eggs (real not substitute so I'm good there, whew) is really junk food. Protein and calcium be damned - it has added sugar so obviously it's going to kill me. Oh well, something has to eventually. At least it tastes good.

Food is just food. Eat sensibly and apply a little common sense to it.

Also, does anyone still eat margarine? Like the old school, foil wrapper, unnaturally yellow stuff I grew up on? I thought we'd moved on to better (butter ) things.

Francl27

Eh they do have some points about some things being misleading.

ruqayyahsmum

pinuplove wrote: »

Glad a random internet article told me the yogurt I just had with my eggs (real not substitute so I'm good there, whew) is really junk food. Protein and calcium be damned - it has added sugar so obviously it's going to kill me. Oh well, something has to eventually. At least it tastes good.

Food is just food. Eat sensibly and apply a little common sense to it.

Also, does anyone still eat margarine? Like the old school, foil wrapper, unnaturally yellow stuff I grew up on? I thought we'd moved on to better (butter ) things.

My daughters school only use marg as its "healthier" my daughter refuses to eat school toast or sandwiches unless they start selling butter for her to use

ahamm002

Francl27 wrote: »

Eh they do have some points about some things being misleading.

Exactly, I think that's the point of the article. Many things are marketed in a misleading manner. Some people think that tricolor pasta and spinach tortillas are somehow filled with vegetables and are healthier than the regular pasta and tortillas.

WinoGelato

ahamm002 wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Eh they do have some points about some things being misleading.

Exactly, I think that's the point of the article. Many things are marketed in a misleading manner. Some people think that tricolor pasta and spinach tortillas are somehow filled with vegetables and are healthier than the regular pasta and tortillas.

It's not inherently healthier, but nor do I think that it should be reclassified as "junk" simply because someone had tried previously to market it as "healthy" or "superfood".

It really comes down to, why do we have to label foods as healthy or junk? Any of these foods, can be consumed as part of an overall healthy diet. Any of them can also be consumed as part of an overall unhealthy diet, overloaded on calories as well. There aren't foods with magical properties, or evil properties. It's all just food.

Francl27

WinoGelato wrote: »

ahamm002 wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Eh they do have some points about some things being misleading.

Exactly, I think that's the point of the article. Many things are marketed in a misleading manner. Some people think that tricolor pasta and spinach tortillas are somehow filled with vegetables and are healthier than the regular pasta and tortillas.

It's not inherently healthier, but nor do I think that it should be reclassified as "junk" simply because someone had tried previously to market it as "healthy" or "superfood".

It really comes down to, why do we have to label foods as healthy or junk? Any of these foods, can be consumed as part of an overall healthy diet. Any of them can also be consumed as part of an overall unhealthy diet, overloaded on calories as well. There aren't foods with magical properties, or evil properties. It's all just food.

I agree, and the terminology that they use leaves much to be desired, but they still make good points - that often people think that they make a healthier choice (that will help them lose weight) when really, it's pretty much the same as the other stuff.

cerise_noir

crvynatrlbeauty wrote: »

I found this on my MSN homepage this morning ... a lot of my favorites are on this list msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/20-junk-foods-you-didnt-know-you-were-eating/ss-AAolz1K?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp#image=12

This further supports my ideal that I can eat whatever I want in moderation (CICO).

Eh. Clickbait.

Also, CICO isn't "eat whatever I want in moderation", it refers to energy balance.