Healthy eating

visitor2035 wrote: eat less but excercise regularly

Indeed.

People buy into stuff that emphasizes one thing and/or de-emphasizes other things. Really, if you fail to reduce overall consumption, you're still ingesting the same amount of calories.

Interviewer: (paraphrasing here):  Frank, you've got cancer, why do you continue to smoke?

Zappa: Because I like it.  Cigarettes are my favorite vegetable. 



He died young.  But he may have anyway.  My grandma smoked unfiltered Camels for 70 years and lived to be 97 years old.  I think genes are more decisive than lifestyle, but that's just a personal opinion.  Meanwhile, we've had 4 non-smokers in our office get cancer in their 40s. 

No meat(except when I'm invited),fruits,vegetables,rice milk,fruit juice(every morning),tons of chocolate,a pizza(sometimes),sport(everyday or at least 5 or 6 days out of 7)and loads of kosmische music,progressive rock,psychedelic rock and krautrock!

I stopped eating meat two years ago (fish excluded), regular exercise and yes I eat all the " lite" varieties on offer. Lots of veg and fruit. Why do I eat the "Lite" foods? Becuase it is less calories, besides I have the unlucky genetic makeup that even looking at a Burger King billboard will make me put on weight so a big thumbs up for "Lite". I can see why there is hype around the whole "pose" behind it too, but less fat is a good thing, especially animal fats.

One word: Lichtnahrung. 

I agree with those who said that eating everything in moderation is the best way to go. I am a firm opposer of stuff like artificial sweeteners or margarine, and stuff like 'fat-free half-and-half' (for non-Americans, the light cream you put in coffee) sounds utterly ridiculous to me. I cook almost exclusively with extra-virgin olive oil, and use butter only for baking. I also eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, and cook practically everything from scratch (tastes a hell of a lot better).

That said, my dad got diabetes because of his unhealthy eating habits, and died of a stroke at 70 because he could never restrain his urge to eat foods that were not good for him. So, unfortunately, there is some truth to the fact that eating badly can cut your life short.

Edited by Captain Capricorn - April 03 2009 at 08:08

Hey, who says healthy eating has to suck?  I don't shy away from stuff that is "bad" for you, but I do try and keep it moderate.  My wife has started making mostly healthy dinners for us and she's lost a good bit of weight.  Me less so because I often indulge in fast  food for lunch weekdays.  We're getting together for lunch today, Penang, Malaysian, mmm.

My problem is I just eat anything and everything - I am an unabashed epicure, but also have a soft spot for "junk" (Saturday I'm having friends over and it's pizza, wings, and beer).  It is a problem, I recognize it, and do nothing about it.  Strange disconnect.

Petrovsk Mizinski wrote: I eat fast food twice a week or two large pizza twice (or sometimes fast food twice a week and two large pizzas each week) and I'm skinny as hell and actually pretty fit, lol. That said, I don't eat junk all day, at the least I eat a pretty good cereal with milk to start the day and it goes downhill from there.