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49. I tend to disregard the "experts" in nutrition on what foods to eat or not...

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 04:25 PM

Aug 2015

Everything they told us twenty years ago has been found to be wrong and they are telling us the exact opposite today.

Saturated fats will kill you! they claimed. Use only polyunsaturated fats. Coconut oil is poison! NO BUTTER EVER! Use margarine. Low carbs, high carb diet, low fat diet, high fat diet, not eggs! Gluten free diets only! Very low or no salt diets... The list goes on and on.

Turns out margarine is a killer; butter in measured amounts is good for us. Whole milk is better than skim milk. Eggs are good for us. Coconut oil is beneficial. Polyunsaturated fats not good for us.

If I want a freakin cucumber, radish, celery, lettuce, or sweet potato, I'm gonna eat that cucumber, radish, celery (I love celery!) lettuce, or sweet potato. Each of those foods have their benefits, despite the "experts" declaration that they are "low nutrition."

I'm sick of the food police.

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all water, low nutrition salad foods: cucumbers, radishes, lettuce, celery. waste of resources? [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

the Washington Post is good for paper training dogs olddots Aug 2015 #1

... Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #2

No kidding yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #3

This is the priming for the 'efficiency' movement. Shandris Aug 2015 #4

If they take us there, I hope I am dead. yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #5

Good, I'm glad to find out about Agenda 2030. It's what we need muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #57

Yes. Shandris Aug 2015 #75

indeed, they really could find "real" stories Puzzledtraveller Aug 2015 #69

And wrapping fish. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2015 #74

I'll eat my salads, steaks, and whatever I want. FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #6

The story isn't commanding you not to eat salads. Silent3 Aug 2015 #14

cucumbers cyberswede Aug 2015 #7

And you can be Aerows Aug 2015 #23

They also provide us with pickles and relish. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #28

Yep. Science for hire has determined most of the human ESSENTIAL nutrients... hunter Aug 2015 #29

Cucumbers H2O Man Aug 2015 #66

radishes cyberswede Aug 2015 #8

i KNEW radishes had too much flavor to be goodie free. pansypoo53219 Aug 2015 #50

celery cyberswede Aug 2015 #9

ok. good to know Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #12

My salads usually have carrots retread Aug 2015 #18

and tomatoes retread Aug 2015 #20

Celery can easily be grown indoors Aerows Aug 2015 #24

Good to know,,,, KarenS Aug 2015 #32

What? Take celery out of creole cooking? Not here. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #70

Compared to what? Bottled water? Soft Drinks? hunter Aug 2015 #10

Yeah, really! gollygee Aug 2015 #13

And Twinkies! rusty fender Aug 2015 #19

Considering you can take a multi-vitamin daily. Rex Aug 2015 #11

Nobody eats iceberg lettuce anymore. nt Codeine Aug 2015 #15

My grandmother once told me that Iceberg lettuce was pig food Marrah_G Aug 2015 #17

I do. How else am I supposed to get the ranch dressing into my mouth? Butterbean Aug 2015 #27

One of my grandpas was like that, in his lunchbox... hunter Aug 2015 #41

I like ranch, but only certain types, and I have to have a craving. Butterbean Aug 2015 #44

You haven't met my relatives Retrograde Aug 2015 #30

They sure sell alot of it in stores. former9thward Aug 2015 #31

I don't use it for salads, but it's still good for shredding for tacos, for sandwiches, etc. TwilightGardener Aug 2015 #33

What iceberg lettuce is perfect for Freddie Aug 2015 #37

This nobody does. SamKnause Aug 2015 #35

I occasionally do... SoapBox Aug 2015 #36

iceberg has a cool crisp mouth feel Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #47

romaine is my favorite shanti Aug 2015 #54

Not true. "The wedge" is making a comeback. KamaAina Aug 2015 #62

We grow our own lettuce, but never iceberg. Ever. Never. Atman Aug 2015 #72

The iceberg lettuce that you can see eaten is only 10% of the total Orrex Aug 2015 #64

For the win. nt Codeine Aug 2015 #73

A big salad, mostly iceberg lettuce, is my dinner staple bhikkhu Aug 2015 #77

Good for dieting, lol. nt daredtowork Aug 2015 #16

Lettuce LostOne4Ever Aug 2015 #21

Back up off the celery. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #22

Red and green leaf lettuce is very good for you... TheProgressive Aug 2015 #25

Was this article written by a 12-year-old boy? Aerows Aug 2015 #26

Agree. SoapBox Aug 2015 #38

Pretty much any Cajun food contains celery KamaAina Aug 2015 #67

Solving the wrong problem Taitertots Aug 2015 #34

There are not just 27 nutrients. There are phytonutrients. So Charles Benbrook KittyWampus Aug 2015 #39

And so gmo corn and cane sugar are super foods, wapo, right?.... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #40

High Fructose Corn Syrup is a magic food in that world, don't you know??? hunter Aug 2015 #42

Magically delicious... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #43

As one of the comments after the article states, Kingofalldems Aug 2015 #45

Vertical farming solves the acerage problem. karadax Aug 2015 #46

yes, because sunlight likes to go around corners snooper2 Aug 2015 #60

If you go to the USDA Nutrition Database (and there's an app, too) Gloria Aug 2015 #48

I tend to disregard the "experts" in nutrition on what foods to eat or not... 1monster Aug 2015 #49

I'll give you my greens and salad veggies when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #51

I'll considering skipping salad when Nestle stops buying our water at 2 cents/gallon RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #52

No coffee, no nuts, no sugar Texasgal Aug 2015 #53

but, but shanti Aug 2015 #55

It seems to me then that these crops are crops that could benefit from some major GMO cstanleytech Aug 2015 #56

That's just ridiculous. ladyVet Aug 2015 #58

I Knew This Day Would Come RobinA Aug 2015 #59

and eating salad is just proof of how selfish you are HFRN Aug 2015 #76

I love foie gras, caviar, steak AND salad. Not giving ANY of them up. closeupready Aug 2015 #61

And so much of the Salinas Valley is devoted to growing lettuce KamaAina Aug 2015 #63

Yes, but Crunchy Frog Aug 2015 #65

Lettuce is just ruffage Capt. Obvious Aug 2015 #68

Increasingly, I as well. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #71

Perhaps if we want to save water we should stop cutting down trees to print the washington post. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #78

So, the nutritional label on my tub of spring greens is all a lie? GoCubsGo Aug 2015 #79