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Re:Revealed: Group shaping US nutrition receives millions fr... by tabtab on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:31PM (#34175208)
Eat & exercise like a medieval peasant to be healthy. Oil/fat, sugar, salt, starch (bleached and de-fibered flower) should be avoided. However, these things make food taste good. The ugly truth is healthy food is bland. Any "trick" wears out fast, as you grow tired of it.
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Re:Revealed: Group shaping US nutrition receives millions fr... by snowpid on Thursday December 29, 2022 @05:43PM (#34179106)
" The ugly truth is healthy food is bland. "

I doubt it.

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Re:Revealed: Group shaping US nutrition receives millions fr... by tabtab on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @01:26PM (#34235567)
In my personal opinion and observation the "bad stuff" is indeed usually what makes food taste good: salt, sugar, starch, fat/oil, MSG, etc. There does not seem to be any way around that. In the end most will try to find a compromise.

I already did long search for a grand alternative. Spices may help some, but the "kick" grows mundane over time.

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Re:Revealed: Group shaping US nutrition receives millions fr... by amanaplanacanal on Friday December 30, 2022 @06:49AM (#34184188)
Were medieval peasants healthy? Some would say eat and exercise like a Hunter-gatherer.
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Re:Revealed: Group shaping US nutrition receives millions fr... by tabtab on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @01:25PM (#34235543)
No, but because they didn't get medical treatment and were often overworked even when injured. I guess I should have clarified that part because I did not mean to fully clone 100% the peasant life-style.
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