The 1 Ingredient Diet
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I like how you cut off my response. That's cute. If you or anyone else can't understand the idea behind the original post, then you are truly sad. Carry on.
She quoted coach reddy, not you. Keep up if you're going to be slinging insults and making accusations.
Actually, I didn't sling any insults. LOL.. cute how people get offended when their egos get hurt. Carry one. I don't care about getting the last word, so I will likely not respond again.
"You are truly sad".0 -
But my hagen dazs Schokolade Chip Cookie dough eis has a bunch of ingredients.... So have fun with your diet ^_^0
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most 1 ingredients foods are treated with pesticides or food grade waxes to stay fresh in the store and for the end user...
which is the problem with food production in this country. it's not an indictment of the foods themselves.
non-organic < organic < local
buy local if you can to avoid pesticides, and wash your produce.
see, where we differ, is that as a toxicologist and realist, I don't see the foods having the wax or being treated with pesticides as a problem. I see them as the solution to a bigger and more realistic problem.
and I'm an idealist, so you're right - we do differ.
and I'm more concerned about the health and longevity of the individual vs the problem of simply keeping a large number of people alive - though I do recognize that it's a problem. I just wish we could be more creative in our solutions.0 -
Have we forgotten that 100 years ago (and still in parts of the world today) EVERYBODY ate a 1-ingredient diet.
There was no fast food, there was very few boxed mixes and pre-packaged foods available at the grocery store.
People bought single ingredients and combined them together to make real food -- in my childhood we called it "from scratch".
I saw a FB post the other day showing people how to combine all these ingredients from their cabinets into zip lock bags and "make their own boxed brownie mix"
lol, I never saw my mother or grandmother cook brownies from a box.
I do my best to cook from scratch most nights of the week. Where I get into trouble is adding soups or sauces to things. I don't have the time/energy to make scratch cream of mushroom soup just to add 1/2 cup to a casserole.
I have taught my daughter how to make pancakes and biscuits without pre-packaged mixes. She makes awesome brownies with coffee in them that she learned watching the foot network.
I create homemade "hamburger helper" on a regular basis with real cheese and milk. Learning to make a corn starch white sauce changed my life!
When comparing two options at the grocery store, I look for two things:
1) which one identifies as made in USA, Canada, or Mexico? If it's local, even the better!
2) which one is closer to a "whole" food -- fewer alphabet ingredients
On the other hand, I was sitting in a restaurant the other day and watched a fellow implement the extreme "1 ingredient" diet technique that the trolls would like ---
He ordered a bacon double cheeseburger, when it came to the table, he separated all the parts onto his plate, cut them up individually with a knife, and then ate with a fork in order, all of the burger, all of the cheese, all of the bacon, all of the tomato, all of the lettuce, two pickles, and then the bun. Of course none of the parts touched each other on his plate. The waitress brought him a big platter for a single burger, so apparently he does this in there all the time. I wanted to send him a hot fudge sundae with nuts and a cherry just to see what would happen (I think he would have exploded).
But....It's not 100 years ago.
If we take that logic and we live in the past then log off your computer, toss it out, toss out any other modern luxury you're using as well.
Fast food, boxed dinners, canned soup...all of these things were made for convenience.
Also, in the story of the guy in the diner..if he where following the 1 Ingredient Diet, he would have ordered the cheeseburger without the bread, because he couldn't eat bread.
physiologically our bodies don't know the difference between now and 100 years ago.0 -
How many ingredients are in crap?
Exactly. And there are even more ingredients in bull****
which is why it's so popular with the IIFYM crowd
Meow!0 -
most 1 ingredients foods are treated with pesticides or food grade waxes to stay fresh in the store and for the end user...
which is the problem with food production in this country. it's not an indictment of the foods themselves.
non-organic < organic < local
buy local if you can to avoid pesticides, and wash your produce.
