What do you guys think of this article?

llaurenmarie
llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
in Food and Nutrition
http://www.minq.com/food/1601/10-food-pairings-that-could-be-making-you-sick?os=true

Some of it makes sense with feelings I get after eating a few, but I don't think all their 'facts' are on point.

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  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    except for the beer and liquor one it sounds like pseudoscience
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    I also hate this 'list' article trend.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    I also hate this 'list' article trend.
    me too. and if im gonna read something i dont want to have to click an arrow to see the next item, thats just annoying
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Load of BS.

    They don't even cite any sources for what they believe are bad pairings.

    And I'm sorry but I eat at least 6 of those pairings and it's never had adverse effects on me. Except maybe the beans, which cause gas, with or without cheese. So again, that's a load of BS. I'll be damned if I give up my steak & potatoes.
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    What do you guys think of this article?

    Didn't read it.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    This is the BIGGEST load of Bro-Science I've seen in a long time.
  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
    Total crap unless maybe you have GI issues, I do but I don't have trouble with any of those combinations.

    I'm having steak and a baked potato for dinner tonight, yum...
  • Illini_Jim
    Illini_Jim Posts: 419 Member
    It’s absurd. The fruit one I copied below has typos and poor grammar and offers absolutely no good reasoning as to why fruit salad would be bad.

    “You may combine melons with melons but when you combine melons with other types of fruit, you may feel sick. Even though this mixture seams like it would be healthy, it makes a lot of people feel sick because the mixture has their own digestive problems together.”
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    http://www.minq.com/food/1601/10-food-pairings-that-could-be-making-you-sick?os=true

    Some of it makes sense with feelings I get after eating a few, but I don't think all their 'facts' are on point.

    Sorry, I couldn't get past the 'you should never mix two animal proteins at a time'. :laugh:
  • LambrettaVVespa
    LambrettaVVespa Posts: 26 Member
    HAHA.

    The Beans and Cheese one made me laugh. Beans and anything can give you gas. Beans by themselves can give you gas. Cheese has barely anything at all to do with that.

    Definitely wouldn't count it as a credible source of information.
  • cwoyto123
    cwoyto123 Posts: 308
    Complete hogwash.

    Yes, I said hogwash.
  • DanielCathers
    DanielCathers Posts: 53 Member
    except for the beer and liquor one it sounds like pseudoscience

    I forget what the conclusion was, but Mythbusters had an episode on this saying.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    It looked like a slide show?

    Anyways everytime the reason was "oh, it will make your stomach have a hard time digesting your food".

    Also in me experience melons and "non-melons" go really Really REALLY well together. Just sayin'.:wink:
  • ddixon503
    ddixon503 Posts: 119 Member
    I was going to read the article but decided my time was better spent in the gym.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    except for the beer and liquor one it sounds like pseudoscience

    I forget what the conclusion was, but Mythbusters had an episode on this saying.
    all i know is whenever i mix the two i dont have to bother counting calories because i can count on my stomach being emptied at some point in the night
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    It's a pant load.

    In fact, that entire site is a pant load. The exercises before a race? Bad ideas. European healthier than Americans. Pfff. (I'm in Europe)

    List upon list of bad info.
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    I was going to read the article but decided my time was better spent in the gym.
    win
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    except for the beer and liquor one it sounds like pseudoscience

    I forget what the conclusion was, but Mythbusters had an episode on this saying.
    all i know is whenever i mix the two i dont have to bother counting calories because i can count on my stomach being emptied at some point in the night
    very accurate
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    Whenever it's an "article" my expectation is that is unscientifically supported. Not always, but it seems that 90% of the time it's just opinionated.

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  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    If I saw eggs and bacon I would've flipped my ish
  • richardheath
    richardheath Posts: 1,276 Member
    Absolute load of crap!

    Mixing two animal proteins makes it harder to digest them? What if you just eat more of one of those proteins? You know what - you'll still digest them.

    Can't digest starch and protein at the same time? Does this moron actually science?

    Argh. Stopped after that. Too much derp for me.


    ETA - so I went back and finished it. It makes me sad that people with this little knowledge of human biochemistry/physiology are allowed access to a computer, it really does.
  • LexiMelo
    LexiMelo Posts: 203 Member
    How about milk and meat? The fat in milk doesn't digest well with protein from meat. How about the fact that milk has protein? What a load of bull.

    I just ate the meat and potatoes WITH cheese and I feel awesome. :smile:
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    i hate OJ with cereal but hasn't it always been known to chug milk and juice after eachother to be able to play hookie from school?
  • ClinicalTrial
    ClinicalTrial Posts: 55 Member
    It's a fact that there are going to be ill-conceived food pairings as long as we know the depth of complexity to physiology and I'd love a modulated approach to that end, but this article hasn't sponged up enough information and thereby merit.
  • redversustheblue
    redversustheblue Posts: 1,216 Member
    Horrible article, couldn't even finish it it was so terrible.

    And as a New Mexican, I take serious offence to that horrible picture they used to show "beans and cheese." What even was that? Cause that wasn't right.

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