Comments on: Everything you thought you knew about food is wrong

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:50:00 +0000

This lady is saying everything that many people want to hear – eat meat, eat fat, veggies and fruit don’t matter, don’t bother about fiber! Her reasoning is absurd – meat has as many vitamins and minerals as veggies? On what planet? Fiber just washes nutrients out of your gut? (She actually says that!) Check the statistics on colon cancer – people who eat high fat diets and low fiber are much more likely to get colon cancer. There is no protective benefit to eating fruits and vegetables? She hasn’t been reading any of the more recent research! Her references mostly date back in the 1950′s. I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone.

By: Schultzd

Schultzd — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:02:00 +0000

Your right read The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth by Jonny Bowden and Keep Fit not Fat For Life by Harvey Diamond

By: mutuelle

mutuelle — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000

If the message of media is to enlighten society & tell news,on this level advertising may break this noble mission,when channels,radios, newspapers & new media shot the brain of people with intensive advertising,they will try this product & that one…This way, we find the number of fat persons is growing day after day …We have no one to blame but ourselves,the fault is ours

By: preeya

preeya — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:07:57 +0000

I still think most of the obesity problem is everyone is in a rapid pace these days and want something fast and now. We do not have time to cook a good meal as they did in antiquity. We throw something in the microwave or run a fast-food restaurant. So we do not exercise this right, hiking, horseback riding, bike position. I saw myself for the same reasons, and now since I’m eating well and working again, I feel better and the weight came off.

By: HealthNut

HealthNut — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:17:00 +0000

You need to eat right and excercise as well as cutting down on the processed foods. I believe that the latter is the most important factor.

By: CandidaCounsel

CandidaCounsel — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:33:39 +0000

It is a problem that food pyramids and the like advertise breads and pastas as the best food to eat. So many people are allergic to wheat, gluten, and other additives that are put in bread to soften it. There should be some mention of what type of bread is the healthiest choice if bread must be on the "good food" list. Even whole wheat bread is filled with preservatives to make it soft and can sometimes add to problems such as yeast infections or candida albicans because of the gluten content.

By: wrinklefreeskin

wrinklefreeskin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:19:33 +0000

There are multiple reasons why we're sick and obese in this country…..we really just can't blame one or two reasons.

Moder technology (which causes us to move less), over sized, over salted, high fat, very addictive food is cheap and plentiful. High fructose corn syup is in EVERYTHING……from salad dressings to bread and crackers.

Our over stressed, "hurry-up" lifestyle leaves us very little time to prepare "real" food, so we rely on pre-packaged, chemical laden meals. And what about genetically modified food? Who knows what that's doing to our metabolism, body, and overall health?

By: Matt O

Matt O — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:39:38 +0000

This post is very misleading. Where is the evidence that the vitamins and minerals in animal products and dairy beat those of vegetables hands down? You forget to take into account the different metabolic types and the completely different effects a food can have on a person to person basis. I agree that some vitamins and minerals are fat soluble but that doesn't mean you have to get the fat from animal product. I suggest reading the Diet Revolution by John Robbins, the nephew of 1/2 of the Baskin-Robbins empire. He actually uses facts and corroborative evidence not just name dropping and vague statement like you just did.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:17:37 +0000

I do Yoga and Its very helpful in living a healthy life.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:36:02 +0000

Exercise, imho, is key to fitness, and is linked with diet. Exercise gets the blood flowing and wards off depression, which makes people want to eat comfort food.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:31:52 +0000

In all things ….. moderation.

By: Susanne

Susanne — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:30:14 +0000

The obesity crisis in a nutshell has probably got something to do with the fact that humans, like all other animals, evolved to eat when food was available and "store" the excess as fat for the lean times. Those who had a "sweet tooth" were healthier, and hence "selected for" , because until relatively recently "sweet" essentially meant ripe nutritious fruit. Those with a "fat tooth" also had an advantage (we are talking paleolithic times here) as they were more likely to survive the lean times. (my hypothesis, not one from my profession). In developed countries, food is available all the time ….so we are tempted to eat…all the time…and of course the food we tend to reach for is high in sugar, fat or…yes, those notorious "carbs"…that we evolved to crave and love.
Keep it balanced and you'll be fine.

By: Susanne

Susanne — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:29:47 +0000

Re: the actual advice given…some makes sense. The best is to have a "balanced plate" together with exercise. A "balanced plate" is essentially
1/4 protein (preferably dried legumes, peas and lentils ("pulses" in Britain), any fish that isn't fried or served in high fat sauce, chicken, nuts, eggs, and red meat – in my opinion in that order),
1/4 starch (potatoes, grains, cereals, corn (a grain not a vegetable) and anything made with flour like bread, crackers, pasta)
1/2 the plate as vegetables other than potatoes
Fruit as dessert
and low fat milk or yogurt made with vitamin D-enriched milk on the side.
If you do your best to watch the fat, especially saturated….and make sure that your plate isn't too large (!), you'll likely lose weight (as clients who follow this simple advise do).
Re: exercise: it should be as important as eating. You eat every day. You should exercise every day.

By: dtlc

dtlc — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:09:16 +0000

I agree totally

By: meatisgross

meatisgross — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:21:50 +0000

But meat/ eggs/ milk produced in factory farms are not good for you! the fats they contain are not the healthy fats bc of what the animals eat. it's true that animals raised on pasture produce milk and meat that is good for people (in moderation like everything else) but I think it's kind of irresponsible of this article to suggest that eating meat is the way to good health when the vast vast majority of meat and animal products available (at least in the usa) are from industrial sources

read In Defense of Food for references to exact studies