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Here's the message I've been given, maybe it's changed without my noticing but I think it's remained consistent - balance means giving each variable in an equa

by daed 15y ago

Here's the message I've been given, maybe it's changed without my noticing but I think it's remained consistent - balance means giving each variable in an equation similar weight. Eating only one or two food groups is not optimal for health. Moderation - not eating more calories than you burn throughout the day. edit - I agree with you about the ever rotating axis of nutritional evil. It's BS. I think part of the reason we go through it though is people ignoring the basic advice I mentioned earlier that's held for so long. Why eat broccoli when I can eat McDonalds? Exercise is hard. ETC

kstenerud 15y ago
It's not just that; it's the temporal nature of what constitutes a balanced diet (i.e. what the variables are, and what amounts are "correct"). Here's a short history of the USDA Food Pyramid, for example: http://www.healthy-eating-politics.com/usda-food-pyramid.html http://www.healthy-eating-politics.com/usda-food-pyramid.htm... (note: this is from a site pushing the low-carb diet, and is suitably slanted in that direction, but is useful for illustrative purposes) And that's just in the USA. Every country has their own ideas on what is "balanced".