Why do people seem to bash "healthy"eating?
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I think it's a game of rebellion. "How to get most enjoyment out of your diet and still lose weight." If you get what I mean. I myself wouldn't eat "what I used to eat, only less". I used to be so hungry, and that's why I ate too much. I eat "healthy" most of the time now, plus some "treats". It used to be the other way around, no wonder I got so fat and tired
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Did anybody mention the build up of dreaded plaque in our arteries that certain types of food are more notorious for contributing to compared to other types?
This alone may be a good enough reason for avoiding certain foods - no matter what the calories are, how you count them, or what you call the food - as you can be in great physical shape, skinny and suffer a nasty heart attack or stroke due to the plaque build up.
Personally, I would rather avoid as much of those foods as possible.0 -
Several people on this thread have asked what is meant by "clean". To me, it means either whole food or only a few steps away from being whole (like flour). Raw or cooked. Basically, if humans ate a food item, or something similar, before the industrial age, it qualifies as clean.
I agree that all processed food aren't automatically bad. That said, people should be mindful of what chemicals they're putting into the bodies and in what quantities. My personal goal is to minimize the amount of laboratory made (including GMO) products I consume. I try my best not to judge (out loud) others who haven't made the same decisions.
I'm also a realist. Most of us don't live in isolated villages where we can trace every bite of food from birth or seed to table. Food production and distribution is commercialized, even when we pay extra for premium whole food. We can only do the best we can given our modern environment.
The ultimate weight management goal is to expend more energy than food we consume. Preferably while optimizing the nutrition of the calories we take in. Factoring in the social and psychological needs that should be met, too.
Raw flour sounds nasty. :sick:0 -
Did anybody mention the build up of dreaded plaque in our arteries that certain types of food are more notorious for contributing to compared to other types?
This alone may be a good enough reason for avoiding certain foods - no matter what the calories are, how you count them, or what you call the food - as you can be in great physical shape, skinny and suffer a nasty heart attack or stroke due to the plaque build up.
Personally, I would rather avoid as much of those foods as possible.
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Junk food is a universally recognised term. What's wrong with it.
Define it. What makes food "junk?"
Pre-prepared or packaged food that has low nutritional value:
So that's a universal definition? If I prepare meals in advance and put them in the freezer, does that make them junk? What is "low nutritional value?" I'm sorry, is a prepared cake that I buy from a store junk and the one I make from scratch at home healthy? I'm confused.I'vecome to the conclusion that people in society As a whole will always bash what they do not fully understand and healthy eating obviously is something that not a lot of people fully understand. look at the obesity epidemic that we're facing in the US ; less than 60 percent of Americans know how to exercise correctly. And our of the ones that do know what to do, make excises to avoid doing it then wonder y that they have their own gravitational pull!
*sniffs the air*
Ah, I love the smell of sanctimony in the morning.
Rather hypocritical, given your own sanctimonious attitude to PP 's casual use of the term junk food.
We all knew what she meant and yet you had to make a big hullabaloo about it.
Pot, meet kettle.
Really? I don't recall making derogatory comments about people's physical characteristics . . . as in "their own gravitational pull." That must have been someone else. I wonder who it could have been . . .
Well it wasn't me nor was it the poster you got uppity about using the term junk food - which she used in inverted commas, knowing we knew what she meant.
It was someone else - maybe someone being sanctimonious, just like you were to somebody else - therefore hypocritical.
And you are not confused about what PP meant by junk food - stop pretending you are. That is just silly semantics.
And anyway, regardless of which foods are regarded as junk food, her point was simply that it is encouraging to beginners to know that they don't have to cut it out altogether to lose weight. Which exact foods are the junk each individual doesn't have to cut out isn't really the point - and I think you know this, you are just being argumentative for the sake of it.0 -
Did anybody mention the build up of dreaded plaque in our arteries that certain types of food are more notorious for contributing to compared to other types?
This alone may be a good enough reason for avoiding certain foods - no matter what the calories are, how you count them, or what you call the food - as you can be in great physical shape, skinny and suffer a nasty heart attack or stroke due to the plaque build up.
