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A fairly high percentage of the fruits and vegetables you're eating are man made, insofar as they've been genetically engineered through selective breeding to p
by neotek 11y ago
A fairly high percentage of the fruits and vegetables you're eating are man made, insofar as they've been genetically engineered through selective breeding to produce things more palatable to the average consumer. Fruit in particular should probably only be eaten in moderation like any other sugar-filled treat.
And exercise, while useful for building muscle mass and increasing your capacity for physical exertion, isn't particularly useful for covering up a poor diet - it would take more than two hours of jogging to burn off the calories in a small Big Mac meal from McDonalds, for example. If you want to lose weight, it's far, far more efficient to simply eat less.
- scott_s 11y agoEven the fruits and vegetables from centuries ago were "man-made". The wild versions are mostly inedible. What we eat is the result of millennia of breeding and cultivation. There is no bright and shining line between "natural" and "man made" for most of our food. Ever since we started practicing and depending on agriculture, all of our food is, to some degree, "man made". By the way, I am unaware of any evidence that fruit should be eaten in moderation.
- 55555 11y agoI tend to agree even though it goes against a common paleo claim. Just go to a deserted tropical island and you'll find mangos and coconuts seemingly every bit as sweet as those which have been bred for their sweetness.
- pitchka 11y agoThere is no evidence. This whole thread is filled with misinformation and anecdotal evidence. The article lays its foundation on Lustig claims while his Bitter Truth talk had outright wrong claims. There have been studies pointing out fruits even help decrease symptoms of diabetes. http://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-12-29 http://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-28... The conclusion of the randomized study above was that the intake of fruit should not be restricted, despite the fear that sugar makes you die. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19711408038.html;jsessionid=FAD3BBA2AC247F7EA033CE905BAA1A2C http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19711408038.html;jsession... This one has a mainly fruit diet for its participants. 2500kcal of fruits per day. No one had any serious side effects. These "not man-made", paleo, keto, low-carb and other diets are all fads. All of them. They promote an unhealthy relationship with food. Not unhealthy as in philosophy but unhealthy scientifically (orthorexia + the humongous evidence that food is not poison). It's a much higher chance that the American population is extremely orthorexic and that they avoid fruits and veggies thinking that pesticides and sugar will kill them. This unhealthy relationship results in overeating highly caloric foods like meat, dairy, eggs, drinks etc. I highly recommend In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto http://www.amazon.com/Defence-Food-Nutrition-Pleasures-Eating-ebook/dp/B002RI99LY/ http://www.amazon.com/Defence-Food-Nutrition-Pleasures-Eatin... The Gluten Lie http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Lie-Other-Myths-About/dp/1941393063/ http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Lie-Other-Myths-About/dp/194139... for anyone thinking they have an unhealthy relationship with food that could cause them to have an unhealthy diet.
- maxerickson 11y agoEggs aren't all that high calorie. 3 eggs swimming in added cooking fat (2 tablespoons of butter) would be about 450 calories and would constitute a significant portion for all but the heartiest eaters. There is of course no need to bath them in fat, 1 egg has ~80-90 calories, they are mostly water. They are certainly higher in calories than vegetables, but if you consider the typical diet, they are not towards the high end of calorie density.