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Because they are delicious. Life is too short, not to enjoy one of life's simple pleasures. Obviously moderation is key, but it's silly not to take advantage of
by overcast 9y ago
Because they are delicious. Life is too short, not to enjoy one of life's simple pleasures. Obviously moderation is key, but it's silly not to take advantage of being human.
- majkinetor 9y ago"Moderation" doesn't mean anything, obviously.
- notyourloops 9y agoModeration is usually a thought-terminating cliche. Whenever there's a conversation among of those looking to examine the details, someone is around to dismiss the inquiry with "everything in moderation".
- ue_ 9y agoSort of similar how in political discussions, there's always someone around to dismiss grievances with "left and right both suck, I'm in the center". I've taken to calling these people "enlightened centrists". They will usually mumble something about "horseshoe theory" while they are at it, too.
- jshevek 9y agoExactly. Moderation is relative to thresholds deemed 'extreme', and there are usually no objective, culture-independent standards on which the extremes are based. Moderation can be whatever you rationalize it to be.
- overcast 9y agoYou're wrong, moderation is lowering the % of something contained in your diet. Instead of 40% of your diet consisting of carbohydrates, how about trying 30%. Work from there. Jumping on this no carb nonsense, is not an existence I want to live.
- jshevek 9y agoWhat you describe is "reduction", not "moderation"
- joelrunyon 9y agoI don't think anyone is for removing them entirely. But when you look at the obesity epidemic, there's certainly a case for tamping down on the avg American's intake.
- teamhappy 9y agoBut wouldn't it be much easier to just remove all the crap from your diet (soda, candy/chips, processed food, ...) and exercise every once in a while rather than monitoring your carb intake every day?
- peteretep 9y agoNo, because bread and pasta are also "crap" when it comes to simple carbs.
- teamhappy 9y agoTrue, but bread and pasta have been around for a lot longer than the obesity problem. What's changed over the last however many years is that people stopped cooking their own food, stopped moving, replaced water with soda and so on.
- java_script 9y agoWhy not just remove all the carbs from your diet and exercise every once in a while instead of monitoring your crap (pork rinds, slim jims, bacon, etc) intake every day :P
- joelrunyon 9y agoYeah - but when you look at most people's diet, it mostly consists of all that crap. Even the "healthy" stuff (think Naked juice, etc) is packed with sugar & simple carbs.
- nxsynonym 9y agoI don't think cutting carbs completely out of your diet is the best move, unless you have iron will and are trying to burn off body fat quick. The problem is that most diets (in America at least) are made up almost entirely out of carb heavy foods with little macro/micro nutrients. Personally I shoot for a 45/30/25 (protein/fat/carb) spread which works best for me.
- overcast 9y agoYes, the balance is the issue. If I had a final meal wish, it would be some crusty bread, and butter. I'm NOT giving up carbs. My coworker does this, and only eats a plate of meat, and fats everyday. It sounds absolutely miserable.
- bonniemuffin 9y agoI'm sure this varies between people, but for me, moderation in carbs doesn't work. Having a small scoop of ice cream or a little bit of pasta is completely unsatisfying, and in fact ignites a craving to stuff my face until my stomach hurts. It's like telling an alcoholic to just have one glass of wine a day-- yeah that would be great if it works, but it's not really helpful advice for some people.
- overcast 9y agoNot sure I would equate that to alcoholism. How about rather than a scoop of ice cream every day. You have a bowl of it on Friday night watching a movie? Rest of the week, eat healthier. It's all about calories consumed, and used. You want to eat a ton of ice cream, go for it. Just be aware you've used up all of your caloric intake for the day.
- sleavey 9y agoWell, if you're in ketosis, a spoon of ice cream will probably not kick you out, but a whole bowl would. It would replenish your muscles' glycogen supplies, and you'd be running on sugar for the next few days and get no benefits from ketosis.
- overcast 9y agoThat's the point, ketosis, and the no carb diet is ridiculous. Enjoy all the foods of the world, just don't eat a truck load of it.
- jshevek 9y agoThe ways that foods can harm our bodies goes far beyond whether or not you consume too many calories and gain weight. You could get most of your calories from table sugar and not gain weight if you do the math correctly. But this diet will eventually severely damage the hormonal regulation in your body.
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- bkjelden 9y agoThis is easy to say when you're young. But as someone currently watching his parents and grandparents suffer from the long-term effects of a lifetime of obesity and poor diet, these things can have long term consequences that don't catch up with you until it's too late.
- tbv 9y agoRibeye steaks, pork, chicken, and other fatty meats are also delicious! One does not need to be an ascetic in order to give up carbs :)
- overcast 9y agoThey are delicious, just to satiate me like yummy carbs do though. To be clear, I'm a fit, 6'1, Male, 175 pounds.