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As someone who struggles to put on / keep weight, I'd love to know: 1. Is red meat (e.g. beef steak) actually meaningfully unhealthy? 2. Is eating fat (e.g. w
by agent008t 5y ago
As someone who struggles to put on / keep weight, I'd love to know:
1. Is red meat (e.g. beef steak) actually meaningfully unhealthy?
2. Is eating fat (e.g. what is on a steak) bad for you?
3. Is drinking a gallon of whole milk a day on top of your normal meals likely to lead to problems (i.e. blocked blood vessels, heart attack, stroke)?
4. Is fast food, e.g. a quarter pounder from mcdonalds, unhealthy?
It seems like what is conventionally known to be 'healthy' food also happens to be low-calorie food. I wonder if that is mostly because a lot of people are overweight, and so for them whatever makes them consume fewer calories is healthy?
- armchairhacker 5y agoIf you're trying to put on weight I suggest https://www.reddit.com/r/gainit/wiki/index https://www.reddit.com/r/gainit/wiki/index and the subreddit itself. Generally the upvoted posts / comments have good advice. Also see https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/underweight/faq-20058429 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h... To answer your questions: - Red meat - we don't know (see https://www.reddit.com/r/nutrition/comments/ldaitn/is_red_meat_really_as_bad_as_they_say_it_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nutrition/comments/ldaitn/is_red_me...) - Fat is good for you, and saturated fat / cholesterol is fine unless you have certain genes that make you susceptible to heart attacks. Regular checkups / lab work should reveal this - A gallon of milk a day isn't good, try to find more balanced ways to get your calories in - Fast food is fine occasionally (e.g. once a week) but again, try to eat less processed high-calorie foods instead Some examples of high-calorie whole foods: nut butters, fatty fish, cheese, yogurt, whole grains, potatoes, foods with with olive oil / butter > It seems like what is conventionally known to be 'healthy' food also happens to be low-calorie food. I wonder if that is mostly because a lot of people are overweight, and so for them whatever makes them consume fewer calories is healthy? Yes. What's healthy for a skinny person vs. an obese person vs. a sedentary person vs. a marathon runner is all different. For a starving person, even fast food and donuts are better than nothing. But, high-calorie whole foods are even better, because they have micro-nutrients as well as calories. Lots of conventional diet advice (e.g. low-calorie = healthy) is geared towards the average American, and sadly lots of conventional diet advice sucks.
- eimrine 5y agoWhat about half a gallon of milk every day and some carbs and nothing more? It is known that a great mathematitian Grigory Perelman used to follow exactly that kind of nutrition for years.