And you thought clothing was bad

[John P]

I am currently at Sunsport Gardens in Florida, and I see that on the social calendar for next week is "Birthday party for Tex", who has a permanent home here. He's turning 100. I might try to find out what his choice of diet is!

[BlueTrain]

Find out what he drinks, too.

[Safebare]

I'm more interested in broader topics. Wife and children, rewarding job/career, medical philosophies, hobbies?

[BlueTrain]

Here's more to worry about: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/feb/13/how-ultra-processed-food-took-over-your-shopping-basket-brazil-carlos-monteiro.

Best taken with a grain of salt.

[jbeegoode]

I am currently at Sunsport Gardens in Florida, and I see that on the social calendar for next week is "Birthday party for Tex", who has a permanent home here. He's turning 100. I might try to find out what his choice of diet is!

Obviously hanging around freely naked has something to do it!
Jbee

[jbeegoode]

This article seems to be a little behind the times. They can't figure out why the stuff makes people fatter?! It sounds like new information, but it is just scratching the surface of the issues.

Even the categorizing calls this stuff food. It isn't food. Food is nutritious. It is a food substitute.

It does show that trend of cultures immersing into this garbage western diet and the obvious immediate effects.
Jbee

[Greenbare Woods]

Even the "Ultra Processed Foods" are a big step better than the FAKE food we now are being sold.  So-called "Impossible burgers,"  "Beefless ground beef," and similar GMO ingredients mixed with toxic chemicals, various kinds of algae or bacteria, and almost nothing recognizable.

Our bodies are mostly composed of meat and animal fat. Eat what you are.  Natural and good.     

[BlueTrain]

Makes you wonder how cattle survive. Or wild elephants. The only things I know that follows that advice are preying mantises.

[jbeegoode]

Ah yup, I hear ya Blue train...gotta wonder how they do so well eating veggies. The big razorback apes, all the relatives, cattle, should have flowers instead of fur.
Jbee

[nuduke]

Here's more to worry about: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/feb/13/how-ultra-processed-food-took-over-your-shopping-basket-brazil-carlos-monteiro.

Best taken with a grain of salt.

Salt is also bad for you they say!!
Maybe just a pinch
John

[nuduke]

Even the "Ultra Processed Foods" are a big step better than the FAKE food we now are being sold.  So-called "Impossible burgers,"  "Beefless ground beef," and similar GMO ingredients mixed with toxic chemicals, various kinds of algae or bacteria, and almost nothing recognizable.

Our bodies are mostly composed of meat and animal fat. Eat what you are.  Natural and good.   

I was at a restaurant last week that served vegan Fish & Chips!  Go figure.  It was made of mushrooms apparently
John

[BlueTrain]

It doesn't seem like a good idea to poison your customers. Maybe it's not that bad after all.

One problem that appears to be assumed away is that not all of our health problems, if any, are due to what we eat or how we eat it. I'd even suggest that our environment can be equally bad for our health. By environment, I mean the surroundings where we spend most of our waking hours, especially while we're at work. Mostly that would be the air we breathe. After that would be what we actually do most of the time. A sedentary existence, in theory, is bad for us. I say in theory, because we probably all know people who've lived to be fairly elderly who never did any really strenuous work in their life and even that needs qualifying. Ask any schoolteacher is their job is strenuous.

[Peter S]

I was at a restaurant last week that served vegan Fish & Chips!  Go figure.  It was made of mushrooms apparently
John

I can't quite get all these "vegan" versions of meat-food. If they're so certain of the benefits of veganism why do they feel the need to pretend like this, even to the extent of telling us how you can't tell the difference from the real thing! If you can't tell the difference, why bother? (you've got me started now ...)

[ric]

i also dont see the point of veggy food pretending to be bad meat.   weve got spicy bean burgers in the freezer but wouldnt dream of giving space to a pretend meat burger or whatever.

[BlueTrain]

Give them a break. They're catering to their customer's whims. I've never eaten any faux-meat. My most delightful restaurant meals have been bacon cheeseburgers.