actual food

:::: There's an old joke that says...every Jewish holiday celebrates the same idea:
"They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat."::::
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[from page 262 of the 2011 edition of Eat This Not That!]
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So much diet / nutrition / health advice seems to conflict --
eat nothing but protein!
never eat protein!
no meat!
no carbs!
only carbs!
bread!
no bread!
exercise in the morning!
exercise at night!
exercise all the time!
hire a trainer!
(just buy MY tapes and exercise to those...!!)
never eat eggs!
always eat eggs!
stand on your head!
aaaauuuugggghhhh!!
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It makes you feel like you're being peppered by experts, or
chased by bees.
-----------------Eat This Not That!, by David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding, is an appealing handbook which literally tells you, on each page -- eat this (and names the products and shows pictures of them), not that (and names those products and shows pictures of them).
It's very do-able.
The authors tell us how food has changed since the 70s.
It says,
--------[quote] "We've added extra calories to traditional foods. ... The result ... is that we absorb more calories than would have been humanly possible just a few decades ago. Our food and beverages are so calorie-dense that it's nearly impossible to eat healthy. And the way that foods are sold, in both grocery stores and restaurants, has made smart nutritional choices harder and harder to discern." [end quote]----------------------

The upshot is, we're best off to eat foods that are just -- food -- not a lot of ingredients.
Ten best things these guys want us to eat every day --
eggs, green tea, garlic, grapefruit, Greek yogurt, avocado, quinoa, bell peppers, almonds, Swiss chard.
(And for each of these ten items, after they write what's good about it, then they list "Substitutes" in case you don't like the main one.)
Very practical, do-able guide.

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There's a whole section on chain restaurants -- what to have & what not to...(I realized there are a lot of restaurants I've never been to, or seen. "Sbarro"? "Ruby Tuesday"? [know song, but not restaurant]...something called "Blimpie"????? think I'd stay out of there....)

------------------anyway, it's a useful handbook.

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