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"If bugs don't eat it, you probably shouldn't, either." I hear a lot of similar broad generic guidelines around food all the time that end up being ridiculous.
by nkassis 10y ago
"If bugs don't eat it, you probably shouldn't, either." I hear a lot of similar broad generic guidelines around food all the time that end up being ridiculous. For example someone earlier told me I should look at my meal and make sure there is a lot of colors in it otherwise it's probably not nutritional.
I just don't think you can boil down food choices to simple statements like that. Lots of unprocessed foods wouldn't be eaten by bugs either.
- imron 10y ago> For example someone earlier told me I should look at my meal and make sure there is a lot of colors in it otherwise it's probably not nutritional. If you're going with unprocessed food, choosing several ingredients of your meal from different colour groups is actually not bad advice as general rule of thumb that a layman who doesn't understand nutrition can easily apply in practice.
- nkassis 10y agoI think those rules while they try to be helpful guidelines end up being more confusing than just giving a straight guidelines like "Try to include multiple varieties of vegetables in your meals". Maybe that example isn't the best how about "If you can't pronounce it don't eat it".
- imron 10y agoI still think colour works better in that case because it also applies to meats and carbs and not just vegetables. I agree that 'if you can't pronounce it don't eat it' is a far better example of ridiculous nutritional advice.
- spdionis 10y agoPeople should think about how ridiculous that sounds. After all, "if bugs eat it you should eat it too" right?