Personally, I would rather avoid as much of those foods as possible.
Once upon a time we were told that we should only eat a few eggs a week because they were high in cholesterol and were bad for us. Now they are considered nature's perfect food. Butter was once considered evil because it was a saturated fat. Now margarine is under attack for its transfats and other ingredients. Don't even get me started on soy. Who's to say what food the food scientists/nutritional experts will get wrong next week?0 -
Out of curiousity, I Googled junk food and came upon this Wiki link (because it's Wiki, don't know how true it is, but it's still interesting):What is and is not junk food can also depend on the person's class and social status, with wealthier people tending to have a broader definition while lower-income consumers may see fewer foods as junk food, especially certain ethnic foods.
Thoughts?
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_food (second paragraph, last sentence)0 -
And I thought you started so wellI think people like to bash anything that allows them to justify their own view or to continue doing things that aren't supported by the facts or science. Facts do change as more information becomes available, but people don't adapt anywhere as quickly with their beliefs and biases. That goes for diet, fitness, nutrition, smoking, drinking, global warming, politics, etc...
People that want to justify eating crap for most if not all of their diet and not see any connections to their short term or long term health and fitness can bash what they don't agree with and continue to be "fat, dumb, and happy".
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It was the lack of scientific evidence for short and long term health/fitness that lead me to give up 'clean'.
Since I started paying attention to the SCIENCE and decided to be happy 'eating crap', I am the fittest, healthiest and slimiest I've ever been.0 -
It is as far as I'm concerned - doesn't mean to say I can't make it fit into my diet. I just understand the calorie cost for the micro nutrients I get from it.
Then what makes it "junk" if you want to it it in your diet? It's just a food that you feel is a high calorie cost for low energy return/efficiency. To other people it's a source of energy they consume before a race or before engaging in a sport and a valued part of their diet.
What I am trying to get across is that words like "junk," "dirty," and "crap" are all judgment words that have no actual definition or context when it comes to food. These terms were just designed to shame people into eating what some people perceived as healthier foods.
Logic. Pffffft. No time for logic.
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I WILL happily bash the concept that there is a static 'healthy' (and thus not healthy too) selection of food to eat, however.
This I agree with. If I had higher calorie/macro needs, I would consider a food like pizza perfectly healthy. For my current needs, unfortunately, it's a treat and something I have to be willing to work around to include it and stay on track. It's usually not worth that trouble. But if I had higher calorie needs, it wouldn't phase me in the slightest to include it.
I agree. Most people are not interested in gaining weight so they won't understand your viewpoint here. I agree because if you are trying to eat unprocessed food and paleolike, and are targetting 4000 calories and 40% of it protein, its real hard to eat enough chicken breasts lol.
I have a probkem with quantity. I love to shovel it. Eating earthly food allows me to eat higher quantity. Instead of lower grade hamburger which is higher calorie, i can eat a whole pound of 96% beef. And its hogher protein, lower in satursted fat...
However, if my desire was to gain, i may eat the lower quality beef if im trying to meet calories.
I just think when cutting, one can have more quantity if they eat unprocessed, and quantity problems are common. I still feel much better eating unprocessed...someone said they didn't see a difference...maybe its individual...or maybe they are just arguning. Who knows we are all different but we see all also the same0 -
Well it wasn't me nor was it the poster you got uppity about using the term junk food - which she used in inverted commas, knowing we knew what she meant.
It was someone else - maybe someone being sanctimonious, just like you were to somebody else - therefore hypocritical.
And you are not confused about what PP meant by junk food - stop pretending you are. That is just silly semantics.
And anyway, regardless of which foods are regarded as junk food, her point was simply that it is encouraging to beginners to know that they don't have to cut it out altogether to lose weight. Which exact foods are the junk each individual doesn't have to cut out isn't really the point - and I think you know this, you are just being argumentative for the sake of it.
You know, I could get really perturbed by your continued use of the word "uppity." There's kind of an ugly association with that word, don't you think?
