Nutrition ........Non "processed" food ideas (Page 3)

rgeezy - 2011-07-05 3:34 PM

'preciate the love todds. The one thing that I cannot believe people still do is drink sodas. I used to down about 2 a day, and my body reflected it. Now, I scoff at people who still drink them and complain about how they can't seem to loose weight, and they eat "healthy".

Here is a link to the most informative video I have ever watched. It is about sugars and how the body metabolizes the different kinds of sugar (OMG there is more than one kind?!?!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&feature=player_embedded

Seriously, it is about an hour long, but you will probably re-evaluate what you eat and when. Life changing stuff here.

rgeezy - 2011-07-05 3:51 PM I'm pretty sure the arguments that dairy is unhealthy is false. I mean, milk for example is a natural phenomenon for mammals to support their offspring. "You can milk just about anything with nipples. "

JM2 - 2011-07-05 6:59 AM

So, I've been really trying to make some dietary changes and move away from processed foods.  The general/most consistent idea from pretty much all the science/research seems to be to eat natural, real, whole, un-processed foods (I know, revolutionary thinking, HA).

So we've been hitting the fish market and farmers market, and staying away from anything that comes out of a bag, box, or can but are having a hard time coming up with some variety. 

Anyone have any favorite dishes, snacks, etc. that they'd recommend?

rgeezy - 2011-07-05 3:57 PM

DerekL, you must be one of those guys who likes to ague things like facts. I agree that some of the ultimatums are extreme, but the science behind it is ...well..., science.

Scout7 - 2011-07-05 5:04 PM My carrots come in a bag..... My Clementines came in a wooden box.

aquagirl - 2011-07-05 4:13 PM

And speaking of carrots....were we speaking of them?

Anyway, did you know that baby carrots are actually the hollowed out cores of BIG carrots that have rotted or are otherwise not fit to be sold as regulation carrots and must instead be placed in a little bag and labelled as "baby carrots" so that people think they are cute and will gobble them up?

Huh? Did you know that??

DerekL - 2011-07-05 5:00 PM

Umm..yeah, I do like to deal in facts.  He has many wrong.

aquagirl - 2011-07-05 5:13 PM

And speaking of carrots....were we speaking of them?

Anyway, did you know that baby carrots are actually the hollowed out cores of BIG carrots that have rotted or are otherwise not fit to be sold as regulation carrots and must instead be placed in a little bag and labelled as "baby carrots" so that people think they are cute and will gobble them up?

Huh? Did you know that??

Scout7 - 2011-07-05 5:16 PM Does that count as being a processed food? I mean, it did undergo a transformative process.

aquagirl - 2011-07-05 5:19 PM

You are correct Guinness Guy........they should be eaten in their natural , rotten state.

Now speaking of Guinness........THAT is certainly a processed food.

But there is no way I am giving up beer!

No. Freaking. Way.

tkd.teacher - 2011-07-05 5:10 PM

Same reasons vegetarians knock meat, etc. Segments of the population believe that {insert dietary bias here} is responsible for half the diseases that afflict modern man.

John

uhcoog - 2011-07-05 3:19 PM

So are you saying not only are studies someties biased, but that the people reading said studies sometimes apply their own biases to them?????   Or even worse search out studies that confirm their biases while ignoring those that don't????  Crazy.

aquagirl - 2011-07-05 5:22 PM

I like ice cream.

Just sayin........

aquagirl - 2011-07-05 3:22 PM

I like ice cream.

Just sayin........

bzgl40 - 2011-07-05 6:34 PM

yum.  making ice cream tonight.  Very excited about that.  Yeah, I know, I can go to the store and buy some.  But now I can have ice cream in 20 minutes without ever leaving the house.  AWESOME

aquagirl - 2011-07-05 3:38 PM

i LOVE making ice cream!

I actually burnt out the motor on my first ice cream maker since I used it so darn much.

I have the BEST recipe for peach ice cream once they are in season...........ooooooohhhhhh so good.

I always use organic cream when I make ice cream. Just tastes better, IMHO.