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Is anything really good for you anymore?
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I figure if I mostly eat a well-rounded assortment of evolution-tested foods humans have eaten for centuries/millennia and thrived (long enough to breed, at least), I'm probably gonna be OK. The human organism is very adaptable, food-wise: It's part of our success story.
Much beyond that, I figure I'm overthinking it, and creating unnecessary stress. Sometimes overthinking is fun, but too much stress is unhealthful.
Yup, it's still about balance.8 -
Between weird fads, scare tactics, and people that don't know that correlational studies are not proof, and just complete BS... So far I've narrowed down things that don't cause cancer or heart disease to the following:
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I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄4
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Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
There really isn't much meat on a red squirrel (the North American ones). Gray squirrels and even fox squirrels are better for eating. (Really.) See, I can squirrel-shame with the best of them!8 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
There really isn't much meat on a red squirrel (the North American ones). Gray squirrels and even fox squirrels are better for eating. (Really.) See, I can squirrel-shame with the best of them!
Grey squirrel was my staple meat going to college in the fall. Pretty sure I got accepted into medical school by swapping recipes with one of my interviewers. Has a wonderful taste if you cure the meat days in advance in brine.
I concur - the reds have a much gamier taste. Grey privilege is real.8 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
Nothing wrong with red meat; it's green meat that should be avoided.13 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
Nothing wrong with red meat; it's green meat that should be avoided.
Even in a house, with a mouse?8 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
Nothing wrong with red meat; it's green meat that should be avoided.
Even in a house, with a mouse?
That was eggs.1 -
The ham was also green, though.2
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
Nothing wrong with red meat; it's green meat that should be avoided.
Even in a house, with a mouse?
That was eggs.clicketykeys wrote: »The ham was also green, though.
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Here's the quick summary on tilapia:
- It's a very lean source of protein = good
- It (especially if cheap) often comes from countries with pretty lax environmental regulations and food regulations/regulation enforcement (so possibly questionable whether or not it was grown in industrial waste water). = bad1 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
There really isn't much meat on a red squirrel (the North American ones). Gray squirrels and even fox squirrels are better for eating. (Really.) See, I can squirrel-shame with the best of them!
Red squirrels are unprotected in New York State. Gray, black, Fox squirrels have seasons and bag limits here. (I believe they all have seasons, limits in PA though).0 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
There really isn't much meat on a red squirrel (the North American ones). Gray squirrels and even fox squirrels are better for eating. (Really.) See, I can squirrel-shame with the best of them!
Red squirrels are unprotected in New York State. Gray, black, Fox squirrels have seasons and bag limits here. (I believe they all have seasons, limits in PA though).
I guess you could make red squirrel soup or something? In my youth, people pretty much dredged them (grays, fox) in flour and pan fried them. (Yes, I ate them - not vegetarian until age 18.). One of my college friends made squirrel cacciatore, which I still find oddly amusing.3 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
There really isn't much meat on a red squirrel (the North American ones). Gray squirrels and even fox squirrels are better for eating. (Really.) See, I can squirrel-shame with the best of them!
My grandfather hunted squirrels. Not sure what type, but my impression is that they only ate the brains. Wasn't enough meat on the bones to be worth skinning, apparently. (And these were folks who ate small frogs and young rabbits, which aren't exactly heavy with meat.) (In more recent years, I've heard of people who eat squirrel brains getting the squirrel version of "mad cow" disease.)
I don't know if this counts as squirrel-shaming.2 -
The real warning for ANY foreign farmed fish is that their feeding practices are questionable. Will it kill you - I doubt it.
Every year there is some food that is being pumped as a "miracle" food and then a couple of years go by and that food is discredited that it is not as good for you as they thought. One year it will save you and the next year it will kill you.
I think the trick is to eat a variety of foods. A lot of people like tilapea for the reason you do.
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
Nothing wrong with red meat; it's green meat that should be avoided.
Even in a house, with a mouse?
That was eggs.clicketykeys wrote: »The ham was also green, though.
Me too - glad I'm not alone!
Sad side note - I had Green Eggs and Ham" and "Goodnight Moon" memorized for years when my children were little, taking up brain space that could have been put to a lot better use.
On topic - For me, "eat a good variety of food, and not ridiculous amounts of any one thing, and you'll be fine" is the way to go. I honestly don't believe there's anything in our modern food choices that is so toxic it should be avoided in any quantity (except trans-fat, of course). I also don't believe there's much that couldn't eventually cause damage if ingested in stupid quantities on a regular basis. I pretty much ignore the daily blast of "Eat these 5 foods for a long life!" and "Never eat these 5 foods if you want to avoid a heart attack!", unless a credible source comes out with a RED ALERT that something in our food supply's been contaminated with salmonella.4 -
The problem it stinks up the place when fish is reheated in the microwave. Save the leftover fish for meals at home, but don't save it too long3
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Millicent3015 wrote: »I think the people who've eaten tilapia for countless generations are the best people to speak to about tilapia. It's a fine fish, very popular where I live. Your OH's coworkers are probably paying too much attention to the latest foodshaming fad. Next week it'll be "don't eat any red squirrels! Red meat is bad!" 🙄
Nothing wrong with red meat; it's green meat that should be avoided.
Even in a house, with a mouse?
That was eggs.clicketykeys wrote: »The ham was also green, though.
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/04/seuss.html2 -
Fun with grammar You get an award for first cite in the debate forum to support a Dr. Seuss opinion!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10696648/awards-rant/p1
If you'd love reading more along the same lines, borrow this book - Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss. Amusing and informative.4 -
My husbands friends told him the same exact thing about the tilapia,now he avoids it yet eats catfish which is another with a bad reputation but I guess that doesn't bother him,,interesting thread thanks for all the great posts
Haha yes. Talapia eat poop in nature. Elephant poop if they are in the right place at the right time. Catfish eat whatever you put in front of them, like river opossums. I hate talapia but I will eat the kitten out of catfish.
If you need to get past that, remember lettuce and tomatoes eat poop too! 😂 mmmmmmmm fertilizer.8
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