Best Foods to Eat (Health-wise)

[Optionspoet]

Quote from bigarrow:

Some information about saturated fat. I don't advocate a high saturated fat diet but the facts aren't conclusive that saturated fat causes heart disease.

Early Americans from the early 1900's and before had before had a high fat diet and low rate of heart disease.

The Sumburus in Africa eat hundreds of grams of saturated fat a day and have low heart disease.

There are tribes in the south Pacific who eat large amounts of coconut oil yet have virtually no heart disease.

As always there are two sides to most stories especially with diet.

There are many more cultural examples of extreme diets where the people lead healthy lives.

I'm curious as to whether genetics, selective breeding, survival of the fittest, etc. play a role in these exceptions.

 

[armoured saint]

Quote from bigarrow:

Fish oil sold in supplements does not contain mercury and dioxins and that's a fact Jack. Your hammering everyone here about not doing any research before posting, check consumer reports on fish oil to verify.

So I'll rephrase my question to you. Do you think taking mercury free and dioxin free fish oil is good to do?

if you were to take such i'd say very little. it is still fat, and too much fat of ANY type is not advised.

you might substitute flaxseed. not the oil because it gets rancid real fast, but the flaxseeds

 

[The Swordsman]

Im not suggesting everyone go out and wolf down steaks at every meal but saying that they are not all created equal. If you still want to eat meat not only can you choose leaner cuts but also go grass fed rather than corn and grain fed. There are ways to improve your meat intake if you dont choose to eliminate red meat altogether.

Quote from armoured saint:

it's amazing you are still here defending saturated fats. there is no known dietary DRI/RDA for saturated fat. the small amount it needs, the body makes. the rest is deposited into your arteries and tissues. :eek:

 

[armoured saint]

Quote from The Swordsman:

Im not suggesting everyone go out and wolf down steaks at every meal but saying that they are not all created equal. If you still want to eat meat not only can you choose leaner cuts but also go grass fed rather than corn and grain fed. There are ways to improve your meat intake if you dont choose to eliminate red meat altogether.

fine. but the title of the thread is "Best Foods to Eat (Health-wise)"

"Meat" of any sort, grass fed game swimming etc, does not qualify

you misnamed the thread

 

[The Swordsman]

I never brought meat up as "healthy", someone else did. There may be many things "healthier" than meat out there to eat but that doesnt mean I am going to eliminate it from my diet altogether. I eliminated a lot of other things like most processed foods and have been eating a lot more fresh veggies and whole grains and for that I am happy.

I generally do not like such hard line views either way, as truth usually lies somewhere between either ends. You can be a vegan all you want and thats just fine, just dont push your views on me and this thread. You've made you opinions clear, now stop harrassing every poster who mentions meat, please.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Quote from armoured saint:

fine. but the title of the thread is "Best Foods to Eat (Health-wise)"

"Meat" of any sort, grass fed game swimming etc, does not qualify

you misnamed the thread

 

[armoured saint]

i sense your feeling a little stress now that you might have to give up those double bacon burgers your so fond of. and that grilled steak on the barbie this spring.. say gdbye. the 'low carb' madenss you've already obviously bought into

 

[The Swordsman]

The more you open your mouth with unintelligent posts like the one below, the more you convince me that NOT eating meat is wrong. Your brain is obviously lacking something and I'd wager to guess what you are missing must come from animal protein.

Thanks but I will keep consuming some animal protein as I do not want to end up brain dead.

Quote from armoured saint:

i sense your feeling a little stress now that you might have to give up those double bacon burgers your so fond of. and that grilled steak on the barbie this spring.. say gdbye. the 'low carb' madenss you've already obviously bought into

 

[Cocaine]

My grandfather ate meat or eggs at every single meal and he lived to be 102.

 

[armoured saint]

Quote from Cocaine:

My grandfather ate meat or eggs at every single meal and he lived to be 102.

he would have seen 110...

LOL

 

[armoured saint]

Quote from The Swordsman:

The more you open your mouth with unintelligent posts like the one below, the more you convince me that NOT eating meat is wrong. Your brain is obviously lacking something and I'd wager to guess what you are missing must come from animal protein.

Thanks but I will keep consuming some animal protein as I do not want to end up brain dead.

i don't want to convince you of anything. I doubt i could

i proved you that simple LETTUCE kicks a bison's nutritional ass, and for this TRUTH you should be forever grateful