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Kale! The God of Superfoods!
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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.1 -
Kale is nutritious, but there's more iron, potassium, zinc, magnesium in spinach & less carbs, fat, calories in spinach.8
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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.0
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Man: Morning!
Waitress: Morning!
Man: Well, what've you got?
Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and kale; egg bacon and kale; egg bacon sausage and kale; kale bacon sausage and kale; kale egg kale kale bacon and kale; kale sausage kale kale bacon kale tomato and kale;
Vikings: Kale kale kale kale...
Waitress: ...kale kale kale egg and kale; kale kale kale kale kale kale baked beans kale kale kale...
Vikings: Kale! Lovely kale! Lovely kale!
Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and kale.
Wife: Have you got anything without kale?
Waitress: Well, there's kale egg sausage and kale, that's not got much kale in it.
Wife: I don't want ANY kale!
Man: Why can't she have egg bacon kale and sausage?
Wife: THAT'S got kale in it!
Man: Hasn't got as much kale in it as kale egg sausage and kale, has it?
Vikings: Kale kale kale kale... (Crescendo through next few lines...)
Wife: Could you do the egg bacon kale and sausage without the kale then?
Waitress: Urgghh!
Wife: What do you mean 'Urgghh'? I don't like kale!
Vikings: Lovely kale! Wonderful kale!
Waitress: Shut up!
Vikings: Lovely kale! Wonderful kale!
Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon kale and sausage without the kale.
Wife: I don't like kale!
Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your kale. I love it. I'm having kale kale kale kale kale kale kale baked beans kale kale kale and kale!
Vikings: kale kale kale kale. Lovely kale! Wonderful kale!
Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.
Man: Well could I have her kale instead of the baked beans then?
Waitress: You mean kale kale kale kale kale kale... (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)
Vikings: (Singing elaborately...) kale kale kale kale. Lovely kale! Wonderful kale! kale k-a-a-a-a-le kale ka-a-a-a-a-le kale. Lovely kale! Lovely kale! Lovely kale! Lovely kale! Lovely kale! kale kale kale kale!
*apologies in advance to Monty Python18 -
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.3 -
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.
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I think anyone who replaced their usual snacks with a green leafy vegetable would lose weight. Nothing super of godlike about that.7
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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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Great. Thanks. No really... Thanks. Because of this thread I dreamed of Kale last night...3
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I like kale. I make kale chips in my dehydrator and eat them when I want a salty crispy thing. They are pretty yummy. I would eat them even if I wasn't trying to lose weight.1
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If I swapped 2 mars bars for kale I would save 500 calories a day, 50lb a year.
Not rocket science, not a superfood (how I hate that term), and pretty horrible unless doused in oil a roasted.1 -
I watched a tv programme a couple of weeks ago where they had some healthy volunteers eating "superfoods" and others eating normal fruit and veg. They then did blood and other scientific tests on both groups and discovered there was no difference at all in their body's production of any vital chemicals or nutrients.
The only big difference was how much the superfood diet had cost, about £40 for a few days compared to around £10 for the ordinary fruit/veg.
They did the same with vitamin supplements and found they had no effect compared to those eating a well balanced diet. In fact, in the group who took the tablets, most of the contents were simply excreted out again a few hours later.
(I understand that there are many people who for various reasons will benefit from vitamin/mineral tablets - but that is a completely different subject).
Superfoods appear to be a very clever con/marketing exercise by the companies and their supporters who want you to buy them, and produce large profits for corporations.2 -
Kale has no magic properties although its very good for us. To lose weight as long as we eat in calorie deficit it doesn't really matter what we eat.0
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It is possible, because all dark greens including kale contain iodine which is essential for thyroid health, the friend of the op increased her thyroid function because her diet became adequate in the minerals required to support this gland which is essential for a good quality of life in so very many ways. Not simply for weight control but more to my way of thinking our well being. In my opinion poor thyroid function is under diagnosed and inappropriately treated, particularly in women.
In general as adults we need only 150 microns of iodine a day. Foods like milk (30 mcg per 100 ml) and eggs (1 medium 24 mcg) have been demonised as fattening because of the "fat" content. Thank goodness it is now being recognised that fats are required to facilitate hormone production. If you are doubtful, please look into this yourself.1 -
Our rabbit loves the stuff. The rest of us, not so much.0
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My favorite cooked greens, in order:
#1 Mustard Greens
#2 Collard Greens
#3 Kale Greens
Kale salad is pretty darn yummy, and keeps well, so it's good for bringing as a work lunch. I do like greens in general though. Except for turnip greens, I don't like those, or bok choy, it's so watery and bleah.
What I do NOT understand at all is people putting kale greens or spinach in smoothies. That just sounds disgusting.1 -
Kale is very good when prepared correctly. I enjoy it quite often but it is sauteed the same as if I were cooking spinach or mustard greens. A dab of olive oil, chopped onion and garlic as a splash of vinegar.0
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