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Two years ago I went on the ‘eat no processed foods’ Fuhrman diet and it had an amazingly positive effect on my health. I realize that I am just one data point
by mark_l_watson 7y ago
Two years ago I went on the ‘eat no processed foods’ Fuhrman diet and it had an amazingly positive effect on my health. I realize that I am just one data point but this is my personal experience.
Because we moved for a job I eventually started eating processed food and got off of the diet. Within a few months, I physically felt less good, like I was before before the Fuhrman diet. Again, I am just one data point, but for me the positive effects of the diet were not permanent.
Now my wife and I are talking about both going on the Fuhrman diet. She did not join me before, but likes the idea of all fresh cooking, no processed foods.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoNo one is arguing against having a higher quality, non-processed diet. The article is pointing out all the impediments to try to achieve that, especially focusing on the lower and lower-middle class. It takes time, coordination, money, and energy to cook right, and that's really hard for a lot of people.
- saalweachter 7y agoAnd hell, some people will suck at it. There have always been bad cooks.
- treerock 7y agoI've always though it would make sense to outsource home style cooking to specialists who can cook in bulk much cheaper (and often higher quality) than individuals can cook at home. I'm surprised that Polish 'Milk Bar'[1] type places, aren't more common. [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_mleczny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_mleczny
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoThe problem now is that they will have to use salt and sugar to make up on taste.
- treerock 7y agoWhy? Is bulk/restaurant produced food inherently more bland than home cooked?
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoNo, but it's made more tasty with those items. The milk bars seem to have been named that way for a reason - did they make extensive use of cream?
- treerock 7y agoApparently yeah. > Although the typical bar mleczny had a menu based on dairy items, these establishments generally also served other, non-dairy traditional Polish dishes as well. But when I visited, it was more like a canteen that served quality, home-style meals.
- AdmiralAsshat 7y ago> Two years ago I went on the ‘eat no processed foods’ Fuhrman diet and it had an amazingly positive effect on my health. I realize that I am just one data point but this is my personal experience. As a counter data point, I started down an "eat no processed foods" diet about four years ago and I'm the heaviest I've ever been. But to blame the diet would ignore more obvious possibilities like my metabolism slowing down as I hit 30, and not going to the gym as often as I used to.