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Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by derbOac »

CGMthrowaway wrote: post #82
jjkaczor wrote: post #5

Great! How will the reductions in consumer protection, health, FDA, etc. - by this current administration impact that? https://www.food-safety.com/articles/11004-a-2025-timeline-o...

I see how the article is framed, but I see a lot of good things in that timeline: MAHA Commission assessing health risks from food ingredients and chemicals and developing a strategy to combat childhood chronic disease Closing the GRAS loophole Phasing out synthetic food dyes $235 million specifically aimed at improving nutrition, controlling food additives and addressing food safety $15 million specifically for mode…

What they see as necessary to combat childhood chronic disease is not necessarily what most scientists would say is necessary to combat childhood chronic disease, and might even be detrimental. Also if the new dietary recommendations are any clue, what they see as "improving nutrition" might be questionable.

The devil is in the details.

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by globular-toast »

It's funny how language betrays how people think. Notice how it's always a "war" with these people. "War on motorists", "war on drugs", and "war on protein" now. These people are unable to think about anything doesn't involve conflict of some kind. Even in peacetime, they will find it, somehow.

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by 3D30497420 »

zkmon wrote: post #718

So, humans lost all of their evolutionary learnings and confused about what to eat. This doesn't happen with any other animal. And humans call themselves as an advanced race of animals. Not knowing what to eat is regress, not progress. Things went well as long as mind was a servant of the body. Then it became the master and dictator of body. The mind started posing itself as a scientist and started questioning everyt…

I'm a pretty big fan of the cancer treatments that saved my mother, the emergency medical treatment that saved my wife, the antibiotics that saved my brother. Also, it is -15C outside, and I am very much enjoying central heating.

With that said, I do partly agree with you. I do think that becoming too divorced from the natural world drives a great many ills.

I think the challenge is finding the balance. We sure don't have it now.

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by jstummbillig »

zkmon wrote: post #718

So, humans lost all of their evolutionary learnings and confused about what to eat. This doesn't happen with any other animal. And humans call themselves as an advanced race of animals. Not knowing what to eat is regress, not progress. Things went well as long as mind was a servant of the body. Then it became the master and dictator of body. The mind started posing itself as a scientist and started questioning everyt…

That is some serious glorification and misreading of the worst time in human history (the past).

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by kelseydh »

thunfischtoast wrote: post #709

The "protein" part of the "new" pyramid does not mention legumes (beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, lupins...) despite them being a highly efficient source of proteins.

Almonds and peanuts make an appearance lower than red meat on the pyramid, which is wild to me.

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by kelseydh »

thunfischtoast wrote: post #709

The "protein" part of the "new" pyramid does not mention legumes (beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, lupins...) despite them being a highly efficient source of proteins.

"Frozen peas" and "Green beans" make an appearance on the pyramid, but yes the omission of any others is glaring.

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by kelseydh »

dqv wrote: post #511
nihakue wrote: post #55

How is it possible that beef, dairy, and chicken are front and center while Lentils, Tofu (or even just soy), Chickpeas, Nutritional Yeast, Broccoli, etc are all left off? Why do they arbitrarily split "protein" and "fruit/veg" given that most/all of the most protein dense foods are vegetables/legumes? Steak is a terrible source of protein (in terms of nutrient density). Immediately pretty suspicious.

There are nuts and legumes there in the bottom left. So funny to see people reflexively defend those things being left off because it confirms their own beliefs. A deeper inspection of the actual guidelines has them being very fair to plant proteins: > Consume a variety of protein foods from animal sources, including eggs, poultry, seafood, and red meat, as well as a variety of plant-sourced protein foods, including…

Kinda of wild that Dairy got its own section in that document as a proscribed thing to eat.

There are plenty of lactose intolerant people. These people can meet their nutritional needs without dairy. (For Calcium: via Sardines, leafy greens, Tofu, etc.)

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by anhner »

scarhawk2026 wrote: post #724

I love how this is still quite far off from the Harvard Food Pyramid.. But why use one of your best resources for research.. https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/healthy-eating-pyra...

is it really the best resource if it recommends alcohol??

Re: Eat Real Food

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Post by otikik »

> The new Pyramid > Protein, Dairy & Healthy Fats

(shows picture of butter)

I'm sorry to say this, but butter, even if delicious, is not a "healthy fat". It's "less unhealthy" than margarine, and perhaps that's what they are going for.

Healthy fats are Olive oil (especially extra virgin), avocado, nuts, seeds and fatty fish.

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