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Originally Posted by Randall55
No argument about that. Processed food is unhealthy for everyone. However, Asians do not eat a lot of meat and would not consider avoiding vegetables and rice to get healthy. Latinos also eat an abundance of rice, legumes, and vegetables. The Mediterranean diet is full of vegetables and grains. It is egotistical and dangerous to believe millions upon millions of humans are eating incorrectly. Especially when most of them live long and healthy lives. On the opposite spectrum, Inuits eat very little carbs and are not skinny.
Anyone who starts a fad diet has one motive...MONEY! There is no real science that backs up any of their "new and improved" methods of eating. My proof are the millions of people around the world who eat opposite of an "informed" American.
Less portion size means fewer calories. This is the ONLY reason fad diets work. Don't believe it? Eat a Fred Flinstone portion of meat every day for a month. You will not lose weight nor will it improve your health.
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True. Of course, if all you are eating for lunch is broccoli and cauliflower, you can eat a LOT more of it without overdoing the calories than if you are eating many other things. You could make a big pot of vegetable soup with lots of cabbage in it, stewed tomatoes, beans, and eat a quart at every meal and still lose weight, even if you stirred in a cup of brown rice.