It doesn't help that people like to project their personal way of life onto what should be a generally mechanical question. Eat x and y and z, don't eat [meat/g

It doesn't help that people like to project their personal way of life onto what should be a generally mechanical question. Eat x and y and z, don't eat [meat/grains/something else], complete with extra-pompous "most people in the world eat..." (I assure you the speaker doesn't), when look, if you go to Popeye's, the cashier asks if you want French fries or onion rings or coleslaw or green beans, and you'll almost never see anyone get the last two. Coleslaw might have a bit of mayonnaise on it but it's a damn lot healthier than potatoes which have had their nutrients partially removed by soaking and are drenched in partially oxidized peanut oil. This is relevant because the healthy options are the same price and all you have to do is say the word. The culture of dieting is seriously broken. One of the only things worse than being fat is being openly trying to lose weight, because everyone knows how to help you (lol). The typical way a person responds in the above situation is "well, I'm already eating fried chicken" because we're either "being good" or "bad" and as we keep making it harder to be good we get a worse overall balance. People are unable to put one foot in front of the other because we always make it about running the whole race at once. A myopic and frankly wrong obsession with reducing the quantity of meat (irrespective of its preparation and toppings) doesn't help, because it ensures that "approved" diets are guaranteed to be unpleasant. So that's what they pay for: a certificate that says "your food is healthy", because either it's Mark's Daily Apple, or it's Popeye's. And this entire discussion is like that: many ways to 'reinvent' the way you cook food at home (yes, I can make a shitty curry with a can of coconut milk too), little recognition of the many small changes that can be made without reorganizing your entire life.