Why do you assume local produce doesn't use pesticides?0 -
most 1 ingredients foods are treated with pesticides or food grade waxes to stay fresh in the store and for the end user...
which is the problem with food production in this country. it's not an indictment of the foods themselves.
non-organic < organic < local
buy local if you can to avoid pesticides, and wash your produce.
see, where we differ, is that as a toxicologist and realist, I don't see the foods having the wax or being treated with pesticides as a problem. I see them as the solution to a bigger and more realistic problem.
and I'm an idealist, so you're right - we do differ.
and I'm more concerned about the health and longevity of the individual vs the problem of simply keeping a large number of people alive - though I do recognize that it's a problem. I just wish we could be more creative in our solutions.
until we do, wasting food (which helps no one), eating food that is spoiled (again, MUCH more problem in the diet of much of the world than the utopia we live in), and having unsightly food that is likely to fall to 1 or 2 is a MUCH bigger problem than small doses of chemicals your body can take care of and then get all the goodness of that whole food.0 -
which is the problem with food production in this country. it's not an indictment of the foods themselves.
non-organic < organic < local
buy local if you can to avoid pesticides, and wash your produce.
I agree with the statement - if you can, buy local, organic food. That's totally reasonable.
I cannot condemn modern farming practices which include pesticides, herbicide-resistant hereditary selection, et cetera, because the abundance of affordable food is what makes the convenience and luxury of local organic produce feasible. If non-organic growing practices were illegal, for instance, we would not be able to afford produce, because the supply would so dramatically decrease that only the wealthy could obtain fruits and vegetables. The rest of us would be stuck with pop tarts. And I hate pop tarts.0 -
How many ingredients are in crap?
Exactly. And there are even more ingredients in bull****
which is why it's so popular with the IIFYM crowd
Meow!
I thought that was pretty good!
i couldn't help myself. though really I was referring to the jonnythan's of the world. not actual IIFYM-ers. :flowerforyou:0 -
living like that would be impossible!!!! we all deserve a treat from time to time. also, I don't believe it's true - how many ingredients in whole grain bread? More than one!!! salt, flour to begin with! and it's healthy0
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I would not want to do it. Sour cream, tortilla's, and Big Mac's would be on the no-no list.
Life just isn't worth living for me otherwise.0 -
...and I'd just like to point out that buying local doesn't mean you're avoiding pesticides and other chemicals. just means that your produce didn't ride on a truck as long as mine may have.most 1 ingredients foods are treated with pesticides or food grade waxes to stay fresh in the store and for the end user...
which is the problem with food production in this country. it's not an indictment of the foods themselves.
non-organic < organic < local
buy local if you can to avoid pesticides, and wash your produce.
see, where we differ, is that as a toxicologist and realist, I don't see the foods having the wax or being treated with pesticides as a problem. I see them as the solution to a bigger and more realistic problem.
and I'm an idealist, so you're right - we do differ.
and I'm more concerned about the health and longevity of the individual vs the problem of simply keeping a large number of people alive - though I do recognize that it's a problem. I just wish we could be more creative in our solutions.0 -
which is the problem with food production in this country. it's not an indictment of the foods themselves.
non-organic < organic < local
buy local if you can to avoid pesticides, and wash your produce.
I agree with the statement - if you can, buy local, organic food. That's totally reasonable.
I cannot condemn modern farming practices which include pesticides, herbicide-resistant hereditary selection, et cetera, because the abundance of affordable food is what makes the convenience and luxury of local organic produce feasible. If non-organic growing practices were illegal, for instance, we would not be able to afford produce, because the supply would so dramatically decrease that only the wealthy could obtain fruits and vegetables. The rest of us would be stuck with pop tarts. And I hate pop tarts.
hahaha :drinker:
but no - i do recognize the problem. i just think there may be a better solution - but no one's going to consider alternatives when Monsanto is making so much $$0 -
also, just WTF is grown locally in manhattan? if something is, I'd actually like to know and applaud them for doing so.0
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hahaha :drinker:
but no - i do recognize the problem. i just think there may be a better solution - but no one's going to consider alternatives when Monsanto is making so much $$
I'm not sure what a feasible solution might be. But again, I endorse your message of trying to limit unnecessary chemicals in your diet. Even if science has proven them safe, if you want an apple and can get an apple, go for an apple rather than an apple+wax+pesticide (washed or otherwise.)0 -
living like that would be impossible!!!! we all deserve a treat from time to time. also, I don't believe it's true - how many ingredients in whole grain bread? More than one!!! salt, flour to begin with! and it's healthy
that's arguable.....0 -
also, just WTF is grown locally in manhattan? if something is, I'd actually like to know and applaud them for doing so.
