> Why do unhealthy things taste great Taste is only one component of the feedback system. The other ones are more important honestly. The toungue is easily tri

> Why do unhealthy things taste great Taste is only one component of the feedback system. The other ones are more important honestly. The toungue is easily tricked by sweetness, which pervades almost all easily obtainable foods in this country. If you quit sugar and sweeteners for a few months, you will be amazed how sweet everything tastes, and you probably won't want to eat much of it. > people ... not realising how many calories they're consuming are never going to lose weight. This is not true. You can lose weight without thinking about calories at all. There are other methods. Of course gorging yourself on pizza and sweet drinks is never going to help you, but people doing that are generally not serious about losing weight. > Why? So no sweet or white potato, eggplant, carrot, red peppers, cauliflower, tomato, beetroot, red cabbage? I have literally no idea how you are arriving at this interpretation of the rule. "More green vegetables" does not mean "no beets". It's a simple rule of thumb to get people to eat more vegetables with high mineral and low carbohydrate content. It's far from an exclusive list of all good vegetables, but that list is too high word count for simple rules. Potato probably shouldn't be included in this category as it is a culinary starch and you shouldn't trick yourself into thinking french fries with ketchup are vegetables. But that doesn't mean potato is banned. > Why not deep fry There is nothing intrinsically wrong with deep frying. If you listen to your body, you probably will realize you don't actually want that much deep fried food, but in moderation it is fine. The key is to have a properly tuned feedback system and to actually listen to it. Eating slowly with attention while avoiding sugar and sweeteners will probably get it fixed up in a few months unless you have a genetic condition.