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Anecdotal: Growing up, our parents never added salt to our food, avoided as much as possible any processed foods and made everything from fresh ingredients. A

by qrybam 10y ago

Anecdotal: Growing up, our parents never added salt to our food, avoided as much as possible any processed foods and made everything from fresh ingredients. After moving out and living with various people, shifting my diet multiple times, I generally feel worse now than I did before. When I fast and shift myself to healthier eating I feel better. What interests me is why most people don't feel "bad" when they're eating the food that I would feel sluggish from the next day. My pet theories are their body is accustomed to it/or they simply don't know what it feels like to not feel that way- if you know what I mean. I thought it was self evident that anything that weakens you is likely to be bad for you. Glad that these findings are going more mainstream.

Toine 10y ago
“How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
tracker1 10y ago
Not just salt, but refined sugar, starches and fats/oils... fats are good, those requiring multi-step refinement, centrifuge processing, perfuming and dying to be palatable, not so much.
sebleon 10y ago
> What interests me is why most people don't feel "bad" when they're eating the food that I would feel sluggish from the next day. Eating processed foods for years causes huge changes in the gut microbiome. Presence of different microorganisms means you'll process various foods differently from others. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/07/16/processed-foods-immune-system-gut-health.aspx http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/07/1...
sushid 10y ago
> I thought it was self evident that anything that weakens you is likely to be bad for you You would be surprised. There's compelling evidence that small doses of things that normally weaken you (e.g radiation, alcohol, etc.) are actually beneficial to your health. [0] Of course, I'd agree that eating less processed food is ideal, but don't let that get in the way of fasting or consuming alcohol. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis

by qrybam 10y ago

Toine 10y ago

“How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave

tracker1 10y ago

Not just salt, but refined sugar, starches and fats/oils... fats are good, those requiring multi-step refinement, centrifuge processing, perfuming and dying to be palatable, not so much.

sebleon 10y ago

> What interests me is why most people don't feel "bad" when they're eating the food that I would feel sluggish from the next day. Eating processed foods for years causes huge changes in the gut microbiome. Presence of different microorganisms means you'll process various foods differently from others. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/07/16/processed-foods-immune-system-gut-health.aspx http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/07/1...

sushid 10y ago

> I thought it was self evident that anything that weakens you is likely to be bad for you You would be surprised. There's compelling evidence that small doses of things that normally weaken you (e.g radiation, alcohol, etc.) are actually beneficial to your health. [0] Of course, I'd agree that eating less processed food is ideal, but don't let that get in the way of fasting or consuming alcohol. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis