Discussion»Questions»Food and Drink» Nutritious food can be delicious. It can also taste AWFUL. Do you eat food that tastes delish whether or not it is nutrish? Are you obese?
Not sure what you are referring to. Nutritious tastes good but you just have to chew it a lot more. Also if you have already become accustomed to a certain kind of food that is not so good for you then you have to develop a taste for better food which takes time. We try to eat all nutritious and do so most of the time and do pretty well but not all the time. No I am slim. As is my husband.
I'm referring to the basis upon which you choose what you eat. Is for nutritious purposes or just because it tastes. Nutritious food can be prepared in such a way that it tastes DELICIOUS. But it takes some effort and knowledge and caring to do so. Junk food is rarely nutritious. Fresh vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds and fruit are good choices. So are lean meats. But they have to be prepared in a healthyful way. No deep frying of chicken. Poach it in broth. Thank you for your reply officegirl and Happy Wednesday!
Food. That thing we have to consume in order to survive. Our parents taught us that when we eat food, it should be nutritious food - fruits, vegetables, whole grains, etc. Yet much of today's so-called "nutritious" food makes the flavor of dirt seem like ambrosia. That's because over the decades, the Western palate has become accustomed to processed foods, sugar and salt. This makes nutritious foods, such as whole grains, taste like dirt in comparison. Be honest, which tastes better - whole wheat pasta or a Big Mac? Brown rice or a Bacon cheeseburger?
Have you ever noticed that nearly everything that is truly "nutritious" costs more than its counterpart? And that "junk" food is more readily available (fast-food, in stores, etc.)? Did you know that sugar and especially salt can actually make a person hungrier (true fact)? Manufactures found out a long time ago that if they add extra sugar and/or salt to their products, people would buy more of them ($ cha-ching). They simply called these "ingredients" part of the manufacturing process - and people believed them. Furthermore, since many people struggle to live from paycheck to paycheck, manufactures knew that if they make their "junk" foods cheap enough, they'd be all the "average family" would be able to afford ($$ cha-ching). For example, soda and chips are lucrative products for stores because they cost pennies to make and therefore have a high profit margin. Many times these products are marked-up over 100% over cost - and yet still are "cheap" to the consumer (the reason you see so many chip and soda sales all year-round).
However, (some) people aren't "too" dumb. They knew that they should eat healthier. In response, manufactures came up with "low/no salt" and "low/no sugar" products - but they jacked up the price on these items claiming they were harder to make (when in reality they were actually easier and cheaper to make) ($$$ cha-ching). Then they invented words and phrases like, "Lite", "low-calorie", "sugar-free" and "organic" (amoung many more). By adding these words/phrases to their products, manufactures duped people into believing that they were eating healthier ... even though it was the same old product as before ($$$$ cha-ching). In an effort to "keep things in line", the government cracked down on manufactures and limited what their fancy new words/phrases could mean (-$). In response, manufactures added chemicals to their products, thereby conforming to regulations "in word" and yet still sell it to the public. ($$$$$$ cha-ching!).
So now we live in a society where (supposedly) "good-for-you" food tastes bad and "not-so-good-for-you" food tasting delicious. The result is mass obesity, clogged arteries, premature death as well high medical costs. We have people crying that their way of eating is the best way (vegan, vegetarian, omnivore, etc.), we have more diets than money and gyms on every street corner (across from a Starbucks). We are victims of manufacturing and advertising - and it's literally killing us!
I've always preferred the taste of healthy foods. My stomach was never very fond of greasy/sugary foods so I can't eat that kind of food too much or else I get nauseous. I've always been thin because of my picky stomach.
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