And no . . . I'm not being argumentative just for the sake of it. I'm not into fat shaming or demonizing food. I like to think I'm working toward a healthy relationship with food as I get lighter and get my diabetes under control. It took coming to these forums for me to realize how normalized an unhealthy psychological relationship with food has become and it's very distressing to me.0 -
Junk food is a universally recognised term. What's wrong with it.
Define it. What makes food "junk?"
Pre-prepared or packaged food that has low nutritional value:
So that's a universal definition? If I prepare meals in advance and put them in the freezer, does that make them junk? What is "low nutritional value?" I'm sorry, is a prepared cake that I buy from a store junk and the one I make from scratch at home healthy? I'm confused.I'vecome to the conclusion that people in society As a whole will always bash what they do not fully understand and healthy eating obviously is something that not a lot of people fully understand. look at the obesity epidemic that we're facing in the US ; less than 60 percent of Americans know how to exercise correctly. And our of the ones that do know what to do, make excises to avoid doing it then wonder y that they have their own gravitational pull!
*sniffs the air*
Ah, I love the smell of sanctimony in the morning.
Rather hypocritical, given your own sanctimonious attitude to PP 's casual use of the term junk food.
We all knew what she meant and yet you had to make a big hullabaloo about it.
Pot, meet kettle.
Really? I don't recall making derogatory comments about people's physical characteristics . . . as in "their own gravitational pull." That must have been someone else. I wonder who it could have been . . .
Well it wasn't me nor was it the poster you got uppity about using the term junk food - which she used in inverted commas, knowing we knew what she meant.
It was someone else - maybe someone being sanctimonious, just like you were to somebody else - therefore hypocritical.
And you are not confused about what PP meant by junk food - stop pretending you are. That is just silly semantics.
And anyway, regardless of which foods are regarded as junk food, her point was simply that it is encouraging to beginners to know that they don't have to cut it out altogether to lose weight. Which exact foods are the junk each individual doesn't have to cut out isn't really the point - and I think you know this, you are just being argumentative for the sake of it.
Thank you for getting my back! You got my point PERFECTLY. That is exactly what I meant. I didn't mean it any derogatory or shaming way. Thank you so much! :flowerforyou:
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OP...it's the same reason you "bash" food you don't consider healthy...
As found below in the ok to eat potato salad thread.Other will probably not agree, but I say no, it isn't healthy. Of course, I'm assuming you make your potato salad with white potatoes and mayonnaise. I think you'd be getting too much saturated fats with the mayonnaise and not enough nutrients (for four times a week) with the white potatoes. I think you would be doing yourself a disservice. Might not be what you would like to hear, but you asked......
To each their own, but I do not agree that the person who is eating or wants to eat potato salad 2x a week is doing a disservice to themselves. If they can make it fit into their calorie intake there's nothing wrong with it.
My sister tried to lecture me yesterday because I had 2 cupcakes in 1 day last week. "All that sugar and processed food"...I made those cupcakes fit into my daily goal, I lift heavy, I walk 5 miles a day, and I lost weight during the days I did that...which I did that 2 days in a row. Do I do that weekly? No. But there's nothing wrong if it fits into their daily goal.0 -
have not read whole thread yet ..
here is my response OP ..
no one is "bashing" healthy eating..but here are the clifff notes of what some of us are saying..
you do not need to restrict whole foods groups. Eat the foods you like, maintain a deficit, and you will lose weight.
there really are no "bad" foods. Eat what you like, fit it into your day, and you will be fine.
eating 'clean' is not a superior method for fat loss
there is nothing wrong with having the ocassional ice cream, cookie, pizza, cheeseburger, etc
sugar and carbs are not evil, bad, the devil, insert other adjective here…
if you review my diary I eat healthy and not clean…
Oooohhh, No. The food definitions PoPo gonna getcha. Can't say "healthy" either as that would imply other foods are "unhealthy". Foods must be called by their individual names and nutritional values with no descriptive adjectives attached to them whatsoever. Might make some people go into psychological melt down mode. You've been warned!!0 -
Well it wasn't me nor was it the poster you got uppity about using the term junk food - which she used in inverted commas, knowing we knew what she meant.
