What is a particular "health" food that you can't stand?

Anything fermented, except sauerkraut and miso. No lacto-fermented beets, no kombucha, no tempeh. I do like all the weird vegetables when not fermented. Avocadoes are slimy and gross.

Tofu can go die in a fire. Salmon can stay in the sea.

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

Wheatgrass! What the hell? Smells like fresh mown lawn!

I think that's what it actually is!!

Kale - Nope, so so so many better leafy greens out there!
Kombucha - hell no, I saw how that gets made.
Chia seeds - Nope, the texture it makes things is just gross.

I enjoyed my green smoothie this morning, green because of kale. I enjoyed my homebrewed kombucha with dinner, and yesterday I added chia seeds to my pizza right after the sauce and before the mushrooms.

I guess I have no standards.

Who said a single thing about standards? Way to infer an insult where none existed. I'm glad you like your kale, kombucha and chia, you are more than welcome to my share.

Special K. A diabetic's nightmare with highly absorbable rice puffs, added sugar, and no fiber. And no staying power.

I actually almost like kale, but, it's only a pretty passive like. I would probably buy collards instead except my pet tortoise and rats prefer the kale, so, kale it is. I only like collards slightly more.

Things I hate:
baby carrots- I freakin hate baby carrots. They aren't really baby carrots, they are just reprocessed ugly carrots that would have been sold as cattle feed. If I'm going to eat a carrot, it will be a real carrot that still looks like a carrot.. lol (AND, it's not probably going to happen because they aren't that good, I'd rather eat sweet potato for the same vitamins)

oatmeal- I mean c'mon. I've tried every variation. I've tried overnight oats, I've tried steel cut oats, I've tried quick oats, I've even tried the fancy ones that come in a glass jar. It's just glop. Sure, you can add berries and stuff OR you can just eat all those delicious things separately instead of contaminating them with oatmeal. If someone told me I had to eat oatmeal, I would just eat it dry, right out of the container, still less gross.

iceberg lettuce- just no. It's everything that was wrong with the $1 McDonald's side salad. Gack.

Diet versions of anything - there is no such thing as a good diet variation of anything. My sister made me try Halo ice cream the other day and I could just taste the chemicals in it. It had a weird bitter aftertaste. Apparently, not everyone can taste that. If aspartame tastes bitter to you instead of sweet then you have the taste receptors that allow you to notice that. I would rather buy a box of those 100 calorie lil' drums and at least have a real ice cream cone even if it is kinda tiny.. lol

PS, by diet version, I mean they have switched the ingredients to either remove fat or remove sugar. I don't have any issue at all with diet versions that are just little versions of the same snack.

jgnatca wrote: »

Special K. A diabetic's nightmare with highly absorbable rice puffs, added sugar, and no fiber. And no staying power.

Those marketing 'wizards' convinced a nation that Special K was a healthy thing to eat for years...craziness! (that goes for most granola, fat reduced pb, most veggie burgers, regular V-8, many protein bars, instant oatmeal packages, flavored yogurt, packaged veggie chips, the list could go on and on...)

I've never liked onions or bell peppers. But I try them every once in awhile because palates change. I used to not like mushrooms or sugar peas and now I do. Still a no go on the onions and peppers.

Mushrooms! can't stand them even as a kid... instant turn off when i find out it's in my food.

mlstrayer2014 wrote: »

I find romaine lettuce bitter. Cant figure out why. I wash it and it is still bitter. I try using it for wraps and all it leaves is a bitter taste in my mouth. Most of the time I eat it anyway since I am trying to lose weight. I like raw spinach but not cooked. It is too slimy and gross.

Try using bibb lettuce for your wraps. It's less bitter than romaine.

Sweet potatoes is def a no no for me

pwrlipstick wrote: »

"Try this amazing cauliflower rice! I can't tell the difference!"

"This cauliflower pizza tastes JUST like the real thing! It seriously doesn't taste like cauliflower!"

"This cauliflower mash is delicious! I feel like I'm eating potatoes!"

Ya'll some lying liars!!! Cauliflower can absolutely go f++k itself.

I actually love cauliflower, kale, broccoli and most other vegetables. But spinach.... NO THANKS. I'm tired of telling myself that I like it (have been all my life), but honestly I H A T E spinach!!!

