Nutrition Religion

Like, for example, I did try "green smoothies" twice. They gave me terrible heartburns. On one raw fruitists' forum, the advice I got was to stick with it, because "my body will adapt". How long would it take for my body to adapt? Weeks, if not months.

To this, my immediate common sense civilised response is, "Get thee back into hell whenst thou cam'st from, thou devilish foe!"

Nothing wrong with processed foods and things full of questionable ingredients that may one day pickle you. ...in moderation.

One thing I always do, and it's something my parents in the last few years finally saw the wisdom of, is when eating at a restaurant to divide all the food you get in half. You eat half and take half home. You get the approximate serving you're supposed to eat and you have lunch/dinner for the next day.

i. hear. a. sound.

Ha! Moderation! Thank you! That's the word I was looking for all day...

In short: Do eat unhealthy food with moderation; and also do eat healthy food with moderation, at least as long as we're not 100% positive what actually constitutes "healthy" with regards to food.

I must say I still find it quite fascinating, though, that a few days of daily home-made smoothies are enough to make my beloved Starbucks Vanilla Latte taste almost unbearably sweet. I may have to stop the smoothies so I can enjoy my unhealthy coffee!!! :-P

That's a very weird conclusion to come to, especially since everyone who knows what they're talking about always says that people should eat healthy food.

Also, why do people always assume that healthy = not tasty? Drinking milk with (natural) honey is definitely tasty, and definitely healthy. So is (real) jam.

And vegetables taste awesome.

Yeah, it may sound weird, but it starts getting much more rational if you agree that "healthy" seems to include diversity and moderation.

Like, a few fruit smoothies are definitely healthy, but once you base your whole diet on them, you have to ask yourself what happens if you never chew your food. I bet that saliva was there for a reason. And I also bet that it can't be too healthy to have an ongoing fructose binge as the basis of your diet.

Like, apples are healthy - but ONLY apples? ... I don't think so. Remember poor Woyzek!

You might say that I am aiming at this: "Healthy" is not the same as healthy.

So, in essence I think that a little bit of the "unhealthy" stuff really isn't all that unhealthy. Overdoing one particular type of food might be much more dangerous to your health in the long run than mixing in a few "bad" substances here and there.

Of course, I'm talking about months and years here, not about weeks or days. If you only eat apples and figs for a week, I doubt that anything bad will happen. You just shouldn't base your whole life on that.

Oh, and I agree that fruit and vegetables taste great. And I also think that you can only really taste them after you cut down on the burgers and chocolate bars.

Also, I reeeeally wouldn't want to miss out on my falafel, just because it's cooked in oil!

edited 18th May '11 12:02:18 PM by vijeno

I agreed with the first sentence, but not the second. Ewww D:

To be fair, I can totally see how someone on a piddly little fruit diet would get addicted to avocados and not, say, blackberries. It's probably their main source of fat.

They're also delicious.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian

Expensive, though. :(

Why must everything delicious be so expensive? Artichokes are the same.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian

I found the best way to diet is to go on the "See Food" diet...and then blindfold yourself.

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Aaaaah...

So in short, a guy who is into raw food and smoothies and stuff, now tells us that if you want to conceive, you should drink smoothies "to rebuild the genetical structure of your body", expose your testicles to sunlight(!) and not have an orgasm for a few weeks because then the sperm will be "stronger".

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... it hurts! It hurts! It hurts so much!!!!

Face Palm!

edited 23rd May '11 10:13:31 AM by vijeno

Well, they do tell couples trying to conceive to have sex every third night rather than every night. It gives the sperm count time to climb back up again.

Be not afraid...

Yeah, but the sperm don't get stronger. That's just BS.