Diet and Nutrition for overall Health!

[ShannonsChimkens]

I currently have 2 full-size side-by-side fridges, 1 upright and 1 small chest deep freeze and a 4x6 walk-in cooler

So what you’re saying is… you guys love good food and lots of it lol

 

[muddy75]

So what you’re saying is… you guys love good food and lots of it lol

Something like that

 

[tripletfeb]

I can't wait until summer when I can get fresh veggies from my own garden. Winter veggies from the store are simply lacking in flavor. My canned food is good but not quite like fresh

 

[HipMystic]

Lately I’ve been eating some sort of LeanCuisine type meal and a Super Coffee for dinner, and then a salad for my work break. I skip breakfast most days and I don’t eat lunch.

It’s not perfect but I’ve been able to lose a few pounds so far I can’t wait for summer to have fresh produce again!

 

[saysfaa]

My priorities:
First, eat what is food. (And its corollary: not eat what is not food. Example aspartame is not food.)

Hydrogenated fats are marginally better than partially hydrogenated fats. Both are to be avoided. White sugar (and "brown sugar"), white flour, and white oil are empty calories, at best, so eat sugars in context, whole grains, and first press and cold press oils.

Second, eat nutrients in context. That is a bad way to say it but I mean get orange juice by eating the orange rather than drinking it from a box. Get quercetin by eating yellow onions (or the other foods high in it) rather than a pill.

Third, eat variety. Different parts of the whole - leafy, root, seed, fruit (many vegetables as well as "fruits"); dark and light meats. Different kinds (trees, herbs, grasses, birds, fish, mammals). Different sources (climates and regions).

Fourth, eat more than once per day at least generally (much easier on the pancreas). Do not eat constantly (12 to 16 hour stretches of not eating per day Seem to work best for me.

Fifth, realize people have a wide range of body types, including different ideal mixes of foods and tolerances for less than ideal foods. I think this is why many diets work well for some people but not for others.

 

[Karasu]

My priorities:
First, eat what is food. (And its corollary: not eat what is not food. Example aspartame is not food.)

Hydrogenated fats are marginally better than partially hydrogenated fats. Both are to be avoided. White sugar (and "brown sugar"), white flour, and white oil are empty calories, at best, so eat sugars in context, whole grains, and first press and cold press oils.

Second, eat nutrients in context. That is a bad way to say it but I mean get orange juice by eating the orange rather than drinking it from a box. Get quercetin by eating yellow onions (or the other foods high in it) rather than a pill.

Third, eat variety. Different parts of the whole - leafy, root, seed, fruit (many vegetables as well as "fruits"); dark and light meats. Different kinds (trees, herbs, grasses, birds, fish, mammals). Different sources (climates and regions).

Fourth, eat more than once per day at least generally (much easier on the pancreas). Do not eat constantly (12 to 16 hour stretches of not eating per day Seem to work best for me.

Fifth, realize people have a wide range of body types, including different ideal mixes of foods and tolerances for less than ideal foods. I think this is why many diets work well for some people but not for others.

You've just saved me a lot of writing by tidily summarizing exactly what I came here to say, except more eloquently.

 

[Isadora]

I don't know how to describe the way we eat. Maybe homemade, home cooked, real food meals? We eat a small amount of grains (kids like oatmeal and I make rice occasionally) but otherwise perhaps keto is the closest label.
I hardly buy anything heavily processed. I cook almost 3x nearly every day.
Sunday is our cheat day, but not so we can cheat. It's really so I get a break from cooking. We get pizza and starbucks.
At this point, we raise all our own meat except fish. Veggies I usually buy huge frozen organic bags of it from a bulk food store, since I've only had success growing tomatoes in our garden...I have a black thumb, apparently.

 

[Isadora]

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cute pupper but I love his shirt

 

[MysteryChicken]

I don't diet, don't need to .

 

[ShrekDawg]

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All those greens don’t go bad? once opened mine seem to go fast. But maybe I’m not storing them right. Or not eating them fast enough. I wasn’t really cooking for a while but I am now. But it’s also just me eating them so I try not to buy huge bags or anything.

I can't wait until summer when I can get fresh veggies from my own garden. Winter veggies from the store are simply lacking in flavor. My canned food is good but not quite like fresh

Yesss! I’m planning on a huge garden this year. I already have some peppers started. Just waiting (very impatiently) for them to finally sprout lol and I have a bunch of other seeds too that I need to plant. But I’m most excited about the peppers.