It was someone else - maybe someone being sanctimonious, just like you were to somebody else - therefore hypocritical.
And you are not confused about what PP meant by junk food - stop pretending you are. That is just silly semantics.
And anyway, regardless of which foods are regarded as junk food, her point was simply that it is encouraging to beginners to know that they don't have to cut it out altogether to lose weight. Which exact foods are the junk each individual doesn't have to cut out isn't really the point - and I think you know this, you are just being argumentative for the sake of it.
You know, I could get really perturbed by your continued use of the word "uppity." There's kind of an ugly association with that word, don't you think?
And no . . . I'm not being argumentative just for the sake of it. I'm not into fat shaming or demonizing food. I like to think I'm working toward a healthy relationship with food as I get lighter and get my diabetes under control. It took coming to these forums for me to realize how normalized an unhealthy psychological relationship with food has become and it's very distressing to me.
My continued use of the word uppity?
I used it once.0 -
I think it is a way of justifying not eating healthy. It becomes 'Hey, you can lose weight eating Twinkies' so there is no need to make any changes in your diet other than eat less of it. While that is true, there is a feeling of empowerment for them to put others down who say 'The quality of the calorie counts.'. OTOH, it might be just they are hangry and lashing out.0
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My continued use of the word uppity?
I used it once.
Ah yes, you're right. I was losing track of the ad hominem attacks. My bad.
(However, "uppity" is a really poor word choice, especially here in the Deep South.)
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Didn't the Twinkie diet guy lose weight and improve his blood work, same with the science teacher who only ate McD's improve his blood work...........sounds like oh I don't know they got healthier.I think it is a way of justifying not eating healthy. It becomes 'Hey, you can lose weight eating Twinkies' so there is no need to make any changes in your diet other than eat less of it. While that is true, there is a feeling of empowerment for them to put others down who say 'The quality of the calorie counts.'. OTOH, it might be just they are hangry and lashing out.0 -
the problem with "healthy eating" is that it.is VAGUE. and sometimes, it is used by some people to justify their food group/nutritionalrestriction which is NOT healthy at all. anorexics for example use "healthy eating".to justify their carrots and celery.diet
the problem is people.tend to promote the.kind.of.eating that restricts.certain.food groups and hardly would.you.come across.anyone who encourages.to.diversity their food options for maximum nutrition.0 -
Did anybody mention the build up of dreaded plaque in our arteries that certain types of food are more notorious for contributing to compared to other types?
This alone may be a good enough reason for avoiding certain foods - no matter what the calories are, how you count them, or what you call the food - as you can be in great physical shape, skinny and suffer a nasty heart attack or stroke due to the plaque build up.
Personally, I would rather avoid as much of those foods as possible.
Once upon a time we were told that we should only eat a few eggs a week because they were high in cholesterol and were bad for us. Now they are considered nature's perfect food. Butter was once considered evil because it was a saturated fat. Now margarine is under attack for its transfats and other ingredients. Don't even get me started on soy. Who's to say what food the food scientists/nutritional experts will get wrong next week?
Cigarettes were once promoted as healthy also "snickers"
I eat 5 times the daily recommended allowancebof cholesterol and my numbers are better than ever. I attribute that to eating lean choicesnof meat, healthy carbs choices and exercising every day. But, cholesterol can be a genetic issue. I don't have that in my family. My gf does, so her cholesterol is always high no matter what.
Those waiting for scientific proof of anything are going to be waiting forever. i used to think eating 5 or 6 times a dsy mattered. I found no difference in doing that versus 3 meals a day. What i like to do now is eat 20% cslories in breakfast, 20 at lunch, 60 at dinner. Still losing just fine0 -
This. The obesity problem has nothing to do with processed foods. We've been eating processed foods in the US in large quantities since around WWII. The biggest cause of the obesity problem is the fact that everyone works in an office now. People aren't active anymore. As human beings, we've been engineering and designing foods to be palatable for thousands of years, modern day food companies aren't doing anything different.No one is bashing healthy eating. What's mainly being said is moderation, stay away from extremes. Processed foods are not what made us obese, over consumption is. But it's when people are going to the extreme and saying don't eat anything that has more than 5 ingredients or comes in a box.... that sets people up for failure.
