(August 20, 2018 at 8:15 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:

(August 19, 2018 at 3:32 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: I saw a lot of "low fat, weight loss salads", but they put a lot of cheese and oil in them. Do you know recipe that has very low fat, but it tastes ok?

Lol, I thought you were doing low carb.  What happened?

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(August 19, 2018 at 8:28 pm)Tiberius Wrote: There’s also evidence to suggest that the sugar industry paid scientists to point the blame at fat as the reason people were gaining weight. Low fat meals increased in popularity and sugar was added to improve the taste.

Removing refined sugar from your diet can go a long way. I don’t drink sodas anymore, try to keep candy intake down, etc.

This happened in the 60’s, yes.  Unfortunately, at that time researchers were not required to disclose funding sources, so it was easy for them to get away with it. However, this doesn’t mean that sugar is poison and no one should ever eat it, like a lot of alarmists will cry.  A little bit of occasional sugar isn’t going to destroy anyone’s good health; especially not someone who maintains a healthy weight, exercises regularly, and eats a generally well-balanced diet.

Here is a good article that discusses the sugar industry cover up in the 60’s if anyone is interested.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/...ame-at-fat

Everything in moderation.

The problem is, all the low fat diet foods instead loaded up with tons of sugar, and the average American (and let's be honest, European too) eats far, far more sugar per day than a "little bit".

Anyone who recommends extreme versions of anything should not be taken seriously though.  Removing ALL sugar is silly, as well as nearly impossible.  But I think reducing it to an actual treat, occasional level is a good goal.

Can anyone comment on just blending veggies and drinking them quickly to get the nutrition but avoiding bad taste? It's quite popular.

(August 20, 2018 at 2:17 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: Can anyone comment on just blending veggies and drinking them quickly to get the nutrition but avoiding bad taste? It's quite popular.

What’s stopping you?

(August 20, 2018 at 2:17 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: Can anyone comment on just blending veggies and drinking them quickly to get the nutrition but avoiding bad taste? It's quite popular.

It's called V8 juice and it's quite tasty.

I like sautee'd zucchini and squash with tomato sauce. You can put any kind of meat salad (shrimp, tuna, chicken) made with low-fat mayonnaise in cucumber cups. Example of a cuke-cup recipe: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-id...ps-recipe/

(August 19, 2018 at 8:28 pm)Tiberius Wrote: There’s also evidence to suggest that the sugar industry paid scientists to point the blame at fat as the reason people were gaining weight. Low fat meals increased in popularity and sugar was added to improve the taste.

Removing refined sugar from your diet can go a long way. I don’t drink sodas anymore, try to keep candy intake down, etc.

Remember that low-fat diets are good for certain things, though, such as lowering cholesterol. You have to know the difference between good and bad fats.

Actually, current recommendations for cholesterol regulation and heart health reflect a diet that is moderate in fat, but as you said, the right kind of fats. The most recent dietary guidelines update has actually increased the ‘total fat per day/percent of total calories’ because people are not eating enough unsaturated fats for good health.

Pork Tenderloin. It has about the same amount of fat as chicken breast.

Yeah, we have to lower bad fats. Daz whad I said.