Don't Eat Foods You Don't Like

dfwesq

@dewd2 OP was distinguishing between healthy foods he likes (which he listed some examples) and healthy foods he doesn't like. If it's demotivating to you to think of certain foods as healthy, that's fine for you. But it doesn't mean no one else can. Many of us find it helpful and motivating to focus on the health-giving properties of some foods. And planning meals based on nutritious foods we like is a good way to improve our health. I doubt you'll find any doctors or scientists who disagree.

No one else was focused on foods to avoid, but since you brought it up, donuts can be detrimental to your health even if they don't make up most of your diet most of the time. For one thing, they tend to crowd out more nutritious food. For another, regularly eating deep-fried foods increases the risk of several bad health conditions, such as cancer. They're OK as an occasional treat, but no one's health is going to suffer if we don't eat them. Conversely, no one on MFP is in danger of eating too many carrots.

AnnPT77

Life is too short to eat foods I don't like (especially at age 61 - life likely is short !). Fortunately, I love lots of nutrient-dense foods. Some things I eat nearly every day:

Oatmeal
Berries
Plain Greek Yogurt (hah!)
Peanut butter
Walnuts
Hemp seed
Flax seed
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Skimmed milk
Cheese (various kinds)
Blackstrap molasses

I usually eat 10+ servings of veggies/fruit daily, but vary them a lot - celery, celeriac, avocados, broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, radishes, jicama, carrots, romaine, spinach, sweet peppers, onions, cabbage, sugar snap peas, regular peas, all kinds of beans, garlic, . . . .

Yum.

dewd2

dfwesq wrote: »

@dewd2 OP was distinguishing between healthy foods he likes (which he listed some examples) and healthy foods he doesn't like. If it's demotivating to you to think of certain foods as healthy, that's fine for you. But it doesn't mean no one else can. Many of us find it helpful and motivating to focus on the health-giving properties of some foods. And planning meals based on nutritious foods we like is a good way to improve our health. I doubt you'll find any doctors or scientists who disagree.

No one else was focused on foods to avoid, but since you brought it up, donuts can be detrimental to your health even if they don't make up most of your diet most of the time. For one thing, they tend to crowd out more nutritious food. For another, regularly eating deep-fried foods increases the risk of several bad health conditions, such as cancer. They're OK as an occasional treat, but no one's health is going to suffer if we don't eat them. Conversely, no one on MFP is in danger of eating too many carrots.

Well it is not demotivating to me in any way so we'll just leave it at that. We obviously do not understand what each other is saying. At any rate, I do wish the OP success however they do it.

Packerjohn

If you;re not eating 8-10 servings of fruits/veggies a day, because "I don't like them" put on your big boy/girl pants and get started eating them. Your health and waistline will thank you.

AnnPT77

Packerjohn wrote: »

If you;re not eating 8-10 servings of fruits/veggies a day, because "I don't like them" put on your big boy/girl pants and get started eating them. Your health and waistline will thank you.

Probably I'm just lacking in imagination, but I don't really understand how people dislike all vegetables, although someone occasionally asserts that they do. There's such a huge range of flavors and textures - disliking all of them is breathtakingly broad. Even disliking all but 2 or 5 kinds, which you see more often, seems astonishing to me.

Similar reaction to the "hate all exercise" people.

Seems like one might have to really work at it, to hate that many wildly different things.

AlabasterVerve

Packerjohn wrote: »

If you;re not eating 8-10 servings of fruits/veggies a day, because "I don't like them" put on your big boy/girl pants and get started eating them. Your health and waistline will thank you.