How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick

Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @09:12PM (#2385336)

If a salad contains any dressing, it's not a salad anymore, it's a dish.

The only exception I allow is vinegar + olive oil. That's pretty yummy salad dressing (especially with balsamic vinegar), and pretty healthy.

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Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by demallien on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @01:50AM (#2386028)

Ummm, vinegar + oil is pretty much the composition of every dressing out there, sometimes with a small amount of emulsifier, such as mustard (vinaigrette) or egg yolk (mayonnaise). Is it the fact that you use olive oil that OS important? Or the fact that without an emulsifier the dressing is much thinner, and hence ends up on the plate, not the salad, so you eat less?

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Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @12:42PM (#2387996)

I just checked some random dressing in the fridge. It has 50% more carbs than fat. It has more sugar than fat. It tastes sweet. I should probably toss the piece of junk in the garbage, but then my wife would probably buy a replacement. :/

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Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by demallien on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @04:31PM (#2389080)

Ahh, yes, sorry. I forgot about premade sauces. I make all of my dressings myself, so they dont have any of that crap in them.

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