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Post by mllemass on Oct 30, 2017 19:02:21 GMT
Gluten free is only healthier if yoy have a problem digesting gluten. Otherwise it makes no difference. The people I know who must eat gluten-free have to make other changes to their diet to compensate for it.
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Post by ellie on Oct 30, 2017 19:55:03 GMT
Gluten free is only healthier if yoy have a problem digesting gluten. Otherwise it makes no difference. The people I know who must eat gluten-free have to make other changes to their diet to compensate for it. I wasn't saying they didn't. I just meant that, unless your system cannot tolerate gluten, then there is no benefit to adopting a gluten free diet.
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Post by queenzod on Oct 30, 2017 21:08:45 GMT
Everyone has an opinion on how to eat properly, and since food is essential for life, it becomes very important. It’s like Education. Plus, people love to tell each other what to do, offer suggestions and advice, and then if those suggestions aren’t taken up, get a little miffed. As Mark Twain once wrote: Nothing so needs reform as other people’s habits. Lol! America runs on that idea.
I read a story recently where a mom packed a cookie or piece of cake in her kids lunch and got a note from the school saying she needed to send healthier foods for lunch and that what she’d sent wasn’t appropriate. That seems a bit extreme to me.
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Post by ellie on Oct 30, 2017 21:40:58 GMT
It’s a complex issue QZ. I don’t know about the US but in Ireland and the UK obesity related illnesses are costing the health service many millions of pounds/euros which could in many cases be saved for use on other unavoidable illnesses if people altered their diet and exercise choices.
The same goes for smoking and alcohol.
Personal freedom is of course important but there is also social responsibility and it is reasonable for relevant authorities to try to encourage people to live healthier lifestyles.
Of course there will always be “zealots”who take everything too far but, overall, it is not a bad thing to try to fight the obesity epidemic largely generated by the proliferation of “fast” food that is high in calories but low in nutritional value.
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Post by dreamsincolour on Oct 31, 2017 0:15:01 GMT
I was recently looking to see if there was anything good in the discounted section in the supermarket (I always look, just in case) when a HUGELY overweight lady effectively pushed me out of way to grab up a pile of packs of awful snack sausages. And partly because she was ill mannered enough to have deliberately used her bulk to beat me to this great "prize" (which I wouldn't have dreamt of buying), I actually said to her "you really shouldn't be eating something like that!". And she turned round, not even annoyed at my critical comment because I think she actually thought she had beaten me to them, and returned with "oh, they're not for me, they're for the baby", as if that made her behaviour, and buying the most horrendously unhealthy food, acceptable. And there behind her was another grossly overweight younger woman with a 2/3 year old in a pushchair, who was already also grossly fat. I would have said something else, but I was actually too shocked and by the time the horror had passed, they'd moved away.
That poor child was already having his/her life terribly disadvantaged by the abuse of being that badly fed! And I must admit I don't have very much sympathy for the "big is beautiful" brigade. Obesity is anything but beautiful and it is appallingly unhealthy. And the obesity epidemic is absolutely something that should be fought with every possible weapon. That doesn't mean that anyone should be abused, but it shouldn't be encouraged in any way at all. Don't mistake, I could do with losing a fair bit of weight myself, but I'm not 20 stone! And after I watched a recent short series on the BBC called "How To Stay Young", I'm now on a bit of a health kick anyway. It freaked me out! But if anyone hasn't seen it, it was REALLY worth watching! The BBC health issue programmes are always very good, actually. The Michael Mosley "Trust Me, I'm A Doctor" series, where they put various health claims and presumptions to the test, are very insightful and quite excellent too. They all ought to be mandatory viewing really!
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Post by ellie on Oct 31, 2017 0:36:36 GMT
Are you from the UK Dreamsincolour?
I think the rocketing problem of obesity there and here in Ireland is in no small part down to fast food proliferation and the ever increasing size of portions. Go into any coffee shop and you will see people drinking bucket sized lattes and eating cartwheel sized pastries (ok I exagerrate a bit!). That “snack”contains nearly the adult calorie recommendation for an entire day!
Likewise many kids now rarely get “proper” food - it’s all pizzas and fries and calorie laden, microwaveable, easy to prepare processed meals. And in between they’re munching on crisps and chocolate and fizzy drinks.
Of course lots of this is down to time pressed parents who both work full time and go for the quickest rather than the most nutritional options.
The other thing is you now can’t walk along any street without seeing every second person drinking or eating something. Even less than ten years ago here in Ireland you rarely saw anyone eating in the street. Now it seems people just can’t get from their office to the bus stop without having a coffee, frequently accompanied by some calorie laden confection.
The outcome is a rapidly growing number obese adults & overweight children who will go on to be grossly obese adults with serious dietary induced health problems at an early age. Obesity levels really are a growing crisis and trying to tackle it is not about “fat shaming” but “life saving.”
I really think that portion sizes need to be addressed and part of the school curriculum should be “health and lifestyle” education.
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Post by mllemass on Oct 31, 2017 0:44:48 GMT
Right! I guess I didn't read it properly. Thanks for explaining!
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Post by sgev1977 on Oct 31, 2017 20:46:22 GMT
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Post by igs on Oct 31, 2017 21:10:10 GMT
That Tweet makes zero sense. Who orders a pepperoni pizza if they're vegan? Or did just girl just randomly decide to grace BC's household with an unordered pizza? That's...creepy. Does Domino's regularly give out free pizzas to random celebs?
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Post by ellie on Oct 31, 2017 21:11:27 GMT
I'd say she tried to deliver it to the Melrose Set.
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