Am I the only one unduly annoyed by the ubiquitous slogan "fruits and vegetables"? Fruit is full of fructose AKA sugar. They are worth eating some of, but it's bizarre that they've come to occupy this front and centre position in diet advice.
Actually eat healthily for £1 per day
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#22Go hunt doves in park or forest, eat it raw = should be OK with 1 or 2 per day.
All world hungers solved.
Occasional berries you pick up(from street vendors when they are not looking).
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#23Am I the only one unduly annoyed by the ubiquitous slogan "fruits and vegetables"? Fruit is full of fructose AKA sugar. They are worth eating some of, but it's bizarre that they've come to occupy this front and centre position in diet advice.
There's some evidence to suggest that eating fructose in combination with fiber (as found naturally in fruits) is far less harmful than just sugar alone, and way less harmful than refined sugar.
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#24Am I the only one unduly annoyed by the ubiquitous slogan "fruits and vegetables"? Fruit is full of fructose AKA sugar. They are worth eating some of, but it's bizarre that they've come to occupy this front and centre position in diet advice.
There's some evidence to suggest that eating fructose in combination with fiber (as found naturally in fruits) is far less harmful than just sugar alone, and way less harmful than refined sugar. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
You are correct that fructose with fiber is pretty harmless, but that video is bullshit. See here:
http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-ab... http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/02/19/a-retrospective-of-...
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#25Am I the only one unduly annoyed by the ubiquitous slogan "fruits and vegetables"? Fruit is full of fructose AKA sugar. They are worth eating some of, but it's bizarre that they've come to occupy this front and centre position in diet advice.
I believe it is only because the phrase sounds better that way, and it has become the canonical form.
But I partially agree, especially with the advice you sometimes see about a service of fruit juice being the same as a serving of fruit.
But many whole fruits have their sugar bound up in fiber. You don't take quite the same insulin hit eating an apple as you do drinking apple juice.
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#26If you want to save some money, save some time and eat healthy, try this: Go to the grocery store, buy these 3 items: 1 bag of frozen vegetables. 3 chicken breasts 1 bag of dried lentils. Sunday night: Cook lentils in water, don't add anything Slice chicken breasts down the side, add seasoning, no oil, just seasoning, don't bread it etc. Bake the chicken breasts Monday for lunch: Microwave a bunch of the vegetables,…
This is more suited to someone with regular working hours that needs a fast lunch, is someone who can eat meat, and has basic cooking skills and equipment. Hourly workers, those working multiple jobs, and those that do not have the money to purchase kitchen equipment would be hard pressed to follow this advice.
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#27This article (and many others like it) miss out an incredibly cheap and healthy source of food, growing your own vegetables.
It is also difficult and requires time and knowledge to be able to reliably do this, and even then some plantings will fail due to unforeseen reasons. Someone with time or budget pressure would have a hard time doing this on their own.
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#28If you want to save some money, save some time and eat healthy, try this: Go to the grocery store, buy these 3 items: 1 bag of frozen vegetables. 3 chicken breasts 1 bag of dried lentils. Sunday night: Cook lentils in water, don't add anything Slice chicken breasts down the side, add seasoning, no oil, just seasoning, don't bread it etc. Bake the chicken breasts Monday for lunch: Microwave a bunch of the vegetables,…
> it should go without saying, but there is no dressing added, no butters, oils etc. once you start adding that stuff you might as well ...
Fear of butter and grease is an anomaly from the 1980s.
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#29Eating cheaply is really difficult to do for the folks with the least amount of money to spend on food, as working is counter to the things that make eating cheaper: cooking your own meals, shopping or growing cheaper foodstuffs, having appliances to store items for longer periods or cook dried items, being able to plan meals out in advance, etc. That is the reason why convenience foods are popular. A lot of advice stories about eating cheaply often fail to achieve that goal because it is hard to do and requires a lot of effort.
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#30This article (and many others like it) miss out an incredibly cheap and healthy source of food, growing your own vegetables.
Given that most people nowadays live in towns or agglomerations ...
A lot of stuff can be grown in tubs or growbags.
Yes, there's the cost of getting it and tending it, but there are advantages in positive mental health and exercise (with bigger yards) and some hippy "feeling connected to the world" stuff.
Eatings peas just off the plant is great.
Even herbs and spices can be grown if you just have a window sill.
But, yes, it's not for everyone. Some people just don't like that kind of thing.