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thanks for this ill have a look!lol. Yes.....the dangers of clean eating and paleo diet, vegan....organic. Yet artificial everything is fine because "the FDA says it's safe"....trusting souls indeed! The logic is completely flawed. Spock would be astounded (haha)!
I do think that the tide is turning in some of the markets for alternatives to the middle isle junk. For example, did you know that Kroger is increasing it's line "Simple Truth" because consumer demand for natural, organic foods has increased--and the company is listening! Kraft took out some of the artificial colors from their products....many, many success stories for 2013!
I just read this great article about how young farmers are turning toward non-gmo farming....the market is growing, thus the demand. If anyone is interested:
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It's open season on clean eating on the boards today. Yesterday they announced the new mods and one of them promptly mocked clean eating in one of his posts. I commented on it on the now locked thread about the new mods and it was removed... but it doesn't bode well (and is odd given his user name is about minimalist shoes).
Oh well. I should spend less time here anyway.:drinker:
Wait what? These forums are moderated?!? I never would have guessed considering the amount of rude and sarcastic responses that I see to peoples questions especially if you date to bring up the subject of clean eating or how bad sugar or artificial sweeteners are. It's almost like if you have a diet or lifestyle that is even a teeny bit outside the "I can eat all the junk I want and still lose weight" mantra you are shot down in flames. I don't care if someone chooses to eat what they do or doesn't believe in what they read about certain things, but it is plain bad manners to insult people and their beliefs just because they don't share them. That is what annoys me about the main boards. The entertainment value is pretty high though :explode:
I honestly think it is because they know they don't have the willpower to cut out the junk food they purport to love so much and have to justify their high sugar - low nutrition diets to themselves. Each to their own but I just put the naysayers on ignore and chuckle to myself that it will be them who will need medications to stay alive in the future when they have diabetes, heart disease, liver cancer, macular degeneration and all the other lifestyle diseases a bad diet contributes to, and not me.
I'm glad there are groups such as these where common sense and sanity prevails though.0 -
It is odd though don't you think that it is more expensive to buy good wholesome food than it is to buy mass produced junk?
It is really screwed up that a box of biscuits (cookies) is cheaper than a kilo of carrots.
Absolutely, I think it's ludicrous. That's definitely one of the issues in the US with our obesity problem.
Here in NZ a 2 litre bottle of water is more expensive than a 2 litre bottle of coke.....0 -
There's a wonderful book published in the UK by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall called Hugh Fearlessly Eats It All. Written by a cook, it's a marvellously informative book about the food industry. Very funny and informative. The chapter where he tries to recreate a Big Mac in his kitchen is a classic. Read it if you can!0
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I've been eating clean for almost 6 months and have lost almost 50lbs (I know my profile says 44...had an increase before coming back down). Honestly I have found the change to be quite easy. I don't feel deprived and actually find a lot of what I used to eat to be unappealing now.
I am working with the Employee Health and Wellness Nurse at the hospital where I work. Both she and my physician are big supporters of "Clean Eating". The way she explained it is that the closer a food is to its natural state the easier it is for your body to break it down and use it. She also said that it would be very difficult for most people to eat 100% clean. Her advice is to aim for 80% clean.
I think I will listen to my Nurse and Physician instead of people on the Message Boards who most likely are getting their information on the internet...because if it's on the internet it must be true, right?
Anyways...I say the proof is in the results...
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If you stumble upon an abusive response flag it. If the thread runs amuck report it to admin. They will freeze and eventually delete it. Internet people often take the opportunity to degrade others with differing opinions.
One MFP user put it really well. The main boards are just plain weird. I'm shocked to hear a moderator made such comments.0 -
just joined this group today. Those people are called trolls and have nothing better to do with their time then to try to upset/argue with people. Many of the boards on MFP are just horrible anyway. I avoid them like the plague. So superficial and in many cases just plain dirty. They say any attention is better than no attention. Tough crowd out there indeed!0
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I got blasted too! You're not alone. I looked into clean eating and thought it sounded healthy and a great fit for me. Not sure why people have such a problem with it.0
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Has anyone watched a youtube video series by Barbra O'Neill on healthy nutrition? It has a lot of information about how our bodies react on a biological level to the foods we eat. She has a website and products and even a week long cleanse retreat but none of them are promoted directly on the video. Just good information. I believe she's from Australia or New Zealand.0
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