They acted like that shit was so important, but it was like super influenced by food lobbyists and misleading or whatever

Apparently in 2011 they changed it to "myplate" and I haven't heard anything about it since then

In Soviet north china the government lies about what a "healthy meal" is comprised of

    • Dinkdink [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      The problem with getting advice from people like this is they already assume everyone is on the same page as them and thus they can speak in shorthand and not explain anything. What's a "healthy fat"? What's "protein"? What is "added sugar" and how much is too much? What if going outside is a concrete jungle full of hostile humans? So many assumptions here, all unwarranted.

      I'm not looking for a wall of text copied from Wikipedia. I'm asking that people explain themselves when speaking to a general audience.

        • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Damn alcohol, why are there no nutritional labels on beer and wine and such?

      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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        3 years ago

        Healthy fats would be like, fish, avocadoes, eggs, nuts, cheese, olive oil, beans. Proteins that are good would be eggs, beans, and fish again, as well as poultry, soy, yoghurt, oats, broccoli. Additional options can be searched for pretty easily online. Great search terms would be "Healthy fats" and "Healthy proteins"

        "Added sugar" would be candy, soda, fruit juices, carbohydrate loaded snacks like chips or really any prepackaged snack food from the snacks aisle, as well as things that have added sugar in general such as some condiments like ketchup. The correct amount is "Less than you want, by far. Consume only as a rare and special treat." You can get alternatives to some of these, like ketchup, that do have no sugar added, or even sugar free options. I generally go for these, because they genuinely taste better to me.

        The humans in the concrete jungle probably aren't as hostile as you think, but even if they are, getting outside in the concrete jungle is better for you than being inside and inactive, especially if you can get away from roads. Somewhere a bit more green, like say, an urban park, is great. Even if not, if you can head to an area with fewer cars, the air quality will be a bit better and it's great to go for a walk or jog on the sidewalk. I did this regularly in downtown Toronto, and never got a second look, and I'm a tiny woman.

          • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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            3 years ago

            This is not a wall of text copied from wikipedia. I've provided a list of things that I personally recommend in the hopes that someone in the aforementioned general audience will find this to be helpful. If you don't find this helpful, then I'm sorry. Hopefully someone else will.

          • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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            3 years ago

            You raise a good point that we know intuitively what whole foods are but not what food molecules are. A big ruse that the government experts played was changing simple language like "eat less red meat" to "choose foods that will limit your saturated fat intake", and now we're led on this wild ride of faith about saturated fats and what contains them.

            In Defense Of Food is a really good book that examines trends like this. It's way longer than a Wikipedia article but will give you a much better overview/context.

        • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Healthy fats would be like, fish, avocadoes, eggs, nuts, cheese, olive oil, beans. Proteins that are good would be eggs, beans, and fish again, as well as poultry, soy, yoghurt, oats, broccoli

          no