I love to cook and bake, but there's also times I want McDonalds or something else, I just make it fit into my day. I try to follow an 80/20 rule... 80% good choices the other 20% I don't worry about, it's what has made this sustainable and much more enjoyable.
Plus everyone's at different levels and has different goals, when I started the only thing that mattered to me was losing the weight, so all I cared about was the amount of calories I was consuming, now that I've changed my goals to more fitness related I've changed what I track to reach those goals.
And now I need more coffee because there's way too much blood in my caffeine stream to think clearly
I don't believe the biggest cause of obesity is the fact that everyone works in an office now. Obesity is a widespread problem affecting all walks of life, not just those working in an office. There are many, many examples of lean, fit office workers. Obesity is in part due to the fact that never before in history have we been surrounded by this abundance of food so availability contributes to obesity but it is not the sole cause. The bottom line is, a person does not get to the obese state without over eating. Lack of activity just helps them get there faster.0 -
This. The obesity problem has nothing to do with processed foods. We've been eating processed foods in the US in large quantities since around WWII. The biggest cause of the obesity problem is the fact that everyone works in an office now. People aren't active anymore. As human beings, we've been engineering and designing foods to be palatable for thousands of years, modern day food companies aren't doing anything different.
I don't agree with that at all. Processed foods have a real way of assisting our "getting fat" process. It takes way more effort for our bodies to process and use foods that are processed and full of chemicals to "preserve" it to get it in stores and get it to us without rotting, molding, spoiling, etc. And fast food is horrific for us, but unfortunately we've become dependent as a nation on taking the easier faster route to get food than going out and picking the proper foods for our bodies and actually going home and cooking them. Myself included, I'm not bashing others without including myself. Oh, we're in a hurry cuz we have to get to a movie or need to run our kids to an event, etc., just stop at McDonalds, Burger king, wendy's, arbys, subway, dominos, pizza hut, taco bell, sonic, little ceasar's, or tasty freeze... those are just the fast food places in the city I live in btw, there are many more out there. We're making it hard on our body to process preservative chemicals and additives that food manufacturers know are not good for us, and eventually, it causes your cells to "malfunction" and work less and less efficient until it too late. Then you get things like diabetes and other nutritionally induced medical issues from your body "giving up". I'd love to say this is just my opinion, and it is an opinion of mine, but you can consult many many doctors who specialize in these diseases and medical issues that will tell you that diets of these types of foods directly affect your body's ability to function properly.
Anyway, I don't eat "clean" as I'd like, but I am working my way to it, each day and week I get better and better at it, and I wish more people would.
Side note and food for thought: the federal government recently approved ketchup as an acceptable vegetable for our school children's lunches. Processed tomatoes, sugars and preservatives all squirt into a bottle is not a "vegetable"... what is the world coming to, geez.0 -
My continued use of the word uppity?
I used it once.
Ah yes, you're right. I was losing track of the ad hominem attacks. My bad.
(However, "uppity" is a really poor word choice, especially here in the Deep South.)
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I am not in the Deep South nor in USA at all.
Here in Australia, uppity just means on your high horse, nit picky, self righteous, condescending,that sort of thing.
Which I thought you were being to PP.
I am not sure what else the word means but that is what I meant.0 -
This. The obesity problem has nothing to do with processed foods. We've been eating processed foods in the US in large quantities since around WWII. The biggest cause of the obesity problem is the fact that everyone works in an office now. People aren't active anymore. As human beings, we've been engineering and designing foods to be palatable for thousands of years, modern day food companies aren't doing anything different.
