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"Balanced diet" is the terminology that's honestly hard to define. Until we have that definition, "a variety of types of food" seems better to me. Here, let me

by delinka 10y ago

"Balanced diet" is the terminology that's honestly hard to define. Until we have that definition, "a variety of types of food" seems better to me. Here, let me offer a correction: "Eat a variety of foods, avoiding large amounts of any one thing, and don't overeat; you'll probably be fine."

andy_ppp 10y ago
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." - Michael Pollan
- credit_guy 10y ago
  Right. And what do you do if you are hungry after you eat "not too much" ?
  - lkbm 10y ago
    Use different food. If your diet is complex carbs with lots of fiber, you probably won't be hungry after ingesting a decent amount of calories. Most people don't do that (myself included), so instead I add in a lot of protein, which also fills me up reasonably quickly on a per-calorie basis. It's not simply calories that fill you up, so choose the right calories. I can eat a thousand Calories of chocolate chip cookies and still be hungry, but a thousand calories of protein bars or broccoli will usually fill me up reasonably well. (Actually, I've never managed a couple thousand Calories of just broccoli. I usually do 200-300 Calories of broccoli, but that alone does as much as all those cookies for satiety, so I can then eat a filling-but-sane second dinner and be full+healthy.)
  - epmaybe 10y ago
    You do something to satiate yourself. Foods high in fiber help with that, to some extent. It's really a matter of how long we've been overeating. Over time, our body adjusts to accept that as the new norm, or set point for food intake. It just takes more time to sensitize yourself again to less food making you feel "full".
  - naasking 10y ago
    Eat some fiber and drink some water. Being a little hungry isn't the worst thing in the world as long you maintain an objectively healthy weight.
  - tomp 10y ago
    Stay hungry. Hungry (calorie restricted) mice live longer, probably monkeys as well, maybe even humans.
- tbrownaw 10y ago
  "For every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, elegant, and wrong." - supposedly derived from H. L. Mencken . Point here being, just because it sounds good doesn't mean it's well supported.

by delinka 10y ago

andy_ppp 10y ago

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." - Michael Pollan

credit_guy 10y ago
Right. And what do you do if you are hungry after you eat "not too much" ?
- lkbm 10y ago
  Use different food. If your diet is complex carbs with lots of fiber, you probably won't be hungry after ingesting a decent amount of calories. Most people don't do that (myself included), so instead I add in a lot of protein, which also fills me up reasonably quickly on a per-calorie basis. It's not simply calories that fill you up, so choose the right calories. I can eat a thousand Calories of chocolate chip cookies and still be hungry, but a thousand calories of protein bars or broccoli will usually fill me up reasonably well. (Actually, I've never managed a couple thousand Calories of just broccoli. I usually do 200-300 Calories of broccoli, but that alone does as much as all those cookies for satiety, so I can then eat a filling-but-sane second dinner and be full+healthy.)
- epmaybe 10y ago
  You do something to satiate yourself. Foods high in fiber help with that, to some extent. It's really a matter of how long we've been overeating. Over time, our body adjusts to accept that as the new norm, or set point for food intake. It just takes more time to sensitize yourself again to less food making you feel "full".
- naasking 10y ago
  Eat some fiber and drink some water. Being a little hungry isn't the worst thing in the world as long you maintain an objectively healthy weight.
- tomp 10y ago
  Stay hungry. Hungry (calorie restricted) mice live longer, probably monkeys as well, maybe even humans.
tbrownaw 10y ago
"For every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, elegant, and wrong." - supposedly derived from H. L. Mencken . Point here being, just because it sounds good doesn't mean it's well supported.