Kale! It sucks!

yam and sweet potato anything, but especially the fries. i just don't get it. broccoli has been ' healthy' since forever, and it's been meh since forever as well.

and i'll second the tuna-hater, whoever that was. i've tried too.

edit: oh, and also turkey. i really really really really don't like it. and it's like the cauliflower of the meat world. turkey bacon, turkey burgers, ground turkey, smoked turkey . . . except no. it's all turkey and it all tastes like turkey.

jenniferinfl wrote: »

I actually almost like kale, but, it's only a pretty passive like. I would probably buy collards instead except my pet tortoise and rats prefer the kale, so, kale it is. I only like collards slightly more.

Things I hate:
baby carrots- I freakin hate baby carrots. They aren't really baby carrots, they are just reprocessed ugly carrots that would have been sold as cattle feed. If I'm going to eat a carrot, it will be a real carrot that still looks like a carrot.. lol (AND, it's not probably going to happen because they aren't that good, I'd rather eat sweet potato for the same vitamins)

oatmeal- I mean c'mon. I've tried every variation. I've tried overnight oats, I've tried steel cut oats, I've tried quick oats, I've even tried the fancy ones that come in a glass jar. It's just glop. Sure, you can add berries and stuff OR you can just eat all those delicious things separately instead of contaminating them with oatmeal. If someone told me I had to eat oatmeal, I would just eat it dry, right out of the container, still less gross.

iceberg lettuce- just no. It's everything that was wrong with the $1 McDonald's side salad. Gack.

Diet versions of anything - there is no such thing as a good diet variation of anything. My sister made me try Halo ice cream the other day and I could just taste the chemicals in it. It had a weird bitter aftertaste. Apparently, not everyone can taste that. If aspartame tastes bitter to you instead of sweet then you have the taste receptors that allow you to notice that. I would rather buy a box of those 100 calorie lil' drums and at least have a real ice cream cone even if it is kinda tiny.. lol

PS, by diet version, I mean they have switched the ingredients to either remove fat or remove sugar. I don't have any issue at all with diet versions that are just little versions of the same snack.

There's no aspartame in Halo Top. It has stevia and erythritol, which are both naturally-occurring plant sugars (actually erythritol is a sugar alcohol).

Stevia does taste bitter to many people, but it's not a "chemical" any more than regular cane sugar is a chemical, it just happens to taste bitter to some people - so do Brussels sprouts. Technically I guess all foods are made up of chemicals.

rheddmobile wrote: »

jenniferinfl wrote: »

I actually almost like kale, but, it's only a pretty passive like. I would probably buy collards instead except my pet tortoise and rats prefer the kale, so, kale it is. I only like collards slightly more.

Things I hate:
baby carrots- I freakin hate baby carrots. They aren't really baby carrots, they are just reprocessed ugly carrots that would have been sold as cattle feed. If I'm going to eat a carrot, it will be a real carrot that still looks like a carrot.. lol (AND, it's not probably going to happen because they aren't that good, I'd rather eat sweet potato for the same vitamins)

oatmeal- I mean c'mon. I've tried every variation. I've tried overnight oats, I've tried steel cut oats, I've tried quick oats, I've even tried the fancy ones that come in a glass jar. It's just glop. Sure, you can add berries and stuff OR you can just eat all those delicious things separately instead of contaminating them with oatmeal. If someone told me I had to eat oatmeal, I would just eat it dry, right out of the container, still less gross.

iceberg lettuce- just no. It's everything that was wrong with the $1 McDonald's side salad. Gack.

Diet versions of anything - there is no such thing as a good diet variation of anything. My sister made me try Halo ice cream the other day and I could just taste the chemicals in it. It had a weird bitter aftertaste. Apparently, not everyone can taste that. If aspartame tastes bitter to you instead of sweet then you have the taste receptors that allow you to notice that. I would rather buy a box of those 100 calorie lil' drums and at least have a real ice cream cone even if it is kinda tiny.. lol

PS, by diet version, I mean they have switched the ingredients to either remove fat or remove sugar. I don't have any issue at all with diet versions that are just little versions of the same snack.

There's no aspartame in Halo Top. It has stevia and erythritol, which are both naturally-occurring plant sugars (actually erythritol is a sugar alcohol).

Stevia does taste bitter to many people, but it's not a "chemical" any more than regular cane sugar is a chemical, it just happens to taste bitter to some people - so do Brussels sprouts. Technically I guess all foods are made up of chemicals.

There's no technically guessing... All food is made of chemicals!