http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9612872/why-clean-eating-is-worse-than-just-a-silly-fad/
And do we remember when the so called professionals told us egg is bad. My mom told me her doctor told her to only eat egg white. She said what the heck is there in egg white for her to eat,I mean the taste is not there.
yeah the entire egg white only thing kind of fell apart. same with butter and meat etc…being bad.
Here’s what annoys me. You can’t lump “clean eating” , “wellness diet”, etc. in one group and call it all malarky. Research can prove just about anything - a research study can range from a 2 week study to a 2 decade study. It can involve a small group of people or thousands. You can find PLENTY of research saying that an egg is wonderful for you, terrible for you and everything in between. What does matter is what research and theory a consumer decides to “buy”.
I would also say that someone who doesn’t want to eat well - who is not willing to let go of their bad carbs, sweets, big juicy burgers with fried foods on the side, etc. will ALSO be a consumer “buyer” and pick up on articles like this one (just showing an example) that says, “no need to eat seeds! Eat a burger and fries instead” - and believe it - because that’s what they want to believe.
So, one study, one article. I think the key here perhaps is “fads” - the idea of a very limited diet that is not balanced in healthy ways for the body. Fads are rarely met with long lasting effects for health/wellness/weight management.
I agree with @abasket. You name it, you can find a study which will validate just about any point of view you want to adopt. The “experts” advocate all manner of diets, many of which completely contradict one another. It’s no wonder that people are perpetually confused.
I have a specific problem (lean towards insulin resistance/metabolic syndrome/high fasting insulin/high blood sugar) that only calms down when I restrict carbs. Someone telling me to eat tons of fruits, whole grains, and vegetables, eliminate most sources of fat, and limit protein to only very low fat options, is not properly addressing my individual needs and situation. When I restrict carbs and eat seafood, poultry, some red meat, healthy fats, and lots of non starchy vegetables, I lose weight (particularly in the abdominal area), my blood sugar normalizes, blood pressure goes down, and fasting insulin levels return to normal.
If I don’t eat that way, I immediately gain weight and go into metabolic syndrome (I can see these changes with only 15 lbs gained). I can’t listen to what the latest headline tells me anymore. I have to do what works for me.
Even wine, my husband found a study that it’s bad for you.
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the entire point is that people who jump on the latest health fads are acting silly. I do not believe any diet advice or think that following a fad is smart. I do what I want. and that includes not having a fear that hamburgers with cheese will change my health outcome.
If you believe that way why would you care what anybody say in their blogs.
I believe your genetics have your fate sealed at conception minus things like war, natural disasters, accidents etc… (some people get a raw deal in the genetic lottery but eating tofu will not help them)I see so many people jump on the bandwagon and most of the time nobody challenges the latest silliness… so I personally do not pay attention to fads or blogs on healthy eating but is nice when someone challenges these things and if some of the people stop and think about what they are doing it is a plus.
Why stop and think about what you are doing if “fate” is sealed at conception???
It could be the placebo affect, who knows. I believe in turmeric but my husband doesn’t, he takes them daily because I’m the doctor in the house. He has PF and went to medical doctor and they prescribed him something to wear for 8 weeks but it didn’t completely cured him. He kept having the problem on/off for 2-3 years. Finally I made fresh turmeric for him to take daily and the problem went away in 3 months of taking it. He can run daily. But he will never admitted to it cured his PF, I can’t spell the word, too many typos. So he thinks turmeric is silly to him but not to me. But since I’m the doctor of the house he had to follow my order.
Dr. Google, are you an M.D. At Google? I’ve been wondering…
No. I don’t work at Google and I’m not an MD. I’m DrGoogle for a reason. Lol!
Ok, that’s just not true. If you have a genetic propensity towards developing diabetes, there are absolutely things you can do to prevent it. You can either chalk up everything to “fate,” eat whatever you want without regard to the effect it has on your body, and end up with diabetes, complications of diabetes, and an earlier death than you could have. OR you can do the things WE KNOW WORK to avoid diabetes and extend your life. There are all kinds of conditions which are affected by lifestyle and the choices we make.
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I believe your genetics have your fate sealed at conception minus things like war, natural disasters, accidents…”
Someone needs to get her nose deep in her bio books before posting yet another thread on this subject…
Fate is not sealed. Go check out some the books written by ex president carter. Your nutrition is important but that doesn’t mean every health fad out there is correct.
It’s called orthorexia, the fear of eating normally. I live in the center of the orthorexia universe.
As per Wikipedia:
Some peoples’ entire day revolves around making sure they eat appropriately. Hey, want to go out for pizza - no! that has gluten and dairy and chemicals. How about Italian - well, as long as there is gluten free pasta and sulfite free red wine and the micro greens are organic and I can have the butter/ fat free high protein only version of the fettuccine Alfredo. How about Mexican - well, maybe - as long as the margarita is made with sustainably raised, organic acai berries. I know someone who will blend an entire weeks’ worth of green sludge and bring along the needed number of Ball jars with said sludge just so they won’t have to taint their ‘clean eating’.
Somewhere along the line we forgot how to eat normally. If you can’t identify the source (i.e. - what exactly IS a twinkie) it shouldn’t be part of your normal diet. If it has spent it’s life on a shelf wrapped in plastic…probably not a good idea. If the bread on your counter lasts for 10 days without mold…not a good idea. If on the other hand the bread is baked by a real bakery, the kind that will mold in a day or two, the kind that didn’t have dough conditioners and added sugar to make sure it rises in 2 hours when it should take the better part of the day, will taste and feel a lot different in your body than the other stuff.
Mom is a German farm girl. If she or grandma didn’t recognize it as food, it wasn’t served. Go to the farmers market and grab something. Make some baked potatoes and add some real butter, or go crazy and add a dollop of sour cream. It’s okay.
I had a friend whose mom is German. One day she invited me to a dinner and brought out roast beef and baked potato. In the first 5 minutes I kept waiting for another vegetable dish and none came. No salad either. Again what does that mean by eating normally, I dont know if cheese burger is it either. Maybe normal to American culture but not other Western culture either. My husband came from one of those meat and potato culture and he can’t stand the cheese in cheese burger.
The gluten thing has been overblown, but if you are positive for celiac disease (determined by biopsy), you have to avoid gluten. There actually are foods people have to avoid (or limit) for various reasons.
The question @DrGoogle is what was served the next day or the next week. It is never ever just the one meal, it’s the balance. A lot of the Germans I know held to the old meatless Friday rule. So, most of the time that meant some vegetable mush (really, not the best part of that cultural cuisine). And during lent…well some Friday’s it was ‘krapfen’. Which was a home made donut filled with home made prune jam (almost no sugar) and rolled in cinnamon sugar. We got to help fry them when we got home from school.
But guess what…we didn’t buy donuts, or sodas or TV dinners or candy bars or god forbid the be all end all pavers of the road to h@ll…potato chips.
I have a magnet hanging over my cook top…it says…"try organic food, or as your grandparents called it…FOOD’.