I don't agree with that at all. Processed foods have a real way of assisting our "getting fat" process. It takes way more effort for our bodies to process and use foods that are processed and full of chemicals to "preserve" it to get it in stores and get it to us without rotting, molding, spoiling, etc. And fast food is horrific for us, but unfortunately we've become dependent as a nation on taking the easier faster route to get food than going out and picking the proper foods for our bodies and actually going home and cooking them. Myself included, I'm not bashing others without including myself. Oh, we're in a hurry cuz we have to get to a movie or need to run our kids to an event, etc., just stop at McDonalds, Burger king, wendy's, arbys, subway, dominos, pizza hut, taco bell, sonic, little ceasar's, or tasty freeze... those are just the fast food places in the city I live in btw, there are many more out there. We're making it hard on our body to process preservative chemicals and additives that food manufacturers know are not good for us, and eventually, it causes your cells to "malfunction" and work less and less efficient until it too late. Then you get things like diabetes and other nutritionally induced medical issues from your body "giving up". I'd love to say this is just my opinion, and it is an opinion of mine, but you can consult many many doctors who specialize in these diseases and medical issues that will tell you that diets of these types of foods directly affect your body's ability to function properly.
Anyway, I don't eat "clean" as I'd like, but I am working my way to it, each day and week I get better and better at it, and I wish more people would.
Side note and food for thought: the federal government recently approved ketchup as an acceptable vegetable for our school children's lunches. Processed tomatoes, sugars and preservatives all squirt into a bottle is not a "vegetable"... what is the world coming to, geez.
No. Just no.0 -
This. The obesity problem has nothing to do with processed foods. We've been eating processed foods in the US in large quantities since around WWII. The biggest cause of the obesity problem is the fact that everyone works in an office now. People aren't active anymore. As human beings, we've been engineering and designing foods to be palatable for thousands of years, modern day food companies aren't doing anything different.
I don't agree with that at all. Processed foods have a real way of assisting our "getting fat" process. It takes way more effort for our bodies to process and use foods that are processed and full of chemicals to "preserve" it to get it in stores and get it to us without rotting, molding, spoiling, etc. And fast food is horrific for us, but unfortunately we've become dependent as a nation on taking the easier faster route to get food than going out and picking the proper foods for our bodies and actually going home and cooking them. Myself included, I'm not bashing others without including myself. Oh, we're in a hurry cuz we have to get to a movie or need to run our kids to an event, etc., just stop at McDonalds, Burger king, wendy's, arbys, subway, dominos, pizza hut, taco bell, sonic, little ceasar's, or tasty freeze... those are just the fast food places in the city I live in btw, there are many more out there. We're making it hard on our body to process preservative chemicals and additives that food manufacturers know are not good for us, and eventually, it causes your cells to "malfunction" and work less and less efficient until it too late. Then you get things like diabetes and other nutritionally induced medical issues from your body "giving up". I'd love to say this is just my opinion, and it is an opinion of mine, but you can consult many many doctors who specialize in these diseases and medical issues that will tell you that diets of these types of foods directly affect your body's ability to function properly.
Anyway, I don't eat "clean" as I'd like, but I am working my way to it, each day and week I get better and better at it, and I wish more people would.
Side note and food for thought: the federal government recently approved ketchup as an acceptable vegetable for our school children's lunches. Processed tomatoes, sugars and preservatives all squirt into a bottle is not a "vegetable"... what is the world coming to, geez.
Again, confusing the effects of "these kinds of foods" with "way too damn much of it".0 -
My continued use of the word uppity?
I used it once.
Ah yes, you're right. I was losing track of the ad hominem attacks. My bad.
(However, "uppity" is a really poor word choice, especially here in the Deep South.)
Edited to fix code.
I am not in the Deep South nor in USA at all.
Here in Australia, uppity just means on your high horse, nit picky, self righteous, condescending,that sort of thing.
Which I thought you were being to PP.
I am not sure what else the word means but that is what I meant.
There's a strong connection between the word "uppity" and racism here in the U.S., especially here in the Deep South. Maybe it would be better if you just made your arguments instead of making judgments and calling names. Then you could get your point across more effectively.0 -
None of those health problems are new. They've all been around for thousands of years. As we live longer, and our population skyrockets, obviously we see them in more people. It's got nothing to do with the food, and everything to do with our extremely sedentary lifestyle.I agree with this.
