>> Still, there's been a lot of education about whole foods and grains <<
Grains don't have much to offer in the way of nutrition. There was a guy who identified the 53 or 54 essential nutrients that are vital to sustain life in the human body. You know, like essential amino acids, essential fatty acids, glucose, vitamins, minerals, oxygen, etc Then he plugged this info into a computer that has all the foods and their nutrients. Then the computer sorted one by one making a list of the top ten foods that contained each essential nutrient. Did you know that grains never made the top ten even once?
>> I don't know what you've got against fruit--a balanced diet can include all kinds of foods, <<
I don't have anything against fruit. It's just stupid that the scientific community lumps all fruits and vegetables together. They hardly discriminate which type of fruit or vegetables are better.. Well that's ridiculous, some fruit is better for you than others, and the same for veggies. Generally, the lower the carbohydrate or sugar in a fruit or vegetable, the more nutrients and anti-oxidants it contains. This is purely logical, fruit and veggies that contain lots of sugar don't have any room for phytochemicals and such! So the ones with the least sugar are almost always the most nutrient dense. I told you, I eat strawberries all the time, they are the best single fruit out there. Peaches are ok. Of course it's no surprise that the berries happen to be the lowest carb fruit---that's why they contain the most anti-oxidants. Another thing that has been done is to sort all of the foods that are not only high in anti-oxidants, but also divide them by their carbohydrate level to come up with a ratio of anti-oxidants to carbs. Garlic is #1 with a reading of 23. Strawberries are the second best food known to man for anti-oxidants to carb ratio.
Look where all the sugar-laden veggies fall. At the bottom, less than 1. Pathetic.
Garlic: 23.2
Leaf lettuce: 8.2
Kale: 6.5
Onion: 6.2
Iceberg lettuce: 5.8
Spinach: 5
Broccoli: 3.2
Red bell pepper: 2.5
Brussels sprouts: 2.3
Beets: 2.1
Cauliflower: 1.8
Eggplant: 1.6
Celery (raw): 1.5
Cabbage: 1.2
Green beans: 0.8
Cucumber (raw): 0.7
Carrots: 0.4
Corn: 0.3
Sweet potato: 0.15
White potato: 0.09
>> Anyway, the preponderance of health food supermarkets and the availability of basic good nutritional advice indicates to me that things are not nearly as bad as you say <<
It's not convenient to buy no hormone & non-grain fed beef, pesticide free veggies, etc.
>> If someone wants to believe white pasta or white bread is healthy, <<
Wheat bread & pasta are just the lesser of two evils. We weren't designed to eat any kind of bread and there is no real need for us to consume it. Except for any fiber (if the bread even has any most doesn't) it's all going to be converted to sugar anyway.
Nuts and seeds are good though. You will get some carbohydrate in leafy greens and seeds, nuts, olives, avocados, tomatoes, peppers, berries etc. That's the carbohydrate you should be eating. Of course the more raw you can eat your food the better.
Not bananas, orange juice, cereal, milk, honey, toast, bagels, yogurt, bread, rolls, pasta, corn, potatoes, rice, pop, fruit juice, etc.
I wake up most mornings and have a huge batch about (8-10) of scrambled eggs with cheddar and cream cheese, sometimes with onions or peppers or ham. Sometimes I fry up a pound of bacon to go along with it. Sometimes I take heavy whipping cream and throw it in the blender with some strawberries and a couple of eggs and some ice chips and make a smoothie. I make a huge green salad every day with peppers, radishes, broccoli, tomatoes, etc and full fat natural dressing without any weird chemicals in it. For dinner I might make a meatloaf with shredded cheese, eggs, chili powder, garlic, onions, green peppers, cilantro, parsley, etc. Or I might just throw a big fat NY steak on the BBQ and cook it bloody rare. Sometimes I eat chicken or fish or lamb. I never pay attention to my fat intake, in fact I make sure I eat lots of heavy cream, butter, and cheese (cottage cheese too). Fat makes your food taste good and it has the ability to satiate your appetitie.
I drink water all day long, rarely drink milk but if I do it's whole milk, and I drink alcohol occasionally. I don't drink soda pop or fruit juice or any of that crap. |
