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> It made trying to find a snack incredibly difficult, I basically had to eat carrots and hummus. And fruits, I hope? :-) Also, you mention carrots, but there
by skrebbel 8y ago
> It made trying to find a snack incredibly difficult, I basically had to eat carrots and hummus.
And fruits, I hope? :-)
Also, you mention carrots, but there's lots of other vegetables that taste nicely when eaten raw that require little to no preparation time. I recognize that this is not mainstream at all but lately I've begun eating all kinds of vegetables as a snack. Eg iceberg salad: if you take the outer 5 or so leaves off, then the rest has not usually been touched by pesticides, so you can just eat that without all the washing cutting prep etc. I've found that just putting an iceberg salad next to my keyboard works exactly the same as just putting a bag of crisps there: when i look up an hour later, it's all gone.
Similar tricks: pointed red peppers only need washing, and then you can eat them as if they're a mars bar. The seeds are only at the very end. bags of pre-cut lettuce. Also, way too few people are aware that cauliflower tastes great raw. It's a bit of work to clean (but not too bad) but cauliflowers tend to be huge so you can cut one into pieces, put the pieces into four bags and bring a bag every next day or so. It also stays good super long.
I also like cabbage (you can also remove the outer leaves and eat the rest without washing), but it has a pretty strong taste and I recognize that this might not be for everyone :-)
- Filligree 8y agoFruits contain a lot of fruit sugar. If you're trying to avoid sugar entirely, they may not be the best choice.
- akerro 8y ago>Fruits contain a lot of fruit sugar Vegetable contain a lot of sugar too, like the mention he ate a lot of carrots, he ate a lot of sugar, but that's naturally occurring sugar human body can process well, unlike tablespoon of sugar in a sausage made of processed meat.
- gameswithgo 8y agothe sugar is the same in any case, but fiber may reduce how harmful it is, or at least slow down how fast you shove it in your face.
- slowburning 8y agoThe point you make is an important distinction. It's really effortless to put down 44oz of soda but very hard to eat the sugar equivalent of ~6lbs of carrots (even if you are juicing them 6lbs is a lot of carrot juice). http://www.sugarstacks.com/carrots.htm http://www.sugarstacks.com/carrots.htm
- pofilat 8y agoThere's an age at which drinking a sugary soda becomes difficult...
- andai 8y agoRelated, it was recently discovered that there is a limit to how much sugar you can (comfortably) consume, unless you are a child. In children there is no limit.
- pmiller2 8y agoCitation/link, please?
- andai 8y agoIt was a while ago. I remember reading it on reddit, so I googled "no limit sugar children reddit", this is it! https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/26/140753048/kids-sugar-cravings-might-be-biological https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/26/140753048/ki...
- seandougall 8y ago“Sugar” is a broad category of chemical compounds, each of which is metabolized differently. Even if they all had the same caloric density (which they don’t), that would give you a woefully incomplete picture of their effect on your health.
- watwut 8y agoVegetables contains much less sugar then fruits. You can get enough calories if you eat fruits alone, but you can't get all calories you need from vegetables alone.
- astura 8y agoThey said they were trying to avoid "added sugar," not sugar entirely. It's pretty impossible to avoid sugar entirely unless you eat an extremely limited diet.
- woodandsteel 8y agoI think the OP was referring to added sugars.
- cup-of-tea 8y ago> And fruits, I hope? Why? Fruits are just sweets with fibre and nutrients. Vegetables have everything you need.
- skrebbel 8y agoBecause GP wanted to eat food without added sugars and complained that he could only snack carrots and hummus. Apples, last I checked, have no added sugar. Also,your mileage may vary but I'm not sure that fruits should be very high on the list of food to avoid when you're trying to eat healthier. Ketogenic diet, sure, but that's not what this subthread is about. Fruits are good for you. Skip the hotdog instead.
- JoshMnem 8y agoThe fiber and nutrients make a difference. Fruit is healthy if you don't overdo it. (Not all fruits are sweet either -- like avocados, tomatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers.)
- loco5niner 8y agoWhy would you want to avoid fruit? Fruit is GOOD for you. The more variety in fruits AND vegetables the better.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoI'm not saying avoid fruit. If you like it then eat it in moderation. Remember plants make fruit because they want you to eat it. But you can do just fine with vegetables (in the culinary sense, so including tomatoes etc).
- krageon 8y agoIt is much easier to eat a balanced diet if it includes fruit. Many things are not impossible to do without, but some things do make everything else easier.
- woodandsteel 8y agoBeans are a large part of my largely added-sugar free diet. Also eggs, salsa, and lean meats.