People are free to eat what they want, but some seem to not realize that obesity/weight gain is ONE side effect from unhealthy eating, but far from all.
If you don't care about your general health but merely want to look better, then sure, it's fine to eat junk in limited amounts and lose.
The reality is that the US as a nation is overfed and undernourished. The ready made bread contains so much gluten it is ruining people's digestive systems. When they tested the spices that come with noodles on rats, they found it kills brain cells. If people knew what they were actually eating, I'm sure a lot more would stop. Don't get me started on sugar.
Cancers, asthma, eczema, digestive problems, skin problems, fertility issues plus much more - this is diet related stuff.
As Jamie Oliver says in his TED talk - Americans have blessed their children with a shorter life span than themselves. I don't care if some want to kill themselves by eating crap, but when giving it to their children, it pisses me off.
(And yes I know this goes for other countries too, but the US is the far worst).
On a side note, the US is not the fattest country in the world. Mexico is as of 2013.0 -
lol, made.my day
iy.is easy to blame.companies.to producing food than taking personal responsibility for.overeating.these.food. I love mangoes and if I get fat by eating mangoes, it must be the fault of.mother nature or.the mango tree.for the.ridiculously addictive.taste of mango
while I have.not been overweight yet, I did gain a fee.lbs.when I moved.to the us five yrs ago because I was so.elated.that calorir.dense food like cakes, cookies and.chocolates were ridiculously affordable...so I kinda overate...
damn, its all the fault.of these.food makers and the food.themselves -- NOT
when the clothes started.to feel snug and some.even wont get past my thighs, I knee I.need.to.do.something!
first, admit.that it is.your fault that you overate. second, educste.yourself.of the.proper way to lose.weight
so far, I now fit.again on most of my.clothes. and I still eat cookies, cakes, ice creams. I have just been more active and mindful compared to five years.ago0 -
So much un scientific nonsense in one post who would have thought it possible. I'd love to know what is meant by 'causing your cells to malfunction'. What cells, How do they malfunction and what specific additives are making them malfunction?
I don't agree with that at all. Processed foods have a real way of assisting our "getting fat" process. It takes way more effort for our bodies to process and use foods that are processed and full of chemicals to "preserve" it to get it in stores and get it to us without rotting, molding, spoiling, etc. And fast food is horrific for us, but unfortunately we've become dependent as a nation on taking the easier faster route to get food than going out and picking the proper foods for our bodies and actually going home and cooking them. Myself included, I'm not bashing others without including myself. Oh, we're in a hurry cuz we have to get to a movie or need to run our kids to an event, etc., just stop at McDonalds, Burger king, wendy's, arbys, subway, dominos, pizza hut, taco bell, sonic, little ceasar's, or tasty freeze... those are just the fast food places in the city I live in btw, there are many more out there. We're making it hard on our body to process preservative chemicals and additives that food manufacturers know are not good for us, and eventually, it causes your cells to "malfunction" and work less and less efficient until it too late. Then you get things like diabetes and other nutritionally induced medical issues from your body "giving up". I'd love to say this is just my opinion, and it is an opinion of mine, but you can consult many many doctors who specialize in these diseases and medical issues that will tell you that diets of these types of foods directly affect your body's ability to function properly.0 -
The health industry is a minefield of varying opinions. Some people thing being vegan is the only way to be healthy, some people think you'll die without meat, some people think calories in vs calories out is all that matters, other people think WHAT you eat is the most important thing. And there is research backing all these different claims!
I think what's important is to find what works best for you and stick with it. If something isn't working, maybe look at different view points and try something new.
To give you a example, 1 doctor told me I should use adipex and he explained the benefits of doing so, and then another doctor completely slammed the idea of adipex and told me how unhealthy it was. 2 doctors - 2 opinions. Right now I'm going without adipex but if I find that doesn't work for me, maybe I'll revisit doctor number 1. I listened to both opinions and now I'm going to find out what's best for me. 0
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