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> " A well-made hamburger contains part protein, vegetables and carbs. It’s a whole meal" Why do people continue to make nutritional arguments using macronutri
by shlant 7y ago
> " A well-made hamburger contains part protein, vegetables and carbs. It’s a whole meal"
Why do people continue to make nutritional arguments using macronutrients as the basis? Macronutrients tell you very little about how healthy something is.
"It's a whole meal" - what does that even mean?
What tells you if something is healthy is the nutritional value - vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, phytonutrients etc. Just because something is high in protein or high in carbs or low in fat does not tell you whether it is healthy.
- randyrand 7y agoI can get those easily with multivitamin tablets. It's the macronutrients that matter when it comes to actual meals. A burger is not unhealthy, but eating only burgers probably is.
- shlant 7y ago> "I can get those easily with multivitamin tablets" Multivitamins are not a replacement for a balanced diet[1], most likely provide very little protective health effects[2] and can, in some cases, be dangerous[3]. > It's the macronutrients that matter when it comes to actual meals Why? What difference does it make what ratios of macronutrients individual meals are comprised of? > A burger is not unhealthy, but eating only burgers probably is That's not saying much at all. You can probably say that about most edible things. 1. https://time.com/5564574/supplements-vitamins-health/ https://time.com/5564574/supplements-vitamins-health/ 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivitamin#Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivitamin#Research 3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22419320 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22419320