Kale! The God of Superfoods!
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ShannonJoyce97
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Has anybody else heard of the kale diet? Basically you just add kale to your diet i.e snack on that instead of other foods. My mams friend added it to her diet last year and lost over 2 stone! Anyway has anybody else had a similar result or experience with this green God? 
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Blaugh! No thanksX would rather eat food I enjoy.16
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There's absolutely nothing magical about kale. If your mom's friend lost weight, it was because she was in a calorie deficit - basically she was eating less than she was burning every day.
Anyone can achieve that without resorting to munching on kale.
Which I happen to think tastes nasty.
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Oh, that's like the air diet! Except instead of replacing your snacks with kale, you swallow air for a snack. My mom's friend lost over 2.5 stone!
Seriously though, replacing snacks with lower calorie snacks or omitting them altogether and losing weight as a result is called eating at a caloric deficit. There is no magic about kale.15 -
I hate kale. I don't care how good it is for you. IMO it tastes gross.3
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The only way I really like kale is to drizzle it with some olive oil and salt then bake it for about 20 minutes. So good that way.
Otherwise, it has no magical weight loss properties. You still have to eat less calories than you burn to lose weight.5 -
There probably is no magic but its definetly very good for you. It contains so many of the nutrients we need and in only a small amount too.0
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So eat kale as a snack instead of potato chips? Yeah, you'll lose some weight. I'd rather just eat a little less of everything.2
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NobodiesGirl wrote: »
Let me guess, you started drinking green tea because you thought it would help you lose weight? (Spoiler alert: it doesn't).7 -
No i started drinking green tea instead of soda. It gave me some energy and i don't get headaches or bloated like i do with carbonatex drinks5
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Kale has no magic properties
it's just a trendy green (IMO it tasted like dirt
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She lost weight cos she replaced calories with dirt6 -
NobodiesGirl wrote: »There probably is no magic but its definetly very good for you. It contains so many of the nutrients we need and in only a small amount too.
Yes, just like other vegetables.10 -
Kale has no magic properties
it's just a trendy green (IMO it tasted like dirt )
She lost weight cos she replaced calories with dirt
Why is it so trendy? I understand it has a lot of nutrients but yuck!
If you watch parks and rec, it reminds me of the people at the farmers market trying to sell chard. They had all the "sexy dancers" and turned the farmers market into a dance club because that's the only way they could sell the nasty chard!3 -
Coconut-Kale soup is yummy as hell. I just wouldn't eat too much of it. That coconut oil you roast the kale in first and the coconut milk you add to cook it it tend to pack quite a few calories.
Other than that... I don't see the point of eating something you don't particularly like for the sake of eating it. Superfoods are nothing more than a clever marketing idea.
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Why don't collards get any love? Just as good nutritionally and far easier to prepare.4
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No such thing as "super foods". While nutrient dense, there are other ways to get the nutrients from kale without having to gag it down.
As for your mams friend, she ate less than she burned. That's how weight loss works.
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Not a fan of kale, but it is nutritious.
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ladyreva78 wrote: »Coconut-Kale soup is yummy as hell. I just wouldn't eat too much of it. That coconut oil you roast the kale in first and the coconut milk you add to cook it it tend to pack quite a few calories.
Other than that... I don't see the point of eating something you don't particularly like for the sake of eating it. Superfoods are nothing more than a clever marketing idea.
Yup!
Coconut oil and kale. Add some chia seeds and you'd have a woo bingo buffet!
I use coconut oil to pop popcorn with. That's it. Tastes yummy! Kale? Not so much.
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I prefer spinach over kale.10
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