Manhattan is quite small. There are a lot of farms in the tri-state area that sell their produce in the city at farmers markets.0 -
aaaaaand in come the trolls to ruin a perfectly good thread.
per usual.
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You forgot the cyanide in the seeds. ( lots of ppl eat the seeds)Partial list of ingredients of an apple
Alpha-Linolenic-Acid, Asparagine, D-Categin, Isoqurctrin, Hyperoside, Ferulic-Acid, Farnesene, Neoxathin, Phosphatidyl-Choline, Reynoutrin, Sinapic-Acid, Caffeic-Acid, Chlorogenic-Acid, P-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Avicularin, Lutein, Quercitin, Rutin, Ursolic-Acid, Protocatechuic-Acid, and Silver0 -
Whether its local or organic has absolutely no bearing on the amount of pesticides that are used to treat it...0
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I prefer the 4-ingredient diet: Water, barley, yeast, hops.
Now there's a diet I can get behind :bigsmile:0 -
Wouldn't work for me. Cheese has more than one ingredients
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Wouldn't work for me. Cheese has more than one ingredients
Very valid point. I'm out.0 -
Partial list of ingredients of an apple
Alpha-Linolenic-Acid, Asparagine, D-Categin, Isoqurctrin, Hyperoside, Ferulic-Acid, Farnesene, Neoxathin, Phosphatidyl-Choline, Reynoutrin, Sinapic-Acid, Caffeic-Acid, Chlorogenic-Acid, P-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Avicularin, Lutein, Quercitin, Rutin, Ursolic-Acid, Protocatechuic-Acid, and Silver
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Partial list of ingredients of an apple
Alpha-Linolenic-Acid, Asparagine, D-Categin, Isoqurctrin, Hyperoside, Ferulic-Acid, Farnesene, Neoxathin, Phosphatidyl-Choline, Reynoutrin, Sinapic-Acid, Caffeic-Acid, Chlorogenic-Acid, P-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Avicularin, Lutein, Quercitin, Rutin, Ursolic-Acid, Protocatechuic-Acid, and Silver
Pfft...I only eat free atoms. I refuse to get my calories from processed foods.0 -
Seems like a miserable and pointless diet.0
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What is wrong with eating real food?0
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Seems like a miserable and pointless diet.
lol eating whole foods is miserable and pointless??0 -
Partial list of ingredients of an apple
Alpha-Linolenic-Acid, Asparagine, D-Categin, Isoqurctrin, Hyperoside, Ferulic-Acid, Farnesene, Neoxathin, Phosphatidyl-Choline, Reynoutrin, Sinapic-Acid, Caffeic-Acid, Chlorogenic-Acid, P-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Avicularin, Lutein, Quercitin, Rutin, Ursolic-Acid, Protocatechuic-Acid, and Silver
BWAHAHA!!! I have to agree in general with the one ingredient idea though, I think it just feels good!0 -
You forgot the cyanide in the seeds. ( lots of ppl eat the seeds)Partial list of ingredients of an apple
Alpha-Linolenic-Acid, Asparagine, D-Categin, Isoqurctrin, Hyperoside, Ferulic-Acid, Farnesene, Neoxathin, Phosphatidyl-Choline, Reynoutrin, Sinapic-Acid, Caffeic-Acid, Chlorogenic-Acid, P-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Avicularin, Lutein, Quercitin, Rutin, Ursolic-Acid, Protocatechuic-Acid, and Silver
especially if you juice it.0
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