Kale! The God of Superfoods!

ShannonJoyce97
ShannonJoyce97 Posts: 23 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
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? o:)
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  • ShannonJoyce97
    ShannonJoyce97 Posts: 23 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    Blaugh! No thanksX would rather eat food I enjoy.

    Haha. I would of said that too but, i used to hate green tea and now i prefer it over any other drink
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    I hate kale. I don't care how good it is for you. IMO it tastes gross.
  • ShannonJoyce97
    ShannonJoyce97 Posts: 23 Member
    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.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    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.
  • RosieRose7673
    RosieRose7673 Posts: 438 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Kale has no magic properties

    it's just a trendy green (IMO it tasted like dirt :persevere: )

    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!
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    edited June 2016
    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.

    (Edit for grammar... :neutral: )
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Why don't collards get any love? Just as good nutritionally and far easier to prepare.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    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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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Not a fan of kale, but it is nutritious.

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I prefer spinach over kale.

    Me too

    And Savoy cabbage
  • suzan06
    suzan06 Posts: 218 Member
    You guys. Kale is delicious. So so good.

    If you cook it right.

    Epicurius kale salad is mind blowing. I have 6 kale plants in my garden and I could eat even more.
  • ShannonJoyce97
    ShannonJoyce97 Posts: 23 Member
    As i said at the start if you substituted the snacks you usually eat and have kale instead it would most likely help you lose weight (like any other healthy,low calorie food). This is because you could potentially be cutting out 100's of calories, like my mams friend i assume.
  • Erfw7471
    Erfw7471 Posts: 242 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Why don't collards get any love? Just as good nutritionally and far easier to prepare.

    Mmm-hmmm, right on. Cook them down with some ham & onions, yessir.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    NobodiesGirl wrote: »
    As i said at the start if you substituted the snacks you usually eat and have kale instead it would most likely help you lose weight (like any other healthy,low calorie food). This is because you could potentially be cutting out 100's of calories, like my mams friend i assume.

    That's not what you said. You referred to it as a "God". That's a big claim. Plus, it's yucky.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Weight loss is about calories. You lose weight by having a calorie deficit.
    You can eat kale, bananas, cabbage soup, doughnuts, cheeseburgers or pasta and have a calorie deficit.
    Kale is nutritious but not magic. Most vegetables are pretty low calorie. If you like kale eat it. If you don't then eat something else.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I think anyone who replaced their usual snacks with a green leafy vegetable would lose weight. Nothing super of godlike about that.

    Heretic!

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